The Harrison times., 1900-06-23
NO. so.

thlng- when there is free entry q
evidence from all parts of minera
country under discussion, such a.
the formation of ore bearing local
lties, and of the field as whole, min
es, ores, prospecting shafts, drill hol
es, opening and dump piles. And a:
this has been done constantly bv tn,
ZINES, as mineral authority of tn,
North Arkansas mineral field, it i.
quite probable, both its ability tc
control the situation, and it's fair
ness in dealings with the subject O
of local zinc resources, through tn,
means of trained abilities, and 6
business sense 1t is possible to ex
ercise in the development of a miner
al country, as in other economic in
dustries of the times we live in.
OF additional evidence collected
during the present year: 1t is suffi.
cient to say, in the case of those who
have read the TIMES, that, though
only one third through with the sec
ond grand tour of the zinc field since
the writer's return to the scene. new
er did the development of any min
eral country, in a years time, bear
out so effectively the promises called
for by its formation; or which more
satisfactorily justifes the invest
ments made in its territory. And
since all accounts from other parts
of the field keep pace with accounts
previously had of the territory visit
ed, it is to be confidently anticipated
OF the final round up of the whole
system, that the years history of it's
improvement will take miners and
mining capitalists off their feet.
This summing up of the informa-
ton collected during the tour, up to
the present time, applies with unu-
sual force to the Little Buffalo river.
Mill creek and Cave creek countries
OF Newton county; to the Maumee,
Rock creek, Tomahawk and St. Toe
countries of Searcy county; and to
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the Rush creek, Cedar creek, Cow
creek, Warner creek and Buffalo CITY
countries of Marion county. The
same thing in all prnhahiIitp -,e..Il
apply in general to other territory in
the track of the tour as far as made.
But since it has been made a rule.
not to give further extensive reports
of localities where little or nothing
has been done to keep step in the
march OF progress, there is just that
much reservation to mar the har-
mony of the thing as a whole.
Of one and another thing CLOSELY
noted in the course of the tour, is the
confidence SO many properties in
sPlre, IN the sense of big ore being
present in the immediate formation
to which they belong. This improve
ment consists of big ore dumps, and
OF richly disseminated and brecciated
ore bodies, under conditions that
plainly call for their presence. The
consequence is, that it confirms the
previsionary ground taken in favor
OF mineral territory which carries on
its surface. indications of large ore
bodies; and upon which evidence
there originally depended all invest
ments of prospectors, grub stakers
and miners, independent of any help
supplied to them by authorities in
general
The last point named is, in fact,
the one in face of which the Arkansas
problem, of a cheaper ore and a con-
sequent wider use of the metal, is to
have its solution. For while the
surroundings of nine out of every ten
mines visited carry the argument
and the proof of producers" con-
dition called for in the requirements
of buyers now headed this way)-it
is not far to see that, if they have an
eye to the cost of mining ore and
know their business, their expert ex-
aminers will throw the weight of
their judgment to the side of the Ar
kansas country, as against all other
zinc territory of the western conti-
nent combined.
vi criticisms made of the Arkansas
held: One thing is certain in such
cases, merely to talk" back at the
Joplin crowd, or to call people
names, does not prove ANYTHING.
Such procedure only places North
Arkansas in the category of the Jop-
lin held, whose mine owners, mineral
sharks and real estate men grow red
IN the face, and whose necks swell