The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-11-30

III OTltteuuen, Lyon anu LlNlnBstOt
, counties, and while exact defnit,
data are yet to be compiled, it is the
belief here that a very important
iron-Ore field may yet be demonstrate
ed to exist in this section. With
lime, hOurspar and coal in the i'm
mediate vicinity, with the inevitable
construction Of railroads to open ny
the whole district, and with three
great navigable streams skirting the
district-the Ohio, Cumberland and
Tennessee rlyers-it is declared that
a more favorable location for iron.
making can hardly be found.
The only notable effort that has
been made to develop the iron indus.
try here on a big scale was a futile
undertaking made some Is years ago
by Thomas W. Lawson aud Boston
associates. The fine town of
Grand Rivers was laid out at point
where the Tennessee and Cumber.
land rivers come within a mile and
a-half Of each other. Plans for a
great industrial center at Grand Riv.
ers we're made, a blast furnace was
built and houses were constructed,
among them business house for
Lawson made Of the iron ore Of the
district Numerous reasons are Civ
en- for the failure Of this project.
The fact that although the town was
on a branch Of the Illinois Central
Railroad, it was % miles away from
iron ore, which had to be hauled in
wagons, is considered as an entirely
sufficient explanation Of the failure,
to 90 no futher, although another
might be suggested 10 the discovery
made quite generally in the South
following the town boom era Of IS
years ago that even an altogether
successful blast furnace is a wholly
inadequate foundation on which Ia
build a big industrial center.
Although this mineral district,
composed, on this side Of the Ohio
river, Of the counties Of Critteuden,
Caldwell, Livingston aud Lyon, /,
at the present time under develop.
ment as TO auorspar, lead aud zinc "a
au extent and on . scientific basi,
not before reached, IL is the belief thai
merely beginning has been made,
and that the next succeeding year.
will see degree Of development oil
vastly greater importance. In III,
light Of what is expected Of the dis
triet BY those interested, il may b,
commented that nothing 10 the way
Of the marvellous has been achieved
up to the presen, time. But il Il
explained tina, the district is plated
over with mistakes, and il is declarct
tha, III man comes 10 here with
money aud experience or with dis
position to seek or avail himself Of
expert advice as to conditions, geo
logically aud mechanically, there /,
no, a more inviting Geld anywhere.
Some failures have been made here il
the aaorspar, lead aud rine lines b,
parties who had little money aud les,
experience, aud who proceeded OF
the theory tha, profitable operation,
could be conducted from the "gras,
roots. On the other hand. Their
have been numerous comfortable for
tunes realized out Of operations here
a number q companies arc nos opcr,
ating very probably ba, there hay,
been no companies organized on thD
scale vt the two operating just oycr
the Ohio river in Hardin county,
Illinois, where at Rosiclaro John X
Mclean, the Washington and Gin
cinnati newspaper man. aud at Fair
view John Mulhollsnd, New YorI
aud Kansas City banker, are cItons
lively engaged In fluorspar, aud lea,
aud iinc mining.
Geologically this is a unique Geld
aud unlik any other In cccnI
report made by y. U. ulrich aud "
$. Targier Smith, under the dircc
ftan ~ al, Ifntt.l gt.t.. r..t..-