The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1901-01-05

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est mineral deposits in Searcy and
Marion counties in Arkansas and
Iraney county in Missouri. While
nothing official has ever been given
bout, the assertion has been made
Ithat this line will be built with
+ Frisco money. In fact, stockhold-
|ers in the Frisco make the asser-
|tion that it is to form portion OF
he great zine loop now being built
by that system, which will take in
|the very richest portions of the five
Counties named. The sudden actlv-
#ty shown in the extension OF the
Chadwick branch to Yellville seems
d add weight to the declarations OF
j he Frisco stockholders who reside
b Little Rock. There seems to be
"a awakening On the part OF the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company,
as a locating survey will next week
be commenced in Marion county and
extended down the river to Bates
vile. Under the direct supervision
OF Maj. Shellenberger Of Chicago.
MIR. Chadic, whom some of your
people will recollect from his con
nection with the Choetaw, will have
charge OF the presumably Missouri
Pacific extension. though both Mr..
Chadic aud Maj Shalenberger
strenuously deny that their work
has any connection with that sys-
tenn. But it has no other connect
ion, unless extended to reach the
Choctaw, and Mr.. Chadic does not
feel particularly close to a system
that gave him the hard knock that
he claims this one did Besides this,
have assurance from the president
Of the Choctaw that his system docs
not contemplate reaching into the
zinc field, though with coal that can
never be exhausted there is every in
,entive to do SO.
WHY RAILWAYS ARE SHY.
"Why then, # YOU have so much
zinc ore, have not the railroads
reached out for it long ago? has
been asked many times. Ny only
EXPLANATION of this has been that
with from SIS, 100000 to $2O,000.-
)Q invested in the Missouri Kansas
listrict by the Frisco and Missouri
? attic systems that immense prop
,r9 would become practically val
ielsSs as soon as the North Arkan-
vas beld shall have been opened up.
4 afr5m sfs 60 SEQ a ton TO
produce jack in the first district, and
t has been practically demonstrated
hat jack can be produced in Arkan-
'as from So to So a ton. am now
speaking only of blende, our carbon
ate already finding market in Wis
'onsin and St. Louis, where it is
worked into oxide.
Commencing at the surface the
heavy and rich, is blast
ID out at a comparatively small cost,
hearing the way to the jack that is
always found beneath, 1t will be
,een that with transportation reve-
Tue will commence with the first
'hot, a revenue that in many instan-
'es will prove to be princely.
ut must not be supposed that all
,ur land contains zinc ore. Much of
t is SO barren of value that the man
Unfortunate enough to own 1t will
hesitate about paying taxes on it
inless he has trade in sight. But
intelligent search has never failed to
De rewarded Only two weeks ago
he workmen uncovered good face
If ore on the property owned by the
dill-Fontaine Company of your city,
that is but two miles from
he great Olympia, owned by Mis-
iouri Pacific officials, on which was
discovered % IL feet of resin Jack
md Immediately under it ruby Jack
hat has been prospected fourteen
eet, when work was closed down. !
The discovery had been made, so
here was nothing to do but await
transportation. 1t will be seen that
iur people are long in waiting
MARBLE, TIMBER, ETC.
u might add a word about the
marble lodges of North Arkansas.
Nhe lpurest black mar Bile in seams of
rom four inches to eight feet have |
'een tested and pronounced the
inest in grain, specific gravity
md quality the world has produced. |