The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-06

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We recently noticed the fafs .". were load. |
n'o,ns -. -, =. their mines 90 ooe' 49,, oss
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.a.r from pos,eu f"r iz"" u"'"
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We 49, TN. orders for the Ataeoe e'ies VI
,ssas 80 s,,ed By shIppieg the coal IN eoa's
snc ~. x.n.uha River 20 the Ohio, along and
oo." river they are tosed 10 Pittsecrc rem
y notnt the coal 10 conveyed By railroad 10
~. ss,ns,a. whore II takes water carriage TO
Nav York aud Boston. This Is q shame TO 'its''
n,.. The KanAwha coal basin 10 the most exse'.
Awe and valuable In the United Safes. For rue
surfsce Of country IL covers. as yell ss ''r Tue
number Of ts coal veins and the value OF TIE coa'
Il Il without an equal. Uader all the dissaSsn~
asxes Of communication, that exclude II rom Tue
chief marts Of the country. We here see that Tue
coal Of that region 10 - valuable that u Is otae'ea
from extreme Northern cities We're tee james
River snd Kanawha Canal completed the hshswhs
valley would At once present scene OF sct'iy
and prosperity, little dreamt OF 10 Virginia An
amount Of CAPITAL and Industry would be al oDcc
xss,.h Of that valley, of which We eau form now
bu. so imperfect estimate.
rhe recent discovery Of Camel coal oil, and the
almost Incredible amount ct that oil yielded by
the csrrel coal Of the Ksnawba. has given that
c,a, a greatly enhanced value, and very much sp-
rrccss.ed The cea' property Of the kaaawha va'-
ley. TIE companies there are engaging actively
~ tho nanufactrre Of this oil. Messs. oocns,
4 n. Ia Inn oftf
crude oil per day, q. their mines, % miles above
Charleston. Messrs. Alien T. Caperton { Co. are
erecting large oil factory on Paia. Creek, near
the Ksnaxha, aud will shortly oeRin to manu-.
Ecsure she OIL Their vein of Caunel coal is very
thick. and Of superior qca!ity. Messrs. Greer
Co are erecting works some five miles up Lens
Greek, another tributary of the KaDawha, where
they have coal mine, With Canuel coal vein-
Messrs. Ccrwia Co. are manufacturing both the
crude and rshued oil, near the mouth of Elk
River and arc erecting another large factory q
few m!iee up Mil Greek, q tributary Of Es, which
10 Itself . tributary of the kanauha. Other com.
pauies are spoken Of, We learn from the Valley
Star OF Charleston, and there is every probability
that n the miners cannot do large business in
shipping coal they will at least carry on the mana
fdctxre of coal oil with energy and profit. 1u the
form of oil, they can get their Camel coal TO
market with comparative ease and with great
esia TO themselves, while such are their disad-
vsutages 10 the attempt to transport coal, that
they cannot conduct that business, except upon
the most limited scale. Fortunate, therefore, has
Il been for the Kanawha valley-fortnBate for the
holders Of coal property there-thst the process
of distiliing valuable oil from coal has been dis
covered. 1t gives them some occupatioL-it ena'
b,es them to derive some profit from their invest.
ments-it attracts more capital to that region
gives some additional stimulus to the development
Of iss mineral wealth-and, may We not believe
increases the power and influence of that section
of Virginia, 10 its efforts In behalf of the grea
works Of tho James River and Kapawha Canal
and the Covipgton and Ohio Railroad?
The Kanawhs coal interests, great as they are
sss but one OF the elements Of the commerce. tn,
wealth, of that inexhaustible interior of the Mis-
sissippi Valley which will be drained by the Jane.
River and Kanawhs Canal. The opening Of tina
canal wouid cause the nanawha Valley to swarm
with IN industrious population, actively engaged
In working the mines and in manufacturing; bu
1t would be at the same time the conduit of a com
mercs having no relation to the local enterprise
there, which wouid dispense prosperity and wealth
from one Of lis extremities to the other, and fa'
beyond either of them. Yetin the mineral wealth
of Western Virginia alone there lie enough to JUS
tify the completion of that long neglected work
Were rich gold region suddenly discovered in
Kansvha. the people would experience at once q
great sensstion-every body would bs looking fo'
wards Kanawhs-every body would desire to have
M interest 10 the mines, and most persons would
like to pick up with their own fingers some of the
itch earth. The Covington and OHIO Road would
be at once pushed forward, for every body would
want 10 reach the gold region Us quick as possible
suA even the James River Canal would not be for
xotten In the enthusiasm Of tie day; for it would
be needed to transport supplies for the miners
Yes that Valley shopuds ia what is more valuable
than gold-wha. will DO more to make Virgins
grea. than gold mines--and what would TAI better
compensate her for building great highways O
trade and travel than wonld rich mines of the
yellow meta, which would TO her too soon illus
srate the sdsge tia. it 10 the root of all evil
Let us hepe that the mineral wealth Of the Ia.
nswha, now attracting 10 much attention. may
facilitate 10 some extent the completion OF that
greatest Of our State enterprises, which s 'oopeu
soyirsnia new heaven and new earth 10 bright
en- and prosper her destiaies