Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-04-01
Letter from Coy. Wrish..

tA letter from Gov. Wrigh..
The following letter from Coy. Wright
to Judge Law was published in the Evans
vile Journal of Tuesday. 1t will be read
with good deal of interest, as the first
news which the public has received direct
! 1y from our righteous and agricultural
fellow citizen: s.sr
! i BERLIS, Feb, 9th, 1853.
DEAR SIR:-I have often male the re-
mark to you and to our people. that there
is less known both at home and abroad, of
Indiana, her capabilities and resources,
than any State in the Union. OF the truth
of this fact | am more and more convinced.
L am daily brought in contact with men of
intelligence who feel a great interest in OBJ
tanning information about our country, es-
pecially how money may be invested there
so as to bring the largest return. They
wish to learn what are the most desirable
| portions for manufactures and trade
Questions are often put to me about the
mineral resources of Indiana, and the sur
prise expressed that State so rich in that
| respect has not taken pains to let its wealth
be known to the world. A few have heard
of the partial survey, and the report there
OH made by Mr.. Owen years ago, but have
not seen it, and / doubt whether you can
find half q dozen copies in the State or
even one in the State Library. ifacoul,l
distribute hundreds of those Reports, i'm
lpcrfect as they are, with great advantage
to our State. know the great interest
you take, living as you do in the midst of
the coal and iron region of the Western
World, in the e'deyelopnient of the mineral
resources of Indiana, and cannot forbeal
urging upon you renewed exertions in this
matter. Our Statesmen, our literary men,
our men of wealth may come to Europc
and talk of the resources of the country
her mineral wealth. her capacities for i'm
provemcni; but when the capitalist and in
telligcnt mechanic desire to know where
they shall use their capital of money OIL
mind, where they shall establish their man
ufactories or locate their mining operation,
they wish to see the survey and report o
science, who can tell them where they ma,
certainly find remuneration for their labor
and what it shall be. 1ci.,.sL g IA
r. To deeelop the resources of. country
the combined action of capital and labo
Is required Capital and labor are annu
ally coming to our country from Europe
but much too large a proportion passes di
rectly though our State an.l finds its homc
and employment in Wisconsin,, Illinois
Iowa and Missouri. If our State wa
bcttcr known. if its capabilities were pub
lishetl abroad In q manner which coult
command the confidence of the capital
list and the emigrant, this would not b,
so. ta1fftsI1 ln al ,efa iiG'tsI flfNf
That we have mineral wealth 10
know. Coal, iron, lead, zinc, buildin;
stone and slate are found in abundance
and CLAWS useful in the arts arc extcnsivel,
distributed. But in how great abundanc,
these may be found, and how profitabl,
the capitalist may invest his means 70
acknowledgements, can only be determinct
Eand made known in manner to command
the confidence of the public at home ant
abroad by careful surveys under the .di
rection of the State. i amos sgsd1s8
! The Importance of these surveys is mor
highly appreciated on this Continent thar
with us. Here the necessity of developing
all the resources of the country is felt, an,
attention is given to the subject Is it thi
development and the wealth which ne
} cessarally comes from it, which enables
many of these, countries to maintain thei
position and influence in the world. Mon
ey judieidously expended in these investi
cations yield y sure return. has s-esx
: In Bavaria. with less territory than tn,
! State of Indiana, millions have been ex pen
ded in complete geological and topograph
, icals surveys of that country, and for a few
, pennies every farmer or land owner
can obtain a copy Of the survey of BIZ
Hand, chemical analysis of its soil ant
a knowledge of the minerals which enriel
/ lit. .niyf asrz . f. is.l} q. l.5.eef.ni l.osrs
; I'm Bel1iumsthey arc excavating coal o
depth OF 1900 to- ]. 800 feet below TIN
surface. working veins only Is inches thick
; at an angle of 40 degrees. and this coal
too. of an inferior. quality. such as w
; would not use;s and in that country, not
withstanding the amount already expenl
ded, preparations are being made fora still
more thorough survey. Might not mucl
capital thus laborioasly expended be at
D tracted towards our rich coal mines wer'
their existence and extent known and be
licved? .aia 46i ssai4 on al II iadl
But it is not only in the discovery am
location of the mineral resources of tn
! State that such survey would be adyan
tageous.a 1t would call attention to : tn
: fact that all these mineralsecanebe WORKED
and made into manufactured articles a
home instead of being sent abroad ant
returned to Us at an advanced price, Is w
know it, Is now done. not only white o.
/ pig iron, zinc and other metals, hut cSel
1 with our. walnut aand cherry Copper i
shipped from Tennessee to EnSland ant