The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-04

Itucsy; It aboundS IN coal, iron, cannel
ioll, salt, timber, and cattle. No Erea
Developments hRVe vet BEEN mnde IL
Its minerals; several minES, however
have been opened, and they aze founI
rich and productive. ThS three las
named rivers have oil been made naHt
gable, by locks and dams, for 50 or .
miles Into the Interior; but they are o
EveEy uncertain utility, IN consequenc'
.Of the impetuozity and iFregulArtty o
their currents; n0works, therefore, cal
be permanently carried ON Rt prom
whose produce depends for Its exporta
tion ON the water OF these rivers
Wheeling, the present capital Of tn
State, is q city Of considerable import
tanke; II Is the terminus Of the Balti
more and Ohio railway, has seSeFa
,lifon works. fOuhdEies, engine shops
ilmills, and factories Of HATious kinda
Asa commercial entfepot It is not vel
i IlOehted, hding az the very extreme
northern corner Df the State; IL has
.ipFosper0us and tlIEiVlng trade, but
.l1shieh Is lar more due toythB Industry
ilpeFseyefance, energy, and intailigencC
OF It's citizens than 70 It's location. With
NIL liz smoke, and clatter ofits noisy
streets, we like Wheeling. There Is d
kind OF freedom, npenress, and cordial
Inv Teryadlng all GLASSES Of lts society
which is quite refreshing its hotels an
EcomnodI0uS; the McIire House Is a
flne establishment, certainly one OF tho
VERY best In the State; charges modeT-
late, with excellent accommodation. To
the tourist we would say, do not miss
stayinR u day'oP two at Wheeling you
lwijl be pleased with its beautiful SCENE
nv, its unique, pretty suspension bridge
Ithat spans the Ohio River, AdrNmble
on tho hills, and "a peep into its nuIRer-
ots coal and iron mines, within final
strnll through its workshops, and
among the numerous steamers that line
tile I.evee, willigive you MgOOtl insight
I t6 [y Int tllia city Is, and what several
Others In West Virginia may
some day become. v The foregoing
cursory portraitUro! Of West Virginia's 9
mineral resources Il too condensed for
the render to justly appreciate thom
hO will, hOwoVCri NOT fall to see m them
tho primary elements OF national
wealth, and that their utillsatiOn Is
only IN allegiance on their develOpe-
FmOnt. OilAnd oil making are now tho
pupiluT speculAtiOns Of the day. Tho
ointment success that attend the opening
of tho petroleum wells Nt burning
Springs, on the Little KRnawha river,
| hns caused quito rush Of investors
from all parts Of the Eastern StateS.
Individual fortunes have bceli made,
and many are in anticipation. All ~
activity, cagerness and hustle around
this oIeaginous region for many miles,
and land in tho vicinity OF unsuccessful
i4'gtTiken rise to a most fabulous price.
We have known creek lands, which six
years ago would have been considered
dear ut fiVe dollars per acre, find ready
purchasers at five thousand dollars.
At the present time there cannot be less
than 400 wells in course Of sinking in
different parts Of the country, and new
companies Nre forming almost 0VeEy
Ilny. =, The Yield Ofl PETROLEUM Is not
graiIt feop any HiuRl well. Very few
ans flowing ~ eilsi ,illnllillg llllsl3ile
n nftnf "a ii N tis6 olii . 100 very
~ 3f 'i'iii .l1qs ~.
'litii6. i1f lie tho can cows ptitl ~
tx flnifr fifii Ne NH silig Z Of gialH
feats brings q big bucket nun at iast;
so tho pumping from numerous wells,
when sont TO market, mako considarn-
BILE bulk. These operations are not con-
fined TO any special locality; they eX-
tend from the NIonongahela 10 tho Kama
villa Valley. EyenthemOuhta Districts
aro not LEFT unpieFced9 We hHvo this
INST week heard OF several new strikes,
ins the discovery OF oil is called when
first tapped in the borG6 they are In
widslv different directions, and II the
fcp6fts are verified by facts the well
borjnR business will have Ugreat eS-
pnnsion. on boring Is apurely specu-
iatiye enterprise; It's profits may be
vpI, great. or nil. But Camel oil ma
king q 3 certainty; with proficient
management, economy, good coal, and
ready TRANSPORTATION, q femunerltye
prOfit may invariably be realized.
Eastern capitalists know this, hence.
there IA on enquiry for good Cannel'
lands alboYer tho State, md we know Of
no better or safeT investment, for It is
certain such lands will never be less,
while there h every, probability Of their
Fanifily advancing IN price. The btu
.ntnons coal trade is about having n
Iieyy start several companies have been
formed. and some Of themgot into OPP
eratiOn. This article, In connection
with the manufacture Ofllron, should,
and we believe eventually will, cOnstl.
tute tie chief staple of the State
1vhy--it has not hitherto been made
80 must be attributed to those
lamentable political conditions noticed
al the commencement Of this paper.
The salt trade Is not very lively Just
now. THE Southern trade for the past
four years has been almost cut off; the
blockade, however, is now raised; and
the restrictions that have so long tet-
tered the export trade VIII be speedily
removed: then the old salt manuine-
tutes may once more pursue "tlle
smooth and even tenor of their way
The timber trade ia almost at stand,
although the demand is enormous this
arises from want Of capital, and the
absence OF ldnlberInen md others
hitherto engaged in this line Of bHhi-
ness; tho war demands have drawn
largely on this class OF hardy pion1ers,
but they worked vigorously while they
were away, and struck deep at the roots
Of thnt evil tree (which lifingeth forth
not good frnit.n Their task is now
done: tho rifle Is being thrown
aside, and once more giving. Pincc TO
thnt llarbinger OF civilizntiOn,s tho axei
long may they WELD ~ in peaHe, and We
hops never again haxpto apply II 10 any
other demolition than that of the forest.
M, now come 10 q subject the most en-
crossing of all, one on which the viiAll-
a - H.AHn IA