Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-18

,s'oo soiie5, t%ottas,9 Re ifsi aa, II
Mons. including free burning cooking etc,
but all more or less bitumihoas, there
being no anthracite.
H) Coke-Some Of our Goals, and
the waste at that, yield q superb
eokag aais'aJ'G 9ii anTl 7alnsr Lo ~
-d(e) Lignite-Wes Tennessee can
contribute this product, Interesting
beds Of Ignite occur in Obion Dyer,
Lauderdale, Upton, Shelby and other
couuti s. ti''Hs 2a,@ hH issj -rr f.
(d) Petroleum-This combustible
can be forthcoming from a number Of
oeanties, among them Over,on, jackson
and Dickson.
CLASS 4. .'
Building Stone Marbles, States Etc.
In this class are r. ''s5@s .l -. .i-.
q ~ Building Stoues-Tbere are many
Of these of superior quality in the
State.
GRANTEES and Syenites (Geneissoid) can
De ootalnAd IN the northeastern counties.
johnson, Carter and Washington, as we'll
as in Gcke and Polk. -,u ,ro' i.af r,.r.
Sandstone occur at very many points,
the best perhaps within the limits of the
Tableland, and in Dicksoh. ''''.
Limestonss-These occur without
limit, both in variety and quality. ,r7
~ Marble--For.a certain, ~yariegita-
cd, fancy marble tennessee is noted
throughout the Union. The. marble is
brownish red, mottlsd with white spots,
or aeecy, clouds, and is a caiuoidal and
cOralline rock. 1t OCCURS ia ~inexhausti,
BILE quantity The best is found in East
Tennessee, in Hawkins, Knox, Loudon
aud other counties.
Beside che above, we have Interesting
black and c~onglOmerste marbles. or dark,
blue. with white veins, gray, red, varie,
gated magnetism, andsother varieties of
mere or less interest. fafni,q 4
(c) Slates.-In masses, slabs. and split
into the various sizes used for roofing.
Cold slate occurs in Polk, Sewer. and
other counties of the most c~asterly
tier. sf' 70 ~ 'i1'I1 ya' moss
..s ,fe. CLASS 81, e.,, u-, .
Clsys. Kaolin Slick. and o.be r kind.
red materials for the manufacture Of por-
celain glass, bricks terra-cota, tiles and
fire bricks. "'' 1' v'H
We have under this head a great varie.
ty of materials; white clays in West
Tennessee and elsewhere 6re.clay under
the cal stratum Of the Cumberland
table-land potter's clay at many
points. t ~
Kaolin msy be fou"d in Carter; sill.
cious materials Of practicle value in many
counties. ,..
~ .yT CLASS G..
Line and Hyirauli, Cemeat-R,w
ami bhrned, accompanied by specimens Of
the crude rock or materials used. O. ris
Hydraulic Cement.-This has been
tnanufact ured at a number of points :
Clifton, on Tennessee river, in Wayne
county--rock blush McMinnville-
rock light blue near Kuoxville-rock
reddish. ''' -"''" ~ Ni' r'se"t 17e'
lIs3iTo1tsl CLASS 7, rgg,u Do ZOO.
MiVstones, Grindstone, F1cgsOn.s, Etc.
In this 81 ass are embraced G-Jusu
Millstoues of excellent quality ar, or
haze been quarried FROM ebert olaysrsr Of
the great Dolomite cFormantion of East
tennessee, as at Big Spring, Claiborne
county ; also at points in Knox county
aid elsewhere a pair Of finished s'ones
Of TIM rock ought TO be put ON exhibition
together with specimens Of the rough rock.
In .Trousdale, near Hartsvills. is an, old
quarry from which hundreds of MILF ones,
once highly priced. have been taken
Griudstone, aagstonc, and allied mate.
rial, we'll worthy Vt note could be exhibit
ted. MRS ssS ..sitsal>E i.l7sm e-.
s.s1p. .li gti CLASS 8. t,,;, y
MiAeral Waters in great variety
could be exhibited Sulphur" EPSON
Salt, Chalybeate, Alum, Snlphuric Acid
Carbonic Acid, and all other kinds. yr
CLASS 9.
Mineral Fert,liziarg Sutstances.-
Under this class would come the "gresn
sands of McNairy and Henderson Coun.
ties. '..u,j e ~ It.s s.4-,l .4ll t,a.
,.,r GROUP II.
Under this head come cereals, grasses,
wheat, rye, oats. barley, rice, buckwheat
all Of which should be exhibited in the
sbeaf and cleaned. Timothy, blue grass,
orchard grass, German millet, ETC., should
90 in" buhdless, as we'll as red clover.
alsike. white clover, saplipg clover, etc,
The different varieties Of corn, sorghum,
root crops, fruits, both dry and green,
green vegetables. etc.. etc. Timber and
lumber Of every kind. both rough and
dressed, should, b5all means. End a place
in thessxhibitiOo. and especially the large
w%alnuts, some Of which are five fee. in
oi&me'er.i -3l s.dx .mt
f? GRouP; III.
Under this come our various breeds o.
horses, COWS, sheep, swine, the finest speci'
mems Of which SHOULD be sent to the exhi.
bition. Tennessee has an enyi,ble
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