Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-24
THE IRON INTERESTS OF THE

Sok Ibs
We publish ia another column anu
invite public attention to letter from
General Lewis, of this State, to Ex-Gov-
-rnor Patton, Of Alabama, touching the
IRON Interests Of the south, which, ~
die Charleston Nelus and Courier shows
from the appended table, have oeen
steadily developing since the var. Inc
great mineral State Of the SOUTH Ala
0sma, now freely bossts Of 6elDg ths
chief seat in the southern States oil INC
mar acture Of hot-blast chsrcoal lron'
ner furnaces being situated on Tue
selma. Dalton and Rome rsilrosd, nom
which point shipments TO England nave
been made aud sold at seven OF e'ghi
pounds sterIin per TOT. experimentation
other mines, which have been sent ioi-
ward, are classed by the prominent Eng
lish manufacturers as BEST best, " while
the highest grade Of iron is only BEST
nest best.u This iron trade Is furnishing
steady employment to many hunoreu
native whites and blacks, and gooo
many English, Scotch and Swedes, VINO
are building up the south, increasing the
uinirg Of hard coal, and using annual }
millions of bushels Of charcoal burnt IL
he forests near the mines. Charcoal
costing six OF seven cents, and coke nine
)r ten cent?, the south must furnish
very considerable part OF the three
million tons Of iron made in the United
| ; ates. This is indicated by the number
Of furnaces now in blast, and projected
10 3 Juth Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee
] aud Alabama Of which We append the
| following list:
SOUTH CAROLINA.
spartanburg ironworks, sPsrtsDourg' not 10
~ NORTH CAROLINA.
| gnckbsm furnace, Heckton, Chatham couD
| End1r furnace. Endor, Chatham county.
| ore HiI furnace, ore Bill, chatham county
| Long en- furnace, Castor county.
| Rehob in furnace, LlucolutOn.
| sion vail furnace LincOInton
| Ee>uyius furnace, Lincolntpn county.
/ amour furnace, Stokes county.
<apo % q furnace. chatham county.
| GUT furnace, Chatham county; now build
MALI on furnace Lineolnton.
ALABAMA.
Brierneld furnace, Bibb county. use char
corr vail furnace, Cherokee county, use char
s,onewall furnace, Cherokee county, 100000
Tecumseh furnace, Cherokee county. $4,000
.t.ound Mountain furnace, Cooss river, us'
Rock ironwOrks, Cherokee county, use char
Irondaie ironworks, jefferson county, u.s.
| charcoal.
SO0.UOJ, use coke.
Ros- : Valley furnace, jefferson county, pro
jected
Turkey creek furnace, Jefferson county, pro
jected.
Woodstock furnace, Calhoun county, $4,000
shelby iurnsce, Calhoun county, $4,000 pre-
ferreG stock, use charcoal -
| Alabama furnace, TRllsdega county, Sl2O,OOO
| use charcoal.
GEORGIA.
| Ttna ironworks, near Rome, SIS 900.
/ K sing Fawn ironwOrks, Dade county.
| isidge Valley furnace. near Rome,
| Dial on furnace, near Cartersyille.
| Eouud Mountain.
TENNESSEE.
! lockwood furnace, Chattanooga, use coke.
| Buckley furnace, Knoxville, use coke.
| hak1a furnace, Oakdale, use coke.
| En- ureevilIe furnace JON sbOrO, use ch arcoal
| Green county furnace, H ysvilie,u se charcoal
| JnoEa Iuruace, Unoka, use charcoal.
BusnOag furnace, Sullivan county, use char
coal.
| Madison furnace, Bristol use charcoal.
Barter furu ace, Knoxville, use charcoal.
| Lambert furnace. Carter county, use charcoal
| Cumberland furnace, Cumberland Gap use
! charcoal. -
5rownsport furnace, Brownsport, use char
| coal.
/ Dora and Bear Spring furnace, Stewart coun-
~, u-e charcoal. .
| Clark furnace, LaGrRnge, use charcoal.
! LaGrange and Eclipse furnace, LaGrange, use
charcoal.
Rough and Ready furnace, Stewart county
/ use charcoal.
Cumb rlaRd furnace, Dickson county, use
charcoal.
| Marley furnace, Dickson county, use char
! coal.
| Nesuvlus furnace GAINESVILLE, use charcoal
| evils furnace, Lewis coun ", building.
| Wayne furnace, Waynesboro, use charcoal.
| Tall co furnace, Monroe county, use CHAR
| 8Unslo furnace, POPLAR Springs, use charcoal