Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-13

alone, which, though at greater or less
distance from our village, need not still be
more than from FIVE TO thirty miles from |
our Western North Carolina Railroad The
prices of much of this land would range
from So to Sc per acre. None would pro-
badly range higher than from S. TO $40,
unless it embodied largely of low auds
Besides all this, Western North Carolina
commends herself on account of her Re
sources. ..- .
These are comparatively undeveloped
and unknown. As one of our resources I
would notice our Water Powers Perhaps
no county in the entire State can compare
with ours in this particular. No one of the
most extensive New England Factories, of
which the ar-famed 6 Lowell y may be ta-
ken as the lead, but could be ruin by these
water powers. | have no sort CT hesitation
in saying that, in this county alone, there
are water powers amply sufficient to turn
| all tue fdct0'Tes an any one Of the Nep Eng
| land States. The very best OF these are I'M
| improved and are available, and most of
Them are within hearing of the Western
North Carolina Railroad. Surrounding
these water powers as well as throughout
our entire county, (mOre especially on the
sides and in the coves Of the Blue Ridge,
we have vast and interminable forests of
timber, besides all the woods SO largely
consumed in ships, cabinet work, musical
| instruments, NC.
There are here the Spruce or Hemlock,
! the source of immense wealth to other por-
tons of the country !; and the Sugar Ma
pie, of which, on the north side of the Blue
Ridge, there grow vast orchards in coves
where they are to this day untouched by
the hand of Unacceptable, if properly
managed, of yielding an immense amount
of'a very popular and marketable product.
But, perhaps, at this day, there is no fea
ture Of Western North Carolina more at
tractive than her &c Mineral Resources
These, unfortunately, have remained tc
this day comparatively unknown and IN
developed. Of late years attention ha
been given to this matter and it is nov
pretty we'll determined that there is con
tinuous lead Or mineral belt, running
through this entire County, on the South
ern aspect of the Blue Ridge, which, fol
Wilkes, Allegheny, Surry, to the State linz
of Virginia. Along this entire line ar
found deposits of Gold, Copper, Iron am
l Lead, which seemingly have some g gyeC
} head centre, !" not yet fully developed, bu
: which, when developed, may hereafte
} prove in richness and value unparallelle
on this Continent. This lead has variou
f out-croppings, some of which, it properl
, developed, would be amply remunerative
: and might afford an immense and niue
needed resource to our country. Their
, are here deposits Of Iron sufficient to stoc
r all Railroads, which this country may eve
: need, and which, if developed, might grea
3 ly facilitate improvements IN this line.
} might very properly notice our mlnerS
: waters, of which there are some or 4 va
liable Springs, whose medical and curativ
f qualities would no doubt compare favora
3 bly, with others enjoying high reputation
: But this communication is already long.
: Before [ close, must be allowed to re
: fer to our citizenship. These are genera
2 ly intelligent, sober and industrious, an
i would welcome persons Of honesty, sobrI
t ty or capital, whether they come from IL
Il United States or elsewhere, and would d
everything that any community would d
n to open up their way and encourage th61
h to invest capital or become resident CIT
:, Zens
e Our village is without that worst Of a
s banes of society-a grOg-shOp-is favore
T with both q Female College and Il Ma
:: Academy, of high grade, both in success
!, full operation and, altogether, our entll
|, community is quiet and orderly. So tina
: socially. morally and intellectually, | fe
g no hesitancy in inviting citizenship OF
IT like character, to visit and examine OF
n Western North Carolina, before they lis
d the Russian Possessions, with their barb
II rian inhabitants.
y A. A. SCROGGS, III. d.