The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-12


ueni ii ll~f HnirTai nIs-Tziiuns, hlh N
ranlrnd al. rli jaiire< = = ii,r use 4
her aashrariir-pfsjudisr- whsh exPeH-
snne has r'ssaTrel. sad. SPA Win ~,
kaef "a aFern,mr.
IN riRhi yrzrs lpem liie HIrnIa< 81 he
Prnnsylsanis mines. she hzd-ruf is mar
lei less Than tvD hundred :. 4 iilty Than
s-ad IONS A greater amount can he 8 nj
fnm Deep River in iwe years frnm the
opening ~ hrr assisaiiaa II Was lSen-
~ TIVE years h-faSe Pennsylvania had
seattle market in any one year a mllllnn
az tons. Deep River Can send Thai q
rnnnni wisllin Eve years. n capital and
enlrFpii@s s,Il do fnr North Carolina.
what fhry hrse dane fnr Pennsylvania.
then will the future progress ~ North "a
rolina he more rapid Than has been The pasl
progress 81 Pennsylvania. In Pennsyl-
wanna rhe s..il sud rIinsle are against her.
IN NaTll t.arnlina they ARE IN her favor.
Tic Nar,9a,i-n &c Care Fear and Deep
Rivers j. never interrupted with irr. The
canals "f Pennsylvania are frnren M fnnr
months IN il,- year. During that period.
The bimnrnnus casls ~ deep River ran
GU Naitl. nr seek the marr profitable
markets of Charleston. Savannah. Texas.
Mexicn, aud The wrst India Islands.
Another advantage in G.sar IL Nnrsh Ca
ralina. il The natural fertility 90 her snll.
while The coal regions nf Pennsylvania are
sterile and nnprodurliyr. in agricultural
products. Deep River and The jacenl
country. with the aid ~ fenilizing ma
nnres. lime. and plaster and guano. which
will form The return rzrg.es of coal
vessels from The North. viii become. IN
Few wears. the Nile 81 The South. lls
products will qnadrirle. aud will find .
home market on The spot which produces
them.
The Iron ore &c Deep River fnrms an
important item in ,his estimate. iron oI
As good quality and in as great abundance.
rs 10 any rnnntry. is found IN North Ca
rolina. On deep River Il is 10 immediate
coniignns wlh The t'oal. On the land
&c Peter q. Evans. Esq. ihe coa il over
laid rs a stratum Of iron ore. three feel in
The knees. whrh yields fifty per cent. Of
iron. The coal whrl, underIies il is
six frrl thick. and OF that kind hest s,lap.
ted for liz manufacture of iron. The iron
when man featured. ran he transported Ia
New Yak. nj less cost than IL can be
sent 10 ilir same market from The crlc-
hraled wnrks III Danyille or Nor humber
land. on llr Susqurhanna. Ii can be al.
50 manufactured al less expense, as those
establishments pay higher price for lhrir
coal. than Il can be procured al on deep
River. Al Danville and Northumberland.
The coal costs $3.50 ion. un Deep Ri
yer !, can be had for The price Of mining
il. as those who AVN tile iron own The
coal. But the iren need MI be sent n
broad for market. There is a heiier
market al home. The time will undouhl-
edly come, when the manufacturers Of
iron on Deep River will supply The wants
Of a large exienlnl country beyond The lin.
lis Of North Carolina.
The water power on Deep River is
scarcely equalled in any parlrf our roun-
irv. In cheapnrss. il is unriralled. Dams
which. on most situations, are expensive
structures. are here already bnill without
charge 10 The ou ners ol the adacrnt lands.
Eighteen Of these are already constructed
or in progress Of construction by the Ma
vlga ion Company of Deep River.
Such are ,h- prospects Of The valley Of
Deep River. And. in view oflhem. can The
most skepiical doubt Of the Magnificent
Future OF that favored region, Or that
The progress Of population and improve
menl will advance with more rapi. pace.
Than il has ever done in Pennsylvania !
Shnnld fureign capitalists hereafter be in
tluced 10 a~sncia,e with vonr people. in
developing the treasures of Deep River.
in coal. iron. and other minerals, The pre-
sent holders Of tie land will part with
their interests upon fall know ledge ni
their value; and The capital that may find
lis way hilher. from ether regions, will
form part of thai fund which is 10 con-
tribute 10 the support u your Stale Co
vernment. and The labnrers. mechanics,
and tradesmen who NAV accompany or
follow il. will ningle with your people.
become identified with Your interests. and
add 10 the wealth. population. and strength
Of ;0ur native Stale.
NoTE.-1he wonderful rapidity with which
villages and cites have sprung into existence in the
mining districts Of Pennsylvania. may be ins,anced
in The cases of Carhondale, Honeslalc and Potts.
vile. among hundreds Of others. In 1928, there
was but one building on the site Of Carbonate,
and that a log tenement. In 1914 ii contained a
thriving AMI industrious population Of $500, oc-
cupying good buildings. Honeslale was cover
ed by the primitive forest in 1928 in 1915 il
contained population of from $500 to 5000
persons. N,tioaal Magazine for august, 1915,
And I'LL this prosperity arose fiom the mining Of
less than three and a half millions OF tons Of
coal. The same amount mined on Deep River
would produce, necessarily, the same results. In
1885 commenced the first mining operations in
Schuyikll county. In 1911 tile Genital town
Of Pottsvillc, originating at later date than we
have quoted, contained the following establish
ments for the education of the children Of the mi
ners and new settled residents: Six private