Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-14
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IATURAL cURIosIrIEs IN VIRGINIA
From the Wmchtsirt (Vu.) Repuo.s.n.I
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Trout Kun The village oil Upperyills Har
dy county, is situated upon Trout Run, bold and
deep stream, /" bich forms one OF the princip.l
branches OF the Cspon river. 1t rises half a nile
north OF Cpperville from hssufe OF FINEST Il c
rocks, d-chsrges about 20 hossheads per minute
and orms, l.iling over the rocks below, a beau
.iiul Cascade. The run becoue AT once about so
ieet wide, washes a base OF Chestnut Cor Sand J
ridge, TIL IT reaches Uppervilie, then winds rs
way through the fertile bottoms of the valley Ia
apo" river, two miles distant. At it, head the
water Is remarkably cool, and he streams abounds
with Trout whence its natue On the east side
OF the run, is nsrTo strip Of bottom, which ex
tends TO the north into The settlements of DEVILS
hole aud Thornbouom, and the road proceeds
thence TO Arthur's aud Newman's iron works.
Shenandoah.
have before remarked upon the retired situa
II vi this valley. Perhaps thete is not another
-po IN he unIon where nature is more unres,TaIn-
ed and wbsre the impulses of sincerity and ruth
nave create sway. Every male oser I6 Is a
hunter and OF the company militia musters nearly
every man will We his r fle. A hunter calculates
on killing from 20 To 70 deer every season, s. yer
often exceeds this number. At public meetinss
on sundays and holiday, the young men turn ON
in their neat hunting shirts, made In Heir own
families. Thi- mark f Iusucity, however. II,
wearing away, as me tsyiors get footing within
their borders
The country a6ound- with mineral springs and
the iron mountains inexhaustible The spirrt
OF improvement has al l. ngh commenced and
VIII 30 on. The country is now flied up like
ONO The saw mills are Constantly going, and
green boards sell at the mills fot dollar hundred
he Winchester price
The staples OF Capon valley may be arrans ed in
two classe- LIST, Cattle, horses h ,gs sheaf corn
and hemp; 81, Venison, snake rool, linseed oil.
f." hiskey, allow aud butter.
Cspon rIyeris navIgable during the spring and
fall re-bets, TO the Potomac, abou, 60 miles from
IT. head | ha- recendy somewhat improved by
authority OF the legislature, and il expected hal
IN the course OF a few years it will be made navi
gable 81 III seasons
Lost RioeT.-Near he upper part Of Hardy CO.
rises stream which, receiving few tributaries
takes The name Lost RiUer, from the cIrcum
Stances OF It's sinking under a niountain AMI ris-
ing again alter subeTdneouS passage. Of three
miles.
What Is more remarkable is, thai there seems
TO b. 40 actual confinement OF the stream at ill.,
IL mins n but here is, on The Contrary, an entire
depression In the mountain, over hich = small
part OF The "a'er cons snily flow. The base of
the ain perfectly accessible to persons. and
an object ihrown INTO The water, j. drawn under
IT and disappears. The river is about 80 wards
wide, bold aud rapid, The qusuiity of water thai
passes over the depression is very inconsiderabe;
so that some opinion may be formed II the suber
raneous cavity. Al i's fesurfeciion It is called
On,l
name II preserves 10 it, mouth. 1t is ais remark
able throughout its whole extern, for the great
abundance otJron ore 10 he found in the hills sIony
IL ma GIN, which viii one dry be vast mine f
wealth, as he wood IN the mountains "a s be IN
xhaus IDLE f1r many Yeas Bat it J. sbou 30 o
~ "'iles l"wei down, win re North RIVER
~ IS, making what i ca led the Forks OF Canon
md around the place called q c Bloomery, where
his quantity OF iron ore appears TO be- greate-t. |
ND Is said by the old inh ibitans 10 have made The
rs OF iron when The Bioomefy was in operation |
many yesFs ago. Thi- Blpomer, gap IS The de
PRESTON through vhch iii- contemplated the Bal |
more and Ohio rail road III pass.
There Is large body of heavily tinbered land /
ying IN The gap, and extending {. aud acro-s the /
jsPon, with number of ore banks upon j., which
'ss been Kept IN reserve for iron works by its
'"nef, William Mayor, Esq. OF Romney, and - |
bought bl good Judges to be mos dv-ntsgeous
itna 100 Tor the purpose. Il will soon be brought
mo active perstion should the rail road 20
trough or near IT; and l cannot conceive OF a
'eiier chance Tor spectators. or finer opening
or men OF enterprise than Is here presented. The
water power afforded by the C.pon river. and b,
ne BiSOmery run which here emptis- into J. MONT
out 81 proper spot for the cree 10, Of ali kiyd-
u machinery; bile u Is commercial adv sutsges
mould ribcTthe rail road or Potomac esnsibs made
WI be onfiy'lled. i' is said hat one OF the many
Ine springs which rise in the gap, Judging by the
opposite 1t makes where IL issues, and by other
hMsctefi'ncs, very nearly resembles those OF
,,edioIdi and that there il another large spring
09ui two miles from this. on the vest side OF ca
on, near The residence OF Mr. Richmond, which
0ssesses The same QUALITIES as tbs well know
'ap Springs.
fFow run Ia M0or.feia, 25 mites. Leaving 4
'Ppefvlls, we ascend Chesnut ridge, a continna.
len OF sandy, aud after travelling miles, cr,-s !,
'ost river about mile above ns entoml-
'ent Three miles !urhsr FRO Tie eeiaJ,stedi