New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05
THE NEW SOUTH.
MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL ALA
BAAiA

| AN IRON fURNACE-PROPlTS GOING TO
lPRox sPscrAL CORRESPONDENT or TIRE rRrBUSsI
CALERA, Ala, NOV. 0.-This il o pleasant
little village u tho Junction Of the Selma, Rome and
Dalton and the North and South Railroads. it, nano
signifies ~ place where lime IL burned" and while that
industry may have existed for many years. it IL only
within tho Inst fou years that has become both extern
ave and probable An energetic Ohio man, Nathl. b.
Dare. broken down in health sought moro genial eli.
mate than that OF Cleveland. He found 1t here and
soGatns with himself another Northerner made
rangement with the old Limekiln Company Which has
proved profitable and satisfactory to all concerned Mr.
Dare hss reFaed ILLS health and his energy rapidly
building up town on ono Of the most eligible sites In
tho South. Tho town IL owned by tho IAmekin Com.
pany, and they sell lots or farms on accommodating
terms; for manufacturing purposes they give sites
good hotel Is needed. and to any who will invest
$1,000 In one they offer frsrats ate and farm Of 10
acres The present chief business OF the place Ia burn
ing me This IA conducted In continuous kilns capable
OF turning out l2S barrels per dhy; another ku Just
completed, will make this number AGO. They burn this
quantity with II cords of wood. The lime costs
them about rs cents and they sell ut 81 u per BARREL
Tho lime sells readily I'm all tho Southern Cities being
of very superior grade. barrel Of it will make nno
bushels Of saked me and the superintendent OF tho
NewOrleans and Mobile Gas Works reported stat
ing that will purify four times much sthat fopf
the Western States Thomason. The quarries are
extensive md ncxhausble; aud, With singular gencr-
Osiy Mr. Dare 10 DESTROYS that others should here
and engage in the business He says it can be en-
largcd to supply tho whole South. The limestone by
analysis yiclds-mOsturc so carbonate OF lime, 1865
phosphate OF line 49, slick, 10. This analysis WAS
made by Prof. Casscls Of Cleveland. Prof. TuOmey
makes the results even little better Railroad fei2hts
30 lbeIn that this compete with the Western
lime IN all the markets. II f. sent even Ia Atlanta;
its rival, the famous lime Ut Barton Co.. La, being very
white, but ssAd to be lacking body.
The country around this place IA well wooded, and
within few hundred yards Of the depot three min
era springs, containing EPSON Salts being sui
phnrOus, and the last chaylHate. Tine Incorporated
town is iu valley about two miles long by broad.
notice clover growing in Mr. Dare's place with great
luXurancc, and Messrs. Turner and Dare have hne
orchard of $500 appetrees just commencing 10 bear:
also about 800 peach and trees. and number OF
grape yneS thus showing the adaptabity of the soil to
these fruits Farms in the vicinity produce abon 10
bushels Of wheat to the usually worth 81 - to 81 So
now account OF drouth, worth S? co. 40 bushels OF
OATS which sell every year from 81 20 81 TO- Pork is n
most all brought from the West. Corn yields 20 to 80
bushels tho and sells at u, much being brought
from the West. Fresh lbcet sells nj from -four to seven
cents per pound; mutton six TO eight cents chickens.
Is cents each eggs 20 to Is ccns DOZEN butter sells
in Selma at cents pound for northern aud the COM
mon country article for but little less. An industrious
Northern take 100 OF this land and make
money raising hcsc articles for the Montgomery. Selma.
aud Mobile markets. In fruits ho send carly straw
s ns Il s" = gss Ssx Al >: .s5a y
the South and North Railroads. completed this time will
he shortened to "a hOurs,s Land is worth from s. 10 80
per acre; selected bottom land" No. Lumber OF beat
pine il sold at $40 to s2 per o feet and FIRST qua'y
bricks bring S. per 100, Mr. Dare has made excel
lent frcbick from clay OF the coal measures and
| silica
AS manufacturing point Ca"ra la, the advantage OF
level ground with firm foundations cheap bndingsone,
cheap brick ami lumber fair cotton ana good wool
region. and distance Of only ten miles from vast qnan
title, of coal. Added TO this there railroads shooting
ont four different directions with two three others
in prospect. Coal Will he delivered there at " per tl.
for lump and the operators Of the mines Offer 10 deliver
dust AMI nut ut r? even less for quantities. As has
been Lowell that three tuus OF anthracite
sufficient to generate steam TO run 2OU0 spindce.
and AS the Alabama nonakng coal is better for steam
thar anthracite and be delivered here al less than
onc-half what the anthracite costs at Lowell Fail
River 10 can IN made the means OF manufacturing cot
ton OF Caera cheaper than any water"wcr and at the
same time the cotton be bought ut 2"J cents less
than In New-YOYk.
This immediate section ia not deficient in the other
great uring requisite. iron though not in
sch immense eds the north and northeast. Par
nlcl on the east with the line the railroad from Rome
to within miles ,Of Selma ana frequently cut into by
s excavations s vein Of brown hcmatte orc. existing
in deposits somo Of vast extent Qp the west similar
vein Of a variety Of the red fosslfero,s ore exists.
These deposits from few feet TO six miles from the
railroad. In letter from Rome, allusion has been made
furnaces in blast these beds. Eight miles east
Of this place. Is another and the largest in the South. per
haps producing iron per day than charcoal
furnace in the wOrd Is admitted more than any OF It's
size feet high ana IL feet across the boslcs The
ors make y tuns Of iron per day with less
than bushels OF charcoal I" the fun Their last
months $50 tuns. They usually make hot-blas
founery pig but by opening til" lot blast furnace doors
AMI cooling pipes they directly Oh the coldbla't
| iron Epm Uf %
mana cement Of this may he formed from the
fact that they have hand over 100000 bushels OF char
coal. They charcoal made III ovens and also III the
open air. The former costs about &c. per bushel the
latter a. Their ready roasted and delivered at the
trunc head costs q 81 per un of IRON made The works
are situated six miles from the railroad, and they have
now IN excellent road Of their for that distance 1t
Is estimated that their iron costs. delivered at the Selma
Rome Dalton Railroad station, about s1O per nn 1t
sells at t5 So The President told ne that they cleared
17OOo year. Every spoke Of os the best man
aged establishment In the South The Superintendent il
from West Newton, Mnss and graduate OF Freiburg.
The charcoal man IL from Clinton County, N Y He
told me that such country for charcoal III
his life; and also that he came hero seriously III with
lung disease, but the climate and horseback riding
had cured him. His COST AGO. and hold 80 to 81
measured Cords which yield 5000 bushels Of charcoal.
The furnace and ovens were built by Peekskll
Last wear this furnace made the nrgcst recorded run
ever made by any charcoal frhance OF It's size ON the
same quantity Of COAL being 81 trns OF iron or % bushels
OF charcoal TO the This the average per dayfor
one week can rec no difference In the Of this fur
mace and other great about here and there u no
reason why under equally good management fully
| good results should not be attained.
The great advantages OF this section for tho manufac-
ture Of iron the abundance and good quail
ty Of the brown hematitc the vast quantities of
wooded land not valued for agricultural purposes and
hence low in price, and the ample facilities for transpor-
taon to any part Of the South, Morrill, or West South