Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-08-24
an enormous coal seam of from fra.
twenty feet in thickness" 'ee" 10

on 'oorm"u' coal seam of from 6ho.. A.
twenty feet in thickness" 10
~ 'he saline formation fittio can h. .;a
Win certainty, excep, Of that in the voII..s
W NJ 1rp't aud Little Nanawhs. High ~,
on New River and at one or two ;sn UP
the Greenbrier, salt waller ba, ~ o,nts on
ava SAT- works attempted; but ab.nJ.;,
rom Inc weakness or insuliciehcy Of .ur',,-
VI me prime. Professor r. thinks iha, fp ,p
me continuity and identity of the 80.
| ."e VIDE area between where the salt no,nnf,n-
lure snow carried on, and the eastern hon.
ua'y OF Tins region. we may reasonable .nn
pose mat saiIferous beds may be fonnJ ;.
| nearly every portion of il. '
On The Great Kanawha, The. wells mr., .,
,t a,n'us uepths, rarely exceeding 400 feet
tney are sunk on both sides of The rivsr e..
distance Of more than twelve m;I.s TT,
or'ne contains scarcely any suI:bate ofI;ns
q" gypsum, which renders the process ofnh
,aining The salt in pure crystalline conJ;,;o
less difficult. About three millions ~ 49,
els OF fait are annually made from The s.i;.a.
IN tins vicinity, and in the manu- (ac,urs 49,
man twice The quantity of coal is Consumed
very year Than is produced by all the coal
n lnesoi Eastern Virginia put together. The
r. says, this coal being procured
I,ptt inc NILS adjacent TO the salt furnaces -
obtained at comparatively little Coz,
senung an example of the fortunate a5ar,.
ioh OF me resources OF a region 10 each o,bsr
VI "h'cn lew equally remarkable bre In ~
met win any where in The world ,, IT,
Professor con'inues-"E Enterprise iuci,ed hS
50 haPpy combination uf advantages conIS
no' IAN OF oestowing prosperity upon a repior,
y" nv" IS mus blessed, and we therefore fina
upo' mo "hoie extent of the VALLEY
even over a wide extent of countrv coa a'n
ell indirectly with lis operations. n degree n
ac"viy, and industry and wealth With 49,.
"ou'n m vain look for in our rural di.t,;,,.
generally, and which, when FIRST behsI5 aT
Ter quitting the wild and almost un;nb.hn..
regions ny which the traveller from the IT,.
approaches The kanaw ha, cannot fail IN lin.
"ie IN ms mind vivid sentiment of pride
establishment and pleasure"
frofesser Rogers in commentioo rno, III;
region concludes 18th the following remarLs.
Row magnificent is the picture of The re-
sources oil this region, and how exbilara,;n,
we contemplation ofall the happy influences
upon Inc enterprise, ealth, and intslIectu.I
OF its inhabitants. WHICH .r..
rapidly TO follow the successive deyai,na
meni oil lis inexhaustible mineral possess;nn.,
IN acoun'ry where the channels of ne,rIv ali
'he prihcipal rivers have bean scooped ON, i'm
p1'. 'Htough neds oil coal, where some of
mem are paved with the richest ores of ,ror,
s,,,;., - 10y IoCR HseI, the sterile
sandstone OF The cliffs and mountains ;s a.,
Iiched al Certain depths with abundant ,ta,na
Vi sui, "hst more Is needed to fulfil tho b,n-
py anu glorious destinies that awaits ,ban
20 AWAKEN enterprise 10 due appreciation Of
me golden promises, il holds out. and IN d.
rect industrious and active research IN ,ho
thorough investigation OF The character nosi.
''on ~, ana uses Of the treasures il contains?,
his completes these numbers. Wesba,I
i fe.a every opportunity, however, to Ray be-
I",v cur readeFs every thing in our power re-
S!a,es prosperity. We design occasionally
giving something relative 10 The MANY cur.
1 pS Tor which our State is DISTINGUISHED
or the matter OF which the foregoing num-
oers have been composed, we ere indebted
almost solely TO Professor Rogers. They
nay been prepared, however, at The expenss
OIL some labor 10 US in condensine.