Arjish Dagh

the loftiest peak of the peninsula of Asia Minor, at the Ark. western extremity of the Anti-Taurus Range, 13,150 feet; an exhausted volcano; on the N. and are "extensive glaciers, Ark, a chest or coffer for the safekeeping of any valuable thing; a depository. The large floating ve el in which Noah and his family were preserved during the deluge. The Ark of the Covenant, in the Bynagogue of the Jews, was the chest or ve el in which the tables of the law were preserved.; Arkansas, a State in the South Central Division of the North American Union; bounded by Mi ouri, Tenne ee, Mi i ippi, Louisiana, Texas and the Indian Territory; gro area, 53,850 square miles; admitted into the Union, June 15, 1886; seceded, March 4, 1861; readmitted June 22, 1868; number of counties, 75; Rock. ‘be State contains semi-anthracite, cannel, and bituminous coal; iron and zine ores; galena, frequently bearing silver; manganese; gypsum, oil-stone of superior quality; marble; alabaster; rock crystal; copper; granite; kaolin; marl; mineral ochers, and salt. The most valuable mineral production at present is coal. The soil varies with the geological characteristics and surface conditions already described.