The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11

map will give some idea of the immense min.
make II in reality the Hub" of the most i'm
portant eolliery district Of the south.
IRON.
The re zion round about stevenson contains
iron deposits inc xhaustible IN quantity. The
vast ore beds OF the Wills valley of Ala
hama are only thirty miles distant. The never
failing Inman vein Of rel hematite in SequA-
chez valley. Tennessee. lies about the same
distance in the opposite direction, and from
this vein are daily shipped immense quantities
to the Cowan furnace Of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company, nearly twice the distance
to Stevenson. Yet the CowAn furnace made.
as shown by the last report. a net profit Of
over 5000 o for the current year. and this not
withstandipg that every ton of ore used had
to be hauled through Stevenson to a point
twenty five miles beyond. With all the
advantages of It's location, Stevenson may
easily he made the central manu- featuring and
furnace point of this vast mineral region
The mountains that rise about the town
abound In limestone which can he had within
q hundred yards of the furnace stacks. A
never failing supply of water runs within
sight of the town. Considering these resources
and the adjacent coal helds. we can perceive
how lavish has been the provision Of nature.
The Stevenson Land and Improvement com
pany, with It's cAPtal Of q, o. OO00. will At once
proceed with the organization of a furnace
company tor which IL has several excellent
sites. There can be no question as to the rel
alive value of the iron W hich will he furnished
the furnaces OF Stevenson. II Is the same
iron which has been sold In Plttsburg, in
direct competition with Pennsylvania iron
at large pront. There is no furnace In Ala
hama that can make II marketable more
cheaply than the stevenson furnaces will be
able to do. for the town lies in the very heart
OF "the iron npire." with commanding advan
tages both for receiving and distributing.
GOAL
But " hat about cheap fuelg" asks the man
ufacturer. The town Is surrounded by IT.
The stevenson Land and ImproY ement com
pany owns l0.eO0 acres of the most valuable
coal lands within IS miles OF town. But there
are contiguous coal fields which the company
does not own and from " hich, according to
arrangements already made, any amount of
coal and coke can be furnished at as low a
price IN any southern manufacturing city.
Coal will be laid down at Stevenson at 81 80
and coke at 81 per ton. The Cumberland and
Sand Mountain coal fields as shown in the
map. might be drawn upon by the whole coun-
try for ages to come without fear OF exhaust.
ion; so. no fears of q coal famine or n coal mo.
nOpoly need be entertained.
TIMBER.
Both hard and soft woods may be found
Abundantly In the neighborhood of Stevens son.
The finest cedar grows profusely on the hills
and mountains of the immediate section, and
no place in the south affords better facilities
for n cedar ware factory. Gum. linn, poplar
and other soft woods also abound making It
possible TO manufacture paper. Tan bark 10
one of the staples of this region and tanneries
and oak extract factories will DO the natural
outcome. There is no better location for car
works. furniture factories. wagon factories or
for the manufacture of any article into which
W God and iron enter.
HHAITH.
This mountainous region Is the homo OF