Additional Evidence Regarding the Existence of Gold. — The
opinion prevails in Montgomery county, and in some other
districts, that the rocks exposed in those places are novel and
that the geologic formations are peculiar. Except in a very
limited sense these beliefs are erroneous. The structure, the
succession of the strata, and the character of the rocks are
all such as are widely known both in and out of Arkansas,
and nowhere in the areas covered by them has gold been dis-
covered in woikable quantity. The conditions in all those por-
tions of the State yet examined by the Survey are likewise un-
favorable to the existence of gold in paying quantities. The
only peculiarity in the Arkansas geology consists in the rem-
nants of hot springs and their somewhat remarkable effects
upon the texture of the rocks. Thus, in some particular lo-
calities, the deposits are more specialized, and these have
often been regarded, by persons unfamiliar with mining and
with such masses, as accumulations of ore.
