New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-17
TREASURES OF THE SOUTH.
. pIcH DISPLAY AT ATLANTA.

,yI1r R0AD-THE RICHEST IRON phro'''l ~
q1Ir WorID-cOAL IN ABUNDANCE i' "
Play or wUODs-DIfFERLNI NAliiii'S VI
ann,orop,IsEp AND PREPARED FOR ENPoElA-
1,,>-Av INTERESTING EXHIBIT OF THE FLORA
or TIE SOUTH.
,,,,, ~ ,stov,1 coRPTepoNpEST or TIE TRIBUNEl
ATLANTA. Ga Nov. Little International Cott"'
Fvnos,tiou is an educator in many senses IL mas
broueht before the Southern people IN COMPACT an"
comprchcnsble shapes the best results OF American
ingenuity aud skill applied 10 every machine
implelncnt and tool that las any relation near "'
remote to the great staple of the Sodth II P''S''
in striking and significant contrast old processes an"
the latest methods of doing the same "o'N' az
teaches the value Of laborsaving devices TO pc PIC
very few Of whom have ever taken lna' e""J'O'
;to deration But the lessons OF thls EAIoS'-
ti ore ,ot solely for the South. The displays maze
lv the various railroads ia the two hu'uIHE' w"
,ied b,. them ought to be seen and iuoroueA! S'"
led by CAPITALISTS by statesmen IN" u" 'r''
vounc Northern man who wishes to ma Il goo" P'''o
for starting i'm life These eXinmtSspeaH oVloi' '''
ewes a realistic picture OF the SCUM ana Su.-c''
the boundcss possibilities OF the future oil 'nIS ID
svored region en... u.
nIovs NAV be well to narrate incident thar oc-
cprred at the first meeting of th railroad represent
otives ont of which came this wonderful eNhioi-
hon The original suggestion was made 10y Edward
Atkinson who. on March ., wrote 10 DrecloI-1eu-
eral KImba, advocating such display iH's
letter was published and attracted the attention oi
Colonel Pope, general passenger agent '1 the I"'h-
mond and Danvie Railroad, who saw at fi'hce
the great benefit that would accrue from such q rep
resentation of the natural resources oil Virginia '
Carolipos and Northern GeoTna-the states
traversed by that system of roads; ana
he at once began correspondence
with the Director-Gcneral. which resulted IN the
meeting referred to- 1t was held IN Atlanta July
q. and was attended by delegates from seven
roads Early that day gentleman called on Mi,
Kimball in the interest of the htcison, lope"a ana
Santa Fc Railroad TO ascertain whether II ran
road exhibit were made. his road would be Pernhiied
to enter. When Mr.. KImball put the proPoS''"h
before the meeting one gentleman objected on the
ground that that corporation could make Such 'h
immense display to outsline all the southern |
roads This speech reused Colonel klIebreW' OF
Tennessee who present as representative III 'ne
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and be set me
subject before the meeting III such a hght mat
il was voted unanimously TO " 60 ahead lW't
little episode was the turning point had 1t not &C.
currrd Ills grand collection of the natural resources
os the South would not have been made
To give an adequate idea of these exhibits NIB
IrSE EXTRA would be required. All a correspondent !
can hone 10 do is to describe briefly the principal |
features of each display and leave the details 1or
the official catalogue that will be published aIt'T |
The Exposition Is This letter WILL therefore,
be devoted to the Louisville and Nashville haii- |
roads collection and subsequent ones to those OF the
other roads in their order
The system called the " L. and NJ by railroad |
men comprises more than 9 600 miles of roads eX-
tending from Cincinnati, Nashville and Louisville,
respectjve}y over the States Of Kentucky. Tonnes
see and Alabama through Southern Mississippi to |
New-Orlcans In the territory thus trayersed are !
to be found all the products of the temperate zone |
and many belonging TO the tropics There are hNc
classes of products in this collection worthy OF !
special notice, VIZ; Iron ores, Goals, woods To-
bacco and complete botanical exhibit OF the hoId
of the South.
The iron ores are of four distinct classes, IN two
Of which there are several distinct varieties. These
classes are. first brown hematite or hmonte, CON
sistinC If not and compact ores and houcycomb sec
ond red hcmatite embracing tGrgite, which usually
forms the interior coating of pot ore, Aye>tone,
sometimes called Clinton, compact red henatlte'
and specular ore: third the black band ore belong
ing to the coal mea sure, which, unlike all the Others
is carbonate, and although not 50 rich IN metallic
iron as sbpr ores is valuable because of the ease
with which it is smelted, The fourth class com
prises The naCnetites which have not yet been found
In as great quantities as the other classes OF The |
first twot is said that other road Oh the continent
masses through such large beds Of these valuable
ores as does the Alabama division 81 the " L. and |
NJ Road between Decatur aud Montgomery, !
which taps the greatest deposits Of Clinton ore that
have ever been discovered; while the Northwestern
division of the Nashville and Chattanooga Road |
runs through inexhaustible bed, of brown hema- |
tite. One enthusiastic visitor, after examining
these ores said There is enough along these lines
TO ironc AL the earth and considerable part of the
planetary system"
Next in order is coal, of which there are spcci- |
mems from fifteen different mines. Among them |
are the Suwanee coal from Tennessee, with its CON
torted Nominations and lustrous surface; the block
Goals of Kentucky, hard, massive and marked by |
their incrustatOns of gypsum; the gas Goals OF Ala
bama from Newcastle, about twenty miles north |
of BIRMINGHAM from the Haene mine of jefferson |
County, and from the MonteIallo mine south Of |
B,rmlnqhan The Kentucky Goals |
from the st Bernard. Heckla, Diamond and |
Bowling Green mines. These Goals bear
TRANSFORMATION better than those of Alabama, but |
the latter are richer in carbon. The Tracy City
Tennl Goals make the best coke of all Southern
Goals and the property which recently changed |
owners at a cost of II ,000OO0 is now held at twice
that sum. 1t is one of the most valuable coal prop
critics iii the South as 1t is in close proximity to the
Immense deposits of brown hematite already de-
scribcd. This company, at the head of which
is Mr. John H. Inman, of New-YOrk, is developing
Ats property rapidly and giving Il fresh impetus to
the iron industry of the South. One furnace with
capacity of eighty tons per day has been built and
three Others of equal have been ordered TO be
constructed The extraordinary cheapness with
which iron can be produced in Georgia, Alabama
aud Tennessee justfes the prediction Of j. Low
THAN Bell the English ron-naster, that these
three States would outmatch the world in the man
ufacture of cheap IRON
The woods of this collection excite the wonder
of all Observers he several roads of the l.. and
3" system the wide range OF territory they ira
verse pass through eight degrees OF latitude, thus
enabling them To gather in one group all the woods
common 10 both North and South. Ther collection