Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-13
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VIRGINIA

Inc Winchester Republican givss a ployino o,a,.-
mrhtoi ne bright prospects of that cuy. on he com.
pieiion oil the proposed Railroad { ON that place 10 Ha,.
pc. Ferry, and ihsnce 10 the Ono. Hall the s,ort
~ Is s'atu' mas been subsc ibed for m Baltimore. II h
easing 10 see the sister States OF Virginia ami Ma
lana mus Cooperating in an undertakings slika nnhI;.
spirited on the pdrI Of both, and advantageous n e.,h
me oeneh's /, be derived from it to the whole Of ,ha
terti,e country formif & the Valley OF the Potomac. e,n.
not be calculated. "''
dhs Vi,reioia Free Pres (Chnrles.own) says:
we Earn, by the Winchester pape rs, that Mr.
oh4", an engineer unde- the direeiien of Mr. c.,
tour principal engineer,O has been dsuuted IN maLsa
survey OF the routes. Tor he Winct ester and Ohio Raj
aoeu some OF 'hs titz n3 of Il r.on may not be
a"ore, at The first blush, OF the Importance Of y,his 80
TO QUE county. AT Present, th9usan- vTrrsyshsa.
rom ,he Norib"e'iero part Of vi s,nia are compelled
the Eastward; aaI~'he sringe spsctacls il every We.
prs,eD,~a =. Hemhers Of the Virginia Legislature ira
-yersing roads Il. Tough sboJe States, on their way to
Richmond.
1t will be recollected, tha, an sc' wa, pss.ed ain.
lh't session, directing a survey, dui ing The present
year, OF the Shenandoah Valley, with a view of ascsr.
tuning the best mode of Improvement
LII s in con!e mplaion also, to construct a RaJ.ro,d
from Staunton TO the Poto mac. TU s. TIL
TO THE EDITORS
| send for Your paper a letter, giving an interes,ine
account oil a Gold M ne, ~bicb was originally publish,
cd 10 a southern pap't. B-tng myself a resident ir
INA lower country, aud knowing he interest which ,
graz many gentlemen lake in the subisci in tina, see
,on Of country perhaps it may communicate ,om,
important ~'LfOrmAioo, ard be Interesting 10 YOUR rsa1
ers generally. YoUR FRIEND AND SuuscRInrn.
Edif0rs " Petersburg Intelligencer.
~ nave just returned iron. a visi; 10 The GOLD min
to Pit'syIvania county, Virginia, and am ,horougbl.
eohVlscsd' ual, with proper management, the busnes.
mlgn, De made very ~prrb'sble.
WINE IN PfisyYsna, | visited several mine. ..
nlohg when was The 'a'usble one owned bv M, viii
Nam u. IL ywood OF Pity,vanis, and F.pncis l. R.y
all E'q' oil Halifax. There are several mioss in n
county tu' none SO vrluable az his. which is genera,
" hoUghi ~ be The richest in the United Sta'ss, Tb-
'Diica Ions which present themselves on the urface r.
III, nl1P are commo bu, 9 appea.ance iu The vein
ubuefn'a'b, u mosi s~InEulaily srkrnE. TIE vein il
composed p"rIy OF large waite Amt rocks. eompae,lv
Ia'o, am pressn,s tho appearance Of prrpend,cuIar
~alI' Between these rocks are layers Of hard CLAW. mr.
orr OF a copper color, mixed throughput wtib "a, ielss
OF gold Large pieces Of gold are also fseouennv found
imbeded IN these solid rotks. Thi1 vein ~ rocIs ,oa-
inues SOLID t. "d'~r, alter winch ~ found yha, 4, firm.
ed "honey comb" or ore conlainirg mors goId ,han
- IOnbu ~ any on or substance in The uioe. The p
seems to be a soft rock, rema, kabIy p,rous. exhib;,ina
ai 'he symptoms OF having once been i'm a stat 49,.
on., II ~ - Q me only ."" a.. mas been die,
coVsIeu 10 'h'' mine s>.eral pieces Of meal which
az nis seeine' anomaly, have been gathered, and
a'1' unoel gong an analysis, were found IN be a sim
"" mixture OF copper and silver in the erudsst state.
I.efe 10 also found, crowded in The same vein, several
uNne.d,s OF uilrreot ~kinds-SulpbUr, Prussian blue,
arsenick, pyrites, &c, '
me misery OF this mine Is a little curious. and AZ,
,I..s an adJuio9al eyidense, and a Striking evsmp'e,
10y success winch always attends parsevefsncs,
'npout eigh'een or twenty months ago. the aboye
kenuemen purchased The tract Of land on. bfaeiog 1bis
s'u mh'' from a man in moderate eircumsfauees,