Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-05-19

Bend Of the Missouri, which river is navi.
gable 1900 miles above this place, We &C
cupy thu most eligible point for extensive
trade with North Western Iowa, Dakota
and Northern Nebraska. We have pop.
ulstioa Of 1000 or 1900, the principal
streets are being provided with plank
walks, and other Substantial Improvements
are determined on.
We have been thus particular in these
matters not from any design or desire to
advertise Sioux City-fas from it; but to
answer inquiries addressed to us BY parties
interested in these minutie. and show that
We are possessed of intelligence and thrift
worthy Of more intimate connection with
the East.
1t is supposed BY many that the Upper
Missouri Country v not supplied with
available material fer the construction Of
railroads. This 10 mistake. Above and
within three miles Of this place is solid
body Of timber vssss., oak, blackberry
and cotsonwood--so the extent Of twenty
or twenty Eve square miles. Smaller
bodies Of similar timber, with the addition
of considerable quantities Of red cedar,
are found in abundance upon the banks
and islands Of the Missouri for at least one
hundred miles West. With but little labor
and expense > plentiful supply for ties
can be transported to the place where
they are TO be used. We are not in want
Of fuel or lumber. True, what pine is
used is shipped up the river at considera-
bic expense. But cottonwood forms very
good substitute for building, and seldom
ranges higher than fifteen dollars per
thousand feet.
Biologists attribute to this North West.
ern country vast mineral wealth. The
rough and broken character OF the country
in many places add probability to this
conjecture. Iron and coal are found q
short distance up the Missouri, but we are
not aware that any attempts have been
made to ascertain their extent or richness.
Some explorations have been made in the
bluffs along the Big Sioux river, fifteen
miles north Of Sioux City, with results
that are quite haltering. A shaft was
sunk last season to plane with the bed
Of the river, revealing the existence Of
coal of good quantity and quality. There
are three layers Of bituminous coal. The
first, about two feet thick, Is not very com
pact and largely mixed with cbrystalized
sulphur. The second layer 10 not 50 thick.
but firner, and contains much less sulphur.
and burns with considerable steadinesa
and briliancy. Tho lower stratum, is three
feet in thickness, bright, compact, and
comparatively free from sulphur, fully
equal to the greater part Of the Illinois
cssl. This is fom personal observation,
and not hearsay.
After what our eyes have seen Of the
rapid growth of settlements and the crea.
tons of wealth throughout the Yves. in the
past twenty Eve years, it can hardly be
deemed visionary to claim for the Upper
and thriving Ip:65pd,aeod.; me sSp dense
the "bone and sinew" of the Old World
are not vet exhausted-the enterprise o.
the old States is not all gone, nor can the
tide Of emigration be ever at its flow. The
Ohio, the Lakes, the Mississippi, the Lowe,
Missouri have all been enriched by the
foods of emigration. The next food, ..
certain and raging - any that have pre-.
coded, will leave ito thousands in thi.
Upper Valley.
Where shall this trade which is rapidly
augmenting go-to Chicago or St. Louis /
With railroad facilities both time and pro
fit would carry It East. Now the advan.
tages Of navigation bear it South. viii
or Eastern friends consider this matter ;
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