Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-25

! reader some very remarkable facts, illustrating
I the mineral aud agricultural resources OF South
Western JTigjnio, interesting as they are not
| only with reference To the mere local advantage
of that part of the Sin,e, hut in their bearing
upon the wealth and power uf our beloved Nir.
gum. In the communication of these facts. /
have interlarlcd them with some descriptive pms
sarcs aud peastntric~ (dull enough | fear, }
which, If they have iiveiglrd single reader into
n perusal of the important statements presented,
have Ia that extent accomplished my object.
retu urn Ia my theme. resuming the description of
those Mineral Resources with which my lust con
cluded
he Salt md Gypsum uf Washington and
SMITH. | have spoken of with some particularly
In nv Inst. | Described visit to the '.Wythe
Union Lead Mines | stated that their annual
product worked IN their very rude style. Is about
400 tons. learned at The Works that cost of
n ton of Lead ready for marset.i- about SO -
Its present market value il Sl30. from which
would have TO be deducted the cost uf tratsptr-
istion. leaving indeed grand prof. The own
ers are very industrious gentemen, bat very
prudent, aud will extend their phns and opera
tinns cautiously.
The chief point of interest, however, is The cN
tent af the Lead region. No satisfactory cApor.
alton has been mnde of il; but Lead has been dis
covered nj different points along New River for
some 81 miles beginning some distance above
Cripple Greek, where the Union Mines are lnca.
he'd and extending down TO below Peppel's Fer
~ Then what il said to be very excellent Lend
nre. hes been discovered On The land OF DIR. Jas.
Rent ef Montgomery, upon the head waters nf
The Roanoke; due east from Peppers Ferry, and
in the heart OF the Alle6hancs. The Virginia
aud Tennessee Railroad isvery near these point,
and intersects the line of discovery above Pei
prr's Ferry. - Tint here we have very extern
sive Lead region, whose ore developed at yari
ous poinfs,is ve,y rich: but which has been work
ed only OF one point. aud in nn exceedingly ptim
aive WY. When the Railroad makes this de-
pasi, better known aud the works become more
extensive und modern, Lead will become an i'm
ppytant aud profitable article Il commerce in Ah-
giua.
The Copper Mines of Carroll. Floyd and Gray.
son, one of modern discovery, aud have been
bat partially explored. From discoveries made
at different points in line running east north
enst, and west south west. il Is ascertained tint
the copper region extends u distance of 50 miles
from near GraySon G. H., across Carroll 10 near
Floyd c. II. Mines have been opened in all these
counties; but the main operations are IN Cnrroil,
from which alone ship tents OF ore have yet been
made. IN th. country there are hour companies
operating The Paint Bank Company (Georgc
Stuart x Coz hnSe opened extensive miurs nuA
sent 500 tnns vt ore IL market. They have also
opened hree extensive mines IN Floyd, the Ton
l
pnny in Carroll (l,achnan, Peck X Co.D hiyr
sent or con- lrrnbc qunlitilio- Of very good
ore. They have pped five mines. The ID iton
Company ALEXANDER Pierce 4 Coz have opened
an extensive mine; but have not shipped much
ore The larnall Company 81 I'm l. Ysrnal X
Coz are getting rendv for extensive mining OPP
erations--they hnve cut copper al or 10 differ
ent places, which promises well. The dscove
ries made at various points along the line above
a, a. a.,
lead continues rich all the way it being at every
point there Dissolved sufficiently valuable for mi
ming | calcula in a letter that the
mines worked hv Bpohmnn q Co., which are val
ucd at Fl 900. 600 will yield $50 10 800 tons Of
ore per mouth, valued at S25, 900 or $4,000 or
$500 QUO to S359000 per annum. The writer
does not say what will be the expenditure in
raising this quantity of ore | guess that this is
pretty strong calculation. he says, however.
that 81 ending recently week at the mines of
TIL, same company, the hands averaged Ss3H3
each per day, supposing the orc to yield % per
cent. \ very rich Wien recently opened yielded
n lump Of ore weighing 500 pounds, piece Of
Of which being assayed yielded Go ., 65 per cent.
The vein in which it was found was opened %
feet lengthwse and ] o feet width.
This copper RECON is certaily very wonderful.
Ii has been pronounced the most extensive de.
posite of copper in the world. TRUMAN SMITH,
late member of Congress from Connecticut, has
recently visited Carroll county to take peep at
the copper leads. He il II member Of the Cliff
Mining Company Of Lake superior, and well in.
formed in the premises. Hcis'repored to have
declared that he was satisfied that this Virginia
copper field WIS the largest yet discovered in the
world.
Tho mines are chiefly under the direction and
management of Tenne ssneans frnm the Dpcl
town Mines of that State. The region lies nvar-
" parallel with the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroa l. and the mines from ~ TO :}2 miles
distant from It. So vast a deposilc of copper n
this is represented 10 be however, must have n
convenient outlet 10 market. There are two
plans pr ject d branch to the Virginia aud
Tennessee Road and an extension Of tho Dun
vile Road through Henry, Patrick and the cop
per region, To the Virginia and Tennessee Rnnd.
1.-THE statements that have appeared any
thing near the ruth, this great copper field will
add immensely TO the wealth of Virginia, and
especially of the greet South West.
| The copper orei at present shipped to the
! Smelling Furnaces of the Northern cities. Why
cant the capitalists of Richmond or Lynchbure
| Greet Smelling Furnaces, and make the profit
now derived from the ore at the North Rich
mond has the coal AT hand. The cost Of Fur
mace is said to be almost 5000, 00o but the profit
| from the smelling process must be large.
+ There is now imported into the L. State:
| about S3,500, 900 worth of copper. more than a
million of which is important duty free in the
! form of sheet copper for the purpose OF sheath
| ing vessels. With the immense mines of South
/ Western Virginia added TO those Of the Lake.
may we not only cease to be importers, hut be-
| come exporters of this valuable metal, furnis hng
| il +, other parts of the world
Very rich Iron ore has been discovered, and
once worked, at Peak Knob, near Newbern in Pa
| iaski. The same DESCRIPTION of ore has been dis
| covered for range of twenty miles, on the Soutl
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