The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
hat !. year there were grown in Noru

Sweet Potatoes........ .....6ess, ,sel bushei,
SSice;....... ..........6, $50, 4o4 pound
S2U,Snuh'''' .'...... '..."..l .26S, 946 galloni
ppppass.,.'. '..... ...."......7sei.54 Sal bushels
AeeSheS''''. .......... ......z.14O, 9l5 buSheh
The estimated value Of all products a
the state for the last cersus year wal
$50. but this amount must be con,
si1ered as entirely inadequats and fai
os osiHw , ngnres for the present. The ratit
tainly as great as between iss0 and lsa
and hgures from the last census show thu
increase aacnaa % n & dairy products alone in thai
Of butter In 1880 to Is. .Ias s74 pounds Of but.
ter In $3.50: poultry increased from 2,o7l sii
SNsRs ssS eggs II s' e s dozen chickens so + rs
S7356o pounds.
The nursery business is also q consid.
erable source OF wealth to the state and
truck farming Is conducted on a consid.
eraoie scale The mountain section has
also been one OF the chief sources Of
supply or medicinal herbs, and immensS
quantities are gathered and shipped "a
the Northern cities and TO Europe. Gin
seng In great quantities la shipped "a
NINA. and the trade IN medicinal herbs
has grown into a large business.
North Carolina Gold.
Gold mining In North Carolina has at.
tracted but little attention, although some
or the most remarkable discoveries ever
made In the South are located In this
state. and IL IS asserted by eminent au-
thority that should the gold mines OF ths
old North State be systematically work d
the yield would provs entirely satsfac-
tory. The production OF gold for the past
ten years Is put down at sl.295,67e The
mines LOCATED In Montgomery. Cabarrus,
Rowan, Mecklenburg and More counties
have, perhaps, been ths most produrtive'
NO attempt has been made 10 develope
-lne1Se-iis.+.'es lna11 on anything like large
Few years gold mining In the state will
take place as one OF the chief industries.
IN reply TO letter of inquiry on this
subject, Captain 8. Il. Linton OF Charlotte,
date OF June 9th:
this in st,ts Inference Dse TO- g the mining
psen SAID; There are many goid mines
IN THIS country lying Idle today for want
OK capital 70 develop them and put them
VIII pay handsomely. These mines were
worked successfully with slave labor be-
tSs tSs' nrnsn the civil Nr war They worked only
surIace TO the water line, ranging in
depth from 30 TO so feet. Below water the
ore Is refractory and generally much
ores assaytng from 800 to 500 per ton.
Inc ST Catherine. located I'm the cor
porate limits Of this city. was worked sue
ore med from as So eass iS SO per rhe to6 brown
several places brown ora was found lose1
ieet below water level. The sulphite ore
In the mine is high grade many of the
shoots OF ore assaytng from 500 to 500
per ton. Ths main shaft is $50 feet d"ep
and large bodies of ore are found at this
depth. 1t Is shipped to reduction works
Tor treatment that costs about ss0 per
ton for freight and treatment At this
enormous expense IT has paid we'll to
work. BY tho clarinatton process these
ORES ores ca can . be worked on the property at a
cost or - per ton and get ~ per cent Of
OF vein In length and the vcin matter is
about 125 feet wide and $40 feet dsep The
Southern railroad runs through the prop
erty; The mine is about three-fourths OF
q mile from the Southern railway station
IN this city. The tract OF land contains
ABOUT 80 acres. IL Is one of the very best
mines In this country. Some OF our mines
now pay 5000 70 $4,000 net profit per
annum and have been paying this for tho
past ten years. Many OF the mines herS
have been bonded and work started in
the past Few months. Our mineral inter-
est 10 going TO bs the best thing we havs
IN the country for what is said OF the
mines now lying idle" "eS