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The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mineral resources of the Confederacy. (search)
Mineral resources of the Confederacy. --Mr. N. A. Pratt, of Talmadge, Ga., writing to the Savannah Republican, devotes a part of his letter to the mineral resources of the Confederate States. We make the following extracts: "It may be of interest to your readers to know, that, having spent the last summer in a general geological reconnaissance of North Georgia, East Tennessee, and North Carolina, I have had a special eye to those mineral resources which could be made specially available against our Northern foes. Saltpetre, sulphur, and lead, have all claimed my attention. "The three States mentioned cannot supply lead enough for a single battle of this metal; however, we have, or can get, all we shall need. With regard to sulphur, it can be made in abundance from the pyrite, which exists in large quantities in various localities. The apparatus and process are extremely simple, but we will not soon be obliged to resort to our native supplies, as I believe there is