The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-04-13
RESOURCES OF IOWA.

me northern hemisphere Of tn. earth
'or this belt 10 found about SOC, 900 600
lei people. or eight tsnshs Of the en,;r. =,
n, aa'!oo Of the globe. Also, is .i,us,
Oh 10 the upper central par. of tho er.
q. valley OF the Mississippi, or b.sio Of |,
GO continent snd has . frontage Of seve,
- nsoored miles on the Mississippi .,
= missouri fivsrs-two Of the great o.y
70 gao!s streams that drain thu basin A.
70 situated centrally 10 The rain bel, !
. lines Of equal distribution Of min. n.
. are prec'P'sated 10 this great v.lley.
! Ine'e 10 . tract Of country ,bs, hss 4,
north end io the southern psr, Of M;,.
sour, and spreads out in Western Tex,s
!. 'nse 10 parsly out Of this rain belt, aud !;
suo)eee to dfouths--snd agriculture i
|. thereby impeded in this region Th,
timber 10 Iowa is black, red aud Whit.
post and pin oak, maple, elm, v.lou,
cotton wood, sysamore, aud Others. m,
couosry 10 divided into prairie .ud tim
Der. The timber belts follow tho priuci
pa rivers, forming borders from one IA
aVe miles vide along these streams. Tb.
prairie. occupy the table lands that form
'nc divides betwees the rivers and cre.k.
and centres, from which spring branch..
!sdiste. The altitude Of these prairie.
Is from four to six hundred feet above
tho level OF the Mississippi aod Missouri
rivers This altitude gives good strong
cnrrant to tho Desmoiues, Iowa, Wspsi.
p,nlcon, Msquokets, aud other river.
which fov out from tho central Dart of
the State, and forms grea, number. of
water powers, which are of grea. ecooo-
m.cs' value 10 an estimate Of the indus.
trial resources Of the State
Inc prairie and ridge system of the
state, or topography Of tho country, !. !
great study for the physical geoRrspher
snd mso OF science. The casual ob:erv.
er, a. he crosses these natural fields. do,
ted with groves, aud surrounded h,
oe'ts OF timber, sees ouly . succession
OF gently undulstiog valleys aud ridges;
yet the Reogrspher sees thst c.cb Of
these rides 10 part Of . great system
ln,s the perfect contour Of ridge and
!,mee9r !u,are9 aas JEsesixsd- IL -ouiIinA h--.h-
10 the limestone and ssndstone, and mod
eIed the physical system Of the State.
Some ten counties 10 Iowa are wholly
and 10 part underlsid by basins Of btu
minous coal. Along tho line of the D,
4 8 G. Il. II. plaster Of Paris 10 found Of
. uperior quality aud inexhaus.ible in
quantity. Twenty miles south Of Dubu
que the lead Geld eommsuces aud Aauks
the Mississippi, extending back ten miles
in places, and up thirty miles above the
city. The geological condition along the
Dssmoiues aud other rivers that GROSS the
coal fields, is highly favorable for oil
springs. In fact surveyors have notiosd
numerous tar and gas spr:ogs 10 these dis
tricts. The railroad system Of the State
is we'll laid out, aud when completed will
open up extensive coal and agricultural
districts. The climate Of Iowa for health
is not surpassed by any part Of the great
basin. The latitude is the same a. Bos;
ton, yet the remoteuess Of the State from
tho ocean frees it from the damp, chilly
airs Of the States in the same psrsIlels
that front the Atlantic, and the winters
are much plsasanter here than there
The whole State il underlsid BY Limestone,
and the thousands Of spriaRs thst aow
out from these basins Of corrslliue limo.
stone hold the elements in solution to
grow the most perfect physical meu sod
women Of any part Of the continent, and
arc at the same time % sntidote OF oil
pulmonary complaints that are 90 com
mon In the seaboard States.
What Iowa wants At this time 10 90
army of men to settle her prsiris end
timber regions. Think of the smouot Of
labor expended to reduce the timber re-
eions of Pen onsy ylvsnir, Ohio and Western
New York to cultisotiou. Almost the
frst generation Of hardy pioneers wa'
needed to get tho lands 10 . condition to
raise corn and wheat 10 Iowa million.
Of acfes Of prairie, with = black soil and
subsoil of deep clay, are waiting for
the fsrmers Iowa wants . small army oi
men whose heads are filed with coal veins,
and shafts, and drifts, aod cars, to mine
and deliver this coal to = market. Th'
J advance guard Of the oil men are said t
. be now on tho Des Moines, with head
filed with dericks, pumps and BORN,
: apparatus The lead feld needs miners
e engineers and geologis,s-whose head
e hold the system Of the lead ve,os-sdit'
!, lsvelels, pumps, gins, and oil mschiper
o to bring this latent treasure to day. W
,. had almost forgotten to speak Of tho gee
is graphical portion Of these great resource
e Of our State. when the iron track sha
70 10 through tho south pan to tho Paci6'
20 Her geographical position then will /
., centrally between London and Canton: :
,. The building of tho Psci6o Railroad
only . question Of time. The city
p !" Dubuque At no distant day is destined
10 b in the line of travel Of the Cslcut
70 merchant to his fsctor At Liverpool
- ~ Dubuque Tsmes.
l. Very fair uptown residences can
purehsssd uov - New York fos el 90, 90