NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

1847, OCTOBER 22, FRIDAY:

It is said, say the Philadelphia Inquirere, that six hundred tons of copper ore are shortly to be shipped to Boston from the depot of the Polk County, Tennessee and Cherokee County, N.C. mines, which a company of Germans are engaged in working.  The ore is said to b exceedingly rich.

1858 September 3 - Friday -- There is a singular border war going on between North Carolina and Tennessee, confined chiefly to Polk County in the latter state.  It has been going on since 1855, having its origin in some trifling local jealousy.  A few weeks since preparations were made for a serious battle, with some thirty or forty men on each side, but after some skirmishing, the sheriff of Polk County interdered and the hostile companies dispersed, but they threaten to renew the war.

1853 August 31, Wednesday -- The Potomac Copper Company, it is stated, have become possessed of two very rich mineral properties in Polk County, Tennessee, now known as the "Isabella Copper Company" and the "Davis Copper Company" mines.  These mines are to be worked under Tennessee charters.  It has been resolved to divide the stock of these two companies among the shareholders of the Potomac Copper Company, as dividends of said stock in the proportion of 75 per cent, from each company.  The Potomac Company are also working a rich mine in Guilford County, N.C.