Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-06-21
Form the st. Louis drgus ~
NJ LINING REGION OF MISSOURI

Ii may not be Il miss TO offer Il few re-
marks with regard to the mining region of
Missouri. The Iron Mountain is described
by DIR. Rele to be literally mountain of
tnagne'lc iron, so pure in this quality as to
yield seventy or eighty per ccniunl. under
the ordinary process for crnvcr,in. ore into
'naileahlc iron. The crv;iiou Of this noun
tam may TIC about three hundred and ti:ty
lcct above The surrounding plane, and the
distance across lis summit one aud half
mn cs. For many miles in every direction
from this mountain, large quantities of iron
ore are 70 he met with, and frequently
plumEago, and what | think to be the
sulphuraic OF zinc Five miles south of the
mountain is magnificent, pyramid of The
nycaccouS oxydc Of iron. 1t rises abruptly
i'll The head of the valley al an elevation of
between two hundred aud fifty and three
hundred lcc'. Its base is n mile and n half
| III circumference. This differs from any
othcr oi ITS species that have ever scen.-
But little of ii is to he found in plates or
strata; II is in huge masses of many tons
weight. Very lille mining has hccn made
for copper. A few shafts have been sunk
twelve or fifteen feet in depth, and about
$4,000 pounds Of excellent copper were
made. The valley of bellevue and the
surrounding mountains have the fines,
forests Of timber ! have ever seen The
purity of the iron orc is such, that any
ingenious blacksmith can forge from i,
an" nrtIclro cutlery, giving il IL fine Icm-
per alter the manner he would work a riecc
of steel.
The Pine ridge runs from cast TO wcs,
about twenty five miles through Washing
ION county and is from five tn seven miles
"r'e covered principally with The mos,
oca'''ii"i pine timber. The trees being from
TWO TO lour feet IN diameter, ana ninety
feet in height. Washington coun.v j, re-.
presented 10 be one vas, mine con,;inii,r
Iron, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper Con
pcriiS, Chalk, Black Lead. aud Hrin,s,ouc.
Co!ncllan and numerous hcau,i!rI stones.
frccSionc, Limestone Gvimla.onc and Bur
r!stonc. There is also within The rourtvo
great amount Of water power " hicl NAV he
applied to The manufacture of iron.
The adjoining county of ST. Gcncvicve
possesses Lead, Iron & Copper orr Il quar-
fy OF beautiful and varroalcd marble sup
posed TO DC more than mile in lrl.,!,. to-
Seuier WIN immense caves Of " Li,r sand
rcscihhiIhS snow of which large juanriiirs
arc sent 10 i'iiiSbErS and used in The uanu-
laciurc of t'lint Glass.
rs very mite il any coal has hccn found
III The vicinity of The iron mines The i.unor
'""'c ol constructing Il rail road from ih;
i ,,i!'cs TO The coal banks Il few miles from
81. L""i,, is 10" apparent to need any area.
| nicnt IN lis ravnr.
Coai lands may bc bought in this vicinity
Tor my dollars an acre, the coal may Ii,
."'Sc" i'r three or four cents per blislc! ana
Tue IRON ore can be brought from The mine,
ny Il raii road for three dollars pcrron, pre-
se"'!hS very important facilities for the pro-
a"' ''on OF iron and Tor the establishment, of
HE different manufactures of Lead Iron
Copper Zinc Glass &c. Which have given
70 70 the cities OF Pittsburs, Wheeling and
Stnrtnn1fi ,Sitlin flie In 81 iwcntv ,c,r. FIJI,
o"s"ni ,: OF 'helr population and fiIiV mn.
',ois OF Their wealth. Ii has bccn csiim,ted
'ia' mere would be transported on Il rail
way from Washington county to this c,iy
during lic first year of its operation twenty
''>c thousand tons iron and five thousand
'o''' oi lead at lnrcc do!ars per ton, and
SiAiy thousand tons of lumber a, tnur dol
'''s pert amounting 10 three li.,!rcd g.
seventy Thousand dollars. The cxuru,c of
Transporting tins amount III the present time
su:id dollars. '''o"
<,, "ea'f"i ISScmbty Of Tie Prcsbyieri..n
C"",ch.--'th" General Assembly of The
ifrSnytcrlan Church, met AT Piiias.cipn,n
on ian OF May. The schism Thai mas Inr
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