IRON MOUNTAIN EXTENSION
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
MAY 28, 1902
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A DISPATCH FROM BATESVILLE , SAYS ; THE FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PASSED OVER THE IRON MOUNTAIN EXTENSION WEST TO PENTERS BLUFF TODAY TWENTY-FOUR MILES ABOVE BATESVILLE. THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET FOR THE EXTENSION OF THIS LINE YELLVILLE , MARION COUNTY , BY SEP. 1, AND 600 MEN ARE NOW AT WORK ON THE EXTENSION INTO THE ZINC REGIONS OF NORTH ARKANSAS.