The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-17

nr p&h ~ &c sfin lion Mha<h Inc ora 10
l.ksb."
fssm sass uhkas~a esass ths iroa
mads a. crsasbesIy Woke. 10 he nafsh.
srs psn 0f fanry. 10. - 4 an sssssed u
p<opls sho hsss bred IL sf a eaeslsai
qasllly-hard md laush. AZ shsss /, an
sb1adanee ~ era ~ this locally Il I'D.
fsf - he ssz, Of ~ indssHy sl.ks psu-
6ialis 70 he prapr'eiors and ustful 10 Ihs
P0palslisa Of lhs eosuiy, lnng period.
haze sisissd no other ore bsd, md d
not brllsve .hai iron Is aburdsni in .hls
rfgioa. bsl may be n,slsken. Mr. John.
son. &C WaynsssiIls. gave me very sirh
spselmea 81 he msgneIie orids. Iron
Spnng Greek. IN Bsacombe. IN 1897
ss~ in The haads Of Me-. Rsshr. On SsIis-
bury. speeimen ol The Sps,hic Iron ese.
whurh he isld me bed b. co ssni 10 him
fran Fines CIeek. 10 Haywood counly.
THIS 10 The most yslashls of al iron ores.
a. very tolefsbie sie.l can be nsasfar-
lDsed directly from u. lha.s nenr bssn
able % yIsli the spot from shleh il 10 ssid
20 have come, and in ans er 10 my enqui.,
ries lof iron ole from HAT qssrlsr. have
had presented 10 me Fslisled Antliophyl-
ID lfam the Rich Maania u. Tins was
whal ! bad IRON Dr. llsrly. 81 Ashss ills.
Mr. 0sborne. on Pigeon Rlssr. and Mr.
Johnston. ~ waynessille. Such spsei-
mems % base seen are OF no value. the
quantity VI iron being small. and The rex
20 which Il 10 imbeddej 90 rrffseiafy tha
q sau:d be wfousht with srea, difficulty.
The thing 10 worth looking ia,n. lhsse
sent small Specimen oflrue Spalhie ore
% Mr. Johnston Cos comparison. aud ~lll
forward another 10 DE-. Dirkson, st A,Le-
vllle. by the 6fsi opportunity.
Chronic Irea.--This 70 valuable ohly
fof ihe ChIomnm il conisias. l.oeeurs
in small gains disseminated through ,hs
mass Of Serpeniine near Toe RIVER, on the
lands af the Messrs. Young, IN Ysney
county. A, the rock 10 di.ia,rgts,ed By
The wealhe,. the gralns iall on. aud may
be collected in considerable quantities, bu,
lev that / have seen were larger than =
pea. Mr. .Enoch II.ll. sLoliyes 8 miles
iron The rpai, on ihr rish, hand as you O.
vest. at The head Of ll"mlhy. gave me a;
Ashe,ille piece Of yeilow,sh seIpen,ins
that gas OF email grains Of the came sub
stance. ! have made croms y.llow IRON
The ore Of hoth places. That from Mr.
ii LIS land was po, inio email elass tube
!. aud commItted 10 The care &C Mt. FGsnc, .,
n. A =
either oil these places. or eIsus nrrr, rua-
siderable bodies OF this creme ore could
be iovod. |, would be worth st,r nding 10.
i Asbeius. also, Is found in come xion
With the Surpentine on Toe R,veI--smsll
oc,aelrsl ety stalls VI iron ore and Oh slce-
iony. with ,haton Ivy, near Solomon Car
I ter's--and a. the locality on he 'rucka-
siege, Chslcedony (5oar's iush. one ~ho
had been raised near the spo, Told me be
had been accustomed 20 ell il himself and
TO hear il called By Others l--is 90 sbund,
an, that have Suppose q il might 81 e..
iure time be used for mill stones; nun.
Der OF d,iIsren. pieces being bound toge.
,her viii iron hoppe, a. ~ the French
Burrs. The hardness and touahness oil
this mineral, aud The cavities which that
of the Tuekssiege contains seems 10 adapt
IL very well Tor This use. There 10 an y.
! bandance Of Il imbeded in the Srr.en,ins
hut The. individual masses are not large.
II .9,aianfhus.- -In The north aesieIn l.arl
of Y sncy. on the W .,ers Of Cane Geek, is
probably . larger body of ,he mineral com.
monly called sbsstus. but by mineralog-
ists amisnihus, than 10 10 be found else-
where in The u. S. !, In SINE parts Of the
. world The 6bres Of this inconbuslibls
!, FAX" are so tough ami plant that IL can
be wrought into q coarse and WORTHLESS
clnt!. That Of Yancy separates readily
IN very minute 6lamen,s, bu, they are
tao erulle 10 sustain the force necessary
10 spin and weave them! Ihase ssppos
ed ,ha, This minersl misM come iu,e Ne,
in the manufacture of the safes that ere
, emplsved 10 large cities Tor The presefva'
ton of valuable papers even when The
building in which they are 10 burnt down
, and ,hs, the article can be furnished IN
1 eres,er quantity and Of better quality
from North Carolina than from any oihe'
4 aaar.er. Buinoi meeting with much sue
Tess in lie inquiries made with refer
: ence I, this point, have perhaps treated
the ~ a,ter with too much neglect. NeaI
!. the bed u am,an,hus 10 very Gne black
: ,our m .I,ue. or schofl -oi no value TO any
!, one but professej mineralngist. and Of
! bu, li,.le 10 him. Coarse kysnite Occurs
) in Buncombe. on the road from Ashevi'is
:, 10 Wsynesville, but The precise locality u
: mol now recullecied.
Gold, az 10 well known. is ATTAINED 10
e consoles, able quantities on The head waters
of The Savannah River, on the south SIDE
: of Blue Bldge. bat within the limits oil n
j Catolins. These deposit, OF branch mines
/, are at an elevation Of between three am
e four thousand feet above The sea. The
,r . very interesting region. II will be
"a tine grazing sountry in The course OF . te,
10 years; the scenery is Of Inc most roman
10 tic and Impressive eharse,er--,he quaint
N ~ Of the gold collected - coasidefabl'
L.. A.. al a AL oi<t IN.