The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-02

BE isrmatian caYers. mnre az less.
,ody q Land, containing between Tour
md i've hundred aerrs. lies directly On I
The banks o. the Neuse River several
niles below waynesbareagh, and. Tor
some distance. on 1sr Baaks Of the r.
YER. rises 10 the height u IRON fifty TO
eighty feet Thrssgh this tract of land
meaRders a large and bold stream. al
forsiing during he dry SEASON u fhe
wear an abundant supply Of water sui
6cient for any extent Of machinery Tor
manufacturing purposes. aud which
seems TO issue iram the immense Lime
stone cayerhs Of this great formation.
The different kinds Of marls 20 be
found on this tract of land are OF sur
passing richness. and promise moi only
d great advantage and benefit 20 the
zSi~2 &C this section Of the State.
bat will no doubt CRATE revolution
In the cultivation and increased pro-
dnction &c our soil. A fine speclInenef.
this mari, which is found in inexfaust-
ible quantities on this land. may be seen
IN Waynesborough. ON Mr.. Dibble's
Steamboat wharf. and We learn that a
very large block Of the pure Limestone.
taken from the quarry on this tract OF
land. is on the way down the River to
this place. aud may shortly be seen by
our cItIxens.
I Professor Emmons has not only ex-
amined tais formation officially. but
since he has matte his report has spent
some time there in the examination oil
the various formations, and pronounce:
the limestone formation as not only %
very great value. bur expresses his sur
prise, !" that property which might hay'
been very valuable and at the SAM
time uselui 20 a whole community hai
been living useless aud unproductiye.'
II il said that this learned and scien
. tiiic gentleman will furnish specla
and detailed report Of this remarkable
and valuable formation. which we un
derstand will be laid before the public
This formation has been purchase,
, by three gentlemen in he Eastern par
E OF the State, who we learn are maxim
! arrangements to bring the lime an
marls INTO market. The erection ,
{ furnaces to burn the limestone. an
!. mills on the build aud never iailin
i. stream OF water on the land, to crus
o the marls, will, we learn, be soon G.
: frcted. and the country will be suppl
/ ed admirably with the best fertiliz,
! and lime that can be prodaced in tn
{ Union. II has already been tested
: the building of chimneys and wall
c aud it is said to surpass'in strength u
/. Alexandria anil Thomaston lines IN
d are imported among us:
1 'Fhe location, too, Of this tornatie
e il exceedingly advantageous; being 10
il mediately on Neuse River, the lin
Il aud mari can be shipped and sent
If all the towns and plantations, as We
II as landing-, on that stream aud rs q
'e butaries. II Is but a few miles tlistai
re from the Wilmington and centr
II Railroads, and il the Central Rallros
r. il extended to Beaufort, it will prob
lie biv pass through this tract Of tan
/ The increasing spirit and pride I
bul,ling houses and handsome edifice
,e as well as for improving the agrlcultu
!. OF the country, and the absolute nece
r. sity of lime, must not only greatly J
in crease the demand for this article b
" make the formation exceedingly val
Il able. NewJcp 4tilrsic