Pocahontas star herald., 1922-09-15


oHte the gas to thousands of indus
tries and private homes. In 1921
there were 80 gas wells completed
In the El Dorado field, the Coustau-
tine well having a flow estimated at
hrSt at 100, ,oOO, 900 feet daily. Gas
mas also been found IN Washington,
SCOTT, Polk and other counties.
Arkansas possesses extensive c cal
deposits which 1t is estimated will
last $50 years at the present rate Of
mining of more than six million dol
lars worth annually. There is an
extensive coal field III western Ar
kansas, covering an area of 1884
square miles. The coal varies great
ly IN character, from Ignite in Qua
chlta to anthracite IN johnson
and Pope, and bltuminous IN Logan
Yell, Franklin, Crawford, Scott and
Sebastian counties. The field pro.
per is about SO miles wide and 60
miles long, lying along the valley of
the Arkansas river. 1t has been es-
timated that there Is from 800 to
800 square miles that may be mineo
pro6tablY. The deposits that are
mined vary in thickness from Is
inches to s feet
Arkansas has the distinction Of
having within It's borders the worlds
most celebrated health resort, Hot
Springs National Park, which con
talns hot springs with daily flow
/ of 1000, 900 gallons. Tradition
and reasonably authentic history re-
cord that Ferdinand DeSoto was the
first white man to visit the now cele
brated hot springs IN Garland cOun.
ty IN the year l542. 1t was early
common meeting place for Indian
tribes who declared truce while they
communed with the Great SPIRIT.
1t was not until the sos that any
considerable city was established IN
the "Vslley of Vapors" and IN 1882
the United States government as
sumed control of that portion upon
which the hot springs are located.
The population of the city has
grown from 2Ol IN 1860 to 1895
IN 1920. There are A hot springs
with a daily flow of 1000, 600 gal
Ions The average temperature of
The water as it comes from the earth
Is 1856 degrees FabreDheit. In 1929
there were "a bath houses connected
with the springs, many of them be-
ing of palaliaI architecture. The
and the operation cf the
bath houses and use of the hot water
are regulated by the Federal govern
ment through the department of the
interior. Millions of dollars have
been spent IN building roads and
arkwsys and IN constructing and
maintaining free government bath
bou.es and the army and navy hos.
n,tal. Science has never agreed on
the cause Of the hot springs, al
though Of late years it has been as
cr,bed generally TO radio activity.
Some Of the worlds finest resort no.
tolls are located here and an average
of 100. 900 visitors annually seek
b,a th and rccrelnon IN Its waters.
Arkansas has the only diamond
mines on the north American CONT
rep,, located IN Pike county pro
5nc,pg gems equal to those Of the
1l,mberDy mines. The only dia.
,,,o5. found on the north American
ointment are mined in small area
The vicinity Of Marfreesboro,
PIKE county. The precious gems,
snperlor IN Iustre and hardness to
,'rg Of those found IN the Kmber.
i, mines Of South Africa, are found
,m ,odded 10 an igneous formation
ypown a, pendotlte, which occurs
omy IL "ppes" or the oralers Of
.Iooc extinct volcanoes. One Of the
8 f., known deposits was known TO
,yoIor,srs as early as 1912 near the
,p,b Of Praiue c'esk. In 1889