The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-04-12

tIp Olu mountain SIlllCo vi tiC 1tcIO
KEGS, the Appalachcs, the Choctaws
and the Cahawbas, is the land O
health, happiness, and longevity.
The objections which people ac-
customed to large cities urge agains
rural settlements in remote interior
are happily now no longer applica-
bic to the regions under notice. Au
"all rail" direct transit will in few
weeks from date Of this writing, pa;
passengers from New York into
New Orleans inside of seventy hours.
Numerous branch lines are onorat-
ing by which rail and steamboat
travelling is afforded for leaving the
great Northeast and Southwest route
at any desired point, to seek homes,
business and ihve5 ments in any and
every direction, in either Tennessee,
Georgia, or Alabama. To the
Northern farmer, grazior, and cattle
dealer. the beautiful region of wales,
plano and slopes of the southern end
Of She Appalachian chain presents
the most striking attractions. Here
in the high upland districts, eleva-
ted from 700 to 1900 feet above the
ocean, and under "tho sweet inAu-
ences' which pcrvade the belt be
tween the thirty-second and thirty
sixth parallels, cattle, horses, hogs
and sheep feed out all winter and
keep fat without "hand care" and
are ready for market at any time in
the year. How vast g contrast with
stock raising in New York, Canada,
and the new England States = The
finest horned cattle in America are
raised in the mountain districts
The PEA vine, the rich weed, the
white and elbow clover, and other
indigenous species Of vegetation use
full to the purposes of man, who Qtil-
ICES tho elements Of nature to sub
serve the demands Of art are all in
full and diverse abundance on every
hand.
1t may be readily seen by refer
cnce to the maps of these States and
in tracing out the coal and iron dis
tricts which lie in the north vest Of
Georgia and throughout the entire
haIfof Alabama--all having
their railway lines actively operat-
many new industries in
manufactures, mines, mechanic arts,
commerce and trade can now move
into lite in every section Of this rich
and beautiful interior country
From the numerous establishments
which since the war having been
started and from large additions
being constantly introduced by en-
men from all parts Of the
South, West and North, vieing with
each other, it is plain to see what
convenient and profitable markets
the husbandman will here have, and
that too, without the fear of western
competition.
POSITION or COAL AND
IRON IN ALA, Ca, AND TENN.
The carboniferous system here
repo8es comfortably on the silurean
and deyonian, the upper portions Of
the latter being the carboniferous
limestone. Both this limestone and
that which occurs from twelve hun
lred to sixteen hundred feet below
it, constitute good fucs for iron
smelling. The traveller will be sup
posed to begin his observations by
commencing the ascent Of some
or highly elevated noun
lain. About the base he will sec the
silurean and deNonian rocks in their
heavy qualifications. Both the ST.
Iurean and dcyonian here, contain
valuable limestones and various
metals-namely, iron, manganese,
zinc, lead, etc In the devonian sys-
TEN occurs fo8siliferous red oxide of
iron, the equivalent Of the Juniata
orc in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
West Virginia. The same ore is
said to occur near Ithaca in the
State of New York. In Tennessee,
Georgia and Alabama, this bed has
immense proportions, both as to
and territorial breadth
Lying sometimes flat, at others &c t
ly inclined, and again occasionally
much tilted, runs through the hills
and mountains in continuous broad
sheets, like leaves in a folded book.
1t occurs in limestones, and is there
fore a rich calcarcou5 ore, its thick
ness, varying, as before remarked,
from five to twelve feet. In
places it is but two to three feet, but
there is often found in that bulk sew
eral times repeated, by the interposi-
tons Of limestone bands. In other
localities it is solid, continuous iron
ore bel Of five to eight feet, enlarg-
ing not unfrequently in certain dis
tricts to the extreme Of ten and
twelve feet. At an altitude Of from
five hundred to twelve hundred
feet above the position of this ore
the mountain limestone appears, anC
at a height Of one hundred to five
hundred feet above this, is seen the
general floor Of these coal-ields-
The thickness Of the rock strata
Just cited, differs in the various dis
tricts. The floor Of these vast coal
colds is q course. silicious conglom