The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-12-07

hand y ..s;a and thclroprictorst 9. o. thes. OIL
into sf emitting their fortunes to tsS.e otthe
lana H. State State gave q "ticket-oi''eaveF to-
mother ,' Northern associates, and, the dill /;
their then ,, min, were generally abandoned fa
and the pun" ana the rifle. The rebellion is not
the sa.ic i i crushed it is true, for Ike cat
yrt cnt're'! havc several lives but it is pretty
it seems ,' !" conceded to be played out" d.
to ,' Such is the security e,'' .t =! Any n's
any! any, there is beginning TO N s,,T n.oc Heus
thai ; ;" KanawlIa are beng unPiussSl, md s
on i|.' %,s commenced to =. eonsiderslls IS.
boring LA, .S;s valley and other comparatively
gree g. Gn,Is with tho. most promising Syalt
new 'I ,i'a, " dad mH strike lie" IN lh.s s1aa
basin. ,,ny New Workers think their s,lt
Very ,'' s,.;-c,,sc IN immense thing, aud 70
works IL It'll one begins TO make eonHt.
they arc '""".,trastcd with those above Cnr:
i,on in this valley 'hey mo''u r~n Sn
a am. Sr"s a, least, $eyenty:llye il'c ae'rss
CIV. IT,, ~ .borl space Of three miles, pImw1S!u
IN '' 'r,;ne deposit by the bucEcs'ul anq' "
the S''' Il" ,IsIn!an, is it that tho works, nox
dre"' ;" , H are paying dead rent" as they
In"l.'' ~ usrl,aps ahundlcd nciSlborlns kalt:
call H. ." ~ much per year to keep. tlsS
w' ~, and thereby ciini,lr dre otliSrs 10
p" ;,i$, ,Lc price Of salt. THUS ono Inata
'"i It:,,.rnnr.bctwccn Syracuse and kanawhi
III, -, ".' i,rner being constantly drained to her,
..'n.. r,paci,v, while the latter IL losing
1"; mere drop from her great ocean Of sal
GG"". :. r,;,,,,;,,6,,s snl;ht and Dan,
i "s IN Ills ,nrt Of tho State is,also truly
, 's.,uiI,:ng. Al Tx high hills arc 'nll Oil,
S Snm~ Of item containing hal: dozen seams
y,ry;u- from four to rs high as ''lteGn ieet ID
il ,;':,I"r>> Is we 20 up the great kanawhi
;. i.;".r ,br first. high mountain range Which
y '" $685.. ,,r ichollcr' is that bordering on
y .,n TIr,,,l:co River II is understood tlat
>. ,n;. uro,.r,v consisting Of between three and
I " ;hnr>an,l acres, has recently been pr.
= '.,,.,mi hy = Mr. II. +. AvErIIi, for partlesln
II V"w y,:k Civ. and that il will bc deyc!opSsl
-, n,,,.. Prof. +. J.. FISToN, Of ColumNs
= COLLEGE. having been here for. nearly sl'No
weeks masking thorough examination Of It
&c FIR that purpose This point Is but thirty.
" r;,l, miles up the Kanawha from the OH.
Y liver arI is accessible by steamboats, and
;. i,.rr, =; al! seasons OF the year. Nr
.IIYlu ErwAgnS. Of New York, has recent
- IL commenced to dcyclole large coal pro.
/, ier;y on Cabin Creek, some twenty mules
+. above Charleston aud eighty miles. from t'e
o. m,r,h Of the Kamwla. and the Wincsnd
;. Coal Company on Fields C:rck, near by, AZ
row over two hundred yards into tho man
hill. The fact is. tia. there are thouSandS 5
II unon thousands d! acres Of tho very best cca!
:. lands in lie Valley Of the kanawha, MI o.
W which ,o.ls, some DAY come into the market,
-. and ;ha; ,!ay will he when the Great Nan
aw!,a River is cleared Of tho shoals just above
> and iu>; lc.ow Charleston. which, now some
e whit ol.<;r,,ct navigation in THAT i9iucd!atc
% vicinity.
,r En-, coal is 10, The only mineral deposit in
tl,coc mammoth hills. Veins Of iron orr nc
~ i;,;i"L in nearly all Of them, and frequently
+" master vein iSiiscovc.rl ofIEcCmm0n purity
nc Seams q. fir. clay, as ;hick a. fonr and :irt
v feet, are also {" he ;nc; WITH AMI in the mat
IS ter Of lirin. stoves and sal: furnaces, when
+, coal is BURNED, this article will soon begin t
attract its proportion o: attention. irr7
IptiS Oh cIElIh, IIiic IIl'i "i"e'' AN wy w"
o. mon to these hills, and every now and thcr
's alum am! sulphur spring., most highly i'm
II. prc.na,cd, are icing brought to liSi,t. Capt
=, GREGG, Of the Seventh Yves; Virginia Cavalry
+ !, practical gcoo.iSt, has collected over tcr
=" thousand mineral specimens in this valley
ard vicinity during the past five Years, nnt
from 4 cur>Jry examination Of them, 50 end
less and wonderful is their variety, that on,
C. cannot contemplate the future OF this Stat
without wishing himself TO occupy some Use
iul /! not conspicuous part III her carly dc
rc!"pncnt. There are hut few men Of talent
and promise left within her borders. .Jud5
rs SUMMERS and Col. BEN SMITH, Of Charleston,
p rank, as lawyers, with the great men of YOU
at city; but, aside from half dozen such a
or they, the bar Of West Virginia is at the low
r. est cbl', and offers inducements TO -youn
st men Of worth which cannot be oycrratcd.
OF could not close this hurried sketch. limit
IT. ed as my time is, without mentioning tn
ot lamc of hat noble patriot, the Hon. .Ion
Ge HALL, Of Point Pleasant. before the oil
III State was divided, he ably rplrscnte
II, Mason County in the Lower House and als
~ II the Senate, and having accumulated
y Prncc!y fortune for these parts, shrcwi
III honest and iar-Sccins, he became, as an adyc
d. cate Tor the formation of the new State,
u KIND OF cornerstone on which the slY,crSirac
q. lure was to rise. lie vas called to prrsid
ii. over the convention which gave birth to III
III New State, and has ever since contribute,
AT largely Of his time anil means towards Ike
en- advancement. | found him here on nv ar
Us rival, 4 day or two since, we'll stricken i
grief, mourning the loss of two sons, both G
cy whom have fallen i'll the service Of thci
on country.
lar Both Maj. JonS HALL, of tie Fourth Yves
y" l'Elnia Infantry, and Col. JAMES Hall. {
IN the Thirteenth West Virginia Iniantrv wcr
o. Killed in the line Of their duty, while Gallant
NY " urging on their rsncciirn "s s.I'l" az