Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-05

a mean aggregate thickness of workable
coal, of good quality, not less than ta0entg-
fire feet. The report.comments upon each
coal bed separately, specifying the particu-
lar location, the quality, the thickness of
the strata, &c. The great bulk of the
coal is Immediately on the line of the Hen
derson and Nashville Railroad, is from
five to ten feet thick, of excellent qnal-
ity, and at one point is found good
article of camel coal. The position of
these coal beds is such that the process of
mining will be less laborious and expensive
than usual, and for many years whilst
drifting in the hill sides) can be conducted
without the necessity of sinking shafts, or
ineurring any of the expenses and dangers
attending the providing against bad ven
tillation. When the Henderson and Nash
vile railroad is completed, the markets for
the sale Of coal will be extensive, especially
upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
leaving Nashville, GAINESVILLE, &c, out of
view-and of richly remunerative. char
acter. But the coal beds are not the on
ly recommendation which these lands pos
sess. The soil is generally excellent for
the cultivation of grain, the grasses, and
tobacco, and the timber of the most useful
descriptions. In regard to their agricuItu-
raj resources, the report is very clear and
decided. The iron ore found on the lands
is another source of value, which has not
been overlooked. Upon this point the re-
port says:
while thus urging the importance and value of
the iron trade, desire 20 avoid all statements
calculated, in any degree, to misead or to be mis-
understood. Without more detailed examina-
ton, and without accurate analysis of various spec
linens, we are not prepared to say that the black
band ore on your lands is rich carbonate of iron.
True you have it average thickness of eighteen
inches, while at N T. AeXauders celebrated AirdTie
Works, in Muhlenburg county, Kentucky, which
he very kindly afforded Us facilities for examining,
the thickness is from five to seven inches; but the
specific gravity of his is greater than that of
tn specimens brought from your lands. How.
ever, you have in the auminous sbale above album
dant indications of argilaceous carbonate of iron
in nodues, as well as OF ochreOus iron ores"
In addition to all these, the report sug-
gests that it is probable water for the
manufacture of salt can be obtained if the
proper steps are taken.
The report concludes as follows:
Having thus endeavored to point out a few of
the numerous advantages to be attained by devel
opng the mineral and agricultural resources of
your region, through the medium of extensive es-
adjustments for mining and manufacturing and
through the aid of a railroad connecting your lands
with Market suffice it tn say, in conclusion, that
we know of no district of country having fair.r
prospect, under judicious management, with the
necessary capital, of enriching its owners as well
as the Inhabitants of the counties in which it is sit
uated; and while so doing of contributing also its
due share, in the great Ohio and Mississippi valley
to make favored land that which it must event
unlly become, the greatest producing and narrigac
turing country i's tile loOrld"
Had we room, it would give us pleasure
to lay before the readers of the PATRIOT all
the facts and figures of this report We are
confident that they do no more than justly
represent the character and value of the
interesting section of country under inves-
tigation. We doubt whether any other
part of the habitable globe has been more
richly endowed by nature, and it only re-
mains for the enterprise of man to develop
its resources and to bring into use its pro-
ducts, to make it add annually millions to
the rich stores which are gathered from the
teeming West