Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-11-11
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tied The valley Of kanawha7 II you
have not, then YOU I'D I've deprived your-
self ola grcattrtat. lhal ITO idea OF
any such land Of 'Pronsisc& until |
came to Western ' Virginia. ST.
In mineral resources tits. in some
respects at least. a very FL Dorado.
On either side ofkuhawha river the
mountains contain inexhaustible
mines Of coal; some of these mines
are now ingwprkeH With great sue
.ccss. The coal is sail to be OF the
choicest kind. IF Il ::
Here is manufactured, in immense
qualities, the best salt in the world.
Here. also, are the richest and most
fertile lanls tobe found anywhere, OK
tending along the ma jestic river, some
100 miles, till it empties' INFO the
Ohio. ~ r .I....
When Won leave the mountains
and first enter the valley, especially
in the summer season. yon are entire
" capt. waited BY the pd mtdsruespread
out before Won. Newer shall forget
the impress SION made upon my, Own
mini, when, III describing the last Of
-thc mountains, / caught the first
glimpse of Veg rirtt, HOW iplbided
amid PERCEPTIONS rocks, in its silrcry
waters, the merest stream, AMI now
rushing along down the messy lodges
and broken masses OF rock, until
reaching an expansirf bel of solid.
rdgy slate stone, it began gradually
to widen, anil finally broke npon the
view, sur ling river, extending inIo
one OF the most beautiful and roman
tic valltys<we had evtr sctp.~
I;ut/as Won pass along the New AMI
Gaufey rivers, which here unite and
form the kanawha. the scene becomes
more imposing. In. spmc places YOU
travel at the base Of huge masses. Of
rock, piled up tar aboY e you, it sh"nh
seem, by some c3nvul sion ot nature.
and which ) y its almost perpendicular
ascent, and juttiug, tlIowning crags,
furnishes to the traveller beneath one
Of the widest anil graniest views:
while the other side Of yonr roai is
shaded by ntajestic s. cAtnore3, (whIch
seem to grow here on mi indigenous
soil9 tur. Surprising, in statcl,ress.
the tuwerins 'tortst oak Of ''olI" NIr-
gina; while through the shady foil
age glistens, at d slnal distance, the
blue waters of tho kanawha. BIT in
addition to this, as yon pass along,
Won observe stretching far away, on
its other bank, those rich and lnxuri
ant panlpas, intercepted on one side
7 by il chang Of mountains, towering far
up into azure leayeussI Altogether,
YOU lave pr -esentetl oue Of the most
fascinating scenes ocnature. To-
These bottom lands frequently
change, to the view, their situation
sometimes extending along one side
of the river, sometimes on the other,
alternately yielding tothe great noun
tain ridges which pass Along on either
side; but VIII tcvcr theft location, pre-
sentinc Invariably the same richness
fof soil. After passing along some
80 miles, yon reach the mammoth salt
furnaces, which scattered along the
banks. obscure the skies for many
miles by their hinge. MA k5es ofsmoke.
You pass along these sflMt$, and in
IL short time. REACH Charleston. This
is Al business place; withal somewhat
aristocratic, and containing characters
known in the political circles, c. e.:
.h,dse Geo. w. Summers and our ac-
1conplished and estlmable Lieutenant
Governor, Elisha McComas. This
latter gentlc,nan, by The way, we
heard speak tately, at a political gath
cring: We hadno idea that MIR, Nc:
Comas was such an accomplished Or
ator: he,will compare well with the
best forensic speakers ill the4and
Some 80 miles below Charleston is
situated the cnterprising little town
'of Buffalo, one of the most important
places on the river II is beautiful
-iy located on the banks Of the kanaw-
liza, in Putnam county. WV
Here are conducted, on an enter
prising scale, various kinds on mer-
camille and mechanical employments,
and the town is growing rapidly
Each mans hlottYscems to be, %
n6Sa,l-no,lr ones receive any encour
arement. Thepeoplc indeed, through
| ont the whole valley. are proverblal-
III active-and industrions, consequent
| IL there are but few very poor persons
r. be found. Thirty years ago. this
galley was alnostIa wilderness; now
Ills diversified b,t thc most inviting
farms Of tho richest alluvial deposit,
appraiscl at 80 I'd 90 dollars, i'll the
general, per acre. H /, ..~. :.
Atno distant day this kan1wha Fe,
gion will be denseiy settled, and viii
contain very large portion of the
wealth of the State. Whenthe great
| Central lailruad Is completed to the
waters OF the Ohio when Eastern
and Western. Virginia become nnitte'
tby bands Of iron--then there VI II orei
rev and exhaustless resources y IN