The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-31
HOME CORRESPONDENCE.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.

,AOn1u OOI6IliNI ONU1NO 1s
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
THE MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL WEALTH
OF SCOTT CoCNTY-fTs NEWLY DISCOVERED
IRON ORE COMBINED WITH MANGA NEsE-
THE NEW COUNTY SEAT.
From an Occasional Correspondent of the Sentnel.)
HENRYvILLE, Ind. March %, 1s74.-Amid
the excitement of the "woman's war" upon
whisky, and the progress of the grange
movement, with the agitation for the re-
moval OF the county seat, the development
of the lands along the JEFF. railway seems
to excite less attention, while this is the
most important, because the new improve
ments In cultivation and the discovery of
minerals will render the country prosperous
Improperly developed. The wealth of the soil
has not been brought out. and the distress of
the late panic in casting so many out of en-
ployment has shown the importance of Gull
tIvating and improving the old homesteads,
instead of extending settlements to new
countries far from market and supplies. The
capital of the country had been exhausted
to build distant railroads, and the credit
system had been extended on these enter
prises until the strain could no longer be
sustained. The distant country opened by
these railways could not supply the wants OF
the people, and the distant homes were too
far from the markets. We were admonished
of the necessity of sustaining our old homes
own country. This is peculiarly the want of
this section of Indiana. for land is found to
yield good remuneration to improved cul-
tivation, and with good supplies to sustain
the railways to the near market. The
marshy grounds between this and Sew
mour are peculiarly an evidence of this, as
by clearing and cultivation they become APP
parently elevated and dry and the soil rich
| Thus tract traversed by the jeff railway
| for ten miles, and extending some thirty
miles from west TO east across il, has be-
come valuable and is very rapidly brought
under cultivation. The location of the new
county seat of Scott county near to the bot
tom land has induced more attention to It..
| Quite thriving village is starting up at
Scottsburgh, the new county seat on the
line of this railway, promising soon to be
the largest town in Scott county.
MINERAL RESOURCES.
| But the most promising development
arises from the mineral resources that are,
from time to time, found in the high lands
at the spurs and base of the knobs approach
ing this railway. Iron ore has been found
within mile of this county seat to the east,
and some three miles west of it, that prove
the continuation of many veins with it,
promises to be valuable, and will increase
/ the settlement and cultivation of the country
as home market for those engaged in min
| ing. This mineral is found in pay
| my qudutltloS, anu OF gOOQ quail
| ity in range of hills forming
p semicircle about the village of Henryvilfe
Had the capitalists of Louisville a 1.-THE OF
the enterprise of those at Indianapolis, this
valuable mineral would long since have
been brought into use, and been the source o.
the rapid settlement of the country. All thai
is necessary is for the enterprise of Indian
aDolis iron manufacturers to develoDe thi:
source of supply, in order to furnish induce
ments for immigration to, instead of emigra
ton from our own borders. The field is be
fore US, and IL remains for enterprise to steE
in to gather the harvest. Sand rock, o
a valuable quality for building ant
monuments, also lines many of tn
ridges near this deposit of iron ore
The value of this mineral from it's combina
ton with manganese, has been tested by tn
state geologist, and all that remains is 70
the manufacturers to take hold Of the worl
and develope it. While the hills of Alabam
and the fields of Northern Tennessee are pro
ductiye in this ore, the same combination
: with manganese has not found to rende
them of equal value, according to the pro
portion, OF this mineral. II is convenient {
access, and all that is necessary to make
tributary to the growth of Indianapolis,
for the men of the state capital to take hol
of the work and give it trial. Souther
Indiana may, by this means, show, as i
q times long past, an iuducement for growtl
and for our own men to improve tn
land instead of emigrating elsewhere.