The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-06

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of lightish gray color, and spotted
with what seems to be an ingredient
of iron. The stone seems to be- almost
limitless in, quantity, and. has been
pronounced excellentin in quality. Some
of our stonemen thought it was lack
ing in cohesiveness, aud while it
I,mieht do well for some building pur-
poses would not be reliable for hand
some stone fronts. A short distance
beyond this quarry the road runs
through what appears to be q toler-
able thick vein Of iron ore. Whether
this ore was rich enough to Justify
working, none of the party seemed to
be sufficiently skilled in geology to
determine. At Bloom6ed. some eight
or ten miles below, the ore Is said to
Be very valuable, $50 much 50 that the
Terre Haute people are pushing a
railroad to that points in order to get
at the iron.
The excursion train arrived at
Spencer the county seat of Owen.
lille before y o'clock. Immediately
after dinner, the train moved out TO-
the limestone quarries, three or four
miles beyond. The whole country
afonnd Spencer seems to be one great
mass of limestone rock. The hills
are solid rock, and may we'll be
spoken of as the eternal hills"
The quarry, which is being worked,
by the railroad company for the pur-
pose of obtaining stone for the cul-
verts and bridges on the road, is
pierced by the road, and the stone is
blasted out and transferred only few
feet to place it on the cars. This
quarry is mainly owned by Mr.. CAL
WIN FLETCHER, formerly OF Indi-
anapolis. but now of Spencer, and
Judge FRANKLIN, also Of the latter
place. The stonemen pronounced
the stone to be excellent in quality
it certainly is inexhaustibles in duan-
tity. In many respects they estimated
it as superior 10 the ElletsvilIe stone,
which has heretofore stood highest in
the estimation of builders in this
State. Two or three other quarries in
the Immediate neighborhood were
hastily examined, the stone in each
being about the same in quality.
After spending two or three hours
very pleasantly in these examinations.
the party returned to Spencer.
The town of Spencer, like Wor
thington. is beginniDg to show the in
fuence of railroads. A hasty walk
through some of the streets satisfied
us that there was strange waking up
on the part of the people. New
houses were being. erected, old houses
repaired, fences improved, new pave
ments laid, and other indications Of
new life and ambition The town is
pleasantly situated, and will, in "a
short time, become one of the most
attractive, entcrprising, and prosperous
country towns in the State. seq
Spending but few minutes in town
on returning from the quarry. the
train started for Vincennes.
After some annoying delays, the
party arrived at that place at little
afier Z O'Clock, in time to take the
mail train for Evansville.
The business men of our city, as a
general thing, have not seen proper
as yet to cultivate the trade of the
rich seetioa OF country opened to
market by the construction of the In
dianapohs & Vincennes Railroad, but
it will be worth their attention and
ought to be eagerly sought after
at once. The landlord at Spencer
Informed us that he had seen no Eys
ansville men soliciting Gust omeIs,
though other cities had been well rep
resented. Some of our houses. how
ever, have had agents as far up the
road as Spencer. There is no good
reason why our merchants should not
make extensive sales in that section
of the country. The produce of
ghe White River Valley will
eventually seek a Southern mar
ket, as certainly as the waters of
the river seek Southern outlet.
This fact viii, with equal certainty,
bring the people of that section into
more immediate contact with our
business men. If, under such favor
able circumstances our merchants do
not secure the trade of that section,
they are not worthy the reputation for
enterprise and sagacity with which
they have heretofore been credited.
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