The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-05-19

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straetion, the ultimate of it alias
esformed to feasible routes and
cost, .combined with big mineral ter
ritory) will be one road over a Wi
ley's Cove, Spring Creek, Water
Creek, and Yellville route whether
its northern end is Springfield, Mo-,
or st. Louis. A second one will toll
low Wiley's Cove, Marshall, Tom
ahawk or St. Joe, and Boat Noun
tain route. And a third one will
follow the Richland creek route.
This is the natural situation in a
nutshell, excepting the opportunity
presented along each of the routes
named, of feeders of two to four cent
grade, connecting other important
mineral territory TO that immediate
to the main line of such roads.
The Richland creek route having
been noticed in former explorations
of the Arkansas field, and the Toma-
hawk or St. Joe route, in effect, ap-
propriated at this time, it follows,
of course, that the selection of a GER
tain region of this county, as a
theme for this report, carries with it
something that applies to territory
of the Spring creek and Water creek
route, locally called the Spring creek
route. before described.
It is known as the Spring Greek,
Kimbell Hollow and Rock Greek
country OF this county, and embraces
town 16 north, range 10 west, AS
whole, it is territory situated
south of Buffalo river, or say, situa-
ted Immediately south Of town II
north, range 15 west, which includes
the Morning Star, Red Cloud, White
Ia sf silver Hollow and Mcintosh
minfG country of Marion county;
and comprises, altogether, 80 to IS
square miles mineral territory.
But that which especially recon-
mends it, as a proposition worth
the consideration given it, is the
shorter, cheaper and more feasible
route it offers, via Spring creek, than
that of Big Creek, whether the
exit, north of the Buffalo, would be
Water creek or Rush creek. This is
with reference to the substitution it
offers both as a railroad route and
as mineral territory, should it be
found impracticable to make Rush
creek, outside of a sharp grade feed
er connection from Water creek.
But it is not all there is in it.
1t is, in connection with the Water
creek extension of the route, the on
ly feasible way to reach both the Su-
gar Orchard mineral basin Of Ma
rion and Boone counties, and the
Sugar Loafmineral basin of Boone
county, enroute to Springfield, Mo.
And the only way it is possible to
account for it's omission heretofore
is that of the merest mischance, an
example OF which was afforded when
it was attempted by other promo
tiers to improve on the Big creek
route. The party by chance selected
a right hand road, at Hickory Hol-
low bend, whereas, if the left hand
road had been followed, the Spring
creek route would have been pre-
enpted ere this by charter.
The Spring creek route, to be sure,
is not wholly without difficulties, an
engineer of experience, familiar with
mountain construction, will have to
overcome. But it has nevertheless
been carefully examined by compe-
tent engineer, Manager F. L. Hamil-
ton, of the Maumee Consolidated
Placer Mine, who gives it as his can
did opinion that it is not only the
most feasible route through the
mountains of Buffalo river, but by
long odds the cheapest, shortest and
best business route over which it is
possible for a north and south road
to enter the mineral field, found be-
tween the mouth of Richland creek
and White river.
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The question OF routes for north
and south roads having been dis
posed Of for the time being, it should
be next in order to say for the bene
fit of miners and mineral prospect