The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-04-05

Here is a green hickory nut tree
covered with a muscadine vine
Grapevines are plentiful Now comes,
only a few feet from the waters edge.
a great rock towering thirty or forty
feet into the air The center of it
is white, 1t is white crystal rock
Looks very much like the white coat
ing of cake, but it is honey-combed
of crystals. It is the heart of the
rock, next to the river. Near it is an
other large rock. Many of the rocks
are crystal coated and sparkle like
diamonds. Some are as clear as crys.
tai, like cut glass. Some of the rocks
have crystal seams through them,
down in the crevices of which are
beautiful pure crystals. | find large
rock of a rose tint, I break it open.
The color inside is not so good as on
the outside I pick up rock about
an inch and a half thick and six
inches square. I am at once astonisn-
ed at its weight. l pick up another
of about the same size. 1t does not
weigh half as much as the first.
look at it closely and discover in it
streaks of a gold colored metal. If it
is gold, why there are several hundred
dollars worth of it in this little rock
in my hand. | become interested in
it. l discover there is a ledge of it.
start to follow it to the top of the
hill. 1t runs all the way up. | dis
cover that it has been prospected
Near the top l see it has been staked
There is a galvanized pipe set in the
ground and on the pipe holes have
been punched forming the figures "I''
Maybe the prospector died after his
discovery is the reason there is not
a big gold mine in operation here
now, so | wrap up little of the stuff
and put it in my pocket book. 1t is
up to the editor to investigate and
make a quick fortune, or to print
this and let some one else investigate
To the west is Pinnacle on a direct
line between is a smaller mountain,
so this mountain is a part of the same
great seam as Pinnacle. If there is
gold in Pinnacle there should be
gold here.
I walked from Sweetie Cooleys
along wagon road to gap in the
mountain. The hill | described was
the west section. East of the gap is a
long ridge, the top of which is a mass
of large rocks. I walked to where it
ended in a vast pile of rock. The
trend is from east to west and it is
in line with Pinnacle. 1t is a portion
of range of mountains through
which the Arkansas river has cut q
gap. To any one wanting to take a
hike from Little Rock it is an ideal
point to go to and you can commence
at Ft. Logan H. Roots. The distance
according to the map by air line from
the fort is nine miles. My route
would of course more than double
that.
Next I went to the Rector planta-
ton. There is 2,100 acres of it, about
1000 of which is in cultivation 1t is
owned and run by Captain H. M. Rec
tor, a grandson Of ex-Gov. H. M. Rec
tor. His father was DR.. H. M. Rector
of Hot Springs. The captain has the
pictures of all the five H. M. Rectors
in his room. This place was settled
by VIM. Field, whose daughter Gov
ernor Rector married until now the
fifth generation of Vim. Fields is
growing up on his old homestead.
The captain prefers white to color
ed tenants and has number on the
place. These tenants furnish them
selves. Only two of the dozen fami-
lies buy of the same merchant, SO il a
failure should come the loss would be
divided between a number instead of
one merchant having to stand it all.
Some of the tenants pay as they go.
The place is about half way between
Little Rock and Conway and part Of
the tenants trade at Conway.
Captain Rector is the second de-
scendant of an Arkansas governor
whom l have met on this trip and
secured a subscription from. The
other one is R. C. Hughes, son of