The Harrison times., 1901-03-02
OTHER RESOURCES.

existing masses or mineral III the sui
phide state
OTHER RESOURCES.
No known power, in an economi-
cal sense, is to be compared to that
of water. Where obtainable in con-
tinuous quantity, it has held prefer
ence over any other power from the
earliest time to the present. 1t to-
day is the energy that drives the
New England large mill and factory
machinery, and the great Niagara
has not been taxed to the ten-thou-
sandth part of its capacity. Very
few people have real conception of
the power to be obtained from a
volume of water, as that of the East
or West Sugar Loaf creek, with a
perpendicular fall of 10 feet; they
would be incredulous if told the
amount of energy to be derived from
current of water not more than
ten feet wide and one foot deep
through the same descent There is
scarcely a stream or creek in the
counties mentioned in this article
where requisite conditions are not
ohtainable, and many of them az a
comparatively limited cost. Since
the advent of the Dynamo and Elec-
tro-motor, these water power sites
are rendered still more valuable
than formerly. Wherever these cur
rents of water are below a sand
stone formation there is pretty sure
to be constant flow. They will
constitute a most valuable feature
in connection with milling and min
ing throughout the whole region
which, from the very nature of the
!, case must, eventually, be on a stu
pendous scale.
There are many deep ravines in
; which heavy bodies of mineral will
be found, from the bottoms of which
it would be difficult to elevate the
ore without resort to the energy
from the wheel, steam or dynmo;
but with either of these, it will be a
very simple matter.
With an area of at least 10000
square miles, under every one OF
which in all probability there Is
more or less zinc, lead, manganese
and still other valuable minerals, to
a depth not short of 1900 feet, it
, can scarcely be considered an exag-
gerat1on to pronounce this to be, for
the same area, one of the richest
mineral sections of the world. Over
lying this, there has been estimated
: to be 1 ,40S 900 acres of marble, the
: better grades of which are pronounc-
, ed to be equal to the Tennessee mar
: BILE. Still higher, the ebert which,
+, with it's clays, form a material that
} when properly treated and cultiyat-
S ed is unequalled for the growth of
S the vine, apples, and. in fact, is well
] adapted for about all the uses appli-
/ cable to the pursuits of the agricult-
v urist, horticulturist, vine cultivator,
} fruit grower and stock raiser.
e Reaching an altitude of 1900 to
] 1900 feet above the sea and with
y protection from northerly winds;
:. with abundance of pure water and
b grandest natural scenery, and with
all this in proximity to thickly pop
# ulated portion of the United States;
n also with the moral certainty that
n railroads will be built at no distant
e period, there scarcely were eyen bet
- ter opportunities for the man of very
: limited means and the millionaire,
= whether for homesteading. mining
t or investment, than are at present
;. | presented in the northern tier of
!. counties of Arkansas. 1t is not, the
:, country for farming on an extensive
d scale, but homes can be established
t here in a climate strictly healthful
S and industries pursued that will
/ eventually create more money than
e can be made by regular farming.
c While the timber, generally, through
out these counties is not the growth
to yield choice dimensioned hard
n wood in great quantities, there is
= some of this character, and there is
>, an abundance of timber, more espec-
4 tally oak, we'll suited for railroad,
domestic, and mining purposes.
A OF the United States land now
r. available under the Homestead and
# Mining Claim acts, there are in
d Boone county, 26, 800 acres; Marion,
.r rs, AS; Newton, 244, ,266; Searcy,
r 153 900; Baxter, "a, 900; Madison,
er $3.50; Stone, 170,6S0; Carroll,
AZ 400; Benton, $500; Fulton, 29,.