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Page Two THE PILOT Friday, December 4, 1925 COUNTY GEOLOGY OUTLINE OF MOORE (Continued from page 1) at an angle of five to 25 degrees to the southeast, and at their extreme southeast boundary are apparently several thousand feet in depth. It is assumed that the Newark formation constitutes the only sedimentary rock in the basin which they occupy, and that whatever may be of mineral value in that section is exposed at the out crop from the northwest to the south east boundary. *ln the Sandhills extending from the Newark rocks to the southeastern boundary of the county the surface is composed of alternating and mixed sand and clay, which covers the base ment igneous or metamorphic rocks to a depth of from a few feet to a couple of hundred. This sand clay formation is the newest formation in the territory, and from the view point of mineral production it has littie to offer except sand. It is of the lower Cretaceous measures, and lies on the extension of the slate belt from the northwest. This shows the hope lessness of looking for oil or gas or other valuable deposit under the sandy belt. For the present the Sand hill section offers less to the man in search of mineral wealth than the other parts of the county, elthough the geology of the sand belts is such that it makes a highly desirable place to live, and a good place to raise certain crops, to build roads at low cost, to create winter homes, golf courses, and things of that sort “Perhaps the most promising part of the county from a mineral produc ing point is the slate belt. The slates themselves do not seem to have offer ed much to the miner, but in the more clearly defined volcanic matter a variety of minerals are found. These include gold, copper, pjrrophyl- lite, known locally as talc, and others of less economic importance. Gold has been found in a number of places some in placer deposits, but chiefly in the rock. Copper is also shown in not very great quantity. But the mineral that has been developed sufficiently to be an industry is the talc, although it is not a true talc. Dr. Stucky has defined a field about five miles wide and 15 miles long within the county in which talc, or pyrophyllite, is so abundant that it is the only one of commercial value in the United States. Mines have been opened and worked near Glendon and on Cabin Creek, a couple of miles southwest of Hemp. The shipment of talc products is a considerable item each year in Moore County’s industry. The available material for further de velopment is abundant “The amount of gold or copper or other valuable metal is not very clear. While considerable production of gold has taken place in the county at one time or another the yields are not large and the operations not very profitable. It is possible these minerals may be worth further in vestigation, but not certain. In the slate belt a certain amount of pottery has been made, and of late years some that is of a rather pretentious character has been produced with more or less success. This is another thing worth looking into farther. The breaking down of the mineral consti tuents of the slate belt makes a soil of considerable strength and fertility and farming has a good prospect over the whole region. One drawback is encountered, which is common to all slaty regions, the tendency of the streams to go dry in a season of short rainfall. It is not as well pro vided in this respect as the sandy area. “The belt of the red rocks, the Newark series, is rather well provided with useful minerals, of which the most used has been probably the fine building sandstone that has been quarried to considerable extent before cement construction became so com mon. The same brown sandstone that made Philadelphia famous for its brown stone fronts is found in the Moore county Triassic formation. Some excellent construction has em ployed this material. A vast amount of it could be procured within the red sand belt, and also a large supply of the gray sand that is in the lower horizon of the sand belt. It is some thing of an anomaly that we bought the stone to build our court house from Indiana when we have an abxm- dance of an equally good stone in a few minutes walk of the courthouse. But we have no machinery fox quarrying and cutting it. Here is a field for a big industry. Also all through the Newark belt and the slate belt are dykes of diabase, which is a hard and durable stone that can be had in practically unlimited amount, close by the railroads, and of a character that would niake ideal concrete and road material. Possibly this is Moore county’s most valuable mineral asset. With the amount of building and road work going on in the state this rock should be in de mand in great quantities, and with coal handy at Cumnock and at the Carolina company’s mines at Coal Glen to furnish cheap power, or with electric power easily available, pro ducing this rock should not be ex pensive. Gravel is also found in many places in the county, and shoiuld be utilized perhaps more than it is. “It is known that coal exists in the Newark measures, but Moore county has not yet gone far enough in this direction to make any considerable or permanent development in coal production. A great deal of prospect ing has been done, and some efforts made to get out coal, but they have not proven satisfactory. It is known that the whole coal field has been greatly faulted, and this has confused those who have undertaken to engage in mining. From what I can see it seems to me the coal deposits extend up the river from the Cumnock and Coal Glen fields, but in spite of much investigation in the field the entire distance I have not yet found sufficient evidence to have a definite opinion about any particular place in Moore county. The exposures are so covered by soil, and the dykes so numerous and the faults so disturbing that full investigation in the field and by the drill must be undertaken before money is spent wisely in beginning any oper ation. Campbell in his survey of the coal region in 1923 places the com mercial limit of the field about Haw Branch. It is certain some coal ex ists west of that limit, but it is also certain that faults and dykes break up the measures badly, and the geology west of the Carthage-Glendon road is very complicated. “The Shales of the Newark belt have the appearance of a source of much possible wealth, as they give an abundance of material that makes a brick or tile of the highest character, much better than any other brick or tile made extensively in the state. The entire Newark area is underpaid with shales, and in depth the quan tity reaches into many hundred feet, and in places into thousands. There is thus such an amount of woi*kable shale that it is unnecessary to con sider the limit of the supply. Brick plants are now in operation in Lee and Chatham counties on these shales and the product is of much superior quality. The highest grades of tile and face brick are possible with these shales, and with the coal in the Deep river valley to bum the clay pro duction is a simple matter. “Also in the sandstone belt is a vast deposit of conglomerate stone which has been quarried and used for mill stones in large quantity. The Moore county mill stone grit ranks among the best in the world, and it is to be had at various places in the county. Another source of con siderable income of late years is the production of sand for building and road uses. The Sandhill section of the county has billions of tons of right free sand, much of which is adapted for making concrete and mortars and for mixtures with as phalt for road surface, and much money has been realized from its sale in car lots at different points. “Mineral waters are found in the Newark sandstone basin, that at Jackson Springs having a reputation that has built up a good patronage at the large hotel there, and created a trade in the bottled water over a wide range. “The character of the rocky forma tions of the county give to the streams such shape and bottom that the development of water power is of great importance, and the county de- veops as much electric power as it uses. The steady flow of the Sand hills streams is unique. Because of the absorptive power of the sand the water is filtered out slowly and uni formly, and the variation of the flow of the streams in the sandy section is said to be without parallel any place in the United States. This enables a small Sandhill stream to afford more power the year Tound than a much bigger stream does in a terri tory of different geological charac ter. The sand and gravel in the surface soil makes road building a simple ploblem in the county, and the drain age in much of the area over comes the burden of deep construction of road understructure. Abundant ma terial for road building is everywhere. CARTHAGE Thurday afternoon, the members of the Woman’s club met in the club room for the regular monthly meeting. About eighteen members were present. The club discussed and decided to re-open the literary department about the first of the year. The library will open soon, also, with Mrs. R. L. Phillips librarian. The books have been recently indexed and re-cata logued for convenience of the readers. The club decided to give a Christmas party on Tuesday evening, December 29th. The money will be used on payments for the piano and incidental expenses. At the close of the business meeting, Mrs. Tom Cole and Mrs. Charles Clark, hostesses, served coffee and sandwiches. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Welch returned Saturday from Washington, N. C., where they spent Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jackson and family spent Thanksgiving in Greens boro. Miss Bess Stuart returned Saturday from Rowland, after visiting her sister there. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burns of Raleigh, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Burns. Miss Annie McKeithen was in San ford Thanksgiving. Miss Myrtle Norton spent the week end in Greensboro. Mr. McNair Smith spent several days in Raeford on business last week. Mr. C. C. Smith returned Monday from Danville, Va., where he spent Thanksgiving at home. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Fagg spent Thanksgiving in Dillon, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Caldwell and children of Aberdeen were the week end guests of Mrs. N. A. McKeithen. Miss Christine Aldred, Mrs. Hunt ley, and Miss Huntley of Aberdeen, were in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. I; Saturday in Sanford. Misses May Stuart and Eliza Reid were in Sanford Saturday. Mr. Charles Owens of Columbus, Ohio, pent the week-end in town on the way to Florida. Mrs. Ed. Muse has returned from Fayetteville, where /she was called by the illness of her mother. Mr. Dwight Cunrie of the TJid- versity was at home for Thanksgiv ing. Mr. Ervin Fry of Oak Ridge s])ent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. R. G. FVy. Mrs. W. H. McNeil is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Woltz, in Gas tonia. Mrs. T. B. Tyson and MJrs. H. F. Seawell attended the December meet ing of the Alfred Moore Chapter of the Dasughters of the American Revo lution in Southern Pines Tuesday, at the home of Mrs. Milliken. Mr. John Currie of State College spent Thanksgiving at home. Miss Effie Jones of Columbia, S. C., and Mr. DonaHI Watkins of Ruther- fordton, were the Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Dalrymple. Miss Nellie Graves of Chapel Hill spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mro. G. C. Graves. Mr. Wilbur Currie attended the Carolina-Virginia football game at Chapel Hill Thursday. Mr. L. E. Worsley of Creedmore, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF MOORE. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a mortgage deed exe cuted by W. T. Roberts and wife, Magg N. Roberts, to Merchants & Farmers Bank of Aberdeen, Moore County, North Caroina, of date Janu ary 14, 1921 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Moore County in Book 32 at Page 547; the said mortgage having been duly as signed to Page Trust Company, of Aberden, N. C; default having been made in the payment of the debt se cured by said mortgage deed and the power of sale therein having become operative, the Page Trust Company, Assignee, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, for cash, before the Courthouse door at Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina, at twelve o’clock noon, on Wednesday, December 9, 1925, that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being in Sandhills Township, Moore County, North Carolina, and described and de fined as follows, to-wit: Being a tract or parcel of land, in the Town of Aberdeen, N. C. Lying and being on the N. E. side of Maple Steeet, in the Town of Aberdeen, be ginning at a stake, a comer of the old Aberdeen Lumber Co., lot; runs as that line, (now McI. Blue’s line) N. 38 E. 190 ft. to a stake; thence S. 55 E. 100 ft. to a stake; thence S. 38 W. 190 ft. to Maple Street; tiience with it N. 55 W. 100 ft. to the beginning, the same being formerly known as the T. A. Graham place; and the same that was conveyed to Sarah E. Pope by C. T. Johnson and wife by deed Feb. 28, 1919. And recorded in Book 73, Page 339 in the office of the Regrister of Deeds of Moore County, N. C. For a more definite decription of this tract or parcel of land, being the same conveyed by deed given by W. A, Blue and wife, Maude A. Blue, on the 22nd day of January, 1920 and being recorded in Book 77 at Page 45 of the Regrister of Deeds office, Moore County, N. C. PLACE OF SALE: Carthage, N. C., Court House door. TIME OF SALE: Hour of Noon, December 4, 1925. TERMS OF SALE: Cash. PAGE TRUST COMPANY, Per Johnson & Johnson, Attys. (Dec. 4). was in town Thursday. Mr. Curtis Fields of the University spent Thanksgiving at home. Mr. M. G. Dalrymple attended the football game in Chapel Hill Thurs day. Mr. W. T. Overman spent the week end in Charlotte and Salisbury. Friday aftemoon, little Miss Mary Fowler Spencer entertained a number of guests at a Thanksgiving tea. The children played many interesting games, after which dainty refr^h- ments were served. Before leaving, the little guests enjoyed a bed time story heard over radio. Miss Bertie May of Asheboro was the week-end guest of Miss Mary Currie. Miss Martha Shover of High Point spent Thanksgiving with Miss Marv Currie. ^ Mr. Frank Pap, Jr., attended the V. M. .-V. P. I. football game at Roanoke, Va., last Thursday. Mr. Edward Bums of Duke Uni- versity spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bums. Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Spence enter tained a few friends Thursday at a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Five elaborate courses were served. Their guests were Misses Eula Blue and Augusta McKeithen and Mr. and Mrs. John Beasley. North Carolina’s construction dur ing past 9 months exceeded 1924 total by 3 per cent. Notice our Windows FOR December Displays X-MAS GOODS NOW COMING IN Whitman Candies Toilet Sets Eastman Kodaks Perfumery Sets Parker Hand Painted China - X-mas Cutex Sets in Fountain Pens 3 sizes There is no need g’oing elsewhere to buy what you will be able to get here at a better price. WIGGINS MtDG STORE Vass, North Caroli|fti OnJyBulsK WinssftiM sbzissjsand sealed ar)£jiie o m H O-IS-U Better Buick operating costs are very low. This car is thrifty—fc>oth in purchase price and in ownership. Buick design protects all operating parts from dust and wear—-barricades them with iron or steel housings in the famous Buick "Sealed Chassis’* and *^riple Sealed Engine*’. The famous Buick Valve* in-Head engine develops Buick Standard Fivm PeuMnger Stdan more power from a given quantity , of ^soline than other types of engines. And now, the Buick oit filter makes it necessary to change crankcase oil only at rare intervals. Even smaller, less powerful cars do not match the Better Buick in low cost of oper« ation and maintenance* You add to your power to economize when you buy a Better Buick! BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN Divtcioft of Oeneral Motor* Corporation iieSMrBVlCK Browi Euick Service Sta. tt
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