Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-12
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE
Items From Sewer and ROane Counties.
NO, XXXVII.

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scribers in Pennsylvania and New York
who have been reading our East Tennes-
see articles, and they are so we'll pleased
with our country that they have gone back
determined to return and become citizens
of East Tennessee. They say we have not
cOlored too highly our pictures of this
country, but on the contrary have hardly
done it justice, though they see it now just
after drouth severer than any we have
had for many years.
We are preparing some facts about the
prices of land in the various counties, and
as soon as our information is complete,
will present it in a shape that will prove
satisfactory.
SEWER COUNTY.
An old friend and reader of CHRONICLE
in Sewer county gives us the following
facts about Wears Cove, which we think
will prove interesting. He writes from
Sevierville and says:
! have been attending for few days the
Mineral Springs in Wears Cove, and
| thought perhaps few lines in reference
to these things and their surroundings
would not be uninteresting.
| Wears Cove is twelve miles south of
Sevierville-is about five miles in length,
running from the northeast to the south
west-and is from two to three miles wide {;
is perfectly level and the soil very product
i've. Wheat grows well in this Cove. 1t
contains about three hundred inhabitants,
and as good class of citizens as can be
| found anywhere in East Tennessee The
Lawsons, Hardens, Hendricks, Cottens,
Burns, Maddox, RimeIs, Crawsons and q
host of others equally as good citizens
reside in this Cove, and are all blessed with
as much of this worlds good as is neces-
sary for them, Independent, comfortable
and happiness.
There is a beautiful creek running
through the entire length of the Cove,
then bursting through the mountains at the
northeast corner it winds it way through
the hills in northern direction and in
tersects Walden's Creek about five miles
distant. There are two mills in this Cove,
one at the east end, the other about the
center. There is also one store here.
The Cove is surrounded with range of
mountains. There is a low gap at the north
east end through which the road from
Sevierville passes into the Cove, and a low
gap at the west corner through which the
road passes out into Tuckalechee Cove.
There is also a low gap at the south cor
ner through which they pass over to Little
River, which is from two to three miles
distant.
The spring is at the southwest end of
this Cove ON a hill that is from four to five
feet high, from the top of which we have
a complete view of the Cove. The spring
breaks out of the southeast side of the hill
about three hundred feet above the Cove,
and is conveyed into q beautiful marble
haS hot
1t runs about gallon and half of water
in a minute, and, without doubt, is the
best mineral springs in East Tennessee.
These Springs are good as a tonic-have
worked wonderful cures in dyspeptics and
in purifying the blood. 1t acts as diu-
rectic and posses tirst-class propesties in
many other respects.
About two hundred and fifty yards from |
the Springs is beautiful branch winding |
its way around the base of the hill, afford |
ing abundance of water for stock.
The fact is that Sewer county. taking in |
to consideration the productiveness of its |
soil, its adaptation to the growth of all |
kinds Of fruit (the grape does well here |
its climaGe, Water-pOwer and mineral re- |
sources, is destined to be one of the best |
counties in East Tennessee. Let those who |
are in search of mineral wealth give us |
a call. The indications in this county is |
numerous and good.
The two Pigeon rivers that intersect at |
Sevierville is the prettist water in the |
world, and from where they intersect the |
French Broad River, five miles from
Seviervile to ten miles above on each |
branch, affords a greater amount of fine
water power than any other stream that
now remember of.
THE COAL AND IRON OF ROANE COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
fnercial, who has been prospecting in
Roane county, on the property of the
Roane Iron Company, writes as follows:
General Wilder sent Captain James
Harris to show me the beds of iron ore
that extend along the line of survey.
There are miles and miles of this ore, COLI
tanning siXty-three per cent. iron, running
along the base of Walden's Ridge to En-
DRY River. 1t is in two veins, from three
to seven feet thick, which stick up out
of the ground at an angle of from 400 to
500. In some places the veins are vertical.
1t has been upheaved by the same intense
CONFUSION that has disturbed the whole
face of Tennessee Valley. 1t is thought
that the ore will be found in this condition
to depth of about two hundred eet, when
the veins will become horizontal. That is
likely. Back from the ore distance of
from two hundred yards to half mile, is
the base of the mountain, where the i'm
mense coal deposits of this region are
found. Between the iron and the coal are
beds of limestone"
Of one of the coal mines he says:
upon both sides of us as we went in
was solid wall of coal six or eight feet
.hick. l mentioned that that was good
vein,' but was told that 1 hadn't seen
anything yet, and before progressing far
found such to be the fact; soon the vein
and the bottom and top OF the
entry became coal as we'll as the sides.
Above, below aud all around was solid
coal. No wonder, for we were in the most
remarkable bed, perhaps, in America, a
deposit two miles long, mile wide and
rom twenty to one hundred and ten feet
shick Did you ever hear of deposit one
hundred feet thick? Yet it is here, and !
IAN be seen by the skeptical. And it has
N no coon IN he anDreciated No man can |