The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-14
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Tho Copper Mines or North Carolina aAd Ten

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We are accl toned o regard ourselves the mos geal
ive enerprisilg people the lace Of the EARTH ana real
" there is nearly as much truth concct in the claim
sull there ate yst branches of enterprise i
WHICH we are deficient almost 10 ioolhaldinessls y
these the copper ie stands ou mosi glangly promf
nent si strange fac that Great Brilsn, from he
copper ors, not iaofe haa oae-hir "A tch as thai
many OF our States. now annua exports 10 ts cpun
Try more than i've millions worth OF copper Her ore
vay greatly in quality. but, their average Yield Is on.
about per ceat that of the richest CosDwall mines pc
ing ol per cent IN addition To these native ores. he
manufacturing companies import large amount Of or
from Cuba, Australia and Chill. OF which the sverag
yield ofure copper s about per cent In strong con
trasi TO these and pancwtay that OF Grea, Britain
the OF Tennessee and Nprth Carolina yied iron 2t
to 80 per cent OF pure copptr the average being os
than three times that Of the British mines, and afnos
double hnt of her mpaIed IL il mol, therefore
wonderful that, with all these advantages in our IA
sor, and with Inexhausibe supply of coal fo. Dirt
wing crushing, and smelling. We shohd still purchase
se millions wort, OF Britah copper a5 To 90 cent
per pound? Even with their poor ores. the British man
na states that the United mines OF Cornwall whose
capital - noly E73.0oo has paid annually a cleai
profit OF G2l 0oo-nearly thirty per cenl, This i.
il most adv to sell the 10 the sme
ing companies of Swansea. where coal 10 more ahu
dant Bat these latter companies must i0d the
business exceedingly profitable, or they could no
pay such profits to the ore companies Aud now, lie
question il, whether, with abundant capital, seeking liz
veslmen, with inexhausblc deposits Of coppero' and
ing copper bolts, &C. from Great Britain! The question
is deeply Interesting TO since the location OF the ppos
ssarIy nsutss thai Charleston will be the
OF the copper trade o. this county In this point o view
The mines Of Polk county Tennessee are those most
lractve for though The North Carolina mines
us. and contain richer ore. yet they also near 10
other seaporis, and probably not half extensive as
the mines OF TENNESSEE Besides the abundance OF coal
to the latter manfesy Indicates that region as
most favorable for The commencement Of the mlnufac.
lure II will probably always be much easier for The
E.w1n nxuIe2 2rrA
coal than the reverse. Ba. not so in Tennessee. 10
close proximity TO her abundant copper ores, The COAL
hard aud bnmlnous. is just as abundant and more ac-
cessbie so that II is scarcely possible that i present
system OF transporting the 10 market, at an expense
OF S25 TO $50 per Ton. will be long continued THIS ex
pense, il tue, will be greatly lessened by out labun
Gap railroad. which Is sure 10 run within 80 mites oil le
chief mines bat this will, also, probably oen The
way 10 the coal regi ana thus may hAs;en rather ihan
reard the establishment Of crushing mills and smelling
We have before given shor; OF the region o.
these mines, but as further particulars concerning Il may
prove interesting. we venture TO favor them IRON Prot
Whneys report, and from article Of the Loais,il lille
Courier }fs s @.8a re3 sHon t.a-s ..,I aI ). .ui
From these i, appears that the chief mines lie ths
Ococe river, IN Polk couny, the juncure OF Norit
Carolina, Georgia. AMI Tennessee The region j. cael
Duck.own IL was acquired from the Cherokee Indians
by the treaty of 1885. and in 1912 sold By the State
OF Tennessee, mostly al one cent per acre, portion only
the copper ore about hall mite apart stretching through
the entire region. The larger vein II Is estimi'ei. VII
yield about 300 tons OF copper 10 the mile Tie orr
eqaes little blasting bat IL mostly loosensd with
the pick and shove and the sbas depth of SO to %
feet, require tnbeTing Only one oi The veihs-h'
best onehas yet been opened On This there are nov
three mines; but seven other companies have beer
formed, and preparing TO commence operations
The whole will probably give employment TO 'houian'
men and two hundred wagons Hitherto the ore hal
been taken by wagon 7o miles to Dalton ;bnt a new
wagon road. now almost completed 10 Cey on h'
East Tennessee and Georgia railroad, will reduce ia,
wagonny to 35 miles The whole reg,n is beautifully
wsered by the Ococe with its rapid dasng falls. and il
valley, girt by heights ranging from hundred 10 thou
sand feet, and covered with mighty fores, trees These
falls will day DIVE the crushing and other ma
cbnery which shall send plenty OF timber iron, and
copper. Here our capitalists may find profitable invest
ncni OF their funds an. delightful mountain re,fests fs
them yea and families Such is the reg TO be boush
nigh To by the Rabun Gap Iold THIS is but o
the little springs that II Will turn 10 Us in lis poRrcss ic
the Great West. When all its streams unite here, ou
i,er will be sloriousy swelling. ia5E .a,at1. + laa#.