The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-19
MARBLE.

SuCu ndHuoOue pTOHtS DIS NOIIu
Georgia.
MARBLE.
North Georgia is noted for its
wonderful deposits of marble, of
great variety and in great album
dance-in fact the marble is mex
unstable. For one hundred miles
the out-croppings can be traced and
number of quarries have been
opened, but the operations so far,
are as drop of wate@in comparison
to the vast expanse OF the Atlantic
Ocean. A golden chance is here
presented for man to buy Just as
much as he can handle either per-
sonally or in companies, and not
only open the quarries, but build
and run marble mills. Several
quarries and mills are in operation
at and near Marietta that employ
a large number of hands and large
amount Of capital. One company
has invested over FIVE hundred
thousand dollars. Others are oper-
ating with smaller capital. The
Marietta and North Georgia r. R.
runs through this immense marble
belt, and transportation facilities
can be readily obtained.
IRON ORE.
The great Southern Iron belt run
ming through Virginia, Western
North Carolina, East Tennessee and
North Georgia, down into Alabama,
crops out in North Georgia in vast
and inexaustible quantities. Noun
tains of iron of the finest quality
can be found all through this highly
favored section. The ore is almost
absolutely free from phosphorus and
scarcely trace OF sulphur, assaying
on an average 68.per cent metallic
iron, which shows it to be very
desirable marketable product for the
furnaces. The time is near at hand
when the smoke from many furnaces
and mills will be seen ascending
from their chimneys all over North
Georgia, and it bids fair to rival the
great iron region of Alabama, Civ
ing employment to thousands of
laborers and building up large towns
and cities throughout this magnifi-
cent country.
MANGANESE.
Throughout Cobb Co., and North
Georgia Manganese is found in
abundance, of fine quality, and
such close proximity to Railroad that
it furnishes a very inviting field for
the investment of capital
TALC.
The finest quality of tale to be
found anywhere in America, and alb
solutely tree from grit, or organic
matter, is found all through North
Georgia in inexaustible quantities.
1t commands market at home and
abroad. 1t cost about so cts. per
ton to mine it; 50 per ton transpor-
tation to Savannah; IS per ton to
Liverpool, where it brings s2S per
ton, leaving margin of $3.50.
Send far sample.
MINERAL PAINTS.
Throughout the entire length and
breadth of the hills and mountains
OF North Georgia may be found in
vast abundance a great variety az
varieties) of mineral paints such as
Umbers, ETC., that could be mined
at very low cost, and would give to
the capitalist a splendid field for in
vestment. These mineral paints are
free from grit and very pure. The
veins are large and they are easily |
worked. The Marietta and North |
Georgia R. r. runs through hun
dred miles Of this paint region, and
the development of this industry by |
the establishment of paint works at
Marietta, would make this "a large
and profitable business. At the
base of Kennesaw mountain, three
miles from Marietta, is paint bed |
where it can be obtained in great
abundance. In short time some
enterprizing capitalist will take ad-
vantage of this golden opportunity.