New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-22
s.,,,.,rwN RESOURCES.

"'o wa nominal loss of Three or -Four
Pn.r &c Dollars in the liberation oil her
s,ves and a real loss OF at least ca u"i a','o"n'
; ,be destruction by fire or otherwise oil puiiu-
,n,s crops fences, and other property Is unI
.,h,o1 And vet we believe that, in spite OF
<s.Ios.es and sufferings, she is actually worm
,o.aav than she was five years ago, be-
~an.e the overthrow of Slavery has insured
s''.olonment and thus given practical value, to
at mineral and other resources which, Dat
Gar the War. would have remained unused, ana
almost unknown, for generations, or until
cl.vorr sbould somehow have passed away.
4 Northern observer who has been traversing
and eypIoring a section of midland Virginia,
.rbicb lies between the Blue Ridge and tide
water. writes thence to The World as follows:
r,.ro ,onbe1 over the best portions Of Goochland,
--xanno and Buc bingham Counties, mixed ely WIN
fherpcople in oil conditions of lfe, ana Witnessed M
amount Of mineral wealth of which you IN tae Nortn
bnve NOT the remOtcSl cCuceptOnan amount OF Wcdln
o~,e canal To- if not in some instances. Surprising
anything 10 be found IN California know thar much OF
via Pam about 10 tel Won may pc MIN ncrye
dian or those who may doubt NE TO come here and
LOOK with their own eyes. ,...,..
That virginia contains tue precious tN'i,
ceoloei,t and mineraiogst has long been aware ana
Ore can be but few in eigent readers who are ieno
rant Of the fact that enormous fortunes have oeeh
extracted from isolated places OF wide REPUTATION
such for instance as the London Mine, in Bucking-
Ram County in this State But very few, venture 10
sry, kuow the vast amount Of treasure which runs
rough Virginia in her entire engtha distance OF not
sess than 2CJ miles by at least 90 miles in width
I'm that magnificent belt Of richness revealed to her
Sy the s0me mighty coDyuson Wh.ca heaved tie Blue
Ridge chain Of mountains from her womb are TO De
found in the greatest abundance gold silver copper,
mon Platinum, cinnabar, lead, plumbago. TN, coal
roofing slate of the durable kinG, marble OF the
rarest beauty and perfection and variety of other
valuable mineral substances-such as gypsum, lime
stone. soapsone, TOMBSTONE equal TO anything turkey
ever pr0dGced-too long for enumeration.
''My present has led me through places contain
Arg in large quantities. many of the abOyenamed min
erals bat principally gold, "copper" lead and roohng
slate l have myself visited and examined. infinitely
in company with three of the most eminent mineralo
gists in the United States. over % different mines
Livery of these abound in the most precious ores
Of these the owners have hitherto been content
with merely surface washing. although millions OF dol
lars are lying invtingly under their very feet AT
Others they have sunk shaft or two short depth into
the earth and then abandoned the work al the very time
il was just commencing 10 yield in earnest. content with
the thousands of dollars which their had dug
ont easily for them and uDmindfu OF the fact-wliCh
eyery miner knows Iel-tbat the real wealth Of gold
or copper mine usually increases in ratio TO It's depth in
tic solid rock. have not seen shaft here excayaed
eeer than 60 feet and yet IN California some have al
ready been sunk depth of 800 feet All these
mines NAV therefore be said TO be literally untouched
do eXaggerate when i say t1at came 10 many
place where a space Of many acres every piece
al rock each handful OF soil contained more or less OF
Gle precons metal. ard would abundantly repay Tor
washing crushing cane TO many Old and abandoned
mines where after all the apparently good pieces OF ore
had been carried Off the loose rocks left behind as mere
rubbish were teeming with golden PARTICLES.
It's believe. allowed among miners that ten cents
r bushe Will repay The labor and expense oil crushing
rock for gold; but there few gold veins visited IN
Virginia that DO not yield easily from one TO two penny
weight dollars per bushe of ore One OF them, partlcu
1urV fha Roll ara min (.oOgllllG IOuItV.
Welded much as $500 day from one crushing ma
chine Only and frequently elO) day from sn ordinary
Stamps. Nuggets Of gold worth from ~ to 81 each,
have been frequently picked up on its surface. The
same mineI al wealth Is well known to exist
through that whole region, for found and saw annd
snt evidences of u at the Telurium MarSs' waller,
Lowry, johnson Hughes Fades and Collins's mines In
tie same county of GOoohland at the Moseby Chalk
level. Fountain, Cox and Sands's mines IN fluyaLDa
County. and also at the LiGhfoot Ford, HobSon anu
Apperson mines in Buckingham County.
II shall naturally be asked what the people are dong
with all this of treasure lying at their very feet
Incredible it may SEEM mnst give the real answer
They doing Iothne-absolutely nothing. With |
exception the WGler) where the owners are sink
Ing little shaft, and from which one OF the negroes
sOHe confessed to that he manages every week 70
get. his share of pckngs his egeshel full Of
pure gold. did not see any effort whatever at deyel
oing these huge resources, In the whole OF my fort
sights travel. from mine 10 mine
. YQu i'll ask perhaps, why the owners not work
Inv these mines sincso wealth could be so easily eI
trscted from them. The answer is very simple. They
utterly unable 10 90 anything OF tue klhu W llu
their working hands all run away. aud without q Is
bill at their command or this s literally the condition
OF many a once wealthy man. planted upon an estate |
that duke might cOvei II Is perfectly Idle for men TO
be undertaking what only capital can struggle with.
To be sure they could roll up their sleeves and 60 to
god-washing on their own estates IL they knew how
IA Go it, as many Northern gentleman has done before
nov in the wilds Ut California and ldaho but the Nr
gini,n gentleman has not learned that yet.
IF ON the other hand 1t be osked why they did not
cultivate this wealthy resource while they had ample
power to do so, the answer IL equally simple They
lien did not need it, The wealthy planter. surrounded
by his hundi eds OF negroes ana enjoying al INC luxury
that man could covet cared little 10 know that by toll
ing nc could extract much more snperaonndant
wealth from the bowels of the earth; nor would be give
way 10 those Hing TO extract their treasures
BY toll His whole ambition was 10 ride over his broad
and boast that lie owned greater number OF
Slaves than his neghbors For this reason, so far from
inviting. he literally spurned any attempt ~ innovation,
and Ike the dog in the manger. prevented others rom
reaIing good that he had no idea OF ever enjoying
himself know 0. mine that was In full working
oder at the time of the Revolution that had sent IT.
millions OF golden ore across the Atlantic, but which
has been actually shut out from all the word ever since
hai tine and not dollars worth OF wealth extracted
ion II. Hascientifc explorer came IRON uie NoItp,
there have been proprietors known to actually refuse
his putting spade into the ground TO test the wealth IL
was known 10 be concealne
But. thank God. those days are over and have
every reason 10 believe that among the other blessings
erosga by this horrid war; not the least viii be
ocrd in its having battered down that adama tine wall
9i suicidal and beDghted prejudice which had 30 LONG
soad between The glorious Old Dominion and the LOFTY
prosperity for when Providence designed her, Slavery
which stood a grim sentinel. denying the en-
trance ofNornern capital and Northern enterprise into
ner borders, has at last been oyerthrown the door
ssnds wide open and inviting; the people are in the
utmost need Of what they proudly and Indignantly
spdIned There can be tuC result to all this. l
Eere distinctly prophesy that when the capitalists ana
people Of the North ~ realize the truth Of what
an but mperfecty laying before you there will be such
rsh Of capital and of emerants this favored State
As tbs continent before witnessed; not even ex-
'cepug the wondrous California excitement oil ls49
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