Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-26
The Cumberland Iron Works.

In Commissioner Killebrew's re
Gently published report ON the miner
al resources of the State, he says of the
Cumberland Iron Works:
'The two largest iron properties il
Stewart county are the Cumberland
Iron Works, owned by Woods, Yeat.
man & Co., and the Lagrange Iror
Works, owned by j. G. Garrett and
others. These two companies own one
hundred thousand acres, which con-
meet and run together for twelve miles
on the crest of the Tennessee ridge,
which is the water shed between Ten
nessee and Cumberland rivers.
The Cumberland Iron Works prop
erty contains sixty thousand acres of
land, and is the best charcoal iron
property in the United States-per-
haps unsurpassed in the world. It has
thirty thousand acres of original growth
of timber now standing, while the seq
ond growth coming on covers twenty
thousand acres, six thousand acres of
which are In good condition for max
ing charcoal. This property lies on
both sides of the Cumberland river,
has front on either side of five (5)
miles. Five streams, fed by innumer-
able springs, flow through this inn
mense domain and enter the Cumber-
land river from the north and the
south. The ores on the north side of
the river and adjacent to Bellwood
Furnace, are in two high ridges lying
between Cross and Cub creeks-and
these ridges are covered with fine rich
soil, the growth of which is walnut,
poplar, sugar tree, hickory, beech, oak,
etc.
There are other large deposits of
iron ore on the north side, but as they
have not been needed at all they have
not been developed.
The ores on the south side of the
river are in almost every hill, ridge and
ravine within circle of ten miles in
diameter, the principal deposit Of
which, however, is in two high ridges
covered with rich soil. These ridges
begin within half mile of the Cum
berland, and run parallel one with the
other to Long creek, five miles distant.
These are the ores that have been
smelted at Dover, Bear Spring and
Beifwood Furnaces by Woods, Yeat-
man & Co., and their predecessors,
from 1929 to this day, and which es-
tablished the superiority of Tennessee
iron. In 1880 YeatmaD, Woods & Co.,
shipped cargo of pig metal on the
steamboat Thomas Yeatman to Pitts
burg, and from that time to this, forty
six years, Tennessee iron has had q
reputation for good quality almost un-
equalled.
And although these deposits have
been drawn upon to supply orc to from
two olive furnaces for nearly halfa Gen.
tury, it is nevertheless true that the ores
of this property are not yet developed
the bottom has never been reached,
the extent of the deposit is not known,
and what has been done in AZ years
only goes to show that the ores of this
property are practically inexhaustible.
Thirty thousand acres of this estate
is suitable for cultivation, and will
produce proftably tobacco. wheat, corn,
oats, barley, potatoes, blue grass, tim
othy, herds grass, apples, peaches,
grapes, ETC., aud fully $1,000 acres is
No. land; river bottom, 5000 acres !;
creek bottom, 5000 acres, upon which
are now standing poplar, beech, hick-
ory, oak, sugar-tree, dogwood, and
grape vines in abundance.
There are four furnace sites on this
property-Dover, Bear Spring, Bell
wood aud Randolph, all of which have
been improved and are so located that
timber, iron ore, farming land, fire
clay, limestone and water are conVen-
lent and abundant to all. Stone coal
of excellent quality for coking Is with
in 100 miles by rail.
The four farms of the Cumberland
Iron Works produced in 1861:
$1,000 bushels of corn.
1000 tons of clover, timothy and
herds grass hay.
1000 bushels of oats.
300 bushels of barley.
200 bushels Of rye.
With potatoes, turnips, cabbage and
other vegetables sufficient for the en-
tire population of the works, about
5000 persons.