The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-03-24
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tested Tor sulphur ana phosphorus. but
no trace was found"
4. No one, l think, can examine these
ses cral deposits without being satisfied
that the supply is almost inexhaustiblc.
There is l am Informed. q very large
body Of ores near Ce!cstine, ten miles
east OF Jasper. They have also been OBJ
served by me on the waters q. the An
i .rson. East of Ferdinand. aud in the
vicini = of Ferdinand itself on the Indi-
ala Mineral Halfway and seventeen
miles fron tho Ohio river, q seam Of
Lcantifi | banded brown hermatite has
becn struck in digging a cistern fer the
church. In the region of Leopold, Per-
~ county. am informed by Mr. Mimic.
that there are heavy deposits o: ore and
of an excellent quality. ~
FLUxEs.
The limestone associated With the coal
measures is perhaps too impure for q
lux but the sub-carboniferous limestone
which occupies broad belt to the cast
is very pure, and eau be delivered Mt the
terminus Of the railroad on the Ohio for
less than one dollar y ton.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
The hcavy.bcddcd sandstone occur
ring at the base of the coal measures,
where quarried above Cannclton. is nm
excellent building material, durable,
easily wrought and Of an agreeable tint.
The top rock sandstone, Of which the
factory at Cannelton is built, has also the
same properties. Good quaries may be
opened almost continuously from Cam
ueltOn to Grandview. I'D.
PAINTS.
The yellow ochres and brown oxides
of iron, which occur In the vicinity Of
Ferdinand, when calcined and ground
AFFORD paints Of variety Of tints all the
way from light brown TO deep amber.
Mr.. Geliman and Others have formed an
association for their manufacture, and
when their value becomes known the
demand for them ought to be great.
FIRE CLAYs.
The fire clay beueath the Priest seam
OF coal IL almost pure white; that be-
meath the Staab scam is tinted blue.
These clays have not been tested rs to
their refractory qualities, but externally
they appear TO be well adapted to max
ing fire-brick.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Such:is brief abstract Of tho mineral
resources to be developed by tho con-
struction of the Indiana Mineral Rail-
way, and the question arises how fur
will this railway be in q condition 10
compete for portion Of the coal and
iron traffic of the Mississippi Valley?
The total production Of bituminOus
coal in this country for 1870 has been
estimated at $4,000, 900 tons about one
Of which was consumed west Of the Al
lcghcnics.
The production in the vicinity of Pit
tsburgh Is stated to be 40 O,OOO tons.
The local consumption il its excess OF
1OO0,ON tons, and the amount sent down
the Ohio river not far from 1000, OOO
tons. This amount Is SWOLLEN by the
contributions from Wheeling, Pomcroy
and tho Kanawha river; so that the az
Rregatc which passes and is received at
Cincinnati, reaches 5000, COO tons. The
demand for coal In the Southern mar.
kct, as shown by these statistics, is worry
great and Is increasing each year. Pitts
burgh and vicinity thus far has had al.
most monopoly Of that market, for tho
reason that the Goals heretofore mined
on the lower Ohio were Of an inferior
quality and would not bear stocking
The GOALS which we have described are
believed to be superior to the Pittsburgh,
whether employed for iron smelling, FOL
steam or domestic purposes. They are
seven hundred and twenty-five milo q
nearer the southern market than those
Of the Momongahcls and Youghioghcny
valleys after they. have been collected al
Pittsburgh.
Those acquainted with the regimen oil
the Ohio IRE aware that throughout its
whole length In low water, il consists OF
succession Of pools and ripplcs. with.
nut falls, with tie sing!c exception al
iliu,c 4. Louisville. IL extreme flnri,,.