The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-25
L4GLE LARZ

a supply sufficient for all building plr-
poses and for all packing and Grating
for at least 20 years to come.
Within 20 miles Of the marble beds
the enormous energy which lies in the
falls OF the Kettle river is being har-
messed with a view to furnishing cheap
electric power for quarrying purposes.
The marble deposits are along the
right Of way OF the Spokane Falls &
Northern road, which Is. now owned
and operated by the Great Northern,
and James J. Hill Is offering special
inducements in the way OF freight
rates to develop this wonderful coun-
try.
In the New York market Italian
Pavonazza neveg sells for less than
s12 per cubic foot. It is badly shat
tered marble. The Stevens county
marble duplicates all Of the Italian
markings. surpasses 1t in beauty, pre-
sents a perfect solidity, and can be
quarried and sold in New York for So
per cubic foot with net profit Of
$S7O per cubic foot
The beds from which this matchless
marble comes rise from the sandy fats
OF the river, appearing in some places
in long, unbroken slopes up which one
may climb to height Of 500 to 700
feet above the river level, travelling
on solid marble all the way These
slopes are in many places smooth and
solid, the pattern Of the marble show
ing unbroken at the surface. In other
places the marble rises above the
river level in great bluffs one above
another. In many places the marble is
found in smooth floors at the submits
and in broad slopes dropping to the
river banks. At the surface it is re-
markably solid, indicating that the
beds lie undisturbed to great depth.
its broad, unbrokeD surface Of white
displaying bold marking Of blue and
jet black. frequently the top Of the
mass can be found floors an acre In
expanse which are as smooth, hard
and even as rolled and leveled as
phalt pavements.
A great deal Of the marble at the
surface is cream tinted and is crossed
with jet black veins, resembling In
pattern the famous Pavonazza marble
or Italy, but much more solid and Is
free from the pit holes which damage
the italian product. It takes an ex-
tremely high polish and retains IT, and
its texture Is dense. uniform and very
fine crystalline, showing in many
places marked translucency. There Is
one tract alone Of this marble destined
to rival the Pavonazza which contains
1910 acres and which is capable ef
producing the finest marble for CEN
turtles to come without exhausting the
supply.
I This Is not the only factor which has
/ given Stevens county the reputation in
the Northwest Of being one OF the
: most wonderful counties In the United
' States Stevens is the northeast cor
/ ner county OF Washington and con-
! tains 2,945 square miles Of territory
!. and about $4,000 people. The Spokane
1 Falls & Northern road Disects it north
and south and provides II with mar
\ kets. It Is semi-mountalnous, and in
: its mountains are gold and silver for
4 the treasure hunter, copper and lead
: for the industries, lime and cement
r quarries OF onyx and jasper, marble,
' granite and slate for the builder, cIays
\ for the potter and the brickmaker,
: and IN the foothills is timber IN abund-
anee. In the Columbia. the Pen
a d'Oreslle and other valleys which these
!. rich mineral mountains incluse are
: thousands Of acres Of the most fertile
q land imaginable, land upon which all
2 kinds Of fruits and cereals are being
s raised in abundance. amid scenery
! which Is beautiful beyond description.
k IN speaking Of the mineral deposits
. recent discovery OF tungsten and
n molybdanite must not be forgotten.
d There are only seventy tons Of tung-
v stem produced in this country annual.
4 ". and It sells for $4,000 a ton. II 10
3 also produced in Australia. 2,5oo tons
/. annually, and in Sweden and Germany,
If but all Of this output is absorbed By
& the Krupp works where It is used In
D hardening steel. Large veins Of lhln
e metal have been discovered II stev.
d ems county from which can be pro.
"a duced more than 1000 tons annually.
e Molyhdanits. which sells for $3.50 Z
+. ton. is produced from mine Ia Maine
d At the rate Of 50 or 80 tons : yeaf,
II and Colorado produces about $50 tons.
y The vein discovered IN Stevens county
e is SIX feet vide 80 feet deep aud more
u thaA . mlIe long
Z s. GLEN ANDRua