Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-11
KNOXVILLE AS AN IRON
CENTER.
The Nashville Press OB the
Situation.

I Comm issioner Killebrew has issu ed
pam pblet on the advantages OF Knox
vile as an iron center. He sells forth
in paphlet of of fifteen pages vast
amount of information, which ID in
valuable to those interested in the
manufactures, or directly interested in
che growth and prosperity of that
thriving place. He points out the
three great deposits of ores whence
| Knoxville can derive its supply. One
Is the brown hematites. the Clinton
| fossiliferous red hemstites, that lie
along the foot OF the Cumberland
| Mountains. The next is deposited
along the southeastern state line, on
the foot of the Unakas, and is brown
| hemarite, and the last is the msgu etic
ores in Cater county, and running
into North Carolina. This ia the bed
| of magnatite belonging to Wilder q
| Co, and is one OF the largest deposits
Of iron ores 10 the United STATES, and
occurs In a state nearer purity than
any other known.
Knoxville occupies central position
| between these three immense deposits
of iron ores, and is easily reached froD
either by means Of roads already
built, aud one in course of erection
| from Johnson City and Rlsu Noun
| tain. 1t has also the Tennessee river
az means of transportation for both
ores and manufactured products
Besides these principal banks. Knox
vile draws supplies from great many
places in various counties all through
East Tennessee.
Then TO aid IN the manufacture, this
\ city has command of Unlimited sup
l l.
| ty eight miles of, aud on the Chatta.
nooga road are coal miUes 1T yari-
/ ons places. But the great and reliable
supply of iron is on the Gran berry road
from johnson City. Tue bauk Is thirty
miles long, and is enough in guam ity
| to supply the world for an indefi ute
making ore. 1t has been tes.ed 10
superior articles have been made
from it.
With all the advantages of iron ore
| and coal mines az Coal creek, Poplar
creek and the Cumberland mountain
mines, there is no doubt of the posi-
ton Of that city TO make very cheap
iron. The commissioners thinks hot.
blast stonecoal, mill and foundry iron
made out of brown aud red hematite
ores can be made for sll per ton, aud
| that Bessemer pig can be made OF
those magnetic ores at SIG per ton.
Knoxville already has several fsctO-
ries In full blast, with the prospect of
many more. The c.r wheel works,
turning out twenty-five car wheels
day, and employing thirty five opera
tives, has been ia operation several
years. 1t began with small capital,
| but now it Is worth over 500. 600 The
| pig iron for these car wheels is made
in Carter county furnaces.
The Knoxville iron company, CAPT.
| tai $3.50, 000 10 also In successful opera.
ton, as 10 also the Knoxville foundry
and machine shop, with capital 81
$45. 900 The former employs $50
hands, the latter 40 hands.
Several other companies are ia pro-
cess of organizing, and in due course
Knoxville will be one OF the greatest
iron centeTs of the south. The book
is ready for distribution.
[Americsn.l
Col. Killebrew has published
pamphlet concerning the iron fAcili-
lies OF upper East Tennessee aud OF
Knoxville as its center. His able and |
exhaustive paper shows striking apt
ness in Knoxville to be an iron GEN.
ter. Already a manufacturing city of
considerable pretensiuns, the iron
wealth around and accessible, the |
wonderful quantity. remarkable va.
riety, and extraordinary Equality OF
ore, the abundance Of coal, cheapness
with which both coal and iron
gre mined, promise brilliant manu-