308 ASHLEY — GEOLOGY OF ARKANSAS. [May 1:5, 



sionally of considerable extent, as one mass is said to have yielded 

 over seventy-five tons of clean stibnite. This quartz veinstone is fre- 

 quently exposed at the surface as a low wall, and in one case in 7 S., 

 32 W., sections 8 and 9, this is easily traceable for nearly a mile. 

 The veins are of such a character that there is always much uncer- 

 tainty about the occurrence of paying ore. A shaft at the Valley 

 mines has been sunk 230 feet and still shows good ore, while others 

 have run out in a short distance below the surface. 



Along the Rolling Fork exploration revealed twelve ore-bearing 

 veins within two miles. In the region just south of Antimony City 

 it is claimed that five leads or veins have been found. 



Similar quartz veins are common north of this tract in townships 

 5 and 6 S., but no ore has been reported from them. 



Ores. — The main ore and the only ore as yet found in paying 

 quantities is stibnite. Silver and lead are found in small quantities. 

 In still smaller quantities or occurring only as traces were found 

 sphalerite, cervantite, jamesonite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, arseno- 

 pyrite, tetrahedrite, and a few others. 



Ores Outside of the Antimony District. — There are a few places 

 north of the antimony district where the general appearance of 

 quartz veins suggests a similarity of conditions to those found in the 

 antimony district. But, with these exceptions, the remainder of 

 this Paleozoic area does not give evidence of containing ore of any 

 kind in any quantity ; in fact, in view of the careful prospecting 

 that has been done and the negative results obtained, strengthened 

 by a study of the geology of the region and the character of the 

 rocks, the evidence seems to be against the existence of pay ore in 

 the region. 



Silver. — During the silver excitement a few years ago all the 

 northern edge of this territory in the eastern part was thought to 

 be included in the silver district, and a large portion of it was 

 taken up in claims. Much prospecting was done and many shafts 

 were sunk, but no one reports finding any silver, or getting an 

 analysis that gave more than a trace of it. 



Very recently a prospect hole has been started just north of 

 Caney Fork P. O., based upon the finding of two or three small 

 pieces of silver at that point. One of the pieces seemed to be 

 almost pure silver, about the weight of a dollar. It had evidently 

 been run out and worn smooth ; it was certainly not as it came from 

 the earth, though still in the condition in which it was found. The 



