The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1901-02-02
crying sub-carboniferous formation,
same as around Joplin.

Al Na'ion county there are nj
representatives of the sub-earbonif
erous, except the ebert that caps tn,
tops OF ridges, and the underlying
marble if belonging to that period.
The valuable bodies of disseminat.
ed lead ore of Southeast Missouri
occur only in the Cambrian. 1t will
be eomprehended that the Joplin
miner must go much deeper than the
Arkansas miner for ore in the mag
nesian Limestone and the latter deep
er than the Southeast Missouri min.
er for disseminated lead, providing
1t occurs correspondingly in Arkan-
sas to Southeast Missouri. 1t would
seem more probable, though, that in
mate III Tic very Uasv wurIe II II ar
most the exclusive ore in the higher
measures.
While in Arkansas there are no
marks of volcanic violence, there are
so-called ehimneys, and the lorna.
tions have been lifted, tlited anu
fractured in a manner to satisfy the
miner accustomed to the more gen.
eral occurrence of minerals, as in the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is reasonable
to believe that these dislocations
and fractures will magnify upon
deeper exposure. and that ore in
larger bodies will there be found.
The general mineralized character
as exposed above drainage in North
ern Arkansas together with remark
able richness OF ore should act at
least as great encourager, if not
direct assurance of deposits of mag
nitude. Owing to the case with
which zinc will volitilize and oxidize
under exposure to the atmosphere it
could not be expected to be visible ev-
erywhere, but it is to be seen in num-
erous places as high order of spha-
lerite and most abundantly as a
dead carbonate, as high grade of
carbonate in form of smithsonite, as
calamine or zinc silicate, as rich zinc
oxide and as a rather inferior sur
face jack which seems almost to be
the connecting link between the SUR
face forms and the regular lack. /"
These surface ores of oxides and car
Donates are results due to disinte-
grafton and reorganization, proceed
ing from vapors or gases that escap-
ed from the sulphide at a greater in
terror depth. The quarrymau and
coal miner expect to find better bod
les deeper in from the surface.
While there are over forty known
different zinc carbonates in North
Arkansas. there are none OF account
in the Joplin district. This appar-
emily is due to the greater depth of
the occurrence of zinc there below
the surface, and the water protect
ion afforded it.
While it must be admitted that the
Joplin district on account of existing
mineral wealth in the sub-carbonif-
erous formation, which Northern Ar
kansas as applied to Marion and
Boone counties has not, has that
much. apparently in advantage of
total mineral depth: and while there
is no intention nor occasion 20 at
tempt depreciation of what may ex-
ist there, still the certainty is that
their mines, to reach the same ore
horizons that are exposed in the hill
sides or at short distance beneath
the surface in Arkansas, must by ne
cessity be deep. 1t also seems high
ly reasonable that since there are
very few evidences of seismic dis
turbances, compared to those to be
seen in Arkansas, the chances are &C.
cordingly in the minority for gener-
al naturalization and extensive ore
bodies, as compared with portions
of Northern Arkansas. With equal
facilities for transporting and smelt-
ing, Arkansas surely should hold SUI
premacy. With an influx of new
settlers, abundance of grains, fruits,
stock and poultry would be grown
and raised to supply the demand at
reasonably low prices. The great
abundance of wood should render
the cost for fuel and for mining pur-
poses a small consideration.
The cost of mining in Arkansas
will vary considerably on account
OF different positions of occurrence
but should come within the range oil
from $500 to $500 per ton. No
doubt an average of $500 per ton
for the whole district would be a
very liberal figure. Where in large
bodies and above all drainage, so a.
to be mined by tunnel, it should not