Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-01

South. her projected ana partly
built lines closely connect her with
rich ore lands and vast coal fielde.
She is surrounded on all sides by iron
ores of every variety, and suitable for
every purpose, In Carter county arr
large deposits of magnetic. or black
oxide, as rich as any ore in the world
There also are found mountains OF
limonite and compact red hematite.
From the mouth Of Stony Creek to
Cross Mountain, q distance OF twenty
miles. rich red and brown ores are
being wrought into excellent bar
iron, while the shot ore of Carter Fur
mace supplies the best metal in the
market for car wheels.
In the elevated valley of Shady, ia
johnson county, bog ore crops out al
along the base of Holston Mountain.
and of such excellent quality that for
sixty years the bar iron made of it has
always borne higher market value
than any other. Mountains Of limon~
lite, rising for hundreds of feet, and
covering ten to twenty acres, lie on
the southeastern slope of Doe Noun
tain, and on the spurs of Stone Noun
tain. This same ore, associated with
the black oxide of manganese, may
be traced in mountain spurs through
Washington, Greene, Cooke, SEWER
and Blount. In the latter counties IL
shields the southeastern face of Chill
howee Mountain, overleaps the Little
Tennessee and re-appears on Ball PLAY
Creek and the Tellico Plains.
And turning to the other side Of
Knoxville we find the great dyestone
seam, or fossil ore, which begins in
our State at Chattanooga and runs
continuously for 160 miles, bifurcating
below Clinton, one branch passing out
of the State above Sneedville, and the
other striking the rocky ramparts of
Cumberland Gap. Nor does this end
the catalogue. White Oak Mountain.
above Ooltewah, and the Estennallee
Ridge, in McMinn county, are strait
fled with red ores, and around Kings
ton the hills are compacted with the
best of brown ores in inexhaustible
quantities. Liberal samples Of all
these varieties should be collected,
enough to load at least two cars, while
another should be filled with the bar
iron from the twelve FORCES in johnson
and the four in Carter county, and ths
pig iron from Carter furnace.
The marble of East Tennessee has a
world wide celebrity, and bears high
er price than any other. / have In my
possession one hundred snd fifty spec
linens, all collected within a radius Of
forty miles from Knoxville. These
represent every variety and shade of
color, from the jet black to the white,
commingled in delicate and pleasing
proportions, so that with little effort
the grandest display of marble can be
made at Philadelphia that was ever
seen on earth. At least q car load
should be sent to Philadelphia.
The zinc at Messy Creek, in Jeffer-
son county, and at Powell's river in
Union county, should not be neglected.
1t is one of your unoccupied fields of
industry, and may, in time, pour into
the lap of Knoxville n perennial
stream of wealth.
The heavy span in Greene, Ham
hleu and McMinn counties.
the potter's clay on the
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad,
the photographic stone from McMinn,
all these, valuable as possibilities,
should be gathered at Knoxville and
shipped to Philadelphia.
Tons of your best coal from Coal
Creek and Wheeler's Gap, copper from
DucktOwn, and lead from MeMinn
end Jefferson county, ought to have 2
considerable space.
Now, one question. Has Knoxville
no prize to win ut this great exhibition
OF the worlds industries2 Is she 80
rich as to desire no accession to her
capital or wealth? If every possible
industry were started in East Tennes-H
see, and hundred smaller eentars built
up, Knoxville would still be the sun
of the system, around which would
revolve them all. governed by her ia
nuence and sustained by her power.
She would be the central emporium 70
1hich each would pay tribute. Here
Is ler golden opportunity. Neglect II,
and the youngest child will not see
the return OF such another. Knox
vile can we'll AFFORD to pay 50 900 for
such an exhibition. Let me urge you,
as one who feels deep interest in the
prosperity and greatness Of the whole
State, to arouse your people to action,
Not moment Is to lost, If we would
make a good exhibition.
Adopts from every country, thoss
skilled in all the arts of peace and all
the industries of civilization, viii
gather at Philadelphia, and there
be taught the capabilities of this great
country. Shall Tennessee so gifted by
nature, so magnificent in her POSSIBLE
tiles, fail to be properly represented
IL we fail in this duty we shall scarce
ly be worth the effort required TO save
US. If We do, let US not anticipate the
maledictiOns of posterity. Let 1t not
be said that the people of Tennessee al
a time when they could have made
their State shine with unparalleled
splendor, had not the public spirit or
the energy to make the necessary eff
forts to affect that end. We can notaf-
ford tive must not. Every instinct
of our manhood should repel such q
thought Mol let us rather come as
one man animated by one impulse and
gather the evidences of her wealth an0
build with them monument which
shall rise in majestic proportions and
htly symbolic the enterprise, the in
telligence and the capabilities of Ten
nessee. Very respectfully,
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