The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-05-14
IN THE KINGDOM OF ZINC
White River Road up fallen Ash and
Around lees Mountain.


The anticipated and real arc often
vastly different In the experiences OF
life. This fact was brought forc,bly 10
tho mind Of your correspondent rs he
passed up the Fallen Ash Valley along
the route Of the road. The long cry Of
every man In this region has been for
n railroad, and now that II is coming
and fast becoming real thing, II has
brought feeling Of discomfort. For
railroads respect no mans farm, or his
personal convenience. The farmer with
his nice field Of 20 TO Go acres In this
valley has walked up To realize that his
life ns a farmer will consist largely Of
point-rows and railroad crossings, ana
he naturally resents 1t. But such 10
life where roads are built, and the s25
per acre which the railroad-or rather
the citizens Of the rcgion-will pay him
will, In most cases act rs healing balm
10 the farmer thus touched.
Beginning at the west end Of Mr..
Cushing's contract, miles l03, lO4. lO5
and l06 have been sublet by MIR. Rey.
nolds TO Mr. S. w. Kelley Of Oklahoma
whose tools and camp cquippage are
enroute, and whose work will begin
shortly. For the most part this work
will be light, as compared with that on
the east or west OF IL and therefore
there has not been much haste in be-
ginning the grading as it will be ready
for the track long before the train can
gain admission through tho tunnel
gateway into Marion county,
One long cut near camp No. is com.
pleted and gives one an idea Of what
the road bed will look like when com.
peted,
BE; ond Mr.. Reynolds work the
Kolkmcycr Construction Co. has the
contracts for oil masonry work to Ore.
gon Flat.
Miles III, llj, llG, Iii and lis will
be constructed by the kccnc Consiruc.
tion CO., who have already established
n camp al the Brooksher farm and arc
preparing TO commence work AT once.
A special feature Of this company :
work will be the use OF American labor
only.
Miles ll9 and l20 are to be construct.
cd by $. J. Moore ~ Son. This con.
tract includes the 7OO.foot tunnel near
Powell and other difficult work, Some
minor changes in the line is delaying
the opening OF work on this tunnel,
The heavy work north Of Yellville
cuts through from the head Of Fallen
Ash creek to the Crooked creek valley
and the line will traverse tho valley tol
some eight miles.
Some surprise has been expressed
that no mineral OF any noticeable guam
tity has been uncovered in all the rocl
work thus far opened, To the persor
who has made study Of the minera
deposits in tho kingdom OF zinc ther'
is nothing strange about 1t. II is 1
plain fact that the deepest mining worI
that has ever developed ore Is abov,
the highest point reached by tho grad,
Of this road. IL Is safe to assume tha
no similar amount OF work could b
done in any OF the well.dehned mininl
districts without opening up numbe
Of fabulous deposits Of zinc or lead
Some few pieces OF marioni,e on Mr.
Cushing's contract and few cubes Q
lead north Of Yellvillc, constitute III
only ore discoveries we found. How
ever we may look for the groun
covered by our next letter to devclo
scmc mining, as well as railroad new.
Is.
Harrison Times.