Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-06

the southeastern seaports. Knoxville lies
exactly at the intersection of these lines,
and on the Tennessee river, which IS navl-
gable for several months in the year. ~
also lies on the East TeDnesses, Virginia
and Georgia ra lruad, running from nortn-
east to south west, from Bristol on the Viz
ginia line 10 Dalton in Georgia, and TO
Chattanooga, co Meeting Knoxville with
the markets of V rginia and with georgia
and the south west; connecting at Chatta-
nooga with The Nashville. Chattanooga
and St Louis railway, and at Stevenson
with the Memphis and Charleston, crossing
various feeders coming from the north and
south, and having several distinct connec-
tions with the great grain fields of the west
and northwest, it is an improbable event
that the great graneries of the west may
find an easier outlet to tho ocean and to
Europe by this line, making Knoxville q
gre4t distributing point to the several sea-
ports on the Atlantic coast INV
A branch of this road is completed to
Coal Creek, about Is miles, and to Carey
vile, IS miles, into the coal and iron re-
gions of the Cumberland moun tain, on the
north, while another road runs fifteen miles
southwark to Marvville in Blount county,
in the direction ofthe Little Tennessee
and Rabun Gap, and through the iron
fields of Blount, on to the great iron banks
of Cherokee county, North Carolina
town, on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad. almost
reaching the French Broad gap, and con-
meets Knoxville with immense deposits
of brown hematite and some speculsr iron
ore in Cooke county.
The road to connect Knoxville with the
iron and coal on the west and with the
Cincinnati southern at Emory gap thirty
hrs9 miles dstsn ,sd j. bgt question 81
moving TO complete the North Carolina
road through the French Broad gap and
the iron fields of Cooke and western North
Carolina Propositions are also pending
to extend the Msryyille road through RAJ
bun gap to Walhsla in South Carolina,
where connections already exist with vari1
Gus places on the coast
The Gran berry road is now under con-
struction from johnson City, Washington
county. through the brown hematites and
magnetic ores of Carter county, to the
Cranberry magnetic banks Of North Giro
lima, thus giving Knoxville, in short
time. access by a line l4l miles long to the
largest and best dep sits of ore in the
south, if not America, of 4 quality not
excslled in the known world. Already an |
Commercial and Manufacturing |
are preparing greater facilities of all kinds
and still greater Manufacturing capacity. |
A to iron manufacture, Knoxville all |
ready possesses ores cheap and |
abundant of almost every quality !
for all grades of iron product. and CO /,
in the greatest abundance. Without re
gard to the great commercial sy. tenn which
the necessities Of the north, south, east
and west are proposing, the short extern
sion Of thirty Eve miles from johnson
City to Cranberry cove viii give Knox
vile inca haustihle supplies of the best
quality of iron for cry kind Of manu-
featuring, making it one Of the best iron
centers in the United States. Castings,
cutlery, wire, s. est iron, bar iron, nails,
spikes, boiler plate, car W heels and all other
forms into which pig iron is fashioned, can
be success fully and probably carried on in
Knoxville.
a recent report of S. E sjoberg, mining
engineer to the E. T ). Va. il Ga rarlro d,
contains many facts of interest and analys SEES
of ores. The brown hematites IRE found
south and east of the railroad up to Mid
way, in q eene county, north of which
side they occur on both sides. Fossiif-r
Gus red hemstites are found on both sides
of the road Cont ming more phosphorus,
this ore, as rule, is more useful in making
the lower grades of iron. Gool iron ore is
found in the following counties along the
road
sullivan contaios several beds of brown
hematite on both sides of the railroad,
which are regarded as too far from the
road tor use at present.
La Carter, excellent ore is found within
two miles of johnson City. This ore, &C.
cording to Mr.. Sjoberg, analyses as follows
W ater $50
Sesqno lde q IRON .........TS. so
PhospAorl- .l49
IS. 929
fhosphor s... .O65
metallic IRON o. $50
Another deposit is found four mi es from
johnson City and one mile from the
Gran berry road. The ore from this bank
shows the following analysis:
WAFER ll.2F
lnS0luble IN acids. ..n,..... 16.40u
SeLquioxde of iron .......................6 SO 4Sf
Phosphonc POI
Total"...... 81 80
phosphorus ......'... 10
metallc iron 4o'pW
These ores are Immediately available.
! Greene county contains many large de-
| posts of iron ore, some of which contain
oxide of manganese A bank of good
quality at Blue Spring lies within one mile
of the railroad. The ore analyses as fol-
lows:
W ~
lHsoluDle III dcIiS 4y4V
SesquioXi of TAO
PhOsphonc .O44
Total. %. 500
Phosphorus 0l9
metallic run JZl
Ore is found in abundant quantity al
| another point three miles from the road
which gives the following result by an
alysis: