448 MUSCOGEE COUNTY. 



per annum; about that amount of capital invested. Manufac- 

 tures steam engines complete, except the boilers. 



In addition to these establishments, there is the old City 

 Mill, with four run of stones for the manufacture of meal and 

 flour, situated above the Coweta Falls factory. A company is 

 forming, with a capital of $100,000, to build a cotton factory, 

 to occupy three lots between the Howard Company lot and 

 Mr. Winter's. 



Minerals. — From the very partial observations which we 

 made when we visited this section of the ^tate, we have no 

 doubt that it is rich in minerals. Near the river, at Colum- 

 bus, we noticed masses of granite and gneiss. In the vicinity 

 of Columbus are found iron ore in small quantities, rose quartz, 

 agates, and beautiful jasper ; felspar in abundance, carnelian, 

 hornblend, epidote, and pyrites. In other parts of the county 

 have been found pitchstone, hornstone, sulphuret of iron, preh- 

 nite, lignite, cyanite, black, green, and white mica, kaohn, pipe 

 clay, garnets, chalcedony, talc, gibbsite, &c. The vertical 

 rise and fall of the Chattahoochee is no less than 60 or 70 feet 

 in the course of the year. When the river is low, there is ex- 

 posed to view not only the horizontal tertiary strata, but the 

 subjacent cretaceous deposits, containing ammonites, bacu- 

 lites, and other characteristic fossils.* At Snake and Upatoi 

 creeks, organic remains are found. 



Nature of the Soil, Productions. — The nature of the 

 soil is various, from the richest vegetable mould to the poor- 

 est sand. Cotton, corn, rye, oats, potatoes, and wheat, are 

 the chief productipns. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is variable. 

 Along the creeks fevers prevail in the summer; but generally 

 the county may be considered healthy. Mrs. Clara Meigs 

 died at the age of 89 ; Philemon Hodges at 83 ; Richard 

 Christmas at 77. Mrs. Gaillon is over 87. 



Roads. — The roads are not kept in the best order. 



Religious Sects. — Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, 

 Episcopalians, and Roman Catholics. 



Education, Literature. — Columbus has a number of fine 



* Dr. Lyell's Second Visit to the United States, 



