The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-07-25
LEAD, COPPER AND MARBLE.
SsMe Of tho Miaesal Prodscts Of the
Nosthwestesa Pert Of Tsaey
CeSaty.

James Harper, Of Day, was In For.
syth, Saturday, with some very inter-
estiug specimens Of copper, lead and
marble from bis land In the north.
west psrt Of the county. Mr.. Harper,
like many other residents of INpey
county, Is very much interested In
tho mineral products present and tho
problems Of geology that confront
us. Hence for the past few years be
has made q study Of the science Of
geology and also observed much In
the field In company with prominent
gcologisis aud intercollegiate, among
them Captain Arnold, Of Springfield.
The specimens Of copper pyrites
shown us by Mr.. Harper were finer
than anything we have yet seen In
that line, aud be SAYS he has had al
assay made which proves the pres
cnco Of copper IN good quantities.
These specimens have been prsc.
tically taken from the surface. ~
Mr.. Harper has not got any deep
workings on his prospect; but Capt.
Arnold informed him that there are
indications that there is n body OF
copper near At hand. Mr.. Harper
says he eau prove to any geologist
that there is copper there. lie also
showed US a fine specimen Of car.
Donate Of lead or "dry bone," rs the
miners call 1t.
The specimens of marble shown
were also very fine aud one would
readily recognize them as being OF
the same formation as the specimens
of marble shown here come weeks
ago by d. l.. Warren from q neigh.
boring locality They arc Of .hc
mottled or spotted variety and Mr..
Harper explains that 1t is nleiamor.
phosed msgucsian limcstone--really
. tine grade Of marble. This IL Of a
different formation thau the white
aud red marbles found iu tho vicin :
ity Of the Anna Ice mine Rnd on
Pine mountain. Those rocks belong
to the Burlington.keokuk group, and
Mr.. Harper says their geological
horizon Ia from 1000 to 1000 feet
above tho magnetism series, although
practically they do not lie that high
above the latter, because the rocks OF
two geological series, namely the
Dcvonian aud the Upper Silurian,
are absent IN this part of the
country.
In his collection was also q speci.
men of the pure white, fne.graincd
rock first shown here by Mr.. Warren.
This, Mr.. Harper SAYS, ia u granular
quartz aud very valuable if II eau be
found In sufficiently large bodies and
Of the proper thickness. Mr.. Harper
knows where 1t il IN various places,
but there are no bodies OF II showing
al tho surface; however, y gcologis,
had claimed that where they ionnd
the quartz In this form there must be
= body Of 1t. Mr.. Warren's visible
supply Of this quartz ~ the fines,.
grained and most compact that Mr.
Harper ever saw.
The specimens Of mineral and mar.
BILE from that locality show an indi.
vidunllty peculiar to themselves, so
far rs compared with specimens we
have seen from other places, and evil
dently these prospects are worthy Ol
Investigation by practical miners and
qunrrymcn. We understand Mr.
Harper would mako a good offsr to
any reliable party tc work either tho
copper or the marble prospect. He
ia confident the stuff is there IN pay.
ing quantities, but has not the means
10 develop tho property aud for this
reason would make mos, liberal
offer ~ tho right mau.