The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-28

lance of twenty-five or thirty miles
over long and tedious bend in the
river, making the process very expen-
sive and annoying The railroad will
of necessity hav9 to pass through the
farms. thus adding &c their value as
suburban property, and making them
the garden spot of the world, and ter
inmate at Marble Gty, because, being
at the mouth of Green River, it is
the only place in this region
that has sufficient depth of water
at all seasons of the year to run a
ferry boat across with cars, &c. Many
Of our friends have become so dazzled
with the magnificent property and
rent money that are placed In this
scheme as principal prizes that they
regard these as the most UGLHdbLe part
OF the enterprise. They are greatly
deceived In this. The lots an Marble
City totth the mining interests attached
to them, are to- day worth FIVE times
all the farms in the same put togeth-
er, valuable as they are. Vast stores
OF the purest and most valuable coal,
sufficient to supply all the steamboats,
OF the Ohio ind Mississippi rivers,
and every manufacturing establish
ment in the Southwest, as well as the
home consumption of a dozen States,
lie underneath it. Endless supplies
of the most exquisite and
beautiful marble are found here.
Salt, the great staple, can
be made at a nominal cost, In un-
limited quantities. Building-stone of
the most desirable kind can be easily
quarried here to build hundred cit
les. Other minerals of great value
are also found. A close examination
Of the marble by scientific men re-
veals veins Of quartz which several
old miners assert will show solid
streaks of gold, after il is worked rs
to 100 feet. Prof. X. T.. Cox. the cell
ebrated State Geologist of Indiana,
a man noted throughout the scientific
world for his pgofouud erudition and
perfect accuracy. made thorough ex-
animation of Marble City In 1868,
and after giving a detailed report of
the richness and value of the mineral
he stated in conclusion asfollows, viz
1.-THE natural advantages to be de-
rived from the location of your lands
at the confluence of Green River with
the Ohio, is such as should strongly
recommend them to the favorable no
tice of the manufacturer. mechanic
and tradesman. The demands Of
commerce surely point out the neces-
sity of this city at the mouth of Green
River, more especially It is made nav
igable at all seasons of the gear by
locks and dams, aud flows through a
large and productive portion of the
State. The fossil fuel which exists in
profusion, and the readiness with
which it may be mined aud supplied
to steamboats, and barges for the
Southern markets, should build up,
at once, a large and lucrative BUSH
ness. In addition to coal, marble and
building stone, the prospect for good
brine is equal to any Ia the western
coal field; which, taken in connection
with an abundance of cheap fuel, 10
an advantage gained In the manufac-
ture of salt, when the brine is suffi
GENTLY strong and pure, that cannot
be overlooked. For farming pur'
poses, your tract and the lands adjoin'
ing il are among the best in Hender-
son County. and pour a rich return
into the lap of the industrious hus.
bandman.
EFT. Cox, Geologist."
The more we examine this maynifi-
cent scheme. the more we are struck
with the perfect integrity with which
il was conceived and carried forward.
With legal charter to protect fully
every ticket holder in his investment,
the prizes themselves are still more
attractive than anything of this nature
that was ever offered. No one need
have the least hesitation in patron
iziuR the enterprise. Tickets cost on
" So each, and can be had In the city
ofScott Glore, or at the Willard Ho-
tel, or Charlie Rufel's, or the Com
mercial Bank. Parties at distance
should not delay to remit to either of
the following financial agents. viz
l.. H. LYME, Cashier Farmers
Bank. Henderson. Ky.
r. b. ALEXANDER, Commercial
Bank, Louisville, XIV.
sEMONIN, DIXON & CO., Ev-
ansville, Ind.