Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-30
gThe' wealth of the Blue Ridge Mountains.


than tested, that may yet vic with South Aus
tralia, Chill, Lake Superior, or Ha'es, us q
copper producing country No aiiude to
Jackson county, North Carolina, and the sur.
rounding counties in South Carolina and
Georgia, near which,i it's inevitable that some
Sd5y rail communication must DC mad, ana
near which, at tho present, the line OF the
Blue Ridge Road IS smarked out
Some fifteen years ago, when the excite,
ment regarding the Duo"town n'nes was at
its zenith, prospectors discovered several, ap.
parensly equally rich VEINS III tho valleys OF
tho Tennessee ana Its tr'outafiIs' ' loving
the extraordinary success OF the Ducktowh
mines before referrch TO- men WIN put niue
capital to back them, bought up tho majority
OF these VEINS commenced sinsius shaits'
etc. The ore was soon reached ia many III
stances, aud splendid samples OF nearly every
known ore or copper oroaght 10 the surface
linen caino tne dlhculLy .. tno olioertah'nS
of these small miner, j. e""What are we to
do with it T. 1t wcu!d G't pay 10 e%por' Tue
crude mineral slxty or Seyen'y Mules over
mountainous roads TO the f"'reS1 dePot' ana
therefore it must be lirst s'sefted ana then
transported.
U Copper emcit'ng IS ousL'css ~ 'cq"''.,,s s
saoundanS eap'tal, WY WY uo' ono =, tno
mine owners, oe.9te seaepou W., 'ou,a trao
snls, anu .roy 'n.'1'o 49,. ~ p p,s.;"o
IRON the Nossn 10 oon '".o ~, 're c s"s.' e sss
Whlch they oso, anI W .1o e''. ~ oIp'sa' .o'
the purpose oi uoso,op''s sa'o.s, ~ I"':" mas
almost certain. - ,''se a"o I'oa.ao'I '"uuN t
Try was on t"o P''"' " oo'''s s'"i'ot. s'"i'ot ""e"
tue t WAT '"tei.eiou W.. '"'.".' oPo."'0 10 ::
the hlpcs stoppeu Wv ''no "ua ..,'a e
packers Q, we're sca.sei:u " a.ie ,o" lu.n.oa' ~
tne care" III Pu'su'. 81 o:n.: u a"vo".u,.s'
Ieactioh cnsueo' anu 'Ie o's'''o, VIC to'ol ~
1ei' into olsfePute. Hsery ,SFj' no"oa.i,
since then, irosn se'ss ;, nayo W, p u,soose'eu
Dy atna.eu's' so,ne VI 49, W. ooPP'., -
ieao, wichnn ioos VI t"el: au'.'.', o,"e' :
though' oaPPeu WIN ,.' c"ua'u' '"o'o ~" ~
gossar, present. iu o1e''tl a'u aTps"'",s'u Wv
most promising lho'cat'ous' N'nc o' 'nese
are workeu' slhP'y 'oi 'no ,o":on' .'.o''.u -"
and that there are no reducing FURNACES 70
take them OUT :,
why ls 1t then that no smei''ng WORKS are
started with the quan.'ty 0, copper a., +
ready IN view. sucn WORKS snou'u nav' lu''
employment irom me START ana u"''' inc ''se
OF some rival estaol'shment' mo"oPny OF
tho BUSINESS ana DC ao'c 70 ouy gu almost
any terms
BY the new process now coming into rogue,
IN the North ana IN Europe oy "mch the
sulphur is saved, there would hc large al
ditional profit, obtainahle ny the sale Of the
latter article to the sulphurc acld manutacto,
ries OF Charleston ana other cl'.es.
s. we have touched but hght'y IN 'his nI'lr'o
upon the lncxhaustlolc Inducements he'd out
by nature IN the quarter referred TO, out nave
said enough, we hope, to invite an cxamlna-
tlon INTO the matter
In addition to the foregoing, there nave
recently been discovered valuable lead depos'
Its, the particulars OF when, ana location
are as yet kept comparatively secret.
Ere clous stones arc found al over the
mountains in the country referred to, OF ev
cry variety, with the exception OF the opyx
pearl and turquols, but IN quantities that IN
no instance, thus TAR discovered, VIII pay tol
regular digslng'
The emo IS IN the same dilemma as the
limestone, that Is, 1t does not pay to trnnapor
It. Ca'clte, (chrystal'mc '''nestone) Inns oec'
discovered IN seven dihrrent places within
SIX months tlmo' ana uoarly every rock nun
ter IN tho country ca[Iicsa piece o! IL apo"
him to test oy. Inc Corundum Ill', abou
which something was SAID IN TINS paper three
months ago. mas attracted cons,deraDle atten
ton, ana so mu'h mas oec'' s"'d ABOUT IT, an'
much OF an oxaggeratea nature regarding 1t
acIoal masNce Vaiue, ,'ae IL my at inc pres
ent time bo cons ldered Impossible TO get hol'
OK ~ for the purpose OF WORKING us the peo
PIE IN tno Ilc'n,ty' espcc'a''y present owners
consluct tney haIe III possession "'lne o