The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-05-23
OIL ALL AROUND the OzARKS.
M1esesri nes 0ther JreesUees Thea eeSd
Nd nsc h ths Depths os
the Eaeth.


the Eseth.
The treasures of earth havo mover
been moro eagerly sought sfter BY
the people Of the United States than
at the present time. Nearly every
dav brings news Of some new dis.
covvry Of oil, gas or mineral deposits,
and there Il q feverish anxiety on the
part Of the people to acquire sudden
fortune by striking something rich.
One great Eldorsdo 10 scarcely moro
than opened and put on . productive
basis until another is discovered In
some other direction to attract specu-
lators. About the most remarkable
event of the kind this year 10 tho
opening Of the great Texas oil field.
The sudden leap 10 wealth by tho
fortunate once III that field, hss led to
more diligent prospecting for oil In
other localities, and % . result We
hear Of now discoveries, from nsarly
oil points of the compass.
Lot us see, what are tho prospects
Of Missouri and Arkansas In this
matter3 Oil aud gas are usually
found In the vicinity Of coal fields.
Missouri and Arksusss 10th have
important coal fields, some that have
been worked for years and some re.
Gently discovered. We, Of Tsnsy
county, have onr lead, zinc and mar.
ble--theae treasures arc assured. The
grsat coal fields Of Missouri lie north
and west of us; those of Arkansas,
south. The geological formations Of
this part Of the OzaFk region arc Of
. lower horizon thsn those Of the
coal regions. 10 It unreasonable To
suppose that oil might exist In the
lower strsts of rock underlying our
| portion Of the country?
Sometime ago oil wss discovered
ct Wellsvillc In Montgomery county
This 10 north Of tho Missouri river
and sbeut IS or eighty miles from
St. Louis Chemical tests of the oil
have resulted satisfactory. 1t is be.
lisved . good basin of oil will be
found sherc, aud machinery has beou
ordered and development will soou
begin.
Coming . littlo further west. We
6nd that In Benton county, accord.
Ing to the Sedslis Capital, . pros
pector has found evidence Of crude
oil at . depth Of less than fifty feet
II oozes out Of crevices between the
rocks. aud when pieces Of this rock
which Is of porous character, were
subjected 10 the heat from . gasoline
stovo the oil "fried" out of the rock
like grease out OF fat bacon, and
when poured on another Aamo thil
oil burned sputtoringly. A dispatch
from Warsaw dated May l4th, say,
that company will begin boring fol
oil about ton miles north Of there q,
once. This company had been devel
opipg Siuc aud lead lsnds, but ths
prospects were SO flattering aud The
citizens offered them such induce
nsents that they quit mining tenn
porarily aud will trv for oil.
Coming still nearer home, VIC vii
quote what tho Carthage Press ha'
10 say about the coal IN Jsspor county
"ln sinking a shaft OH tho west eight,
OF the K.G. Sloan farm, four mile
north OF Carthage on Buck branch
Charles q. Slosn hss struck six foo
vein Of most excellent bituminOu,
coal. The coal was entered ., thirt,
fee, beneath cap Of soapstone ant
continued down to thirty.sevsn feel
The shsft caved In about the tim,
the vein was penetrated, but Mr.
Sloan proposes TO reopen the grount
himself aud push the mining of Goa
for all there 10 In II ncxt fall. Th,
coal 10 good and should readily hole
ito own on the local markets. Goot
coal at about the same depth hs
now been opened up . mile east o
Carthage, four miles north, seveI