The age-herald., 1902-04-06

, through the city. The valley of Talladega is famous for its fine agricultural products
 and Is traversed in almost every direc-
 ton by these lines of railway affording
 the finest transportation facilities for ev cry part of the county. The city is 600
 feet above sea level. and surrounded by mountains, enjoys the most salubrious
 climate. the thermometer rarely ever ris- ing higher than 90 degrees and never fall ing below zero. Sun-stroke is unknown. while outdoor work, such as laying brick,
 digging ore, etc., Is carried on in mid
 winter with almost the same facility as in summer. Here in this valley and at our very doors is the home of the rich
 brown hematitc iron ores which fill our ] hills in inexhaustible quantity and of the finest quality yet found in any of the
 Southern States.
 q think I can safely say without egotism
 that my experience in handling iron ore property has not been small, covering as it docs the purchase, in 1881, for MT Sam uel Noble and associates, of the old Ala bama Iron Co. g plant with three thou sand acres of ore and timber lands. the largest sale made up to that time, of like property in this State. Out of this property has sprung the Jenifer Iron Company and the Clifton Iron Company
 with the furnace town of Jenifer, and that model iron town, Ironaton. situated , six miles cast of Talladega, with its two charcoal furnaces of recent build with all the latest improvements, making strictly frst-class car-wheel iron. The purchase was made in 1881 for $275.OOO cash and the same property could not now be bought for one million dollars.
 At later date took samples of our ores to London, and located the Talladega Iron and Steel Company in the city of Talladega, which has now in successful operation the best equipped coke furnace in the South if not in the United States. and has demonstrated beyond a doubt tliat OUT iron ores make a No. 1 Bo5semer pig as shown by the following analysis: iron ..,....... .o3'33 Silica .. .. .. .. .... ... .. ........ .... 400 GnoSphorCS ...., O.Ol6
 This company has two thousand acres of ore lands purchased by me- and with their furnace plant and tram roads repre- sent an invested capital of between two hundred and fifty and three hundred thou sand dollars. Such has been the success of the company that arrangements have already been made for the erection of an additional furnace.
 On each of the three railway lines leading into the city of Talladega there is plenty of water and good facilities for the erection of blast furnaces. Large and small pieces of prime brown hematite ore lie in abundance in all directions, and the noses of large powders crop out here and there, which, on being cleared, were from six to eight tons in weight. As regards making pig iron at Talladega, I have no hesitation, from information gained on the spot, and from my own practical experience, in saying I believe iron can be produced there at less cost than anywhere else in the world, and 1 am warranted in making this assertion by the fact of the ironstonc lying so con- venient and in such inexhaustible masses. Enough and more than enough to supply almost any number of furnaces for ages can be had at a cost of 1s.01ad. per ton, or twenty-five cents, an offer having been made by contractor on the ground to raise the ore at that price. The operation is so simple that 1 believe 1t can be got at less price, only requiring. in fact, to be loaded into wagons and the moun- tain thus removed"
 Geological Survey.
 MT. J. w. Spencer M. A. Ph. D., G. S., Professor of Geology in the University of Georgia, has recently made a careful economic geological survey of the belt traversed by the Macon and Birmingham railway, and while reporting on the ores of Talladega county says:
 Some of these properties have been accumulated, whilst others in smaller tracts are still in the hands Of the farm CTS. Amongst those accum mulated there are some fourthousand acres belonging | to MT. George w. Chambers of Tallade- ga. This gentleman originated the pres