The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-17
Dr.. sfifehelrs second Letter.
Fsun tIs Hishl.sd Ns.sasr-.


ffM- Ttsmas l. chagmems
DEAR SiR-ll aiiI be ling before TIE
posnlsiBs sf Nofth csr0lins xiII es fslly
IsPlortd. and their minersl eehi.nls a.
iefislnsd. The paris whrh are /. o,iesp.
y 10 mnch sheunlersd sish socks 10 Be
s1lnssisd. all srleom be Hsssrssd sx.
Spiby fsrAess looking Coz Ihsir rattle. o.
hsaisns N pu,suiI &c gsar. In srihsr
efe he suf.ars ~Ill be 80 covered with
Fush-. ODD and iessrs ~ 10 prevent the
discovery Of The sslushlr mintr.ls .hirh
here. II could mol with reason be IN.
hrisd rssn Of raef.l geological ssf.
w. thai q would result 20 a.ay Impo.-
TN discoveries. Is priaeipsl behelil
loud be. here. ss II has Re. else where.
y dTsw the attention I The inhabitants d
lhe subjee, Of minerals. and BY making
ben srqusihted with iew SPECIES, pre-
Hsre them % exsmihe and discover Tor
tIsHslsss--io make every intelligent
1sp in iacj miner-l surveyor. m re or
lssssbie. of bio oan Farm and beishbar-
hood. With view iosuch arondlh0n Of
hinge. | offer reenfd Of . Few Iscis Of .
Try miscellaneous character. .nsi have
lilien On Ter my owa ob.ersauon in ie-
sfrd 20 ihs rocks and minerals of The
Mountains.
; lis well knsSn that The We.tern par,
d North Csfn.ins u ieads 40 OF sncleni
pfimilive. and Tennessee ofmnre recent
rpckformaiions. The bnend ~ between
thfsei~s 20 generally. perhaps slwsys.
within the Site of North carolina, aud
u no grta, distance from the line scpa q,
iaR The two States. Be,ween Ashs and
Carlercsuaiiesa may s,sonle poisl. cross
the border. 90 as 10 give lev primitive
rorks o. Tennessee. On ihe oiherhsnd,
a long tongue from the I. rmslions of y. n
nfssee enters North Canlma by ihe Wa
tsnga River, d. Beech Mnpnisin. Grand
a her. aud l.inviile. aud extends quite
down 20 The CaiawLa in Mcdowell coan-
~. VIVA, faIlaws rsla,es exclusively 10
the reign Of The primitive rncks.
The three principal kinds of .heserocks.
Grand-fa,her, Gneiss. and Mica Slate. are
90 iniermingled aud associated that il will
be y ok OF mach llbor TO ASCERTAIN the
difTrreni fields Of each, and The limits 81
those 6eld.. t;neiss. and especially The
hornhleade vsrielys annesrs 10 be more ..
/. W ha-ns s,.aa,siir e.ha.< ar This Abe BiaeL
Mouaia'n u principally composed. Issw
more mica ,la,e il Henderson (some eon.
timing imperfeci garnet.. than any where
tl.e. A costse grained granite abounds
In Yancy county towards The head waters
Of Toe River. aud on the road leading
from Bufn.s,lle 10 The Turkey Cave. This
is The KIND that yields The materials o
porcelain. Wien ], has b, en- so Tar de.
composed lha, all the protassa is removed,
the ah ie, infu.ible mass that remains IL
the Ksoi,n. whilst The Feijspsr. unch-ng.
ed, is the Petnrtze ofihe Chinese. When
tkese two are rejuc, d 10 cue pow der. mix
ell, wrought irto vessels. and baked with
an in ense hes', the lasinn of the feldspa,
gives g. The material ~ formed she Trans.
lucsncy that belongs 10 porcelain. lfoand
, smsll mss.c. of Kaslm near Thomas
yqlng's. IN Yancy c'un,y. some yesr'
since. aud ,lanng the presen, year b,d
Of L as white as snow was stuck in dig
} ing Q veil At Burnsv,lle. A budy o.
beautiful feldsrar. free iiom ans intefn,x'
,are of other minerals. has been observed
on he lands Of Mr.. Mckinney, ia Cash
! itr's Valley. Macon county. Nei,her oi
these may be Of much value either nov
or A. any future time, BIT they encourage
the belief tina, The materials OF porcelain
: Of good quality will be found abundant
, " IN some of these counties. F..
>, Eerpeafiae. - Besides two in Ashe
: whose precise locality cannat give.
/ ;knex. OF fiy ecol siJersble beds Of this rock
/, IN HE we.tern counties: one on The va
/. lters Of Cane Creek, near the Baker s.tlle
lmel . second ne r. Pagan Youngs, bu
{ lon he eide III Toe River Opposite To hi
lhahse; th,td At the ford Of Ivy, on .h'
] road from Burns, lille 10 A.hes,lle; fons,i
on hhe lands of Enoch II Ill, near the hea,
! !of fiominy, in Haywood couny: an
the lord ol Turkasiege, in LAY wood AM
V M Iuus III SHHCSO PooSc ~ 20 - e'se'S'
Iwd thless rock, but increasing IN neral
ashcisied with u. .... e~. ....m
Il Iron Ore.-Che mists are unable 10 ac
e coiai Cor The superior quality of cer.al
b kids ofiron. Tn,s is true Of The se,y bes
q iron that il made-.hst oh Duanemora, 1
e Sweden; the While OF which is sent 4
i. Einlandtabe converted into Steel. quot
IL The fuila~,n passage from S:r'venot
s Ilsso;y oil the from Trade. page l5l:
$ tTpe cause OF the super,or'y Of tn
!. DanLemora iron has never been explain
!. ed Some chemists sscribe il TO the pre-
10 lsehce Of IN .nsnese. Bs,uIius attribute
n ii, 10 The presence Of the metal Of ssis;
i while others suppose u 20 a,ise from q
Ie nature Of the process employed. Dor ttfI
ii Thompson was assured by Que gen'leina
" who had bestowed particular attention
d ,he subject, that BY oiiowing simil'
d process he has obtained as good I'D
10 from other Swedish ores. But tha. som
i. thing 10 due 10 The ore itself. 10 esidei
s, IRON ,he circumstance TIA, The quality
70 The iron, though the same process rs. .s y
Ns4F. n.