Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-01-09
siPPl, s \ ] q II AT wall.
An Insssesting pre- hissorfc work the
! Ortafn OF which II IL skIystery. fss

Il Orisin of which IA So hIystcry.
M Ono OF the scientific puz z)es .of the stato
sof al Iisaisait,pi Sis file s'Brandy,yinns sstoi,e;
wall, 4 ii han long bee,, problcrn that,
,is vet ,Insolyea. Some time ouo MI
Thomas Watson of Haslehurst 1, sent Cow
ernor IL ,ongino a pencil drawing of AN
Simmense Mic of stone In 7the southcast.S
Sern porsion3 81 Claiborne county. al Z 81 ST.
ing that the stone might be utilized Sin,
building the NEW capitol SIn n letter
which q acconnanietl the drawin0 Me-
lWntson stated I that tbese sto,,aas nilaa
h,ph ON each other cover sa /, & area fn,,r
niles sutiare. Each stone "a % feet
long. 3 feet wide and feet 4hick. q
and theySara ioined together with \ m az.
cellent quality OF cement. No man knows,
how thcy came there. aev nav have
been here FOR Thousands of years, n iI'heS
builders. the jackson News thinks. wero
some prehistoric race---it could not be
otherwise. This structure is sl,nnosed to
be continuation Of tho great Chinese
wall, which seems to begin below Raw
cSunty, and which IA tracaabla through
Copiah. It's broad enough Ia accommo-S
tlnte t,yo or{ three yya coma !, hra o,,S ss
one Of the wonders Of the world. D
"Mention OF this remarkab HE exh,hitsn
saws tho Hazlehifst Confer "i,as aI;c;tsd
no little comment--in IN ctI ms hro,,aht a
letter to Mr.. Watson f..,, tha war,ie, ~
the United States pen;tent;orv ~ i, T,cnvan.
worth. Kan. and also n letter 70 nr, n
b. Birdsong from another distingn,shad
source, it being known that the latter
some years ago investigated the motter
Mr.. Watson. however" says I,he Gov.
rier. ..has given thc subipct mora natient
Thought on,l, ponn oyor tho yround ,,,ora
tho,e,,a,ia no., o,,, ,,s s siso 1o.s g
him The Courier is indebted for tba foi.
lowing facts:
.He calls II tho .Rrnndvw,ne stone
wa,p and says this wondnrf,, nnd ,nos..
i've structure or parts of structure of
masonry done in stone. which hnva yv,tb.
stood the rayapes of t;mn FOR norbn,,a
nany thousands OF yoars. still stand an
enduring relic Of n nrnb;storic c;v;i,,a-
tion and a Knowledge OF thc ort ~ hniiJ.
inr mot infero in monv y, 're met o. ou,i
present day. These stona hm;lS;nss lie
For the most nnrt hnrio6 in tba 90 ,th ;n
the southeastern portion of cioihorna
county and living against tba Coniah
county line on the sloncs ovarioo,r;nor - +ha
valley of the Brandywine crcel frnr, AZ
west side.
'These walls run from northaest +o
southwest. They arc bnilt Of white ~,
grayish white stone OF immense sizn
weighing from two TO three TONG ,neaaur.
ing from to 8 feot In lenctb onJ q
feet wide by 2 feet thick. These hlocka
or slabs arc laid in very fine omalitv
OF cement and os ncrfcctlv aa hrici worI
The Joints are perfect ami verv closo
"At one place tho wall "a exposed hv
the earth being washed owoy 70 = Sn;d+i,
OF GO feet and length of 90 fcct This
exposure has the apncaranco -, a brinL
hearth.
"At another place tho stona hoa hecn
quarricd for domestic use 70 n denth NJ
three layers Of slabs. which ia q foot
n width of "a feet, or eight blocks. md
a length of 20 blocks. or 15O feet The
length of this wall as indicated by tho
groupings is about 1000 feet.
'At another place about 50O Yards
away from the place inst mentioned ia
a wall jutting from under slone for n
distance Of nearly 1000 feet This stone.
work is exposed in rreat MANY niocea
over an area of four miles.
"The sides and angles OF tho b,octs ~
pressed DricR. Inc tops of these walls
1n.