Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-18

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account nt the late wonderful discovery uf copper
mines in the counties uf Carroll. Patrick and Floyd,
send yuu letter on til" subject, Io dispose al Ia You
NAV deem proper. II hardly necessary for II. in
sav ihui The writer Of this letter, cItizcn of Carroll,
and although scarcely arrived nj the meridian of life.
occupies position for great moral worth and high III
ttlcciuH hitainncnis, hardly inferior O that of any
other man in Scuih-Wcs;rru Virginia. His stair-
mcnts, think, therefore, are worthy Of the fullest
ildcnC.. j.
HILLsVi;LE, CARROLL Co.. July II, !SJI.
Dear sir Your letter "t enquiry init th" cia-ac-
ter, condition and Anticipated results "f the copper
discoveries, in h- an, r"ac adjoining counties hU,
been received, and deserves the br-T reply an a'
give II. AN "ni' sorry tia" Your application was
10: directed 10 some more capNhl" haI: u".r,i ~;
giving ynu The desired information. nai" nr pro-
tessiom uf g.nlr.ra! or Inilr.incicai km"wl,h-r.
Such iuiormGo; rs can afford, is only the result ri!
observation, lnndr, nad facts learned Without hc ben
eff oi scientific G-cp p.!ur experience and such ms
any individual nj ordinary intelligence and capacity
might acquire and communicates. Such MS It ls, how
ever, il hc uf interest," IL nn: service I" vn
Through. Carroll county there runs two prnriPni
veins or icdds, they hl- called. Da. "i ih"-o i
,Jlninuniy called the iron lead, ir0n the fact
that is presence i iDd;'atr hv sprcrs ot r"n ore
cropping ont "n Ia" sh:i;irc E many points AMI the
copper "r" found ;!i:- nr j. miirg.i with iron in
various forms nu! combinations. which only g'"":
@c"'n-s w"'!! properly "Nl.TiH :" y"H "i l. hg:"-
fore, sinl undertake. tie task. ! Ti,-: eastern
Tnncray'S land nnd Nnw,;u, lani. in F,..y: nj .:is:
hav" not hrur "f my disrovcrio. farther "n-t au
rhn: point. From Iuarrays !: rnms westward. IA.
thsr southwest: p->:. uI.. -: fi.v, L runs nn,rv
across Carroll county, p;ssiu- ali ioi,f m"s n"riI
Of llillav!ll", the County scat. III" whole Distance
through which il tas ~ :""ccd nnd shown exist,
with more ~ les ""r;a,u;y amG '-ilncmr:f IS SON"
inriv mi.i"s liE .. uc:: cuur.c CORE spuHL> with I.
OF IN Ba' Ridge !,-.'n- - follow Ii" smHo.;';,a
"i The mnu.,:r!'.s. hrin ra IN 40. .i,, bur
ten milo distant.
On ,h.- line ,Hr!rus development. ;#v. been made.
a. In...ay'r and nl-"rj Nuwm'- in IioYj. copper
~ r"E..!C.ah' ucam:J;rs aIIu f g"ut qua!i!r
has lt. discovered Al tire" pn.n'..i II NJ: more, IN
Care" county Ia" ore has '""H found. These juiH:S
nrr EliiHI Su;l,in'. ,'n" i>lrkir'.'s and ''r""-'
CHrr.s. - tr"..r9 u j. v"', abundant Aal "l i'm"
guaiy; "ad lc owners ii Lp' i:orcrI! ":c u'" pug
;i,i:, ruiid:r raG'.:-' Other arrangements ;n-
ra.-m.: and removing III, mineral. Examinations
hav" also been nude amt rHrIou. -Hli"R"ns hr'' ~
progress ~ other pHi - on ih.t hnc-Il"rr or .s"
promising i'll their CIa:uct":. Ih'= lnuc! has ii""r
demons trIicd That there - copper along ;i!i- 'i'.
line. Enough has been uuUc 10 7Htis:Y ever: nu"
that various points, a. ~ un"Nauind. or only partly
opened contain much aud n, good orc aSHlr -:
those which arr developed. Appearances Gnd rI.-
:acu nGicaOu. wer. peter "n the laIr.-. already
>ucCcs,lu" examined, il.an vRrlOu- Oih'r !::ICis
s,!l Gwa.:;n exploration. In fact, the veins urca1r
opened are scattered at such G!rtaaccS from c,rh
";ngr along the l!uc, and the e"rncst % appearance
Of the wh"!e leGj is -iTIk!I:" n! IA" extent of
;hcdcpositCs may he calculated on, almost with GER
;anv.
The other prl..ipal IL, "r lt0d Is called ;i.c mi
Tive lead" from H." Iac; hat this line hnvc ."'
:oIli many specimens "f Haii'e cGp"F. In G"pi"@'-
cal formation the dtpnses on ih!s line Giiicr vcrT
mat, rally from those on thc Iron Lead. On the
HH'irc lend the copper il MINI -!ct wi:h quhT:z and
other formations Of Ike character. This Hniivc lead
lies between the Iron i.cal nmd the Blue Ridge he
in. some six or seven miles Snnih "i the Iron Lead
Hni running nearly parallel with II; >" you viii per-
Il. IL.
tween the two lcnds In cXtcn: the ndt!r" Ir0d ln-
been traced some twenty miles. more or iesr. he
most Eastern point Il, winch has been opened /, "ii
the land Of John Sutphin, on Burks Fox, come Ten
miles Ens, Di IIillsvill" and II has been traced 10
points some ten miles West Of the Village. He only
inne opened is at SU;phins, wII'r valuable d-r'y"-
ric~ have been made. But on iL!s a. "n the Other
line. the discovery o valuable IcPosltc- 4: one point,
demonstrates The rs"Icc "i hi'!rra ~ ono: POINTS
This ...s,g L.l!,! was the one ir-t d-"nvrrcd and
preparations We're made lnr AZ "iiI'ri cNP"EHti'ii
"' 1t before attention WAS attracted T." H." 'lr"" l"i'
During the la. spring mincr- were induced ;"c%nm-
imc the lu;cr. anl the opinion bccnmr general that
was much more valuable than the i"rnrr, bu quite
recently experienced persons ir"m the Icmu,sscc
mlne- have visited the ~" lines, and have ir"hoilCrt
the native lend 10 he very valuable.
lcslcs these main Lends there nra various short
lines connected with these principal VEINS Some of
these side JrErt< are doubtless OF great vau'. and
have heard that day or two ago copper wa. iound
10 Mr.. Martin Dalton, and upon winch company
from Wythc county IL operating.
That Il lars" quantity e! copper ia - he found in
th!s country is now matter admitting {" 10 doHhi.
There mny be question as 10 Whchcr INC ihics are
q! character 10 he pruiitabiy worried! som" ni the
undcrfakcrs think that this problem, TOO, i solved.
md II, any rate they are gong "a w"rH. But It only
one mtrc in ten proves profitable then larr"i! il Oh"
Of the richest mining countries on the globe: No;
only Is the quantity of The article t"-c'hcr win lis
we are 10 estimate the unusual facilities for
obtaining the ore from The mines In no instance,
so far Us | have learned, has ii been necessary to
extend the excavations 10 the depth {" forty ioct, anu
nearly ali the mineral deposits have been inund Mt
much less than tha, depth. From the formation of
the country und the shape OF the lands "1iCh afford
the metal, trnnsi,Ry il praccaUIc nj nearly every
point this affording the chrapeS: and nosi efficient
mode o! procuring The ore.
Indications Of :lc presence "f other 'n"n!s ARE not
wanting. Mingled with the copper in some instances,
ani separate from il in others, are cvi"nccs "l The
nre..r.. NJ lin b;smu,h z:uc lead, and even silver
aud gold. IL shur; thcr' are DOW hri;E H;"uGat 10
lisl, IN this rrgIuu the richest nGgnahie Nac'T .!
mincre! products amd there IS p;"oAH.E II! !ocn!:y
in whici IN accomplished in.nGra'-!'' t"G!H ehec'
more i,r ii. own rcuta:io", nrl the good I" Ic CON-
m,lui,y ,h,, il ;!is ;..l.bornnJI. Indeed had the
r..,;.u; of the large sums "f money usC!"-s.v SIuaI.
dcr",l upon villa, C"'''9 he rc""S''hi 'urN:F i
Virginia, prrfurrnc'i iier Gu;v, The G"cFai"'l"sH
he.y ,r,,,nnnd and The cu.:i.ry wou! either have
been cr;oving their benefit, or have been suii'f"!
nothing ~! value cor!d be '"ua'',
Vi course speculation is at high f5urc; In La21s I
which Twelve months ago were c"H~iIeEe" ha'"i!
worth the ,a,.s, now command fabulous prices l.
i. tho case for the most part that the copper s found
upnn land otherwise worthless. Hci'c'T IN lhc
wo. !iuc OF the hu:, he: m indira'i;n been found
on land tha: has ever hrcn i'n"v"'. l. Is ci On ,hs
most barrer brn,hv worthless ridges 0f NJ leaat Inc
greater part. 5, inuch the better The goot land
viii Nil h ln;. ;n feed the miners. En-; H. valU" ni
MI property is materially rihnnc'l BY ihc,r m.;l:y
discoveries Already the InHnTncH "' i!'e labor Hna
ne have already been i:sbu:scd. even IL III infancy
of the movement and when .hc operation shall have
been carried out, OF there is no ten" the ei-
feet upon property as W.; ns on the bnilfS Of the
nfnjrs and piye new impulse every branch OF en-
terprizs M nni industry. Already they begin to ;aik
of a branch of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,