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With fr Im j w&it hir n.I b'r lciht f.rm
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COTT0.1 HIJIUFICTURIHG ! THE SOUTH.
One l the tutt imiiortant chaxir
which the cmiincrcial anilcmn
inir worhl hai ever witiMxtal h
lamifactur-
iow in
projn- ItJ influence U already felt in
Kanic:inil America, although it full
importainx Upa ncarceJv vtt . becuru-
J fglxLPgt ti tlevcJopa lit
f rutttm tiuinAt'iirturiu at tlie Suth.
wlwn? hon-ttr the jnplc have Inx'n
cntfnt ti ruL- ihv ctt4n. ?htj it to the
North rti KnIatnl tU tnAnufnctuml
anl thru retunul t tin Smth. A
public speaker at th South om o ;ihI
f tin Ytt'm: "I r.hi a I nth ot
txi in Sorth Carolina. 1 cnrrv' it t
the lrjt nl s! it Nrth. 1
.y
. tmsht, Irayaj:, .-trai. iiu-uramv.
- funiuiU-ioa-, anl even fr wiihili it.
It HWkH into th hntuU f the tuanu
t'a turr. He jia, uravw unl . prints
it. He ?elt it to the johlnr in New
York, anl the merrhant at tny home
hrinsr it hack to tny lo.r and -dU it
:v- mlin to tny vifr nnl daughter.
Every man that touch- that ettu,
fntm the tttue: it leavs my hand. till it
return, makes hi living out of it; ami
in the prie I kix fr it. I pay every
uuui that hiw handle I it. 'Now, why
ean'l we pin and weave that cotton in
the Smth? Why enitt we ktxp at
le:ut a larp uirt of that mmey, which
now North, at home to stimulate
iodti'trv and develop" the rooiirvej of
tr "mi omnln'T
Theo thitnx have lvti imprefrni
upon the South: and not-only tho h
ptof that -cti'n. hut the huine? men
of th- world, have not failed t the
f.llv T -ui-h a tem; and the intioit
:v-ki in th orpin extnui are
alnad ntvivin;: an answer, and the
Sti!i t eVii now Uinnii to .pin
and weave her own cotton. It would
1 diflieutt to more forcibly describe the
manner ot ctutott nanuiins; man mi
extract dn, ami at the ?ame time to
cmphxue the rtat ?avin- in manu
ftrturinir thU Maple where it l"jn
ducciL Tl:e New England mill mU-t
iay all thes charps of fret-ht, ioin
miion, ii-s-urumv, inyait Ac, which
' arr:ate veral dollar a iKiIe.wherea.
the jM?ttherntnill hantheottomleliverel
at it hnr tiniiratively fret of thcae
charp.. ThuJ. the northera mill mut
lalr under thl increa.HI ot-t if the
raw material a ditlcremv which alone,
would prubably le.eijual to 10 jvrrent
unou $.UX),XX); m that thcMVioj;
in
traikMTortattun ahne to a wnttheni
mill
wouhi be ei-jaal, a a general tiling, to a
profit of 10 percent on it capital, while
at theawtme time the pU njatiufactuml
in the Smth UrjIr find a ,rtady mar
ket in the same section, and a M'cond
safiu, in freight fc maIe.
Sme ruontbsac we pri!enttl innuc
f'.t 11 romntled statLti to the
prohL-J of euttoO roan u tact urm ni
VW - -
the
Smth. and it may be well to reproduce
a fcw of thcra: The Augusta. Ga.,
factory w the oldest mill in that city; it
ha a capital of $600,000, ami runj
J;00 pmdlcH and 700 loon; from
6Z to JcVi2. 17 vcars, it haj paid Hit
in eaih divklendi"$ 1,467.000 or about
2i time iu capital, or an average of
U jierrent per annum; bcsid th it
haj laid u!c a surplus of between
ion, the Industrial,
v WILMI NfeTONvrd -M ON DAY
0,000, or over 50 tk-
rc capital ; Its flock U
,170. "Thc 'Laiilcy
"!v " n cr.pltal of
) i!nd!cs 'and 329
.years
f-mn average ol
fa
rear.
V00 hxnii; this company iuiv-j 10 'ixir
cent dividends, and tlien putaitsurplua
into new- pinule; out of its jftirplus
eaniinj, that U its eaniinj;-t above Its
ilivtdeiuK it has built, without a dollar's
exlcrue to the stockholder, the Vauc-
lue mills with 10,000 sj)indl for
making fine fabric, at K cott f SoMO.OOO;
it ha.- laid a-xle an additional
Kur-jiliM of $12,G40. The enteriirise
started in 477, with a capital of
$900,000; it haa alo paid 10 jicrcent
tlivitletni.s and laid aside the rest of its
earning a.M n piirplu.. Tlic Wesson
mill of Mi.U-ippi have jaid a tlivi
tlcutl of 20 percent, and the Troup
factory of. the same .State 2-1 jercent,
while from time to time we have noted
dividend of from HO to f) crcent, the
latter having been earned by a Pulaski,
Tenn., mill last year.
In no ca.c have we heard of any
mill declaring leM than 10 icrccnt
annual dividends and in everv ea.ie in
which only thU percent was Jcclaretl a
large amount taken from the earn
ing and u?ed for repairs, additions to
machinery and increasing the size and
capacity of the mill. Throughout the
South the cotton mills are prosperous,
and their owners are making money.
is compareti wun inc conon manu
facturers of New England, the southern
mills show a wonderful difference in
ft
earnings. -ir. tsussell, a .Massachusetts
memlier of Congress, said, in a recent
speech in the House of Eenresentativis:
"I have from official sourcts a statement
showing that fifty of the leading
coriorations in Lowell, Lawrcnto, Chic-
oihc. and Salem. JMassachasetts Man-
chester, Xasltun, and Newmarket, New
Hamthire, Icw btou and other pohits
in laine, representing a capital of
J"0,MX),000,cnageil in manufacturing
the various grades of cotton and woolen
fabrics, have paitl to their stockholders
in the last years an average dividend of
a little ler-j than 7 ercciit cr annum
i only."
I ii re i an authorativc statement
that the manufacture of cotton goods in
New England is not one-half so profita
ble a in the Smth. On thisS"0,(M)0,(M)0
invented in northern nulls the profit for
the just five years have 1rcii less than
$ 1 7,"0O,0W. while the same amount of
capital in southern mills, basing our
calculations ujon what other mills now
pay, wouhi have Itecn from $40,000,000
to "$ "O,0OO,0OO, or Msihly more. Such
a difi'erence as this I lound to tell. The
.-outhem mills save from S2 to a bale
in the matter of freight alone as com
pared with what the northern mills pay.
They have lighter expenses for heating,
cheaer raw material, an abundance of
water jwcr, cheap Ialior, cheap living
and other advantages which enable
them to jKty 'more than double the
profit that northern mills can possibly
earn, and these things are already
working out a mighty material devel
opment of the Smth.
With a view of showing the present,
extent of this imjMirtant industry, we
have carefully compiled the statistics of
the business, and in the following table
exhibit the amount of capital, the num
ler of mills, spindles and looms, by
States:
. z
r- -s V.
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St mm. w'- 2 - 2. c
; - r c
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C
UrrUn.l... 21 ?7.14.)o I3l9r. J.121 S
Vintini.. 1 122600 bZ.lZD 1.423 102
N. rar'tnj f f.2.0'O 20i71 2.4i4 2si
S. Oan lma. Z2 biO 2275 3.1 7S 20H
tarsia. St 12.773.0CO 37700 7,462 71S
U 1 OJ00 1,314
Attna... 22. 1.937rM)0 91524 lSi 127
Miiiip. 13 I.4S2.000 40.122 945 121
I4mluM 930)00 30.0C 120
TrXAA 737.000 K.900 71
ArUoMV. 2 U.000 2.1 4S 23
Trnn-v- T) 2.UM00 i7,062 1,031 244
KrntiK-kr 3 671.000 9.14H 71 42
T.1 232 f U.211,430 1 37.40 2O09 IJKl
These figures have lcen compiled
with great "care from official sources,
and mar lc accepted as practically cor
rect, although, as large as they are, they
lo not really fully cover the whole busi
ness, for we have preferred t be loo
low rather than too high. In the item
of capital invested we have given only
that actually employed. Many compa
nies nominally have a large capital,
with probably only a half or less paid
up. and in uch cases we have taken
only the latter. There are also a num
ber of companies now bein organized
with heavy capital. one in Georgia
with $1,500,000, and several other big
concerns, but these are not included
agricultukal;;:ii:, :: i:alvEdpca
coiiinaiiic. Avhich, ; ivithout lrcssiiia.
llicir cnpitni, cave duih jari; auojuoua
and even new mills frcru tl.cir Surplus.' f:
Takinlnto.comldcratioii thcioints V;
wo-thmkt afe U .citim:.'G "tho r.ctaal j.'y
amount of capital nor invited in r mth
em .armilb .ut -.W." W. nf; '
thh, ab-ut; 015,000,000 t 1 .-.J;
Iins bcr:i invite.! since J i" ' tr r
t o vc.t?. "While mini-
dotiblc these figures. I he result ot cot
ton manufacturing in the South have
been so eminently satisfactory and the
pnofits therefrom so large that the near
lulu re is destined to see a marvelous
increase, in this industry. It has now
btcn fully demonstrated that the South
cjm manufacture its own cotton much
more profitably than can be done in
England or in the North, and this fact
is attracting the attention of the manu
facturing world to such an extent that
there will no lonsrer he any lack of
capital for investment in this industry.
Examining the" preceding statistical
table, it will be seen that Georgia leads
with an invested capital of $12,775,000,
to which vfill soon be added several
more millions, while her spindles nuni
ler 377,000 and her looms 7,4G2. In
the number of mills, however, Georgia
is second ami North Carolina first, the
mills of the former State, as a general
thing, bein large and having heavy
capital; while in the latter, though more
numerous, the mills are much smaller.
The leading mill in Georgia, and in fact
the leading one of the South, is the
Eagle it Phoenix, which has a capital
of $1,800,000 and runs over 40,000
spindles. As regards capital invested,
Maryland is next to Georgia, having
$7,180,000 in this industry, while North
Carolina, has $0,328,000 and South
Carolina $0,620,2-30. The total number
of spindles in the South is 1,237,409,
while of looms there are 20,609 and of
sets of cards 1,931. While it has been
imtiossiblc to obtain the exact number
ot hands employed in these mills; a
careful jcaiculation enables us to esti
mate rtTHt over'40',000."
While cotton
manufacturing
m
the
South is now
attracting so much atten-
tion. it is nuite certain that it will de
ji
velop a i-till greater interest in the near
future. There are even now many new
projects under way which will doubtless
result in adding a large number of new
mills to the 232 already in operation, so
that within a comparatively few years
we think it lierfectlv safe to sav the J
South will have $ 100,000,000 invested
in cotton .mills, with 2,.3OO,00O spindles
and fully 100,000 operatives, and in the
not very distant future even these figures
will Ik surpassed.
NORTH CAROLINA TRUCKING.
'Atlanta Con.tfitntioii.) .
"That man" said Gen. Roberts, point
ing out a man in the crowd, "sold $80,
0(M) worth of Irish jK)tatoes this year,
every one of which he raised on h'is own
place."' That sounds incredible, and
yet it is true. The man alluded to was
Ambrose Lindsay, wholiycs on the coast
near the Carolina line. Of this enor
mous crop I have no doubt $-30,000 was
clear money. Sol Haas told me, of a
man at Norfolk who cleared $35,000
raising potatoes this year, and paid off
a debt that had accumulated in business
ami threatened to ruin him. Thisisthe
lest year for HtatKs ever known. The
last crop was short and ioor, and there
was no stock to .-tart the season with. !
The hiirh price of bread and meat in
creased the consumption of xtatoes, and
the heavy c
of this season was taken
at hiuh figures.
Potatoes that dragged
at $2 a barrel in New York last yeaY7
brought $6."0 a barrel on the Carolina
coast this vear.
. . .1.: . i
r have written a good deal alwuit the
truck farming of this section, but I was
not prepared to sit the progress that
had 1kh?ii made. In the. New Berne
country it has quadrupled in the past
two vears, and every season sees new
land cleared. Some of the stories of the
profits would be fabulous.were they not
well avouched Mr. Joseph Rhem, of
New Rernc, is an example, "I had oc
casion," Paid Mr. Bryan, an intelligent
gentleman, "to look into his accounts
five years ago, and he was then $25,000
Ix-hind. He went to truck farming,
commencing with about sixty acres. He
is now worth $SO,000 lesides his farm.
He has increased this to several hundred
acres, and so enriched it that what he
gave $10 an acre for will now command
$100 an acre.
He raised $30,000 worth
of potatoes this year. The total crop of
truck for this season is worth $55,00C
ana u cost mm aooui 5i4,uw to mase
iu iiu saies ior me nrst nve days or
the season were $15,000 or $3,000 a dart"
"If the profits are so immense why ddju
1 1 tX- i L
not everybody go in ?" "Nearly every-,
DOtiy in mis section is going in. i plan
ted about ten acres in potatoes this year
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Vitii In spft of Everything, ' however.
lli6 truck business of the Carolina Coast
al ready enormous, is destined to double
am quadruple even' its present propor-
5- i e grow cvuijtiiiii. uwc, "u
there are special farms tor tomatoes, ber
ries. onions, &c. It is not unusual for
one of our growers to ship 30,000 boxes
of strawberries. The cultivation of these
small crops is a godsend to our people,
who have been forced to give up heavy
operations in rice and cotton because of
labor troubles, it is reaiiy a surplus
L above our staple crops anvhowl M For
when we raise a crop ot. peas , we then
pitch in and raise cotton on the same
land. " '
PROF- HIDDEN AND THE HIDDENITET
I (AsJieville Citizen.) A i
This renowned discoverer 1 of the new
and already famous gem hiddenite,
spent an hour, very interestingly and
instructively to us, in the Citizen office
on Monday afternoon. He'wris on his
way with a party of ladies from New
York on a visit to the Roan. He had
with him some beautiful cut gems of the
hiddenite, and also of precious garnet;
and a large and perfect specimen of
rutilated quartz, set as a locket, lhis
species of quartz, laced with a mesh of
.i ft ii ... :i i. i
nores liKe goiu or stiver nair, ajju re
flecting the light splendidly, is as rare
as it is beautiful. The stone is found
in the same formation with , the hidden
ite. The mine of the hiddenite is now
ton excavation carried down perpen
dicularly into the solid rock, gneiss, and
not found in any gangue, but is at-
tiched tothe solid rock on. tliedes of i
1 lie vein; associated wun mica, garnet,
and the true emerald. UX this latter
ri' i i ijt
)me nne specimens nave oeen outainea,
)T one of which, Prof. Hidden told us
q obtained $800. The specimens of
iddenite rarely cut gems of more than
carat (a carat is about Si grains)
&nd in value is equal to the diamond.
About one pound of the undressed gems
lxive been obtained since the opening
of the mine.
The mine is in Alexander county, 16
idiles north of Statesville,' and is the
itily one of the kind known in the
world. It is a remarkable - coincidence
that the flower shortia, the puzzle of
liotanists, almost extinct, and only
know n by some dried specimens found
many years ago in this State by Mich
aux was found again in this same loca
tion after years of search, in a space
10x30 feet, the only spot in the known
vorld where it lives, the survivor of a
prehistoric family of plants.
In answer to a common and natural
question, Prof. Hidden furnishes us the
! lowing as the characteristic distinc
tions between the emerald and the hid
denite, which appear superficially, to
have some features in common :
Hiddenite belongs to the Monoclinic
system of crystallization, while the em
erald is hexagonal. The "hiddenite" has i
t ivo perfect cleavages while the "emer
ald" has none. .
Hiddenite contains 7 percent of lithia
while the emerald contains no lithia but
irlucina in its place.
The emerald is rarely perfectly trans
parent and free from flaws, while hid
denite is always so. '
The color of hiddenite is a pure grass
green of an ethereal tint, while the em-
i.i . i.i i t mi
cram is a oiue green oi not mucn diii-
lancy.
The value of hiddenite exceeds, that
of the emerald by 50 percent in stones
of equal size and tint.
THE SOUTH'S NEED.
(The Sew York South.)
A comparison of the areas and pop
ulation of the Northern with the South
ern States renders it most evident ..that
what the latter needs is population. - To
the end that the growth of that section
I may be- in some measure commensurate
with its natural advantages, population
from other States or countries must be
induced to find homes in the South. It
is in this manner that the AVeit, although
far less desirable than
the South, has
into fruitful fields and flourishin f towns
alive with manifold industries.
The five New England States, Maine
excepted, had a population accordm
to the last census of 3,461,493, while
Louisiana, with nearly the same . area,
had but 940.103. North Carolina, with
an area of more than three thousand
square miles greater than New York.
i had a population ofbut 1,400,047, while
'Rit-DEVELOEMENT OF NOETHROLINA
JSew rork had o.u.oiu. xexas, wuu
:ffiarea six timesras .great as , rennsyi-
Vaniahad a 4.pxpuMion of 1 1,092,074,
while Pennsvlvania,had 4,282;786. Were
Ltexas.no morsinieKix! popuiaieu uuw
fcisshujsette sKe would have a popu-
i on exceQUing. py . seyerai iuuhoijs
I iuthef enf ire countryii '180;,f;:'
mayrbsaid 'thai, a; greater j pro--"
theIands! of theSoufli arp;
"tt ?flwriculfairal Durrjoses than in
V-By those"jramiJiarrt rrthet'clin
present onsidc- . .
are. in'many ses.Aclaimablei'hcii
they become very tvalmibler
as they ao,.mnereni quauueaoiieruiiiy.
An approved-system oi" agriculture has
not generally obtained in the South,
which must in a large degree account
for the indequate returns which haye
been realized from tilling the soil. When
this is considered, and whenthe wealth
of Squthern prodhcts is taken into ac
count, it will de admitted that no ap
preciable strain has been imposed upon
the vast material resources of this sec
tion. ,
It is clear that the South can invite
population for decades to come and still J
have room to spare, one can myite it
with assurance, because she has the
most munificent inducements tr offer-
Her lands ae cheap,, her soil yields, the
richest products, her forests j are vast,
her mines are exhaustless treasuries, and
her climate is unsupassed.
An invitation, to be effective, must
be cordial. If it is not heeded at first,
it must be repeated and this repetition
must continue until thousands and hun1
dreds of thousands shall invade the land
and transform it into homes There
should be organized effort, and this
should be unanimous and persistent.
Information should be 'disseminated set
ting forth, in an explicit and .truthful
manner, the actual facts relating to the
locality described. It were better to
understate than to exceed, in these pub
lications. Those, who are attracted by
too glowing pictures are sure to be disi;
appointed, and often,, after brief resi-f
dence, return to their: former homes
vrillrfeelirigs of reseiithieiit and disgust.1
Instances of this kind . are by no means
rare, nence tnose wno nave tne reai
Welfare of the South at heart should
seek to prompte it only by candid state
ment. It were enough to . publish the
truth. In vain will be all attempts of
man to devise richer endowments than
those with which nature, in her supreme
regard, has invested this fair and fa
vored land. '
NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS.
Haywood.
The town of Haywood is an old town,
and in times past has been very flour
ishing, a great deal of business having
been done at that place. But since
Lockville has been built upj Haywood
has lost a great deal ot her trade. r Hay
wood is laid oft as a town, though she
has only two stores, and she has her
mayor and board of aldermen the same
as Raleigh, and had the capitol been
built there, no doubt by this time Hay
wood would have contained at . least 25,
000 or 30,000 inhabitants. ;
Haywood has a fine common school,
taught by Miss Fannie Thompson, one
of the most accomplished young ladies
in Chatham. . .
Haywood is settled by some fine and
clever people, hard-working . and indus
trious, very sociable and, enterprising,
always cordial to the stranger, making
him as happy as circumstances will ad-,
mit of. All things" in consideration '
Haywood, is a good place to spend; a
short time in recuperating the health of
the exhausted pleasifre-seeker-
The fishing facilities are splendid at
the juncture of the two large rivers
Haw and Deep rivers which, coming
together, constitute the Cape Pear,
where fish of all the fresh water varie
ties abound. Game is also very abund
ant. Raleigh Vmior; ;
NORTH CAROLINA VIEWED BY NORTHERN EI EN.
(Hartford Post,) .
This is one of the most beautiful and
inviting regions I have yet visited. In
Cherokee county the botton lands
are as rich as the best in the Connecti
cut valley, while the hills are susceptible
of cultivation to their summits. It is im
possible to realize that one is up on a
mountain, yet such; is the fact. All
this county was once heavily J timbered,
and but a small percentage of its area
has been cleared and cultivated. Wheat,
corn, grass and clover are raised in
E refusion wherever there is anything
ke decent cultivation. attle, sheep
and hogs thrive. Water-powers are
numerous and springs, creeks and rivers
abound Apples, pears, pleaches, plums,
grapes and small fruit all do well, only,
that the late frosts sometimes cut oflftjie
peach; ana pear crops. .
- .
"The mean temperature
of winter
AND THE SOUTHi
PRICE.5 CENTS.
: I. ''1'''
days is about fiHtjr degrees arid the range ; v
of summer -heat is abou t the JKimo as in v v
Hartford,-the altitude acting' as an pff-
set. to tne lowjjr jatuuciG.' . tuero . aro ,
readers of the JPwi who think of joining .
a colony to the.WBst,-:! -should adviso
them to look: this iyay rit. Tracts of
from five hundred to. several -thousand -acres
canbe bought' here iuw on which j,
friends and acquaintances 'could rcttle,'
vith aieertatrity of.easf rcjc? to.i.:.d
'the old .....
Kbpe to fiiiii i v : . c
of huntincr taa iihd'wul tuijvc u.v
J'and,other game itfHhe rrcjodsi..and for
STATE INDUSTRIAL ITEHS."
The cotton factory at Neirton is ' moving ;
on rapidly. " ; , -' f -Vi i" '"; V:
'r- The steam flouring mill at jdonover Will ;
febori be in! operatioii.i " 1 C L r '1 '
. :4 ' r ; u. 4-f ,-
The catching brraaekereinjiargdqutnti. . V
ties is proving a novel and profitable incident
of the tear to! North Carolina foast fishermen.
The hat factor? at Newton is working 64
hands, and pays one dollar a day; ;-Each hand
makes nine hats a day. Chtau&a Mureury.
-r- A North CaroUna man .has; invepted a '
folding barrel Or hogshead for use in transport- ;
ing dry material. The heads may be taken '
out, the staves rolled together and the yrhole
thing made barrel shape again with a few quick
motions, Banner.' : .rj' . : Ii
lirii Wm Ritterholf Is eontcmplatiair .
the establishment at an early, day of a cracker
lactory, ana proposes to erecx inereior a buiv .
able building. , The 'capacity ;of. the factory
will be 6X) barrel3.per .day and will give' cm
ploy ment to a dozen men, and afford by j .the 'f ' ' !
usual calculation of o individual to each man j -4
support to CO soul4-7CAartof( Journal. j . v '
Tliere is a firm in our midst, "that U
manufacturing naiT, very . successfully i We '
refer to the Morrte Manufacturing Conlpany. -This
firm began tor manufacture snuff several
years ago, and thishusiness has been growing '
steauuy umu now vac una u a aunctut maiver
to supply the demantk- Consaincrd express -' a '
preference lor it, because they Bay it Is better; 1
and purer! than! any they cani get. Durham
-.S It is said that tho freight tonnafc - iiri-
loaded atthetXewton dopct Uiisjuu&hcr N La
exceeied that at afty depot on the ' "Western
North Carolina Railroad east of Afiheville. ;
We had occasion to visit the depot one 'day
this Week, and was surprised to jfind every place
in suchja crowded state. The jside track was.
covered? with cars waiting to be unloaded, and i
the depot was full and the woods for 1Q0 yards ,
axouna; were covered with new wagpasj , bug
gies, plows, grain drills &c.' The place ;is so
crowded that cars loaded with Newton freight
are standing at nearly every depot on the line.
One' merchant says he has- two car loads of
freight at Hiekoryand ten at Catawba. En-
terprise. '
, MINING MATTERS.
The Shuford Oold Mind has recelreil
another car load of machinery. Catawba
Mureury. , V . : '- :
Capt. J. A Ramsay who is how engaged
in East Tenn., in cutting a Jong tunnel on a
new railroad, Jias brotight us some very pecul
iar specimens, and we would ; like to know
what ihey are. From his description, . they
are nassiusr throuch a , bituminbua shn.l im
bedded in which, they find these balls. ' Some
are round, and . look like a cannon ball painted
black; others are kidney shaped "and others
still like clams. The black glossy covering is
most likely black oxide of Mariganese. , Somo
of them are very heavy and carry a large per
cent of sulphurets of iron, t Others have only
an outside shell of hard sulphurets. while the
hollow Is filled with a deep seal brown sub-
stance,; very line soot. iney are very curi
ous specimens. Capt. Ramsay j has our thanks
for a lot which have been added to our cabi
net. ty'atchman. ' ;'. . j
The Inter-State Mining and ' MitHnr
Company which was organized in Asheville
last April, have purchased to date 10,800
acres on this copper and gold belt. Thus far
seven shafts- have been opened and one large
shaft house with ore sorting benches erected.
Two of these shafts are stronelv timbered.
A few days since the mining engineer for the
company opened a snail on the manviodo on
the Hurley estate which has been worked
day and night. The depth gamed is 16 feet;
wiam ot vein seven leet. . Xhe shalt ia twelve
feet by seven. The ores aret honeycombed
quartz with heavy percentage of red oxide of
copper and copper pyrites. The icompanr
has nine miles on this vein. The , first shaft
opened .and the one referred? to has been
named the Asheville Clnb and, promises a v
most magnificent output since the cost, of sink- .
ing the shaft from the surface is repaid many
times over bv the valne of the atm frtTMeA
AAevuleJUizen. I t f
William-A. Sweet is' the
owner of the
fi .- tr t
onuiora ajtoiu une ana as a
t manr of
our citizens have dealings with the mine, i it
would le interest iug . to know somet hi ug of the
owner of said property as a capitalist and a
citizen. . lie has risen from the, rank ofl a
blacksmith at a country foree to be one of the
wealthiest and most influential citizens in the.
State of New Yorki having eraduallv worked
up the ladder of fame and wealth by his own
1 J- J 1 I TT .. . n .
auuius ami urains. juus nominauon to von .
Seas brings out the following in his favon
e has paid in taxes from 18o3 to the present
time $37,702., He has been instrumental In 1
bringing $350,000 of English capital to this.
country, and during the past fourteen years i
i i . -a .1.11 r
uas jkepb over twu miuuni uoxwi . in steaay , .
circulation among the people having paid
$002,209 in wages and salaries j to men tinder
his employ. .We speak of this' only to let our ;
readers know of the responsibility of the com
pany they are dealing with .when they ' hav l
occasion to aeai wun tne tonaiord gold mine.
uaiatcoa Jlnreury.
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