Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-30
S5s7s,2ls
Mat at. 54,2Os,S1e S5,s7s,2ls
s Total $549,a21, ,4s7 S5Os. .ss7, $40.
S5Oe.ss7,6IO
.6k4a.121.4a7

Other iarm products, including rice, sugar, to-
baccO eWDet potatoes vegetables and frulte as well
as live stock for 1904, estimated in value at not
less than @5UOOOO OO0 On this basis the total pro-
duction " 81 isR 600, 900 il igured This gives an
idea Of che forward movement OF diversified farming
in the South during the past few years.
With the march OF years must also be lncluOeO
the rapid development Of the great mineral resources
OF the SECTION the output OF it's wonderful hardwood
forests RDd the of manufactures Of al KINDS
which are now being developed. In addition TO ag'
ricultura progress, attention during the past lew
wears has been directed to the discovery OF latent
wealth.
The proanising beginning which was made in ante.
bellum &ays In asing slave labor Tor she manulac
ture election for the working OF mines and the op.
Araton Of furnaces has been added TO by leaps and
bounds until the South new takes leading position
ia the Industrial world In southern cities and towns
Won 6nd manufacturers from the East today inves-
igatng resources and advantages and often two Of
more OF them bidding for locations OF factories All
because the prospector knows where to stake his
ground Tor and to draw from the eartn Une6reas
ures hitherto left idle.
VA Al man recently issued by the Southern railway,
showing the geographical center OF eight states
which this railway system drains, representsIa re-
giOn in which wider range OF minerals and mineral
substances than is found in any other like area
Of theccnnLry. The coal areas OF this region aggre
gate 1850 square miles. Although the mining Of
ing forward at rapid rate.
In119O2 Alabama produced 100000 short tons
OF coal It has ia its coal 6eIds. it is estimated
1O3 600 600 tons Of available merchantable coal,
or enough to supply the world for nearly three hun
dred years, based on the present rate OF cOnsump
tion The Warrior coal field Of Alabama underlies
an area Off $40 square miles, In this state the Goa
fields from the southern end OF the great Appala
chian basin the coal varying in thickness from 9
few inches to sixteen feet.
Other states of the South hold rich fields Of tn
same substance. ln Kentucky there are two fedl
which are part OF the Appalachian bed. These
two fields embrace 1850 square miles, Of which
Ill $50 are 10 the eastern fields Workable bedsSart
found III fifty one ont Of fifty three counties OF Ken
tucky. The northeast and southwest portions o
Tennessee are traversed by coal fields, 5000 square
miles living wholly or in part in this coal belt.
Alabama In 1899 produced 1,57O,315 long tons o.
iron ore and in 1902 increased this to 1914 tons
In 1890 Tennessee iron mines produced 465 695 lone
tons and increased this to 542 long tons IN 1907
Two tables are given here to show something q
the extent OF the mineral resources They are based
on figures taken from the census OF 1902. The first
table shows the number OF mines and quarries and
wells in seven Of the Southern states, while the other
shows the value Of manufactures which depend up
on the products Of such mines and quarries.
The first table is as follows: