One in Upson has but 500 spindles, the other 1000. The others are all probably larger. That near Eatonton consumes about 600 bags of cotton annually; about half the products is sold in yarn, and half in cloth. Much of the cloth is heavy, say two yards to the pound. The number of spindles is 1920, beside a mule and a machine to card wool. A good deal of winter cloth, with cotton warp and woollen woof, is made and sells rapidly. Price of the woollen is about 45 cents; of the course cotton 17 to 18. Manufactures.-Leather, shoes, hats, carriages, saddles, cabinet work, cotton and woollen cloths, &c., are manufactured throughout the State. But little is manufactured in the southern section even for the blacks; but homespun in the upper sections is worn by the most wealthy and respectable inhabitants. Much, however, is imported for every part of the State. Minerals.-Gold, iron, copper, and lead. Gold was first discovered in Habersham about 1828. The work was prosecuted, and, by the summer of 1830, $230,000 worth was obtained in Habersham, Hall, and Cherokee counties. Parts of the Cherokee country was divided into 40 acre lots: the balance into squares of 2021 acres. The counties, where the principal part of the gold has been found, are Lumpkin and Carroll, though in those contiguous, considerable quantities have been dug. One 40 acre lot in Lumpkin was sold by the fortunate drawer, for $30,000! The value of the gold dug in the State, and carried to the mint in Philadelphia, up to 1832, was $528,000; probably a million and a half by this date. A building is in progress at Dahlonega for a mint, in which the gold will be coined. There were forges to melt ore and make iron years gone by at the fork of Briar creek, in Warren, in Jackson, and other places; but the matter declined entirely till since 1830. Near Clarksville is a forge, where thousands of pounds are prepared every year. The Cherokee country is said to abound in iron ore. It was supposed that mineral coal had been discovered in the bed of Savannah river; but Mr. Cotting, the gentleman who was appointed in December, 1836, to make a geological survey of the State, maintains that none has been found in that region. He thinks that Lignite, wood-coal, or coal resembling wood in structure, was mistook for mineral coal. Fossils.-List of fossils found in the formations of Burke and Richmond counties. The scientific names are given of the genera, but the limits would not admit of inserting the several species. Petrified Wood, Alluvium on Savannah river, near Stony Bluff. Lignite, Carbonized Wood, Ferruginous sand on the Georgia Railroad. Alcyonium, (several species,) Calcaire grossier at Shell Bluff. Hyppagus, O. Virginia, O. Vesicularis, Ostrea, (several species,) Formations above the Lias. Encrinites, Formation above the Lias. Gryphea Areuata, Limestone on Brushy creek. Pectunculus, do. do. do. below the Lias. do. Turbinulia, (casts,) Buhr stone. Hippagus, do. do. Crassatélla, Ferruginous sand and clay. Pyrala, Perna, do. do. do. do. Balanus, (casts,) Buhr stone, near David F. Dickinson's. Vermicularia, Shell limestone above the ferruginous sand. Passeithea, do. Orbitulite, Siliquaria, do. Egeria, do. Scaphites, Terebratulites, do. Kaolin, a beautiful clay, suitable to make China ware, is found on Greenbriar creek, in Columbia county. Imports.—West India goods, wines, teas, fish, articles of clothing, Irish potatoes, apples, cider, shoes, harness leather, saddles, iron, hardware and cutlery, books and stationary, cotton bagging, shoe thread, &c., &c., are brought into the State through our seaports. Horses, mules, neat cattle, hogs, and some cotton bagging are sent us from the Western States. We pay our thousands for these last named articles annually, and we might ourselves raise them. Nearly one million has been paid for them this year. Exports.-There were exported from Savannah, for twelve months, ending 30th September, 1825 From 30th September, 1825, to 30th September, 1826. Value at the present low prices, 6,800,000 dollars. These exports were from Savannah, Darien, Brúnswick, and St. Mary's; the amount is not ascertained. The lumber, &c., &c., from Savannah would amount to some thousands. Value of Exports for the State of Georgia, from the 1st of October to the 30th of September, in each year. |