The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-03-02
R3NBLES THROUGH NORTH
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
w. w. DAVIS, Port Deposit, Md.
TContinued From Last Week.

| their shoes pulled youngster on their back
lifted their garments and cross.d to the
opposite site to their little homes on TIN,
mountain side. We had the pleasure OF
meeting the minister who was a fun breed
CHEROKEE but spoke the best Of English, iur
pre- .ched his sermons In the language Of his
p"ople. At half-pust six we found ourselves
back again to Whittier. We enjoyed a hearty
supper aud gOod-nights rest The next
morning we wend"d our way toward the
. post illre to mail our l.tters to the loved
ones at home. We had quite talk with the
postmaster who by the way kept quite a
snug iIItl" store. We asked him If he was
born in the state his reply was that he cane
4 here five years ago from old Kentucky and
/ hired with "A company ut seventy ve cents u
! day to maui timber from the mountains to
! the station for shipment to New York. W..
| a krd him TOW he came to get the appoint
/ m"nt OF postmaster. ''Why You SEE. am n
! republican and there was no opposition
there b"iLg very few Republicans here and |
haviI the store | gol it readily When first
came to haul timber had worked about two
/ years | got sick + the job there was no
money in it, and | stopped work to rest up Il
| while. One nice day strolled out on that biz
| mountain and while crossing a little brook
| saw some thing shining in the water. NV
b. art beat heavily for | made up my mind /,
| was gold | said nothing to anyone but came
ba' to the village hunted up an old PAL
| wrapped 1t up IN paper and the next da> |
started ont to inypstiyntp 0Ib I y,s,o
| hard for two days aud followed the ittI.
stream up to where it came out of hole il
the mountains then started back home Tha,
night In my room cleaned the sand an.
earth from the small quantity of gold | had
\ gathered. took 1t to Ashvile and sold II
and then started this store. / have done n
very nice little trade and am now happy, m,
| find amounted to five hundred aud som.
/ pepnyweights that netted me in clean cash
| five hundred dollars and more" We asked
him why he did not open out the hole in tn,
| mountain and try to Il d the body OF yoIu
that must have been inside the rocks Mt tina,
place. His reply was that he was afrai thai,
tnegold he had already found might be taken
away from him by parties who Owned the
| land. though he did not know who the una
belonged to. All the mountain streams
contained more or less gold. and man,
beautiful gems are picked up in the gravel
| beds of the streams
! In two huur- time we were compelled to
quit the town and take the train back tc
Waih=vile. AS We stood on the platform q
man approached Us and asked if we WEI,
biologists. Our reply wa III the ncsativ.
We asked why. He sail II have II good go
mil q to sell" 'Where il IT," we asked "A ,
reply was "Iu Haywood County, sixtN-Gv,
miles from here" and wished us to 20 and
sec 1t, but our time was limited and we hal
to refuse, hut told him when we came bach
We would eXamiue it He said he would take
two hundrct dollars fpr It. as he only wish, d
enough out OF it to tit him up fora preacher
b. said be saw Us at church on Sn,urd,,
night W" then recogn2ti him ~ one of The
"Nhortcrs that we had thu pleasure OF heart :
III to" little heaven on the mouutnin the men
all seemed TO want to Ice preachers. They an
pa entity wer" tn" best God loving people We
eyer met though all the cIo' hes they tad on
wrr" It worth twenty five cents, but they aye
innocent and good God fearing. honest.
'"lis!"uS and happy in their way of living.
Our time vas up aud We reluct ,nty left this
ut,r town aud its people VITA promises to
! relUrn in the near future.
As the train passed up the banks of the
J rurGnSiege River some twenty five mites
| above Whittier on the opposite side Of the
stream there is quite II curiosity in the
: mountain side. NJ one could inform H.
| whether 1t was natural or had been the wOI k
| If man. 1t however seem ID to have been Il o
work Of man, bting three Gothic doorway
| leading into caverns or caves They looked
! TO Us t. have beAn cut out of the solid roct
aud stand perhaps one hundred feet above
| the river almus perpendicular. No one could
get INTO tuem without the aid Of ropes, houl $
md ladders. We could get no Information
| concerning these openings in the mountain
-lde. some ttnK they may have been robbers
! ceudczvOus years ago. That was all We cJu d
| learn Of these Gothic dourways that stood
lose together three in number. We iulIv
| again we would Investigate the interior of
these strange cav :, the conductor informed
| Us that in mid summer when the trees were,
| out III lola 1t was almost impusSI bic
| t. locate the openings III The mountains and
| that they were perfect cathedral dUOrWuys
| At hai-paet four O'Clock we found uurselvr,
| -aey housed at Hotel DE- Rtuchart uguiu il
| the pretty little town OF Evansville wners We
| enjoyed short season of perfect rest for
! which we FELT much better and much A., u
| hGhtened concerning northwestern Nur,h
| Carolina aud Its people. If the same energy
| and capital were put forth to develop norih-
| western North Carolina that is ep.ut IN
| many Of the western states she would b loom
| ike Il rose for there is no end to her miner.
! al deposits aud lumber Go to Jackson
county and you will fad there on lands that
belong to Maryland parties good largo veins
| Of gold that assay as high as twenty seven
| dollars to the ton while many that are work
| ed IN the west do not show over five to the
ton, there are also good working veins
of nickle and copper in abundance,
OF mica and mountains of spar aud
| beautiful translucent flint with millions OF
| tons of white and buff kaolin while every
/ stream sends down from the mountains the
| purest and coolest Of drinkable water There
| Is also an abundance of water almost within
| every nile that can be used for manufactures.
| We believe there Is more of q variety OF met
| ais in North Carolina than In any state in
/ the union, large veins of tin are also found in
| this county aud small mountain OF silver
| sand that could be utilized in the manu-
facture Of french plate glass, all the mineral
| deposits are within short distances OF each
| other, and no reason can be given why n