Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-26
AT VIENNA.
Letter from GEN. wfIder-East Ten.
nessee Leads the World I'm Coal and

Letter from GEN. Wflder-East Ten.
nessee Leads the World I'm Coal and
Ores.
From the Kingston News.
VIENNA, Aug. TO- Having half prom
ised you letter from this place, / feel that
now is the time to write it, for now I have
an opportunity to congratulate the county
of Roane, not only upon having the best
exhibition OF coal and iron ore here at the
Great Fair, but that fact has been advertls-
ed for US to the whole world in the manner
to do Us the most good. And this is the
way Ii came about: Capt. j. T. Harris, of
lockwood, got out lump Of coal weighing
$500 pounds, others procured large and
fine specimens of iron ore, coal and zinc
ore, and Gen. Holman, of Knoxville, sent
some beautiful specimens of marble,-mak-
ing IN all about twenty tons of finest spec
linens of the abundant mineral wealth that
lies but BALI hid In almost every hill in East
Tennessee, sent not by any individual or
firm to advertise their business, but by
public spirited citizens DESTROYS Of publish
ing to the world the great undeveloped
wealth of our section of the State. Neither
all Europe nor America furnished o piece
Of coal SO large or ores 30 fine and various
for the Great Exposition, as did East Ten
nessee, five thousand miles away.
The articles were shipped to Vienna, via
Bremen. l was unavoidably detained in
America, but supposed our Government
had some person whose duty it was to look
after such articles and place them on exhi-
bition. This was a mistake, however, and
as am plain speaking man, and try to
give credit where it is due, wish you to
say that we are indebted to our Represent
alive in Congress, Col. j. II. Thornburg,
for having taken the highest medal awarded
for this class Of articles at the Exposition.
Col. Thornburg, finding that no one on the
part of the Government was doing anything
to exhibit our spec mems, and knowing that
the Jurors were examining things of this
class, went to work with bis characteristic
tact and energy, got the minerals from
Bremen, assumed the freight bills and
charges, put men to work, and put every
thing on exhibition in first rate style, and
by his persistent personal attention got the
jury to go back and examine our exhibit,
amend their report, and give to Tennessee
the highest award.
viii your readers appreciate the. import
ance of this result TO East Tennessee? Al
ready I have been beseiged with inquiries
about our coal and iron resources, not by
Europeans alone, but by many Americans,
and all seem astonished at the facts have
been able to furnish them. East Tennessee,
in my opinion, must soon feel most sensi-
bly,, by investments Of capital and develop
ment of her resources, the great value of
this public and prominent recognition of
her mineral wealth.
l have shipped part Of our iron ores to
England to have them tested for the pro-
duction of steel direct from the ores. DR..
Siemens, the inventor of the process, thinks
them admirably suited to this end, and vol
Unteered their trial in his works. Ifhis
supposition is correct, look out for some
more manufacturing establishments in old
Roane. l am distributing numerous sam
pies of Tennessee ores and coal to manu-
featuring and scientific establishments.
Tell our people to wake mp and get ready
for the great Exhibition at Philadelphia in
1915. Let Roane county put up there q
pyramid of coal 100 feet high from solid
vein! Like the Egyptian pyramid, it will be
the only one in the whole world, and will
excite as much wonder. If We expect the
world to recognize and develop our resour-
ces, we must first make known what we
have and what can be made out Of it.
IT. WTTDER