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THE WEEKLY COKSXITITIOJN, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1887.
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TOE'S RICHES.
Hidden Under Georgia Hills,
But Brought to Light by
ENTERPRISE AND PLUCK
The Town of Tallapoosa and
its Remarkable Growth,
WHAT HAS CAUSED IT TO RISE
And What Will Make It Prosper
In the Future.
BIS, GCL!) AND MARBLE IN RICH DEPOSITS
fUu far the Development of the Mines and
the Improvement of the Town.
■Wo have rapidly acquired a habit of
boosting M tlio material development of the
South. In fact tho work bos hardly begun.
When wo conilder the va«t area which haa not
in any proper aenm been developed at all;
When woremeraber how many laden with
nature's wealth are the few ipotf whoso tress-
urcs/haya been brought to light, we *rp forced
to fljS conclusion that even the closcstobserrer
anfcthe wlactt of men haa no tSonccpflon of
tho-pcssltllltlcs of this region/ 1
Bufenougb ho* been demonstrated-to rovo-
lntlonlzo tho world’s estimate of the possibili
ties and destiny of the south.
It Is no longer regarded aa an agricultural
region only. While it maintains and improves
i excollcnolos In this lint, It has widonod the
ope of Its energies and diversified the avo
ws In which its enterprise may bo profitably
aployod.
Tho prospects of the south,os tho field for In-
atrial enterprises, are attracting universal
tcntlon. Its unbroken forests, Us ferUlo val-
yt, its fields of cotton and grain and its great
ountains are traversed overy UgTjar those
ioaro seeking richer treasure* fhanffiaye yst
c&'tikon from this gonerons soil. They
airing for gold, iron, copper, I
Mrfrstfous Stones which nature
ildi'as <ho reward of practical
d faithful toll. That these minerals eilat In
e loath In almost
UXPJUKAX&SXJED RICHNESS
an admitted fact. There are hundreds of
es in the state of Georgia where mining and
.nufacturlng could ho profitably carried on.
w only question la as to where are tho best
these points; where do tho greatest advan
ce* concentrate; where Is the moat fruitful
Id for capital directed by skill andexperl-
The lines of commerce, the blessings of soil
d climate, the beauties of nature have In
me favored localltloa combined with rich
incral treasures to form exceptional attrao-
ma and to hasten In aucb localities a devsl-
ment which, however rapid it may be, can-
tin many years spread over any great por-
m of thin mineral area.
Everybody knows tho story of the magie
It la, perhaps, held at speculative prices which
can never be realized.
But think bow few of these "booming"
localities there are, after all. Thoy really
constitute but the feeble beginning of the
grand development of the south. There must
DO many more sueh cities, with property as
valuable, with resources as rich, and with
futures aa great as any that have vet risen in
the drat flush ol this now life in tho south. If
men could fonee just where the mineral de
velopment of tho south would bo most rapid In
the next ten years they could make fortunes
which would throw Into the shade any of those
that have yet been made on such properties.
The scale on which these resources are being
developed la constantly enlarging. We have
not yet seen the great iron mines, the great
gold mints, the great furnaces, the varied
manufactories which are to make the south
licit and independent. These things lie in the
future, not very far ahead of us, it may bo,
but now we only enjoy their promise, a
promise, however, based on reasons which can
not fall.
Tho place for Investment now Is not where
properties havo acquired their full value, but
where they are just being developed. It is
true that a man would be very foolish '
his money wherever ho can find sn eat .
ready to take it, but In the exercise of cautlpn
and good sense he may find
fields for Investment which
i some tout
Ians to see tho dtocov-
resources extending
Alabama has bad the
call on these things for tho past year or two,
but there Is good reason to believe that Geor
gia’s day is at hand.
The great ridge which extends westward
from Atlanta to the Alabama line, has long
been famous for its mlnoral deposits. In the
extension of tills ridge ire found
Til a BICltXST MINES
of Alabama. Many years ago. iron and gold
were dug from tho veins of these hills which
yielded a profitable return evon to tho slow
and imperfect methods of that time. The at
tention of capitalists and practical prospect
ors was turned towatd this regain by the
great Impetus toward the development of
southern resources. There Is today no more
Interesting or more promising mlnoral region
on this continent.
In tho county of Haralson alone no lew than
■lx syndicates have bought large sections of
land and havo began operations on a scale
that attests tholr faith in tho possibilities of
that country. These companies are known aa
the Mobile syndicato and tho Birmingham
syndicate. Theto companies, representing
millions of capital, havo bought heavily of un
developed mineral lands In Haralson county
which they are now opening up with
the view to the operation of their (Boat
enterprises. Every ono of there
companies is In the control
of practical holiness men. They have lnvret-
ed their mcney In there land; after a careful
examination of them by the best experts, and
after their ores have been assayed by chemists
of acknowledged authority.
Hot the slightest question remains, either as
to tho quantity, quality, or variety of tho min
erals which Ho beneath the soil.
Tho largest of there organisations la the
Tallopoosa Land, Mining and Manufacturing
company. As Its narao.TmpIies itstotms donot
It rich In developed resources; busy with
profitable manufactories j thrifty and presnere
oua with a population engaged in diversified
pursuit*. .
The company ha* taken the namo of
THJC BEAUTIFUL TOWN,
which is situated on tho Georgia Padflo rail
road, alxtvthres mlloa from Atlanta and one
hundred miles from Birmingham. It is two
and a ball miles long, extending to the Tails;
poosa river. The name, in tho idyllic languago
oftboIndian,signified "Golden river,”' and
teems almost prophotio of tho discoveries of
the future. It may havo been bared on some
crude development of the mineral wealth in
tke vicinity by tho Indians, for they know
more of such things than wo are apt to
‘Woreal. a magic dty, where It stands
today with over 1.000? Inhabitants, with »ulb
atantlal and ela
growing trado,
pSAx^i^tSSSrSang
one of their giant pines or oake i«4 been feUed
to build a nome for man. Standing in tho
busy Tallapoosa of today it is almost Impossi
ble to realize thin. ^.
A finer site for a town could nowhere bo
found. It is over twelve hundred feet obovo
tho sea level. It stands on the enmml* of a
ridge and commands a magnificent vtew In idl
directions. The.alr Is pure and full tf health-
^ThehoaUhiulneaa of that wholo region Is pro
verbial. Its people live to a ripe old age, a
cheerful, brawny, Industrious, Intelligent and
sober population. Tho exceptional excellence
of tho climate was demonstrated during the
prosent unusually hot summer# In tho hottest
ton days of the year, when the mercuir reach
ed a hundred almost everywhere, tho maxl-
mum at Tallapoosa was wily 98 degrees. On
threeof there famously hot daysthe highest
“wiffirTthoefty Umlta'thoro la a chalybeate
cr minerals. A magnificent hotel ie to be
£23
are neet and comfortable; reme
of them wonld grace tho beet residence streets
nf Atlanta- There la a huge and well kept
hotel now and a much larger one already pro-
^°The chnrehei and schools aro well fitted np
for comfort and convenience. Tho numerous
business bouses are well bnllt. Tallapoosa has
already pushed Its eommerdal ontarprire tor
2
No modem town can bo without a newspa
per. Tallapoosa bos an excellent one in the
Journal, wMch to oonducted by Mr. Bur
Christian, one of tho beat known editors in
Georgia. The community la composed of 1
Georgia rseine depot.
ponmlllionfof moneyhavsbeen made
, men who had either the goodforinne
to realize in time what waa
» come. Sow that there el ties are
6d, that their great enterprise* are Sarah,
and paying property In inch vicinities
| gsormoci figures. In lomoofthem
of Alabama. Prosperous dU-andg^t
factoring center* have risen where a tow wort hy persons who come to rest their lots
mo stood the unbroken forest. Mill- with them. In there respects Tallapoosa hre
^ - a. greet advantage* over the, average, town of
mining regions. The reach and disorderly
elements are net to found and there la do
danger that they will become predominant.
TWO VKW KilLKOiM
will soon cm* tho Georgia Pacific. In aU
both of them will pasa through
ItlsoaMMof thaliJMsof
I haa dacktod advantagi
for both, and
either of tho other possiblo routes, both be-
causo of its growing importance, and because
ft is on a ridgo, which makes the most natural
and tho cheapest 1 routo for 'both tho
projected lines. One of these roads is the
Chattanooga, Home and Columbus railroad,
which already comes to Cedartown only sev
enteen miles away. It will be rapidly extend
ed to Columbus, Ga., or Montgomery, Ala.,
and will, in all probability, pass directly
through Tallapoosa. Survey on this line hav
ing already been made. The other road is the
extension of the great Georgia Central sys
tem. Its northwestern terminus now is Car
rollton. It is seeking an outlet to Decatur
olid intends connecting with the extension of
lies directly through Tallapoosa and it will go
W *TH* ADVANCE Ilf B*AL RSTATH 4
In the town has been remarkable, as some in-
wlilch they believe to bo capable of a vast de
velopment. They are in for busines
ON BUSINBSS PRINCIPLES.
In order to get an insight into the sudden
and retuarkablo prominence of Tallapoosa
ns a mining center, a stall corres
pondent of Thb Constitution visited
the town In company with several
other correspondents of well known Georgia
papers. The Tallapoosa company gave overy
facility for a thorough inspection of its prop
erty and laid out its plans fully before the cor
respondents.
Neither the local manager nor any of the di
rectors who wore Interviewed scorned disposed
to blow about what had been done or what It
waa proposed to do In and around Tallapoore.
They epoko of tholr plana In a business Ilka
way sail with a tone of frankness which was
In strong contrast to tho manner ot the ordina
ry "boomer." Thoy preferred to allow their
visitors over the enure property and let eaoh
make np hit own unbiased opinion rather than
stances will show. Only two months ago a lot
containing one-fifth of an aero just opposite the
hotel waa offered at 92,000. Today 93,900 could
net buy It. Another lot on tho tamo street was
rained at 91,200 on the 15tli of Juno. Itwonld
now bring 94,000. Ahonre and lot, nearly a
mile from tho depot, waa offered on tho fith of
Jane for 9700. On the tilth of Jnno 93,000 waa
refused for It, and now 93,000 would not touch
it. Tho avenge price of property In tho olty
haa doubled In tho last thirty day.. There are
aotnal facta which will give some Idea of the
value and proepeata of Tallapoosa property.
Now, there most bo some basis tor this »•
markable Increase In vslaof. Mon donot offer
snob prices without good reasons. In this care
tho explanation is easy. .
All around Tallapoore havo been discovered
inch rich mineral deposits and aucli rare facili
ties for their dovelopmont as to make It cortaln
that Tallapoore mint become a
OREAT MANUFACTURING CENTER
In tho near future. The merowotk of prwpect-
lng which Is now going on under tho Tails-
poosa Land, Mining ana Manufacturing com
pany give* employment to nearly a hundred
men. The weekly nay roll amounts to from 8400
to 9900, which la thrown Into tho bnslnessnhan-
nels of the town. And this la only ono of tire
six companies which concentrate tholr works
about Tallapoosa. No loss thus elevon saw
mills bring tholr nroducts from the Im
mediate vicinity to this depot. A little over
a month ago a syndicate, n compoMd of
Mr. Carpenter, of Notches; 8. S.Pruckard, of
Birmingham: Major E. A. Burko. of Now Or.
leans, and soveral northern capitalists, bought
the Crete or Holland gold mine, situated about
ono mile fromTallapoosp. Thoy are now organ
izing a company with a largo capital, tad have
ordered SIOU.OOO worth of the latest Improved
machinery to work their valuablo property.
The other syndicate* *re advancing with equal
enterprise to develop their inoxbaostlblo hods
of iron ore. The Bradflelds, ot Birmingham,
havo recently bought 13,000 acres ofUnd lying
within 17 miles of Tallapoosa, and will at onco
btigin the erection of furnaces to dovolop its
rich ore*. There aro lino openings In almost
any line of legitimate business, .and In tho pro
fessions which have brought intelligent and
active men from half a dozen states rewntiy.
The Tallapoosa company offers most liberal
inducements to retUors who want to tmgago In
business. Thoy will famish to such porsons
on osar terms and long time lota on which to
build, and will build from out tholr profits
houses for tholr operatives, allowing tho rent
to apply on pnrefiare money. The property
may bo paid for by tho week,
month, or year, and in tho
meantime, ho hold rent free.
The company will take atock and make dona
tions ot land for plant In many manufacturing
enterprises to which tho locality and Its sur
rounding retource* may bo adapted. Several
big enterprises are already being uranged on
this plan. Among there are a cotton mill, a
furniture factory, and an Iron furnace. Tho
splendid quality and great variety of woods In
the neighboring forests make Tallapoosa an
excellent point tor the manufacture ot tnrnl-
tore of every grado and on any scale.
Tire Tallapoosa company propores to adopt a
system of corporation on the most advanced
P ThiawUl Intnro the heat reaultoln the estab
lishment and operation ot the proposed enter-
sure of a livelihood aa good as he. oonld gain
olrewhere ho aoqulros property with tho grow
ing wealth and prosperity ot the town and of
the Industry to which ho become* a partner.
In fixing to* scale of trap* workmen will
havo a voice with the stockholders.
Plans are already drawn fora largo cotton
mill, a furniture factory and a rolling mill to
bo operated on tola prtotfiplo. No system could
be devised which Insures so much to the work
man, while toe capitalist draws benefits cor
respondingly largo and certain. Tallapoore
managed and bnllt np on this plan offers
rXCPLUJt ADVANTAGES
alike to toe wageworker and the man of
METHODIST CHURCH.
to alt In tholr office* and explain map*o*
out marvelous schemes on foolscap?
It will bo Interesting to examine more par
ticularly into tho affaln, too pro.
party and tba plans of to* Tallapoosa
Land, Mining and Manufacturing company.
The gentlemen who com pore too company
are not spoenlatora oe adrenturen. Thoy are
well known citizens ol Georgia and ot too
north. They believe In toe work they have
undertak^and are wUllng to jtok tholr tart,
nen reputation and their monoy In toe effort
to make It succeed. At the head of toe com
pany la Colonel George W. Adair, too most
successful real citato man In Atlanta, and the
best posted man in Georgia on too rains of
property In tola state. The first name, on the
fist ot directors la tbtol General Jolm B.
G Butkoen«»IbtUfiSeAwito welWtttown
and highly respected names. The following
are the officen of too company:
LO.tkLOkofw!
D.'cSi
U. L. DA.VXS, '
IION. 1. &. GOEION.^Veroor oi Georgia, At-
HON. HOWELL a OLENN^fioUcttot of City Coari,
Atlanta, Co.
JAMES P. PAGE, New York.
). iL pumitiut. ltew Yptt.
D. CARIJrrost, Hanfunt, Conn.
Tho New Yotk and Connecticut men whew
names appear in tola list are mrn of capital
and experience in the dovelopmont
They —
this conclusion after a thorough personal In
spection of tha lands now held by the company
and after toe beet experts had given their
S lnlons re to tha valae of tha property and
e facilities tar Us development. With hun
dreds of other arennea open (or their money,
and with tba claims ot * myriad booms In
all directions baton their eye*, they
•elected tola field fog farsetment because
they believed It to ha toe beet that
could be foand. The company has
operated trota toe start on strict btwlatas prin-
ctplee. The faith of tore* area ia attaaM by
their large Investments ot cash la to* lands
_ over toe ground we went. Tbs trip occu
pied an- entire day, for it extended over a cir
cuit of from fifteen to eighteen miles, with
frequent stops to Inspect work that was In
progress, or to pick np soma cholco specimen
of metafile ore that lay thick at every turn of
the road. Scattered through "too float’’ or
the loose outcroppings of toe deposits on those
hills, are to be found many beautiful specimens
nf iron, manganese, and gold bearing quarts,
There ore re thick that they attract
the eye of the most inoxnerienoed, whll*
the beauty and variety of their specimens. In
our party was a gentleman from Connecticut,
who was ono of too California "Forty-nlnars.”
Ho was deeply impressed with what h* hrf
toen during a week’s rambles over the hills
nbout Tallapoosa. Hesald ho bad not dreamed
of finding each rich indications and in point
of variety ot minerals that region
surpassed any ho had ever aeon.
Tho prospecting of tho oompauy has
been under tho supervision of Mr. Crows, a
native ot Haralson county. Ho has had a
■practical oxportence of twonty year* In hla
business and knows oveiy foot of tho ground
for miles aronnd. Mr. Crowi points with a
pardonablo prido to the fact that ovary time
ho has dug for a "lead” he has strnok It. He
understands the geological formation of the
country aa only a practical man thorongbly
acquainted with all Its * *■*“ "■'
could. Mr. Crows s?
dona. Ho conducted ns to the places*
he hail uncovered tho concealed .treasure and
let each man In the party form hla own eatl
mate of tholr valne. We did not are more
than ono halt the work of the prospector bnt
ho showed specimens of all too ores In had
discovered.
What wo saw wsa
I a BXMARKAnr.a xeyxiation
tlf mineral wealth. We went to eight or ten
great outs which had been nudo whore iron
ore waa supposed to lie beneath the surface.
In all of there cats there was found a clean
voln of iron of varying richness and alts, fipe.
clmrns lay thick on trie ground about the ex-
v- . — u.a. ..a brown
inlrod
It reuul
Iran In
moat favorable conditions. There were the
brown hemltete, too specular and manganese
ores, and the magnate) Iron which mado tba
compel fairly danco when brought near to it.
To determine tho exeat quality of those orre
wo did not, of cootie, presumo .bnt tha
quantity in which they appeared Impress-
od ovory one very forcibly. Wilbur a
fow foot of too snrfoco at ovary point
of observation lay great wldo veins of Iron
Which "dipped” at virion* angtre to indefinite
doptbs, growing riohet with every foot of de
scent toward tlielr original homos from which
they had been shot upward by reme awful con
vulsion of nature. It was an Impnarivo speo-
tnolo to look upon those deposits and to nfleot
that right under our feet lay ore enough to
operate for untold yean tha mightiestfurnaocs
that man could build to convert nature’s erode
wealth Into tho fashions of hla art.
As to tho quantity of too iron ore on the
company's land there la no question. It
abounds In practleally inoxhaustiblo quan
tities. Tha ore la unusually rich, average
samples assayed by Brofoarer J. H. Pratt, of
Birmingham, showing 59.113 por cent of motallo
Iron, with one-tento of 1 por cent of phospho
rus. Bnt toe
OaiATIZT POINT or SUPHUORRT
In there one la not tholr abundance nor too
quantity of motallo Iron they contain. If la
tholr remarkably high grade.. .
what too furnaces of too world are now look
log for 1* Bessemer ore: teat la ore which la so
free from phosphorus that It can be worked
directly Into stool. Soch ore* are very rare.
They are found at tot famous Cranberry
mines In North Carolina and have been dis
covered In Arkansas, hat they are very Iare.
In aU the iron ahont Anniston and Birming
ham, too Imnoh phosphorpa exlate to make
finest qaullty of it**L Th* Birmingham
Steel works will send to Cranberry for their
ores and haul than ovre 900 miles. TaUapoma
Is only 100 rotlss from Blrmlnghmo, 330 miles
nearer than tho on beds ol North Carolina. It
has been well said that we are paring from an
as* of iron to an oga of atrel. Tba valaeof
Sigh grad* orre S Increasing *VSiy day be
cause toe demand to* them grows constantly
E> Do C tha lands of tho Tallapoosa company
^ATOortfingto'every'lndlcatlon they certainly
do. An or* which oootalns <wer on* pee oent
of phosphorus cannot be worked Into steel by
the direct or basic process. When to* quantity
of phosphorus Is as low ss one-half of ono per
cent tot os* eon b* worksd to 'advantage by
this method, finch a email per oent of phoe-
phorus would make any ore gvaUtabl*. What
does to* sassy of Tallapoore on show?
Th* following repost of Professor Pratt will
•how:
Cmsmicai. LAzosAvoar,
J. H. Pratt,
juuxmuauMfouL
BCSSb:
gSSgSterrr:
NOT o.-Thli to apewi tmn on, v* em bs work-
cdtoadvautag*. fiOTrectfuHr^nJlted.^
c;The following Is tht assay of I^nch 4e Clan-
•on, of New Orleans:
toWw^r^K^^^
SaSrwIffSt
ullc iron ors lo lU too. K«i<ctmilr,
Clacson « LYNCH.
Th* following It tht analysis of Profareor J.
A. Burns, of Atlanta, of toms of the specimens
casually picked up near one of tha ekes various:
NstsUelroa. £»
Phosphorus — cams
The assay of Professor Pratt (hows that this
or* has only been onotenth of ocs P*r cent of
phospbons, while th* aseat of Profsarer Barn#
shows only Sets than three-tenth* of opa —
cent There reports from such ante
lssvt a* doubt ss to th* fact that toil la
If thtgtnsral nw of ttecore shall prov* as
good aa tho specimens assayed by Professor
Pratt (which were not selected with a special
viow to the assay, but to determine the real
value of tho property) the Tallapoosa compa
ny’s mine* will poascaa a value which
It is Impossible to estimate. Mr. Ctevra, the
prospector, believes that the specimens anal
yzed fairly represent the ran of tho mines.
This Is the opinion of other gentlouien who
havo mado an Inspeotton of the excavations on
the place.
Tho Iron kings of Birmingham havo
•pent a groat deal of time and
monoy In the search tor bessemer ore
nearer than Cranberry. Mr. De liardrladcn
himself rode on horseback 300 miles from
Cranberry down the rldg* that leads to
W?«*| trying to trnd such ore. Unleu all algns
fail tho Tallapoore company have found what
Mr. DoBardehulenwaaaearehingfor. If they
have too Bessemer orre are nearly BOO miles
nearer to Btrmlnghom than Cranberry, the
present source of their supply. It (t
already established beyond all question that
tho Tallapoore ore* are magneto) and
of vtry high grads. They will bo taken out in
great quantities and will bo In demand not only
for tho projected furnaces and manufactories
of Tallapoore but for the ‘great fnrnacos now
In operation in tho vicinity of inferior As*.
Nothing can stop the spoedy development of
there riob mine* on an extensive teal*. There
are four groat leads on the lands of the Talla
poosa company, overy ono ol them heavy with
oee similar to that assayed by Professor Pratt.
These leads are abolit four miles from the town
of Tallapoosa. After Inspecting tho Iron wo
wore taken to
TUM GOLD MINKS,
which foim one ol tba most Interesting fretnroa
of too property. Several very rich fissure
veins have been discovered and are now being
opened. Borne of toe ore from tho tint vein
found were rent to Professor Bnrna, who mado
tho following report on It:
CnauoAL Laeoeatobv
Tna Boutiiisn Mzdica:. comma,
James A. Burns, Ph. ». Protosror.
Atlanta Ga, June IS, '87.
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report on too
told ora loll with ms June 13i
^•h====^r tmum
ltemarks: Duplicate amayi of this ora were mads,
and agned very closet y. Tuese I toon jh t necessary,
as It was an unusually rich showing, aud J deemed
U best to gut a around assay, lit spectrally sub
mitted, J. A. Busxs.
If It be true, u to said, that It will nay woll
to work a gold ore which will yield S3 a ton
there to a not profit of 970 a ton In tola ore.
Tho veins are largo and they grew richer too
farther they are followed. A shaft haa bean
sunk about forty feat on one of them and tho
Indications got better all the tone.
From one of there veins some cholco speci
mens wore selected which will assay 9300 a
ton. Tit* nnrenoa of riob gold doposits in this
region haa long been recognized. Tba mines
at VIlla Itlca, In Carroll county, wore worked
profitably for many years before the war. Tho
Ureti, or Holland, mine, which to only a few
miles from tho Tallopoosa com;«ny’s lttlno, has
yielded over 8:w,000 under crude and old-
fashloned methods. Th* Burko syndlMto,
which now owns that mine, lias stocked U to
a large amount, and has ordered 9100,000
worthof machinery tow«k It. • '
Not more than twenty tnilaa distant on tho
urn* formation to the lomoua Abacooohre gold
mine; out at which over. gJ.MWAlOO has, been
—, That gold extols In largo qnantittos In
tain, Borno beautiful
have boon found on tho plaoo.
OKI OagAT ADVANTAOl
of this mlno over most gold mines to that It to
situated within a fow hundred feet of a bold
stream. An abundant supply ot wstor can bo
commanded at all times. This point will ho
readily appreciated by those who havo soon
the groat difficulty and oxpenre to which moat
of tho Georgia gold mines havo boon driven to
obtain thtlr wafer supply. The proximity of
the gold to too Iron doposits to a flno Indication
ot the superiority of tlio latter. Iron found
near gold to always of high grado. Nature
puts her finest ores close together.
Wjat we taw of iron and gold wonld eatab-
ltoh the high value of tho Tallapoosa Land,
Mining and Mamilacturlng company's proper
ty. But thero to still another resource which
has only rccoutly been dlscoyerod.lt Is
rxnr tisk MAnnr.it-
Tho mine was found on a stream at tho foot
of a hill. From It some beauttlul specimens
of wlilto, eroy and mottled mnrblos have boon
takon. There to every Indication that tlioaup-
jd^to exhaustlesa and tha quality oon he seen
FrofoworMcCutchoon, tho goologtot ol the
•tat* agricultural department, says ho haa
novor soon any marble In this country which
re closely resembles toe Italian marbles. Its
Cutoheon and of many others who have visited
th* plaoo It haa no greater treasure than Its
marbles. The surronndlng country to very
similar to tho inathlc region of nortoooatGtor-
gla. There to no telling to what variety and
extent too morblo on this plaoo may be found,
but every Indication point* tottnlhaited^ quau-
r valu-
titles and to a rich variety, The inajl
•OSlfcffl'.nlng.na'ManuUo-.
taring company own about 3JHO acres of land.
On tills land, as tea havo Indicated, aro foand
gold, copper, marble, brown hematite, Besse
mer ore and manganese. The 1*re Important
deposits an silver, mica, aabcatoa, graphite,
rhodonito, corundum, Stolojriut* kaolin, fire
.into
fight
Over ono hundred men are now delving
tlito soil to bring its hidden treasure* to Tl_ . ..
to determine tlmlr extent and valna, and to
open too way for toe meet development of
to* user future, which will transmute too
wealth of natnre Into tho wealth of mao. No
one hat yet area there lands wlthqut being sur
prised at tbslr remarkable rlolinres In minerals
The more skilled visitors hero been In retl-
msw% i SBs9tbs
VoXV^ro^ffi: of Virginia,
went over too place. He was formerly tba
state geologist of Virginia, and to now a tree-
tee ad the Washington and Lee university.
He examined everything on toe lands
with the care of a ptreUoal prospector
and a man of science. Professor Ruffnsr was
deeply Impressed. Boon after leaving Talla
poosa ha said there waa no othar point on the
Georgia Faolfio railroad which
coMfAuxn wtTiirr
in point or natural advantages. This la ths
oihi,:.i. - - ■ ■ k» i tuffnor, though he lies
Sheffield baa bocomo famous and
ss a great manufacturing pcsall _
there to no ore nearer than twenty-firs mild
and no coal nearer than fifty miles. Fot
ing this magnificent town and mining
the Tallapoosa company havo ?
TWO MILLION DOLI
property and Is proceeding
powlblo. Those who purchnso
Tnllaitoosa buy with tholr eyes open. ..
can SCO for Ithemsclvco whnt has mado tj
town come up from nothin? in four yesra to
a plica o. o«or ono tliousand population i
to have a well hud ssrennee of rapid gro^H
Only, last Ofliuraday a real estate dealer from 1
Connecticut bought fifty town lots for S12,two.-
lie will at once move toJCallapooea, and open’
there lota, which oosthlm 92M eaoh.
The fame of Tallapoore has ostondcA
abroad. A recent number of too Hartlordi?
Conn./ GoeiDIte «*y» that the capitalist* ot
that olty are very much oxerolud over th*
rich discoveries of iron, gold and marble ness
tlito brisk Georgia
jnvltcd to attend th __
hratlon In Tallapoore. tn his letter of regrets'
to Mr. A. J. McBrfdo h* soldi
December last, and was Impressed by the hcnutyc.
Its location and tht elsmsuts of dlrerslfiod employs;
meat In tht midst of which It was growing. Th*
people are evidently typical of tho now -onth.
Tholr eyes an tinder tholr foreheads and not lifthe
hack of tholr head* and thoy hare determined te
improve their conditions
No doubt many of thorn have removed there from
some town distant Dam tho railroad where thoy
closed up toeir former businom because thi rowa*
no profit In Itt and that others aro farmers who b«
onme discouraged in tht vain effort tomato a 111*
Ing planting cotton, and bavo sold out
and coma to town houlns tto do bcV*
tor; or to have bettor opportunities for tho sdnea-
lion ol their oblldnn.
In either event thslr succou will lnorcaso th*
wealth and prosperity, not only of tba town they
an creating, bnt ot Georgia and tho wbolo south,
though my friend Mr. Lamar, does not think so.
Three months In to* Ulb of a commnnltr, ci|?calally
If thoy era winter monUis, do not put foith many
•Isnaof program; but whon at tho close of April, I
again passed through Tallapoosa, Increased evil
dcncee or thrift, enterprise tnd that proiperity
which corns* trom Increased sources of wealth, were
apparent on all sides, 1 saw a growing town.
Again thanking yon for your courtesy, and ex
pressing my regrets that I cannot aocept your lnyk
tstton, I remain . Very truly youre,
Wm. D. Xxiur.
The great experiment will thus bo tried oft'
Georgia soil under poouUar advantages anff
with every prospect of cnceois. Natnre ha*
Invited It and haa mado- tho nay plain to snail t
ct-M.-t A richer return can bo liutl bore for the -,
labor of m»h than In most localltlre. A tlnf ?
ollmalo?invites him to n healthful happy home -?
and brancs hint to hla best endeavora,. Tha-j
rapidly Increasing value of mlnoral lands (aja
too south will bring wealth to tno
men who :WP. the plouoera in ilovolk
Oping ■ any town which haa tlio ad;,-
vantages of Tafiaimosa. Tho time to got Into
Such places to when they aro young, before;
competition has run i?ru|?crty up to fancy flg4 ;
urea and closed tlio gates ot opportunity to HIV
poor man. With tho diversity of manufa®
turcs wtuoh Tallapoosa miist liavo In a nhotT
tlmo thero wlU como a large population. Thu
will open np all theawenueeof trado anil ew -
terprise, and whllo too town will grow rapt
l.llv It will rest on a substantial basis of ptoaP
pertly.
Our own peoplo'do not fully appreciate th*
lmpurtanco of tho sections of tho south which
aro peculiarly adapted to manufacturing pur
poses.' Tlio groat tuh antog'-a which wo pawn**
havo keen more fully muillcd and more com- -
plotcly sot forth by uutsldcrs than by our own
pooplo.
now. Aim am n. it kwitt's omnion.
No lunn in tbLs coumry 1h Ix.ttor qualllled to
speak on these greal fnihislrial questions than
lion. Abram H. Jfcwitt, of Now York, Hoi*'
one of tho largest Iron makers in tho world, a
man of rare practleul knowlodgo as woll u lolv'
c-iitllie attainment. Speaking of Goorgla an)
Alabama Mr. Uowltt said:
"This to the only place on tho continent where II
Is posslbls lo make Iron In c.?m;i«Utlon with too
cheap Iron of England, as inrniurud, not l-y wage!
C ld, but by the number of days' laior which suur
to IU production. The ohoapeit plan* on tea
globe now for tho msklngof Irotili toe Clevclsn^l
district of Yrekshlre, England. Tho dlxtauco of th*,
cool and Iron for too (taniaccs tot ro overages about,
twenty mites, but In this now Industrial region tbs
coal and ore are. In many pteoss, within half a mil*
of each other. This region, so exhaustteas In sup
plies, so admirably fimilahod with coal, to rouvon;
Isntly communicating with too rulf, wlllbooflm.
atcruwly more conaaquanoa to ua than for IU cottobl
l think tola will bo a region or coke mado iron on a
seals grander Ut*u bia ever boon known on tha
globe.'' ' ... ' j .
Tlio late JoHn ltosch, of sbtp-bulbllng fume, rsufl'*
"that wWo W mrnty years younger ho would mors" I
his shljiysnlstb Bsnsasoto, would wnk out the Iron 11
fortbeOtlaOborglaaiid Alshams, aud then woidAf -
doty Ui* most England could do In competition.” -.
senator Hhorman, alter reluming huiu a visit to
Birmingham, said: s, V
• T?ra manufactures In tho south liavo gwtu there
to stay. Tbs ground terms with Iron stid oool, and
I do not sot whyproductlou there wilt not bo cheap-
erUunlnsnyoinrosoctionofAmt-rica." to
It waa bumlllating to onr national prldtlo
see congress refuso to appropriate money for,
fortifications and restrict appropriations lor?
tho navy on tho ground that wo could liotj
make too quantity of steel In this country?
that would U necessary for such a work. ThljT •
to an appeal to the south to supply toe nation;
with what i» cannot got from tlm north. Th*.
south has tho ore and the fuel;!
it has everything that to necessary to
make tho finest at? <1 In any desired quantity.*
It to an honor to Alabama that tho largest steel
works In tlio world hevo Just been erected at
Bremen. Thoy aro a monument to the spirit!
which to rorolntionlslng tho Industrial world,;
on?l bring tlio scat of industrial cmhiro on
this continent to tha south. M urn such works
an noadaa. Evory achievement liko that lift* 1
tlio south nearer to trno greutnos, for thoro
to no tmo greatness without Independent*;
oml no people aro Independent who do not
' themselves with all tho n» ? IStltol od
i pirtlal dovolo; msnt of southern ro
TALLAroo*A HOTgL.
?oozes* has kept at boms hundreds of millions
of dollar* which used to go annually to snrich
. .. T.„. I J—J. .» -,||||». ~
other sections, put hundreds of million* go
onto* tb* south every year now, which ought
fobs kept at horns. This vast som goes te pnr-
Utter lure than'ln'thj K k
them. Tbs pre-pit srs waking <t? to thA folly
such taprovIdeoCe. ft to this splrii
largo Interest* In _B!rmlngham and is *
stockholder In th* Elyton Land company, t
Nocoolhas 7-ccn tonndin tho Iminedtefo’
vicinity of Tallapoothough there are eom*
indications of it* presence. But *11 around)
tre magnificent wooded lands and th*
possiblo provision for charcoal, L
.make* a much finer g*sda (
L'aSltlblVquanmles, to roly forty milw awjfi
r'th railroad connections ready to deliver III
Tair»P«Osil!most as cheap aslt could b* lax,
f toe mines wsiw Is *I*bL Tbe^dtetancc Mg
it miles from oool Bn W V** 1