Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-04-30

terent localities, and limestone rom
the adjacent country.
And these mines of wealth In the
Southwest are not "ia some indeces-
sible regions IN 1ln6cmd and Geor-
gid tchere the Almighty has placed
coal, ore and limestone in close pror-
inity,n tDhere ut is conceded that
pig-irosa can be produced cheaper
than in the ditaDtous coal region Of
this State Ohio and the anthracite
district in Tennsytvanid," as stated
In letter addressed to you, sir j. &.
Butler, Jr., Esq, OF Youngstown,
Ohio, they abound in the valleys Of
the Tennessee, Cumberland, Sc.
quatchie, Coosa. Alabama, Black
Warrior and Cahaba-from the Vir-
ginia line, through the States of Ten
nessee, Georgia and Alabama to Mis-
sissippi Inaccessible regions in
deed! Why, SIR, the East Tennessee
and Virginia, Knoxville and Ken
lucky, Nashville and Chattanooga,
Winchester and Alabama, Alabama
and Chattanooga, North and South,
and other railroads, are almost walled
In by iron ore, coal and limestone,
which the God Of Nature has be-,
slowed with a lavish hand upon this
favored country. l,ts.a4. ..-Tu -
And pig iron can now be made in
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama,
and delivered at Louisville at cost
of 800 90, Cincinnati 1923 90, and Pitts
burgh S25 90 per ton. One ton Of pig
iron can be, freighted roma furnace
in either one of these States to Pitts
burgh, by rail and river, at less cost
than one-and-a-half tons Of iron ore
Is freighted from Lake Superior, and
half ton of limestone from the inte-
rior. Lake navigation is open only
about five months-the Cum berland
and Ohio rivers are navigabe seven
months in a year.
The Hon. John w. Forney was
pleased to state, when he published
my letter in his reliable paper, that
"the following letter, from the Mi
ners' Journal, Pottsville, Penn,
first publishedin the Republican Ban
ner, Nashville, on the mineral re-
sources. of Tennessee, Is one Of the
ablest we have ever read, and partic-
ularly valuable because its practical
deductions will make favora BILE inn
preston upon every iron manufactu-
rer In the Northern States. Its refer
ence to the advantages of Georgia and
Alabama for the Manufacture of iron,
we are prepared to indorse, having vis-
tied the mineral region in the neigh
borhood of Rome, Georgia, and that
portion along the Coosa river, In the
southern part of Alabama, where the
facilities for making iron for all pur-
poses exceed any other part Of this
continent known to the business. 1t
Is astonishing to us that the expert
enced iron mem of Pennsylvania
have not long since awaited them
selves of the brilliant opportunities
offered by that wonderful country. )"
At a convention, held in Chatta
nooga, in 1869, to further the improves
ment of the navigation of the Ten
Of the United States army, and en-
gineer of the Cincinnati and Chat
tanooga railroad, and engineer in
charge OF the river improvements,
said "The iron and coal of the Ten
nessee valley are the best In the Uni
ted States. This is strong language
but the pioneer Of iron manufacture
ing In East Tennessee, General Jno.
T. Wilder, Of the Roane county iron
works, late Major-general in the Uni
ted States army, who is now making
from raw ore and raw coal, fifteen
tons daily of the bestpig iron, will con
firm my statement, and will tell you
that the annual expectation ofcoal and
iron alone, from the mines of Ten
nessee, Georgia and Alabama, will,
with free river transpOrtion, be reck-
oned by hundreds Of thousands oI
tons. The pig-iron made on the
banks of the Tennessee can and will
he furnished to the manufactures OF
CINCINNATI at cheaper rates and oi
better quality than they can procure
1t from Pittsburgh, and can be lait
down Mt the door Of the Pittsburgh
maker himself, for q very lttIe NOR,
than his rdtO material notU cost him.
General Jno. Il. Wilder said:st He
could not make speech, and follow
ed II up In a candid, off.hand way
and told what he had seen and knowr
of The wonderful facilities in Eas
Tenn, for making iron. He showeC
that the cost of IA ton of coal, ore anC
limestone in Pittsburgh was about
SIT against So in Tennessee, and fully
confirmed the statement of Colone
|. Cav, I'm regard to the results upon til,
iron business Of opening the river
He said the advantages of this coun
, try would, IN time, I've appreciated by
the Northern manufa features, and they
would certainly come here to estab
, lish their factories" ....1H.
Mr.. - -, thoroughly practi
cal man, who has spent lifetim,
in the iron business, and is now, ant
has been for years connected as part
} ner and superintendent, with per
p haps the most extensive nail manu-
, facturers on this continent, said Il
me, that he had made an investment
, in iron and coal lands in Alabama
, that he knew what he could do there
that be could make the pig-ion, con
} vert II into nails and put them OF
tide-water at a low cost than any
manufacturer could put them I'm New
} York-not excluding the Englisl
; manufacturer.
i Upon the completion Of the Evans
willie, Henderson and Nashville rail
road to Kentucky coal-fields, which
will be during the present year, pig
iron can be made here, in Clarksville
at cost of 500 o5 per ton, as follows
s0bush els coal, 2
2k tons iron ore o
4ton limestone
lntersst on investmcnt PER tOn.....,.. ] Q
IncIdentals per ton.................... 0
Repairs per ton. o
superintendent and labor per ton. o
Total ,,o..,...,,,., .,....m.s2o .
: We shall be within fifty mile
north of block and bituminous coal
and within the same distance west O
very superior ore, while we have al
round us limestone in abundance
and metal can bs transported henc
TO 81. Louis and Pittsburgh at 81 an,
SIS per ton.
Mr.. Butler, in his letter to you
quotes Mr.. j. G.. Chamberlain, Su