The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25
MINING NEWS.

The North Arkansas Investment
Co., of this place, has received an
invoice of DR.. Branner's geological
map of the State. 1t is a copper
plate map in seven eolors, drawn to
scale of one inch TO so miles.
Those who are familiar with DR..
Branner's geological map of Indiana
in miniature, can form an idea OF
the Arkansas map. The TIMES has
placed a framed copy in the midst OF
its mineral collection, and the infor-
nation it supplies is very much ap.
preciated by visitors. The price of
the map is 124s cents.
The interest shown in the Silver
Hill ore because of its identity, with
the Lion Hill mineral of the Buffalo
City region, has brought out other
particulars of the property. 1t conn
prises the southern part of what
was known as the Tom Young farm,
6, IS, 9,Patton Cove district, this
county. The opening is that OF a
shaft with depth of % feet. and
the ore vein, which was struck at II
feet, 3 feet and 10 inches thick. The
owners are the same people who
share in 100 acres mineral property,
known as the Silver Hill mine, Oma-
ha district, this county.
The Post Boy, NV sw, Is, 10, ls,
Tar Kiln basin. is a candidate, this
week, for both meteorological and &C.
illogical honors. Developments OF
the past week show that it is char
aeterized by a vertical, with marble
walls, the contents of which, in
sight, consists of a body oil carbon
ate and siicate ores of zine, GO feet
wide and 80 feet thick; imposed upon
a body of disseminated ore which
has just come into view. The geo
logical side of the occurrence is COM
mented upon in DR.. Branner's report
on the marble of North Arkansas;
and on the meteorological side, it is
known of the Post Boy, that it is
the one property of the Tar Kiln ba-
sin known to carry a sulphide ore of
zinc.
A fresh example of what is hap
pening in the Patton Cove or Crook
ed Greek ore field, 312 miles east
from town, is afforded III the case OF
the Lone Star, formerly Potomac
and John Roy property, 6, Is, 10.
Though not yet through with their
shaft and drill tests of the ground,
that which was rumor two weeks
ago is now certainty. In the shaft
first sunk by the lessees, which they
had to abandon for the time on ac-
count of water, the depth reached
was 10 feet, in which ore was struck
at 9 feet. with ore at the bottom OF
the shaft. And in their drill hole
which is "a feet deep, with ore at
the bottom of the hole, a four feet
vein of Jack was struck at % feet,
and a second one 10 feet thick at 80
| feet. Further work is to be done,
now that deep seated ore has been
discovered, and it would be safe
step to anticipate of the Lone Star
\ that it will be good paying prop
The news from the Bit Scot, ....-.--
3, Ii, 10, Newton county, continues
to grow in character. until it be-
comes assured of the famous discov-
eryg that it is without a rival in the
Arkansas field, upon the score of its
dual occurrence of lead and zinc. As
now determined the lead occurs in a
lode vein, or as we now state it in
the geology of zinc and lead, in a
vertical, which ensures the presence
OF the ore in quantity, beyond all
conjecture attempted in the outset
of the Cave Greek discoveries. And
in the case of the zinc, steel jack So
called has been added to its great
bed of oxide-carbonate ore of zinc;
with good ore and plenty of it, in
sight, in 16 holes sunk upon the
property, up to the present week. 1t
will be perhaps recalled by the read
er that the Bill Scott is one of the
cloud OF witnesses the TIMES is able
to trot out, to prove it's absolute
reliability as mineral authority for
the Arkansas zinc field.
1t is the news of the week that the
old reliable Tar Kiln property sec
lions IA and Is, 10, IS, has fairly
justified the expectations OF a few
weeks ago, when work by its new
owners began. For instance, at the
Arkansas mine, six men in three
weeks, have uncovered face of car
Donate ore so feet long and 40 feet
high; andat the Legal Tender they
have put in a cut 100 feet long,
80 feet high, and fleet wide, which
extends to the shaft showing a 16
feet tace OF ore and the opening still
in ore. This is working toward re-
suits in a manner that is most cred
table to the manager Mr. Gilbert
and to his force, For it happens
that in locating the body of the ore,
they have incidentally stacked up
200 tons of ore, of which less than
20 per cent is waste. The showing
made clearly forecasts for the Tar
Kiln the FIRST place in the field as a
black carbonate proposition. The
TIMES congratulates the owners;