The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-12-11
East Tennessee.
Her Natural ResOHrces---RailrOads--.
MannTaCtuFes---LabO and Society.
From the Charlton, Iowa, Leader
MINERALS.


East Tennessee abounds in miner
ais. We have iron, coal, copper,
zinc, lead, marble. brown sandstone
and hydraulic cement.
Large quantities of iron ore are
found in almost every county in
East Tennessee, and pig metal is
manufactured in all of them. Our
iron ore is inexhaustible in quantity
and Of the very finest quality.
The copper mines of Polk county
have yielded largely for many years
and the owners have realized large
fortunes from them.
Rich deposits OF zine have been
found in Jefferson. Knox. Claiborne.
Campbell and other counties OF East
Tennessee.
A vein Of red and white marble,
ineXhaustible in quantity, runs from
the Northeastern to the Southwest
ern portion Of East Tennessee
This has been admitted to be the finest
marble in the United States. The
inside Of the magnificent addition
to the Capitol Of the United States,
at Washington, is finished with mar,
bic from East Tennessee. So IS
the Capitol OF our own and those Of
several other States. At the time
of the commencement Of the build
ing Of the Washington Monument,
each Of the States of the Union sent
a block Of marble to represent them
in its erection. That from East
Tennessee, we believe, was pro-
nounced unanimously, the finest Of
them all
Besides this, we have 4 compare
lively white marble that is a most
excellent material for building
1t is sound and as pure as marble
can be, without a single seam. The
custom house and post office at
Knoxville are being built of this
marble.
Quarries of beautiful brown sand
stone have been found in several
counties. When first taken from
the quarry it is soft and easily
worked. but on exposure to the at
mosphere becomes as hard as granite
Bitmninous and camel coal Of q
very superior quality il found in
Cumberland mountain and Walden's
ridge, from Cumberland Gap to
Chattanooga, a distance OF about
two hundred miles. 1t is inexhaust-
ible in quantity and lies in close
to iron ore Of the very
finest quality The veins of coal
are from four to six feet and are
worked with great facility.
QUALITY AND PRICE or LAND.
In country as diversified as Eat
in its physical geography
there must necessarily he a great va
riety Of soil Our islands, river bot
toms or low-lands and valleys are n
dark loan and exceedingly fertile
Much of our upper-lands, called anu .
Iatto clay, are also very fertile and cas-
Ily worked Even in our mountains /
there are valleys that produce well.
The soil Of most of our lands is .
nexhaustiblc, because the basis is
lay. We have seen it, so poor as
scarcely to produce anything, i'm /,
proved by clover and little manure .
until it was made as rich as when it .
vas first cultivated And this is the
quality of nearly all
UT lands.
All our lands are very favorable
o the growth Of wheat. rye, Indian
.orn, oats, grapes, grass, barley,
.weet and Irish potatoes. turnips.
-pples. peaches, pears. plums and
II kinds Of fruits. Our great num-
,er Of creeks and rivulets that pen
trate ever part of our country gives
Is & considerable scope for meadows
nd hay is made in large quantities
nd exported to the South.
The price Of land in East Tcnnes-
ee is varied according to quality
nd location.
Our islands rate from fifty to one
undred dollars per acre; improved
plands from ten to thirty dollars
,ther lands from one dollar to ten.
There is a great deal of land in
lmost every county in East Tennes-
ee that is favorable to the growth
f rye and the grape, that can be
ought for one dollar or less per
ere Much Of this land is not far
ON our railroads already COM
leted and the lines of others al
lady begun The average taxable
alue of the land Of East Tennessee,
to the reports made by
IT Comptroller to the Legislature,
FIVE dollars. l
MANUFACTURES.
Notwithstanding our great re-
,urces and facilities for manufac- |
ring, we have but very few estab-
5hments for that purpose. A mild
innate and a fertile soil has fur
shed our citizens with an album :
,nce of provisions for themselves
i'll to export to other countries to )