Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-09-12

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y MINERALs-Iron ore is abundal
is in the southwestern part of the count
d In 1854 seven furnaces were In opers
y ton in the iron district that produce
e over s, 900 tons of pig metal. Atpreser
! there is only one in operation-Mour
r Vernon Furnace-which has a capac
n ity of $50 tons per month. Some c
S the iron banks in this county are yer
v rich. The one known as Steele
5 Bank, lying on Yellow Greek, and on
r mile from Sailors Rest Station, oI
: the Memphis Division of the Louis
| vile, Nashville and Great Southern
E Railroad, deserves special mention
: This bed has been penetrated to th'
+ depth of twenty-three feet withou
, reaching the bottom of the ore. Th,
J ore. lies In horizontal strata, elghteeI
J inches in thickness, and the strata are
J separated from each other by half inch
, of red clay, and this thin layer of clay
constitutes the whole amount of dead
matter. Captain Gracey, who has had
charge of the workings of the banks,
raised 800 tons, fair sample OF
which, upon analysis, yielded 57l per
cent. of pure metallic iron. The ore
is entirely free offint Mr.. Oltaworth,
of Pittsburg, expresses the opinion
that the ore found at this place is the
best that has come under his observa-
ton, with the exception Of the pipe
ore used In the manufacture of the
boiler Sligo iron. Less than two tons
OF ore are required to make one ton of
iron, and it needs no calcening before
being used in the furnace. The limits
of this bank have not been reached ON
any side, and from present indications,
the thick bed extends In every direc-
ton for miles, for this same character
OF ore is found cropping out on the
property adjoining. In working the
bank, a shaft eighty-fve feet deep was
sunk on hill, and In the valley below,
another thirty feet deep, both striking
the solid stratum of ore. Hitherto
the ore was thought to be confined to
the hills. The ore is limonite or brown
hematlte, and is believed to be practi-
cally inexhaustible. Many other rich
banks occur in the same region, aud
the attention has not been given to this
interest which its Importance deserves.
There are numerous mineral springs
in the county. The sulphur springs,
near Dunbar's Cave, have been i'm
proved to some extent, and for a few
seasons they were frequented as asum-
mer resort.
TowNs.-Clarksville, situated on
the right bank of the Cumberland
River, sixty-fve miles by water, and
fifty by land, northwest from Nash
vile, has population of 5000, and
suburban population of 5000. Its To-
cation is beautiful one, being high
and hilly. When viewed from the
river above, or from a few points on
the railroad south of the Cumberland,
it reminds one, with its rolling green
hills and uneven surface, ofthe Queen
of the Tiber." Perhaps, in all the
State, more elegant, intelligent, re-
fined and hospitable people cannot be
found. From the institution of the
State government to the present time,
her citizens have always taken deser-
vedly prominent positions. At the
bar and on the bench, in legislative
halls, and in the cabinet, on the hust-
ings and in the field, they have won a
character honorable to themselves, aud
built up well merited fame for their
city. Yet, there are many places in
which enterprise and public spirit are
more conspicuous. With the best
facilities for building up a manufaetur-
ing town, there are but few establish
ments that deserve to be called manu-
factories. These consist of one foun-
dry, two carriage shops, two planning
mills, three boot and shoe shops, one
establishment for making agricultural
implements, one chair factory, two
mills, two Touring mills, and one
large steam tannery. The whole
amount invested in manufactures is
only about S2,0O0,000 with a trade
equal to 100000. The wholesale
grocery trade reaches $575. 600; dry
goods, hats, boots aud shoes. 5000. 900:
hardware, Sl50i0O0; livery and trade
stables Of which there are three, $780,
600; retail grocery, $4,000; furniture,
$4,000. The are four banks, inelud-
ing the one in Providence, representing
a capital of 100000; six stemmeries,
including the one in Providence, which
shipped, for 1873, 1000 hogsheads of
strips and dry leaf. There are six
warehouses which sold, for the year
1873, 1850 hogsheads of tobacco, and
shipped, altogether, 1850 to New
York, New Orleans, and other points,
besides 1000 hogsheads of strips. The
average annual shipments before the
war were 1900 hogsheads, and during
one year $4,000 The tobacco goes
mostly to Liverpool and London, Bre-
men, and to the French and Italian
governments, via New York. The
average price of hOgshead of tobacco
for the year 1873, was Sl60. Altogether
there are about forty-One business
houses in the place. Their entire
trade will aggregate 81, ,750, 900 annual
ly. This excludes the manufactures,
livery stables, and tobacco trade. Pork
packing was once carried on to a great
extent, but under the present system
of farming, the crop of hogs barely
supplies the demands of the county.
There are two large pork houses in
the county, one in Clarksville, with
capacity of slaughtering6 600 hogs daily,
and another in Providence. The
Clarksville and Providence Transfer
Company is a chartered institution,
with capital stock of $50, 900, and
does business to the amount Of $50
900 annually. There are in the place
two Methodist Churches, two Episco-
palian, one Presbyterian, one Cumber-
land Presbyterian, one Baptist, one
Christian, one Catholic, two colored
Methodist, two colored Baptist, and one
colOred Presbyterian. Two hotels are
also kept in the city.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.-But
few places have better prospects for
educational advancement than Clarks-
vile. There are in operation eight
private schools, besides the free schools,
for which the city has voted tax of
ten cents on the hundred dollars worth
of property, and the sum of $27, 900
for the erection of school houses. The
/ Clarksville Female Academy is an ex-
cellent institution, and has q regular
attendance of about $50 young ladies.
The buildings are beautifully situated
in a grove of native timber. 1t is of
many years standing, and under the
patronage of the Methodist Episcopal
I Church, South.
/ SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Since the chapter on public schools
went to press, the synods of the Pres
byterian Church of the States of Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas and Tennessee have located