The Harrison times., 1908-12-12
The Resources of Newton County
Where Some of the Richest Lead and
ENC Ores Of the District Have
Been Discovered.

Been discovered.
This county is in the second tler o
counties south of the Missouri hn(
and in the third east of the Okla
homa line. The northern half hes
7 in the Ozark zinc and lead district
Buffalo fork of White river has it,
source near the southwest corner o
the county and runs in northeast
erlv direction entirely across the
county. Several smaller streams
arising along the northern slope o
the Boston mountains run IN q
northerIv direction INTO Buffalo
Thr Boston mountains, with an eIe
walton of about 1000 feet above sea
level. extend across the south part
of he county. The streams are Of
sufficient SIZE and fall to furnish al
the cheap power necessary for manu-
ia, turing enterprises,
Timber Newton county beyond
qu ,stion has more hrst-class white
oak and hickory timber than any
other county in the State. Many
other valuable species of hard wood
timber, such as walnut, cherry, To-
Gust, maple, ETC., abound Already
much timber is being cut and manu-
factured into slaves and wagon
stock and marketed. Though it is
from ten to twenty-five miles from a
railroad, still handsome profit is
realized by those operating mills and
a fair price paid to the owners of the
y timber
r Stone This county could supply
the entire section with building tone
for decade without any perceptible
decrease in the quantity Several
beautiful bui dings in Jasper, the
county seat, bear witness to the
beauty and high quality ofthis st one
for architectural purposes Among
Others may be mentioned the county
court house, the entire walls OF
which are of native marble, quarrled
within one-half mile of the building,
In the Washington Monument is a
block of marble taken from near the
surface IN this county which is sad to
rank as second best, in point OF
quality, of all the marble used in the
erection OF that magnificent struct-
ure. The marble of this county
ranks higher than that OF any other
section of the Central West 1t var
les in color from light gray to a
let black, and is susceptible OF a su'
perior polish 1t has been examined
and tested by leading experts and
sculptors and pronounced to be un-
surpassed in quality by any marble
\ found in America,
\Zinc and Lead, -Unquestionablv
Newton county will take hrst rank
as a producer of zinc and lead as
soon as transportation facilities are
furnished. The county has no rail
road, though q number of proposed
lines have been surveyed through its
limits within the past few years.
More than forty years ago three
small lead smelters were operating
and shipping pig lead from Newton
county One on Cave creek, one on
Big Buffalo Just below Boxley and
one on Edgman creek above Boxley
Much ore was mined, smelted and
shipped from these sections, but
owing to their crude methods oI
mining and the great distance from
a railroad these properties were
abandoned
Miaing DiStrictS,-Several mining
sections are in Newton county, o
which the following are noted; Mar
BILE City, Mount Hersey, Panther
Greek, Murray and Boxley.
The prominent properties in the
Marble City district, being along Mil
creek, in the northern part OF The
county, and are Marble City, Can
ton, Gibson and Mineral City. Con
siderable work has been done on th,
.S,s. !ut !" m'
ds ro,e very hne ore shipped; but th'
mmary' Is. Cjty aine, near the villag
turns to all u City, at present has tn
from the hlSlg of any property II
prop'p pro- r,,,st ,v'un moi "a Work is now benl
! in such fasnion2roperty and recent.
IN ,n' wlSeS ,Sc cro, p of zine ore ever dis
$ OF honest sharclNorth Arkansas helC
,graph and tclephoed
1 in interstate bu 49,, NJ.
inder the iurlsdictSeP MiHhS DIStHc
commerce commlslst part ofthe county
9 very earnestly \ ir-. -
,eopie. through the 'p'llS ulst"IVe VI wv
d act in this msth Arkansas railroad
,h,sres' .mo,,s be U a prem belong the Big Hurri
usi Initiative anranby, Pratt, Rounc