People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — Gold Is Found In Arkansas. [ARTICLE]

Gold Is Found In Arkansas.

Fort Smith, Ark., May 22.—A quantity of gold-bearing sand was found in a well in the heart of this city yesterday. Prospectors will determine the extent and value of the find. Most of the property adjoining is the property of the school board, and if the find proves to be rich the school fund will be greatly swelled. Property on which the gold was found was part of the abandoned military reservation which was donated to the city ten years ago.