Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-27
The New Ebsrln Sol, rlinr..
F ON DE Jacsaon &~isai5sippiaa

arrived WIN authority from Richmond to ssiz5
the mines, or so much Of thom as to warrant =
iull supply OF salt for the army and people. !
accepted the invitation Of tho colonel and
Asjor Broadwell, government agent 81 Frank
lin, to accompany them upon a visit TO the
works, s0ue f ty miles distant from Frank
I'm by Bayou Ieche, certainly one Of tie most
5%efutiful of al the bayous Of Louisisua. Reach
Ing Iberia, or Hewtown, az it IL called BY the
n%stives, We took a carriage for the island Of salt.
Oar route lay for mine miles across a prairie .upon
winch large herds Of cAttl5 wfr5 grazing, until we
came to tie marsh and Bayou Petit Aasis,
which separtes Salt Island from the main lad.
The msEsh is crossed by . causeysy and draw
Bridge, ah1rdlng 3 dry hard road for salt wagons
during the dry season, bU! it must be almost in
passsoie after the fsl rains set il.
Inc island was al elevation Of some seventy
five or ono hundred feet from the level Of Ve--
million Bay, and has a rolling surface, remind
ing one of Newport island, RuOds Island. There
are two plantations on the isla1d-ons owned
BY Mr. March, and the other by Judge Avery.
The mines are upon tbs lsEter, though the vein
extends under tho whole island. Ths. now beisg
worked is il \ deep basin upon the south side.
Though this Invaluable mine was discovered
last May, re found that il is only a. this late
day beginning to be worked with some energy
only about 10000 pounds have been taken out
in i've months. Ssyen.y-dve or eighty negroes
ere now At work, linking new shafts. All the
salt heretofore furnished has b-eu supplied from
one small shalt, twenty-foUr By ~twenty-four feet,
and two or three kettles. Two new shafts hsv-
ing been completed the day before cur arrival,
ia which blasting had commenced.
SHAFTISG FOR SALT.-Tho salt lies from IF
teen TO eighteen feet under the surface il the
basis. The dirt is removed 6y the ssuo pro-
cess tha5 csilsr5 sIs dug in our cisies-ca7ried
cut by carts so long as the depth viii admit Of
il, and then thrown upon s.eaings. O@iug 20
q stratum Of Qulckshnd, the shafts have g. be
curbed up, and the sesp water, lrcm tine 20
time, thrown ouk. The dirs removed, a floor Of
the gurcss sat presents it,slf, Of, as yet, IN
known taickne7s. The salt is blasted aud
dFa7a cut By windl.sses, aud weighed into the
waltins wagons, that come supplied with goods
boxes aud flour harels-aschs are unnecsssar7,
es Tie salt is sold and dry, and without lie
iesst drip, and carried any distance. The shafts.
finished and unfinished at the tine Of our witt,
are as follows, VIZ:
No. /, old one enlarged from q to IS By ii
feet.
No. >, % by Is feet.
No. 8. kettles that yield eight or ten bushels
of the finest tsbls salt We ever saw.
Unfinished shafts
No. 1, 80 b. % feet.
No. 2, 50 By 30 feet.
No. 3, 1S0 by 50 feet.
Two of tLoss are By this time under blast, If
SO, there is a surface of salt I76 by I57 feet now
being worked. I doubt NOT by this slime all
who take their teams there are supplied without
dsisy.
PRICs-Thess shafts arc worked by iniiTij-
Usis or companies, vbs pay Jadge Avery 81
cents per pound for whkt suey mine, and ars rot
allowed to sell il for more shan - cents. Every
pound Of salt is sold Is the mines fcI 81 cents,
the Judge making 3 csEss clear or al Iast bis
own shafts DO not produce Already a man of
wealth, a. tbs iaif upon ss't, II tie blockade
continues, hs all soon be tls richest man in
tho Southern ConiedeIacJ-or the continent
itself. His son, who discovered the mine 10y
deeper an old salt wsl), Informed ms
thst he could sell the sat S. 20 cents per sack
sud make SIS per dsy on each hand and yet
d cents per pound i charged for 50 iDdisDensa-
bic So article 81 th1- niue! acd Judge avery
could not offjrd to peTmii the government to
Is for the army Tor less tnsn y cents per
Satisfied that tie vein was extensive enough
or the go7erumspt ard I'll the Safes. Colonel
gbils9u, Uueb 60 the delight of Jl5ge Avery,
lsoideI not 10 Interfere with individual enter
prise, an3 seized Only SO much as NIGH. sub
DE purposes Of the government.
L is TIE present intention Of Colonel Robinson
% work st least ouo thousand hscds and firaisb
nos b. the one hundred pounds, but b. the
'ls thousand tuns per day, and if tho g0veru-
Eent VII permit it, furnish one hall Of what he
reduces to the people a. ous or two cents psr .
One mill per pound w0u,d be 3 hand
ONE compensation to the proprietor, and yield
nm : pTiDcely revenue. Colonel Robinson, so Z
Don as he commUnjca.s s with the government,
i'll Let It be known if be can furnish the people Z
{ reduced rates. One thing is certain, the price {
C. -aHE 81 Ma-T L---- 1--- E-s Al n
lgut supplies Itself at this price, the large
mounts CT salt produced by private enterprise i
ere snd supplied by Virginia viii be thrown il
'to the msrSot and speculators csnno. mOncpo- @
re it. =
We arc aware that Colonel Robinson, IL his :
~ 90 serve his government, sxDosss himself TO :
be charge of private speculation In salt, Is
ave the Msssrs. B-oadTelI 81 PayGe, govern 9
-ent agents, who purchase sugar snd boef for =
re army. [ an happy Ia being sb.s 10 ssy in 4
1~vence, thai Colonel Robinson is possessed OF P
10 NEST ample fortune, and not only makes 8 -
r2iUity Of his services So the government, but
sffays bis own expenses. lie is tue right man RI.
Ghs rig4t piece. h nov designs A. an early Dr
ly TO construct e horse railroad to the Petit n
nsis, so that sals can be delivered st all points a..
7.wsen Iberia and Vicksbarg by water.
Win you allow ms q word IN vindicatien Of =
Ir government agents - Franklin, hfessrs -
and Payne. Private spectators in
,Gar represent these men throughous tbs Con
as undoubtedly carrying On an under =
luded game Of private speculation, and under n
Of their ~Cfisisl position making en9r- =
Gus fortunes. Il is alleged shst they purchase !
gar By the thousands OF bcgshesds, and tba. Al
@ army cannot MSS il al-sHd soma Of II
gsheda al thst! L may nos be known thst eur IN
my, before The conscTiPt law was passed, re- Il,
IiItd 100 LogsheE1s per day Of bTORn, and the co
ten or fifteen h0gshesds Of crushed or .
ined sugar, and both several huodcei barrels %,
T~polssses per day. So far IS I can learn, they No
we not been Gbls to deliver this amount per A.
y on an average tho ysaT rcuad. The sussr
gi9u is no@ gate open TO u, npd il becomes ~
en- 20 move out the last Eog,hszd they csn
{ transportation 30 UOve it with, for within
@ month, we may be cut OF from It; for,
the river rises, gUiess we have g~unbcsts and -
aI2zt, the enemy viii G~oa1ti,ss OCCUPY /
suesr country. I found Major Broaiweli a
lIteOus gentleman, doiog fv5 tim.s more
Tx than any government oEi3i I I'm &C -
2inted with, and suffering ten times zore =
use. B~ioIe he IS condemned Aei fae.s to sus- :
d q charge DO submitted. i
L GRAVES. Sc.
?. S-Those wishing q supply Of s2lt from ct
and to secur3 themselves against delay, e
] DO vel TO write 10 Judge Avery, EeEtown, "'
s., and state The smount they vast, and lesTn
n HIN when their wagons can BE- loaded. /
Uld advise all TO send before the rains set IN.
stance from SGTmit n Red liver Landing,
miles from Red River Landing to Ibe-
one hundred and sixty miles, and fas road He
. sais Il send yea q specimou) has been asa
ed, and found TO b The puress article known,
J3:9S pure salt, and y gypsum 5 q
going fer salt sud carrying powder viii
first scryod and obtain good ps.ce for it.
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