New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-10

place to place-freghtcars go on to their Destination
Everything connected with this road IL the ougrowth OF
the new order Of things at the South. The consohua
idea is looked upon great innovation, ana wneh ''
proposed met with great opposition from 'ho oo',
press and stump-speakers. Now all seem 10 agree '
IL has been beneficial. Tho little towns esPeci"',
whose people thought they were to be runner, INV
found out their error and that though the ralro"u
use New-York capital and run through He's".s 80,
Work u Il at the same time accomplishing tho oo.o
oppont % the resources OF the State. Inero ~ w"
a safety in travelling over the ROAD no" I - -.
trast with that experienced IN 1871 NY A'f 90
was made lust after terrific mountain s'or"' i
were swept away like chan, nay "o"' 80
tho fishes in New River and the Hoistoh' anu hau
A., IA .st,e brdces been in existence we would nave
hd the Measure OF camping in the mud or on the noun
tosde TO put the best face on IT, But e'ery"nere o
most uerect system prevailed, every watchah was III
his Mace and We made the regular time without acci'
don't Tho old trostles have everywhere, even at the
IIh Bridge east Of Lynchburg been replaced by sub
toniial iron bridges and the track is rapidly reayng
With ct rail and sh-bar connection An extension OF
the line from Bristol to Cumberland Gap now survey
ing There il will connect with the Kentucky roads 10
Louisville and Cincinnati The question OF consolidation
with the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad to Chat
tanooga is agitated and it is proposed to further ex
tend She consolidation to Memphis.
No mining operations are carried at Bristol. but the
same formations evidently exist that found else,
where in the VICINITY In range of 90 miles south ana
east are four On furnaces of which two are In bast
and at Jacksons Plains of the native people nino
lead in a crude manner Near Marion consiieraolo Du
ness Is done in mining and shipping suphae OF bayta
of very excellent quality The salt wells of Southwest
Virginia have been worked for many years. lhey aIc
eonnte of I smythe and Line
of the counties runs through one OF tne McIis,
% ~ tns raroad The works are now owned by
stock company. The water is tne rienesr cent of
of any yet discovered containing within P u ,v
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fire and kettles hence with richer ana pnrer
nj syracuse In fact it is doubt inferior TO una.
formerly made there by lire heat as tnere so of
mS v TfFe at 1d"a2 says the excellence
of the water Is much depended on thaG II Is P up
from the wells directly the kettles solar evapO
ton might not be successful here as at
the climate is moist but tls ueiece I nnritV
Of the water During Rebellion, these wells IKE the
mines Of great Ssaq s T ro southern State
there SS the & ds9 up 70 Sset
better than that made from water on the coast but
NOT 40 good as the Liverpool While the latter was worth
81 @ asa ne Pss to
employed and thus Kept out OF ne ary
than fight Viewing the apparent inaccessiblity Of
this region, 1t Is matter OF wonder tnTs smUa ia
stil standing in which William Campbell lived l25 years
ago. He said to have been the taes and best pro
Which belonged the Iashlngons Prestcns, Lees, and
Gilmers, and living this limestone soil in TINS
fail TO acknowledge that they were the superlorS Oh Hoo
| of their felowmen In bodily presence
Whether other point i'll this region there exist
similar deposits of saline water Is probably UNKNOWN as
il any were found it was more likely TO be Dy acsaee
than from any accurate search. country more Ierte
in resources capable Of supporting life containing
such vast and varied mineral wealth, at the same time
great agricultural fertility and 80 conveniently stu
aed probably does not exist elsewhere. Here are COAL
IRON salt lead zinc copper, manganese limestone, eyp
sum- and how many other valuable metals and minerals
the future only will tell Here, too. is climate eqaaea
but seldom soil yielding the In perfection, as
we'll as wonderful crops of and all the small grams
Then too the peculiar srathcaton throws out from lar
below numerous springs of mineral water, which, WIN
the magnificent scenery and natural resources are an at
traction tourist the OF science or the seeker
4 for health. With such country and such climate,
| one may be the eye will not be the only sense
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