The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-02-15
National Wealth.

The known deposits OF coal in tie United
Sta,cs ARE greater in extent and transcend in
richness ali the deposits Of oil the rest OF tn"
world combined. Against COZ ,9'u,0o",ooo tons
,,i estimated coal trio,its outside OF tile InIoh'
we have the magnificent offset of3,7 loooO,ooo,-
uOO-if anybody can count the hgmcs. Even
little MARYLAND has $50 square miles OF coal
lands with rich deposit upon which the lax OF
twenty-five cents ton would more Than pay
the whole national debt. As to iron, We have
only TO say that II single hill, known as Iron
Mountain, in Missouri rising Us feet out oil II
h,s q, 500 acres presents Il cone of 230 uUO,Ut0
IONS. and IL is thought that every foot beneath
lis base level will yield 3,DOO,0oo tons, lhe
nrtesiau augur at depth OF $50 ieet IS stu PEN
etra,inm solid iron ore. Pilot Knob, the hase
If which. 5Sl fee. beneath the summit Is an
area of $50 square miles, is known to be solid
ore to lie depth of 4io feet beneath the surface.
Shephrui's Mountain, one mile west OF fliot
Knob. is a mass Of pure magnetic and spccnar
ore, rising 10 ihc height OF $50 feet. A remark
able ,lcnnsit OF the magnetic ore, eqno!lng the
IRON M,r,,lain in extent aud richness, exists III
New Nn,>. within hirty-two miles oiNcW York
ritv. Pennsylvania has grown rich and great
Inv dcyc!rpiun her inexlrau>bie iron and conl
| mines; I'm vet we ave told that ''"e r:o,f bch
If Lnkc $Ep,rior is tic @reGf ron rcg'o" ct the
yInd,." fhoush yd nHderci"prd, il furnishes
in the single county nj Marquette, 0nc ''gh" y
,be iron prodaced il tie tmH"d States. III"
| AXE Sunc,ior region is also rich IN virgin cop
rcr and The hest q'llIity 'i ores lie upper
Mississippi and Missouri have large deposits Of
lead. The Pacific slope is everywhere rich in
silver aud gold and mcrcury OF the whole
amonut of yod contributed at the present day
hy ci,izrd nations. the United Staits contfi'
bues nearly our-halI, ANA one-hird "i The Whole
prulrct If silver. The prodrct OF tho p'fed
state, for the current year it is estimated VIII
be- sou noo, ooo OF gold and so, oon GEO OF sill
| yer.
! When TO the facts rpceitcd We add the rasi
domain of the reconstructed South, large part
of which is still in u virgin condition, with lis
mineral and agricultural resources awaiting free
labor for tlpi Development; tho imperial State
of Texas, nearly six times as large as l'ennsyl'
vann, with less population tban the city OF
! Philadelphia, rich in soil and minerals, produc-
tive Of cotton and corn and sugar and wheat,
and The finest Of grapes and winc' when we
remember the mountains of aabaster that crop
out upon the Rio Grand; the illimitabe salt
supply of its valley; the crystal plates of gyp.
sum and the silver in the Guadalupe Mountains
the double vintage Of I'll Paso, with its wiue
surprising the far-flmed and ancient Fa!crnian
when we review the past prosperity Of the
Spaniaids in New Mexico, and the richness o
the silver lodes of Nevada and Arizona CONT
before u.s. we may realize how infinitely above
all competition is the wealth of our glorious Re
public how it invites the world to labor; how
unborn millions of our own children, and the
oppressed OF enterprsing of foreign lands, vii
day after day scatter over the territory west o
the Mississippi, gather along the river courses
and where tue wilderness now stands will built
| rich cities