Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-17
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par material l9i IS. SONS tEgfEi9na % 4hoss,
means OF COMMUNICATIONS and transport.
thronS Test 2 X'sIe0e@. and agency The
e8snrss s:aha. ,s6sial .Fefor@ ssl OF the
Ags have been aecqinflishsd, has been
GATED by aEeeenp " riterathei mechanical
lever OF the cISihvatioh 'of the 4 g h Gem
fury Far from having, sttained i; high
est scope of use illness. it gains -with .sy.
cry year. q wlderssscope OF application,
and Is destined to, assume in she near fu-
ture q Significance completely eelipsinx
that already attached to it. y 1teia, i
This Important fact. ia connection With
the superabundance ot, ore. coal, and
huxing stone. found in every SECTION Of tho
Union. OF SURPRISING excellence. !andi un.
der geological circumstances infinitely
more favorable. than e!sewhere, argqts.
ahe- same anihor-says, the brightest
pect for our iron manufactures; provided
seouly know how to- % all eourae Isssy of
hese advantages, sWh.le the coal and
ore deposits OF the most prominent IRON
Producing countries OF Europe have given
Tor years past. unnl>takAble signs OF tSx>
haustlon and constantly increasing diff
Guilty OF mining at depths OF several thou.
sand feet, ami that OF 10 mastering the im
mense quantities of water, excite there
the most anxious and we'll founded appre-
tensions, ws take the Z scIude MATERIAL
above water level. in the ensiest manner,
ana every new SURVEY adds hew discove-
Ti1s to the already vast 'sxpanse Of our
coal and iron fields ,-. '1aL' .a'- s.s's..
According to Fay lor's able geological
work. the coal area OF Great Britain and
ireland the largest OF any European
country embraces 8 $50. while that ol
she United States tx snds over 1873 1875
square milEs. England. it is true. pos
sesses 10 900 square miles Of coal fields n
British America. but nom that quarter
We have not to lear her competition. n.
abe meets there with the same dIticulties
We have to encoun or. The greater
abundance Of capital. would. OF course
be In her favor, but this advantage IL
ovetbalanced by the higher state ct de
Velopment OF our section Ot the continent
AS 10 iron ores. our natural resources AIt
more extensive in proportion than those
ofeOal. 10 facilitate tho transpOrtaIiot
OF the pOnderOus masses OF coal aud iron
and reduce the Cost to a minimum
rate. It'Is OF the greatest Importance that
ore beds. and coal dep"> I, shoul exits
in valleys Of navi gable rivers. or in the
neighbUrhOod OF the latter and ia this
respect. with us. the most sanguine de-
sire could not surpass the reality. The
Susquehanna.. the Delaware. the Puto.
mac. the Schuylkill. the Hudson. the Mis-
sissippi, the Ohio. the Missouri and the
Ksnawha are equally favored. In che
last geographical survey o Missouri. it i.
stated that Che cDal beds OF that State
can furnish one hundred million tons ..
snnIm for the next 1890 years ant
there Is iron ore enough. OF the very bes
qualify. within few miles of Pilot Knoll
and Iron Mountain above the level OF tn,
valley. to furnish one million tons per an
ntmtot manufactured iron for the ne K
tso hundred years. 1t has been predict
ed that the United Slates AT some futur.
date. will supersede Great Britain in sup
plying the world with iron manufactures
~ We have already commenced to d,
with cotton fabrics nor is this pre- !ictior
visionary. rs is shown by the solid fact,
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