Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-19
ToBACCo-IRoN-CoAL.
The OwensbOrough and Nashvill e
Asaiiroad-Ats Importance 10 Nash
VILE.

The OwensbOrough and NASHVILLE I
IsniIrond-Ats Importance TO Nash
Vile.
TO the Editors of the Union and American:
| In your issue of few days since, you
correctly said, in regard to the above
named road: ''This is unquestionably
one of the most important connections
for Nashville now projected" This il
certainly true, not only for the reasons
you named, but also because of the rich
tobacco, iron and coal fields, this road
passes through and opens to our city.
Large amounts of superior tobacco, corn,
oats, hay, etc., are produced in Logan,
Simpson,, Todd, Mecklinburg, Butler
and other counties of Kentucky, through
which this road passes Cor to which,
these counties will be tributary and by
which much of this produce will be
thrown upon our market. This road
can bring superior coal to us, insuring
that which is so great a desideratum.
constant and certain supply of which viii
add to our wealth and prosperity, by the
encouragement of manufactures in and
around our city, benefting every branch
of business.
Wewere lately with the engineer and
his corps, on the line of this road, south
and west of its crossing on Green River,
and learned from him that the nearest and
best grade of said road, from Green RiV er
to Russellsville, Ky, will be that which
crosses Clifty Creek, at the mouth of
HaZd; thence across coal field known
as tn, 'slndian Rock" coal, and within a
short distance of Reno's and other large
| deposits of iron ore. AS one evidence of
the great interest this road will be to Nash
vile, we copy statements of gentlemen of
st. Louis and Memphis as so the stone
coal on the line of this road for iron and
other purposes, viz:
ST.. LOUIS, No., = 1S69-The under
signel beg leave to say, they have
WATCHED with considerable interest, the
experiments recently made at st. Louis
and CEondelet, with the 'Gndian Rock"
coal, in the Smelling of iron. We know
well thdgentlemen who have made the
test of he coal, and do not hesitate to
say that the statements they make in re-
lation thereto, are entitled to the highest
| consideration, and that we regard said
coal of very superior quality, and as a
furnace Osl, without rival. James
Harrison, Jules Vale, @. r. Chouteau,
]. H. Lucls.
We the Undersigned have used the In
dian Rock coal, and after several months
trial, say we regard it superior to Pitts
burg or any other coal we have ever
used. G N Horton g. Co., Rev r G
Grundy, WR Strange s Co., T II Trice,
r NJ Spicer,J E Caldwell, z Merry
man, w c Mcclure and others of Mem
phis, Tenn.
We found On examining the iron ores
the following to be the facts and as part
~ embraced ia the report of Prof. Short
to the owners The iron measures at Re-
nos is about nxty feet thick, as follows:
Bands of INFINITE ore of from four to
seven inches, with clay partings of from
two to ten feet between the bands This
clay parting holds the beds of kidney and
ball ore. The band ore yields about forty
per cent, and the kidney and ball ores
about sixty-five to sixty-seven per cent of
pure, fine iron. At Hopes, few miles
distant, we find mine of ochre and ore,
not rich, but very soft and useful in con-
nectiOn with richer ores; besides other
mines and ores in the vicinity.
The distance of these mines from
Nashville is about IS miles, being the
nearest accessible coal to this place
known to us. The vein is of good thick
ness, and can be mined as economically as
any in the country, and the short dis
lance will enable the companies to trans
port their coal to US at less price than any
other brought here by rail. Iron ore
may also be great addition to the pros
perity of Nashville, as furnaces, rolling
mills and foundries may be established
here or in the vicinity of the mines, and
our city (by the Owensborough Railro adj
viii be the principal market for the dis
bursement of the manufactured article,
and the place where these establishments
will seek their supplies for the hands en-
plOyed by them.
Then let each and every citizen give
the aid and good will necessary, to the
carly completion of the Owensborough,
Russellyille and Nashville Railroad.