The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-10-25
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
iIT. TALKS OF UNTOLD TREAS
CRES HIDDEN AWAY.
How Mans Ingenuity Takes Advant-
age of Natures Wealth

ave combination locks and hero and there all
! long tb years man is found who is smart
| enough to study out the words and make koy
| hat Wi Opon the door. remember walking
over the hills Of ra.!apnosa-thr hills that were
! covered wi h thou sands OF shapelass pebbles OF
! ;li;tering quartz lhcy were q sign of poor
! land aud wondered what they wero made for.
! In q few years after there wss glass factory
! 'uilt there and all the sc pebbles were gathered
! y AM ma q into French plate. Shortly after
! Ia" war. old Father Noble, the iron patriarch
! Il Rome, askcl me to take ride with him to
| Kingston to topli ut some iron property that
as FOR sale. l WAS no expert IN that line, but
. Can" along IA complny. III. had half dozen
! r9n; armed neg COS with picks and shovelI,
Nni they dug little pits on tho hill side and
: got down to tie ore beds and threw up bould-
3 as hammer anil after careful exam nation
! hook n,s head and said: mo GOOD; moro
/ nauSauc-" than iron" Ten years afterwards
! hat sam" Oh miu was hunting manganese
rnpelI and bought MI he could fin I. Mr..
| les enI,t had un Oc!icd II door and found that
| manGailtSU was worth ten times H. much ~
| ron"ri through it's chemical combina ions, g eel
rails tina were $50 toa were re luce to $50.
. pnc day wHIlo we were tramping over the bar
/ .ca hills We found cur ouS clay that had tho
! hHpcS "f I!t'l" sEalis all through it AID sent
urno Of it 10 Pin alclphia aud it was pronounce
! aum pim cuy o brauxite aud now II il he
! 'mG mrca and shipped and manufactured in
/ q tive strongest aud liyhtcs' and brightest of
! metals. Nro:h door has been unlocked. A
/ ic% years ago man OF sccucr, whilo peruS-
~; this re-; ON, observed n DEPOSIT o: ear Ii
I ti' "" CT led yell w dirt. He sad it VS.
. ,'' "w "cIrc, ard suon df'cr ho formed COM
: ..r'.% aG'i ought up al thcv could iiud an
20 up 4 mill aud ;hen another mill
, AMI tho iuauufdc ,urci uClre is ship
| ped on hero all the year round to nortn-
! ri market, aud pays good profits. Th'n there
! = tale an trprli an graphite and mict and
I v.'r Hci e. ' that we hav' walked over and
! iuinh" over for years and is now wanted for
- Al g. I'.Ny III l,aN
! Tllrct th' lr~lludS ant counted the hills
! :r;hn". II :, man Sod his farm the lowlands
| ere value Il. Su much ;ui acre and the hHis
| "r" t@r""n III for good measure. Eut now
! 'hcn - r',H Ills il" reserves TIA III neral inter-
! =; If II can q" half Of l. anyhow.
About Il year ago Mr. Lara;.or", one of our
/ =" iz n4 Was prospecting near Tunnci Hill for
! rs, mainly ior ma,i-anes", and 'unl himself
/ HlhinG On = remark tric piece of road. 1t was
" firm, 20 smooth aud 40 old that he stopped
! a. = farmers house anL asNci il the road was
, uHtTrd! or artificial II learned from him
/ lat 1t Was gra'lc'! thry years ago from de-
. h"-I' rf n tturai concrete nearby and had n"vcr
''.rn worried on since. Tn moro he looked at
. .' tIo more hc thOIIl.s about it. for fc Is ono
/ %! Il lux : cos observers. H. procured soms
If tn dcpCs AMI sent it TO his chemist an it
| NaH u OnOu &C! uatur Il cOncre'e Of horu i
,'"i AMI used III France for roadbeds
| The ch mist said 1t was OF the best quality and
/ ~ r"ainrd rad of it woul last n century, for
'a.Cr Jo.li,iiri it and then 1t became imDer-
'uN ~ lHIu tti'l ilil HtT wagon IlTC nor morse
hoe. c"u!d wear it away. This vas a rev Ia
ION TO Mr. LaramUre. Az il was quit. II ar he
railro I'd II" got Mr.. Tnom ~ 10 Civ him u side
| track mmd now Eo is min ng and ship
Ping in large quantities and has already bchde, l
/ and grade scvcra! miles OF highway near At
l:n,a and tn county commissioners ar, cx'cnd-
! iuS the In" Of grading. l travelled over Ii and
unl 1t Il luxury and FAR more pleasant than
lee! nan blocks or cohb!e stones Is docs l"ol,
~ /! our Z ca,or p!ac q that deposit there to
J." l"'! III duo time aud the due time has come
l.:'' I"ld c"a:rrSs - TO EIcGt on in Atlant ,
.u! II" don" will inv sti ate this concr .tc nd
| ""'hm' a! A. 70 the people. tor u ah"unds in
i':. -" @n ..u'! III ra:!roai H. will build spurs
! :. 'hr deposits. Just ink how n!icl, tn rail-
roads add t" 'll" vU!U ~. oi GU t.,i.hrr and
! minerals mnl pr'".T"'s ct every .,in,,. iu.
Er 10 r,ilr nalS ;hc :truicrS are IN rr"-'H' ia
! E"v! < 90 | WAGON roads lea Ing e. T.! cv .ry
mtrhct town. Rome has Lcan W a. this
| rr..9r,i and NOW Il ciGhtv t. ..., ~ c0u
maradu.n rua''s re tc!l'nc oGt ..! en-, -. ;'m,ty
trad. G. rcr>vi!c * "H!uG TIC -, =. ;.a a,;tl
! w!i Tt tbs new DIS very Wien !. car 10 uS
! ch ar'y ur'cu'r! ~ IiramorC - co....; 0
| TED ""c pincipnl street vi !. ~ AT rypor:
rt"lt. fHr il never w,a:. uwt nC- la, ;u H.,
p"ch":( ~ rcv'ic"l. Al the -a.,, & tie n,s:
summer 1, ::iom tha. broad WAY .hat 'flIs
| ii0m EuuriC nth stree dow! 20 tie "x,CI ton
"a e, .''3 rHlcr c.:ccte,! !; 'al the II 'rc tgav
tn h:w"r = h"cCmc.. II q i!.st * claimed
for Il - tril" tn" r"at problem - solved. I
hone tia c"l.gr"S1 will vi = Mr. tg:a".orc t.
visit thcm and tel! what l." i;r w.. lie :; r;3
Scil cr ,ut - Sti:'ir:.r al nature. an w.ri.ai
s''I'n':i'" gentleman. HLar II Georgian ices
:" E''. .;t'. y" i :G'" : ;!s.." G"rl 'r rOI Is
and wonders WEc'n,. il. .utI w,r. t1.v ,.su4.
= "a" A,r' "i their :im" i".-,, A:.! - IL.
! tennessee. Hn' til 1T t.'. a',.'.. H.. r"r,
~.ai,s tirTt :!"'I Go,d .n.... hrvy :. ~ .,a,!
th"u, l. cotton tie cll;S,. II :h:s .r-,syl?
/ Seeking o. thc>r ;"w 0!avnv,.l;rs 7 minds,
m" Of IN ,Hi""rris:ra .Hsl. W" stopped mr a,
f!i" h"."!,A1A A"U'' the "thci dar u:Iu a"-g"d