San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-15
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ties cannot we'll be overrated. Thous-
ands of acres of iron lands in that re-
gion yield from 10 per cent surface ore
to ore yielding S. per cent OF pure
iron Il t a depth of from fifty to eighty
feet. This is double the yield that
the best Birmingham ore yields ana
demonstrates how economically the
production OF pig iron can be carried
on in the LlanO district. Not only so,
there are very valuable deposits o.
lead, silver and gold in that region.
| One mine now being opened shows at
| fifty feet below the surface lead ore
bearing silver and gold in sufficient
quantity to yieldS75 to the ton and con-
stantly increasing in richness as the
shaft deepens. The value OF these ore
! beds to San Antonio cannot be measur-
ed even approximately, if san Antonio
improves her opportunity ana brings
TO herself the benefit of metal plants
naturally growing out OF her proXlm-
lty TO lneS6 ore U6uS. AHO nun VIZ "
the Llano district can be very success
fully and prOfitably treated if c0king
coal can be furnished at a maximum
of 81 per ton. The output of iron per
ton being one hundred per cent
greater than in the best districts that
would come into competition with
her. PIC iron could be produced with
coal one hundred per cent higher than
in the rival districts. This pig
would naturally be produced in the
vicinity Of the mines, but not neces-
sariIy. Even il it was, the real labor
would lie expended where the rolling
mills, steel plants, corrugated IRON
| works, rail mills, etc, would be cree
| ted, and with direct rail communities
| ton between the blast furnaces and
! San Antonio the pigs would come to
| this city and our mills would
| give employment TO thousands o.!
| operatives This business will come
to this city or it will 90 to Austin.
| The advantages to be secured are
patent. The capital to work the iron
| plant is ready. Prospecting is going
| forward. The mine owners are fully
satisfied Of the richness and quality
of the ore and the ineXhaustihle sup
ply. They only want railroad tacili-
ties to enter actively upon the manu-
facture of iron. The city that first
makes connection with the iron le-
gion will secure the planting of the
iron mills. San Antonio is separated
from the heart OF the iron district by
fifteen miles OF ungraded line. The
entire distance with the exception OF
this Is miles is ready for the ties and
rails and when the road bed is graded
the :. A. p. will iron and equip the
road without delay. BY a grave
mistake on the part of the Ell
} gineer who made the estimate
t the amount required to grade the
road was greatly understated. The
, work has stOI ped IN very heavy Gu
and the cost is >pOndlngly great
Something like cS0, 900 remains to b'
raised. At least it will cost that t
l complete the grading and put TIT
= road where the san Antonio u Aran
! sas Pass company will take it in hand
tie. iron and equip it San AntOni,
must come to the rescue and help lii
a this thing. 1t will take some 1000
n possibly $50, 900, from this city to IN
# sure the completion of this road. !
will be worth more than that ever.
month, once the mills that wait up,
o the completion Of this road are built
. Austin AID Fort Worth and Housto
X are all pointing for thi, rich minrr4
q region. San Antonio has the in-id
i track. but cannot keep it unless sh
-, stirs herself. Judge Miller, who
- only waiting for the improved heaIt
Il Of his family to come to this city, ma
arrive any day and lay the matter bC
fore our citizens When ne comes
y san Antonio should act aud act a
ID once.