The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-01-03

Il
Noted by numerous observers, and Ger
tainly for the last eighteen months re
1 quired dnOstlmulants u ensure attention
At the present time, however. sometllin.
should be said upon this subject; il shoul,
be generally known 70 the people .
this State whether the present acknow
ledged depreciation of mining proper.
ty is owing to povert, and failure D
| the mines themselves, Or 70 extraneonl
causes. | have lnukcd at this subject
with the care its Importance required.
! have carefully examined all its large
and well developed mines, and very
large proportion Of these which are on
" partially explored, taking their di.
mensions in length and depth, and
nnting at the same time the irrcgula.
rites and disturbances 10 which they
have been subjected. the amount ol
metal they carry, &c. IN order that the
whole subject may be understood by
those who are particularly interested
in thiskindof property. These details,
howcycr. will npt be Interesting. 70 ma
jority nf the readers Of this publication ;
they are therefore reserved lur my forth
cunning report to tie Legislature oi
this State, now IN scsann. LII sus.
tanning the favorable ylrws | entertain
Of the mineral wealth of Nnrth Caro-
lima. will mention number of pro.
ducts which single district may trans
port 70 market when the means have
been completed which are nuw in a
state Of fnrmarllncss. allnde to the
parts 81 Chatham aud MOOte bordering
upnn deep River.
| hare found, first. incIhaustible
beds Of routing slate, al article which
ls not only excellent for rOo6ng, but
when quarried in thicker layers than
are required for this purpose, is adapt
Ell ioa great variety II other purposes.
These states and flags are largely de-
veloped upon Rocky River. and nut
lar from Lncksyillc, on the suuih side
of Deep River. Il NAV seem super
huOus 10 mcntion the cnal of deep Ri
yer. but ss the opininn. which were
expressed IN nv report to Former
Legislature were cnntrnycrtcd, may
state ia passing that | have been fully
sustained by developments and by the
opInlnns Of able Geologists The coal
Of Drep River, had il been IN market
any time during the last teu months.
could have sold for ten or twelve doll
lars per ton. In connrrion With the
coal of Deep River, | have traced a
bed nf iron ore. which 10 may pla
ecs y from len 10 fifteen feet thick,
which appears along The ontcrnp Of the
coal series Al many points iar fifteen
miles. IL addition to this vast quanti-
y 81 iron. the Deep River section fur
nishes si.u incIhaustible quantities u
very hne nrcs Of iron in the states Of
an older formation than the cusl series.
Bcsl'lcs the foregoing indispensable
products, this section furnishes the
hnest Of fre cla,s, frcestonrs. rcd and
gray, grindsionc and Nhctslpnc grits,
81 valuable qualities. These are all
IN connection with the coal series, Tex.
eePtlns the runlins sIatcI and these al
% form elsewhere important mining
pfndacis. The spap.slDne. which BE-.
longs e. the primary series. j. mex.
haustiblc. aud its guslit, being far 81.
prriur tnan, variety nf this rock which
! have knnMn 10 The northern markets.
will ungucstionabiy bear Transportation
g. New York AMI other northern ci.
ties, where there are large demands
lor il lor the lining u stoves and fnr
nacss, aud Inans purposes 10 lhc arts,
and lpr domestic uses. The foregoing
mineral product. can be explored here.
MT simply because they cyis 10 qnau-
titles. but because The regiun Is 4 rich
agricultural une alsu. and can IL is
nsn border. support Is dense . pnpu.
latipn ~ any rural district 10 the king.
dom u Gfrai Britain.
II becunirs necessary, NlihnUt fur.
thrr delay. 10 speak u ilir larger gald
aud Cnpprf MINES u The State Tor, as
these have made something " stir
10 market. aud al nnc time several 81
them commanded high prices. and u
thes are Al this Time ~ i very ,le?rc.
cialcd state. il il Important to aserr.
tain whether tie latter arises from 4
diminuti0n uf metal. ~ lrmn The opc.
fation ~ causes which are entirely
independent ~ their intrinsic worth.
The lifst fact. which hs. bearing III.
on these questions j., that they have
changed hands and have fallen ii their
management upon mrn Win had nj
experience u conducting mining up.
rfaiions Anulhcr fact Il, that The
Iirst class minr. lad been successfully
and prnitably worked Ir SIRE their sals
The mines which | regard A. hrinp
worthy y place 10 llr lirst class afs
thc Guld Hill, McvaIlUck, Prntrcss,
tunrad Hill. JoDess. aud three fouI
70 Mecklenbutg and Cabarrus, and
ihr Gardner minc. Others should be
placed III lbis class. hut Tie i've iirsl
designated have served ~ give chirac.
y -. a.