The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-03-24

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which the returns, though nd fahV
lous, are large and continuous and
which result cannot be achieved as
satisfactorily in the mining and 9TH
er economical ores, as in the produc-
tiono of zine.
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Another proposition in the case OF
the North Arkansas zinc field, (if an
understanding at the situation is to
take it's reasonable course, J is to the
following effect:
With no friends at court to plead
the resources of the country, only
short time must have elapsed before
it was discovered, that nothing in
current reports, favorable to its min
eral resources, had been overdrawn1
Ifnot, why are properties held to
at this time by outsiders aud 9th
ers still sought after by them when,
of fact, not a day has passed dur
ing the past ten months, on which
buyers could not have realized two
and three times the amount paid by
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Nor has the boom of the country
been at any time a game OF prizes
and blanks. The money paid out by
investors has been expended for
mineral properties or mines, as you
may choose to call them, on which
ore is in sight. And upon which
properties if, for the sake of the ar
gr.,aent the worst is adHiftted, It Is
still possible to make out of ores
found near the surface ten to fifty
times the prices paid for the holdings
above all cost and expense,
These statements of the case, of a
truth, cover the prestige which at.
taches to the country. as a mineral
field. And, in consequence, while
some one from the inside as well as
from the outside may have assumed
certain foolish and Nextravagant
things of the country, it will be
found that such adventure had been
without the approval or authority
of either local inhabitant or investor
of reputable standing.
The actual resources of the coun-
try are sufficient to keep the interest
of investors fixed upon it's develop
ment, For wonderful and manifold
as the discoveries of mineral may
have been up to the present time,
there is deeper meaning to the out
come, than the awakening of miners
and investors to a knowledge of
mineral in North Arkansas: 1t is
that Of productive industry in this
state the fame of which is destined
to ring around the world, as sure as
day follows night
And therefore, any violation of
business prophecies that inhere to
the situation, or any violation of a
spirit of fair play and of candor ami
mating both the local inhabitant.
and outsiders who stay with him in
the development of his country, is
uncalled for. 1t is an infraction the
responsibility tor which is to be
charged to mineral sharks who have
drifted into North Arkansas and
from other countries, but who can
always be spotted if the precaution
is adopted by strangers, of learning
positively the business and personal
standing OF those, with whom they
propose to deal, before buying min
eral properties.
As to the application of the rule
laid down, of both a substantial
foundation to the boom and of moth
ing having been exaggerated by the
local inhabitant in vindication of
North Arkansas mineral field, it is |
conspicuou sly illustrated in the case
Of the country or system of mineral
territory from which this report is
written.
For, il it is anything, facts in the
'ase show that it is an instance of
he best having been saved for the
asst And to the proof of this, it
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