The Green Forest tribune., 1900-05-17
MINERAL BOOM IS ON.
Carroll County Now the Field of
 Many Active Prospectors.

That our mineral resources are now to receive prompt and
 scientific attention is an evident fact. There are numerous prcs- pectors in the country, backed
 by the necessary capital to find out what there is here, and THE TRIBUNE predicts that within the coming few months developments will be made that will not orly startle the natives, but will excite widespread attention among mineral men all over the country.
 During the past few days TIE TRIBUNE scribe has come in con- tact with several men who claim to know mineral when they see it men who have come here from the different noted mineral fields over the country-and we nave been assured that the outside prospects for valuable mines in in this county are unsurpassed by any Of the undeveloped regions of the State.
 TIE TRIBUNE office was visited on last Thursday by c. W. Hous- ton of Exira, Iowa, who is 8 mem- Der of @ Northern syndicate that filed on a number of government tracts in this county some time ago with q view to taking the same under tl2e mineral law. He has been looking the field over and he finds that they have what he con- siders valuable property, and in forms us that 1t is the intention of his company to do their first as- sessment work on these claims by prospecting with a large steam drill, which they propose to putin operation soon.
 Samuel Porter of Fandalia, Ill.,, a man who claims to have made mineral . life-study, is 8 recent arrival in Green Forest, having canvassed the celebrated zinc fields all over, and he assures us that 5kis is the country that he has been looking fol, that he de- sires to locate in a section where he can begin in the developing business where he can have something like first choice of To- cation and, whore he is confident that valuable ores may be found,
 Mir. Porter is higly enthused over tho prospects he has. found and he is certain if the land own- CTS will only give him chance he will find mineral ii paying quan- titles in many places. lie says what this country needs is deep mining, that modern machinery is indispensable to find all that IS contained in tue earth here. lie is now negotiating with numerous land owners for leases on their property, offering splendid in- dUcements in every instance. The land he proposes to prospect can not be damag gea to any appreci~ able extent, even If no mineral should be found. Land owners simply have all to gain and noth- ing to lose by giving leases upon their property to responsible par ties for mineral prospecting pur- poses. It takes capital to develop mines and t takes mineral men to interest capital; and 1t is to be hoped that our people who have mineral land will manifest a liber al spirit toward pro8pactors and not only benefit themselves out assist in building up the country.
 There are s1ll other new men here who are devotings eonsider- able attention tomineral deyelope- ment. Che important deal has been made the past Weoa which We are not at liberty to make pab- lie,
 We feel safe in predicting that the mineral industry and deyel- ooement will soon take the lead over all the numerous resources 2 of this undevoleped region. No country under the sun is so well assured of perpetual prosperity as that possessed of rich minerals. While Carroll County's future is by no means dependent upon her mineral prospect for peace and plenty, she may be made many times richer by mineral develope- ment, and We hope to see the work pushed to the uttefmost,