Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-07
Between 800 and 1000 En- gagged in Getting Out Zinc
 Ore on 100 Properties.
EUROPEAN WAR IS
 THE BIG STIMULANT
Estimated That 100 Carloads of Ore Per Month Produced in the Melville District, and Section, Long Neg-
 lected. Coming Into Its Own.
(By Clio Harper.)

(By Clio Harper)
 Little Rock, Sept. 7.-North Arkan- sas is at last coming into it's own It is estimated that 100 car loads of zinc ore per month are being produc- cd in the Yellville district. That is worth in the market as quotations run now, about $225,O0O. Besides this, there are smaller amounts being pro duced in the Harrison and other dis tricts.
 There are about 100 producing 1000 men are actually employed in digging ore.
 For thirty years it has been known that Arkansas above the Ozarks. Especially in the counties of Marion Boone, Newton and Searcy, are under laid with great beds of val,rable zinc ore. But there was comparatively small demand for, l,, and the mines were remote from railway connection. The promoter and land speculator were the ones who profited chiefly from the presence of the great fields of jack and carbonates.
 Fortunes were sunk in development but sill the faithful held on against the time when their faith was sure to be rewarded Great quantities of ore were piled upon the surfact from tun-. nfcls, drifts, shafts and open cuts. Great faces of the richest ore were uncovered so near the surface that it could be quarried out like so much stone. 5t
 Then the railroads came. the White River branch and the M. & N. A., but still the prices were so low that only relatively small shipments were made.
 It was the demand for zinc created by the Euorpean war which gave the industry it's first impetus. Other fields could not supply the demand, ana prices jumped 10 $130 where they had been less than $20.
 Long neglected mines were re- opened, and everywhere activity ruled in the mining district.
 No more are there heard many re- ports of sales. The period Of ex- 'ploita.ion has been succeeded by the period of realization. Mining lands hre not being sold, but are. being leased for actual operation. From one-man propositions, to mines em- ploying scores of men, there comes a constant stream of ore that is quot- ed as high on the market as that or Webb City, or highT.
 Concentrating mills are being erected at Markle, Bear Hill, and O. her mines, and at number of the old. well-developed properties large, modern mills have been in operation for. some time.
 up to the present time, there. has been sufficient local labor to take care of sll demands, but so rapid IS the development that in short time the industry will have become the greatest source of revenue in the -Four Zinc States of North Arkan- sas." ,
 Levi storthz, Little Rock capital. ist. who owns 4,500. acres of mineral la nd in the four counties, values ms property at $1,00O,OOO
 The Consolidated Zinc & Rock com nanv of Lawrence county has floatett $6O ,OO0 worth of bonds. to secure funds for operation. Zinc ore Wndt mas ldIA OA tAO - s>"-' " for a generation. in Newton county, IS being hauled "A miles to Harrison anu shipped at big profit.
 A body of ore which.is reported to assay 22 1-2 per cent pure silver has been uncovered on the property ot the Buffalo Mining company near Ponos City. Newton county. From other points come rrequent l,Eenorfs of gratifying finds that prom l ise to yield beavy returns when tnes gre developed--and now there IS no .scnbt about the development.
 The price of zinc ore fiuctuaNes greatly. It is now quoted at from ] H40 to 800 according to grade. wltl general average of s75 for the most common qualities of high grace ore Thirty fons $ q carload. and eacn ear load is therefore worth about soo5os and the monthly out put of the yaIlville district $275.00O .or the an nual nrcduct more than s2.5oo.Oeo. :, I Considering the comparatlveiv small area, these figures are aimos' staggering, but we are assured ny those who have mode close studs nt Ina situation that 1t is by nc i mcans exaggerated.
 That North. Arkansas is lust oegin. ning to eet into it's stride IS recoeniz
 ed by all.
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