The hot springs of Arkansas, as they are : a history and guide / by Charles Cutter.

  • Cutter, Charles, 1837-1912.
Date:
1875
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    an opportunity of inspecting it; and from the felspathic character of much of the rock of this cove I have little doubt that it might be found in many new localities where it has not yet been discovered. Noble quarries of granite could be opened, both on the north slope of the waters of Hurricane and Lost Creek. [The same can be said of the Cove. The writer saw granite rock on the place of Dr. J. C. Holiman, from which the largest blocks and pillars used in building could be quarried.] At this latter locality some very good millstones have been taken out which though not equal to the burr millstone, make, nevertheless, excellent stones for grinding corn., All that is wanted in order to establish an extensive, business in supplying, not only the State of Arkansas, but the whole South and West, with the most substantial of building materials, is cheap and easy communication between the quarries and Little Rock, where the granite blocks could either be shipped on the Arkansas River or trans- ported on the lines of railroad which, no doubt, must soon concentrate in that place. [In this connection the writer will add that the citizens of Magnet Cove are very anxious to have the C. & F. R. R. Co. build their branch to Hot Springs, via the route surveyed up the Ouachita River, and give them a depot near the mouth of Cove Creek, which will be about one mile from the centre of the Cove. No doubt the Company would find it a point at which they could build up a large shipping business.] One of the most interesting geological regions of Hot Springs county, and, indeed, of the State, is the Magnet Cove, to which I have already alluded in speaking of the principal localities of crystalline rocks throughout the State. This ' Cove ' is interesting, not only on account of the large body of magnetic iron ore which exists there, but also for the great variety of minerals and crystalline rocks which the region furnishes, of which a list is given. Among them all the pure crystalline forms of Titanic acid are rendered the most important by their extensive use now in dentistry. Some of the crystals of this min- eral have been analyzed and proved to be as pure a form of Titanic acid, if not purer, than any on record. The centre and southern part of the 'Cove,' nearly on sections 19 and 20, township 3 south, range 17 west, is a fine agricultural region, being the farm formerly occupied by J. S. Conway, and now owned by Mr. Mitchell. On the eastern part of section 20 there is a great bed of magnetic iron ore, some of which exhibits polarity. It is not exposed