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

From the Harrison, ARK, Times.
| tCompiled from the field notes of Col. De-
M&hler, who visited the section three weeks
since
POWERS, TANEY COUNTY, Mo.
That the so-cnlled Ten OK lock"
furnishes IL key TO the origin and
deposition of zinc, is found to he in-
disputable, and to that extent II is
lesson to the Missouri and Arkansas
miner. the value Of which cannot be
ovcrestima.t
The reasoni,ig of the case is rs fol-
lows: Whether it is an example of a
feeder to the local system of mineral
territory Of which it is 4 part, or
whether it is the repository or re-
ceptable of ore released from ledge
veins, does not matter.
The absence of the cover 20 the
great vertical, (other than the coun-
try rock.) while its flanking mineral
series continue in place, would seem
| to have the better of the argum ent.
1t is a stumbling block, whether it is
! insisted, that zinc ores are of salt
water origin, deposited by waters
of salted seas.) OP whether it is con-
| tended that they are OF subterranean
origin. For there remains, beside
the two horns Of the dilemma, the
| contingency of a hydrOstatic law to
be disposed Of, especially since it is
| found. in zinc verticaIs, that the
! heaviest mineral occurs at the great
est depth: and which contingency
has strong support in the fact, that
| il an upright vein, i. is vet to he cs-
| tablisiled in the case of zinc, that il
ia true fis.ure, and not merely fault
ur simple fracture, filled with miner
al. This is not ali OF it.
1t also happens that so-caailcd
ground than that Of cavernous lime
stone. or in fractured or faultcd lime
stone. the vaults of which are filled
with brecciateu and altered country
rock Of the territory where encoun-
tered. And of verify. if it is work
ed out, il is ALWAYS possible to trace
any considerable body of ore i'll Mis-
souri, and Arkansas, to silurian lime
aud flint, i'll which period only does
zinc occur in a disseminated form.
And, in consequence, all OF the data
being predicatcd upon dctermina-
lions supplied in the ''Ten O'Clock
Run" the new key 10 the Missouri
and Arkansas zinc fields, brings the
whole subject back to the probahiii-
to OF sedinieutary or salt water
origin, argued aud sustained in the
Belgic theory of the origin OF zinc.
AT no point visited bv the TINES
expiorations have the conditions to
demonstrate this Interesting theory
been so plentiful as in the McCorniCk X
District of fancy county, Missouri.
located JUS, to the south aud east Of
the White river valley, which, while
partaking in many respects with the
conditions of the southwest Missouri
field, is vet more closely related /"
the Omaha district of Arkansas, ad-
; Joining it closely on the southward.
For year or mOre the enierprlslng
citizens Of this section have interest
: ed themselves in q desultOry way In
the ulattcr of prospecting for zinc
and lead ores with most fdttcring 9
SUCCESS for thc amount Of labor and
money cxpended; aud feeling that
geographical conditions placed Them
properly with their neighbors OF
Arkansas rather than those of Mis-
souri, they have sought the aid of the
TINES mineral authority for the
purpose not only of making this field
known.to the world at large, but OF
, calling the attention ot the mine
owners of Arkansas to the fact that
broadening of their territory Il