The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-01-03


would be struck. with good reason
to expect good jack further ..into tie
hill.
The work done on the DIR. McIm-
tyre. sw sw 20. %. 81, is that of n
mere prospect hole. put in on the
same rock of the Anna Lee and Nc
Cormick, with the result that it's
iead-bearing character is borne out
In this case as in the others. The
same characteristic of an underlying
thickness of 100 feet mineral. bearing
formation is in sight as on the Auna
Lee, and to venture q suggestion at
this point, it will undoubtedly paw
in the two instances TO prospect for
ore lower down; the ore is called for.
and the course of reason is to go
after it regardless of the temptation
to pick at the lead run, which is only
a cap to the zinc forlnation. In fact,
the absence of this covering in the
case Of the King Solomon, the best
of the Taney county properties, is
what first led to the discovery of it's
zinc ore. There was no lead Of conse.
quence to tempt work for it; and,
as mineral was called for. zinc had
TO be accepted,-with the result that
it has been found in abundance.
The Raven, ne sw. 29, %, 21, has
no more work on it than the DR.. Me-
Intyre, from which it is distant 5-8.
of mile north. The opening is on
the the same run of the DIR. Mcintyre,
and a height above. bringing into
view sub-strata of miEeral-bearing
formation mentioned as character
istic of the Caney creek exposures;
for it follows that the Anna Lee, DIR.
McIntyre aud Raven are all situated
on the rim of the basin, aud the fact
noticeable because OF this being the
deepest erosion of the surface of the
country encountered in the weeks
exploration of the Mccormick
mineral district. Another rccom-
mendation of this property as Of
| the others is the value of it's timber,
the covering Of merchantablc white
oak being alone worth the price Of
the land. For it happens hereabouts
in the absence of precipitous. bluffs
that we have loose or broken ground
to the mountain sides; constituting
exclusively a system of easy slopes
and benches all finely timbered.
On the Marble Hill, Sc sw, 8, II, 81,
owned by J. w. Blankenship, no
work has been done, and in conse-
ouence its examination was in the
nature of original exploration, with
nothing to dctract from it's study.
The result was most interesting. To
examine it in the order followed by
the observer brings to view a body
of the Carthage limestone, so to 20
feet deep, the base of which for
! a depth of 20 feet has christallized
in the form Of a ;ustrous light grey
or almost white marble of uniform
shade This is the first limestone Of
this precise character encountered
away from the Carthage quarries;
and the underlying marble the best
grained and handsOmest stone of it's
kind found i'm the United States ex-
elusive Of the Vermont marble, sur
passing even this in some respects,
the texture being more that of the
Italian marble, The marble is ex-
elusive ofthe mineral series, the lat
ter being exposed fifty feet at the
southeast corner, above which the
marble is lifted to height Of twenty
feet or more. the sand parting to the
two being only four or five feet
thick. The mineral series in this case
is loose or shattered. call for both
carbonate ana jack, the argument OF
which is ha+Aiu low grade carbonate
under the ledges, notwithstanding
its long exposure.
The Wild Cat Hollow Sc, sw,. 3, 81,
2l. Among other conditions
brought out in study of the Marble
Hin property was it's relation to q
stsfas,a yi,ici, on all hands calls for