Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-09-08
ADVERTISEMENT
SoUTIIERN. LAND AND MINING OFFICE
AND INDUSTRIAL AaENCY,
Rl6nMoND, VA, June II, 1906.

yored by receipt OF your IetLcr OF" June 9In,
and it's contents have been duly noted Your
description of the country fully agree with
what have heard Of it, and doubt not but
Nlr. IArRoBE, whom was with on the B. q
.. Railroad through Maryland and Virginia,
must have been we'll impressed with what he
saw in his reconnaissance.
should like extremely to visit your upper
Districts as they aro decidedly more attractive
to mining enterprises and industrial works than
our mineral belts in Virginia.
Explorations of properties and District MS.
sist sales very materially. If there was rca-
senabe prospect of some Of your land proprie
| TORS mine owners, 10, arranging to mako up
compensation to romuDorate mo, would on
gage to come out and survey your region and
make special ,nnps, explorations and reports
i upon the Ypyious estates, which would elicit
| attention s6hb promote developments of tho
rich rcsburcS there.
| cordially rcciprocnte your good wishes and
kind propositions, and believe that ere long
tho Upper Carolina Mineral Bolt will be with
out an equal in America this side the Rocky
| Mountain metalfcrous region. Rcmotencss
of tho latter from law and order and civiliza-
tion should be considered as placing the form
er on tho vantage ground" of interior in
dustry aud mining activity.
have been operating for several weeks on
some maps, reports, &C., of mineral lands in
the adjacent parts of jackson and Macon,
from data havo in this Office, and prclimina-
ry to negotiations and sales in progress now,
through my agency aud it's adjunct houses.
have seen the Report of b. II. Railroad
Company, but no map or profile OF it; would
like to havosuch if they can be supplied with
out trouble to you /; and also to have on hand
for presentation, t;tvorably through our Offices
at the North, copies of the plats of your lands
as promised. Should you conclude to make
my Office the agency for your sales being ef(oct-
ed, no pains shall be spared to put matters ia
vorably under the notice of capitalists manu-
facturcrs, mctalurgsts, 10 1t is necessary to
send, as you arc aware, the authority to opcr-
ate to that end, by proper powers of attorney.
You eau put your faircst price on the four sew
cral properties, and then add my ten (10) per
cent commission to cover all expenses of ne
getiation J settle the fees Of the other Offices
and agencies myself, and direct their opera
; tions solely apd wholly from this the place OF
r headquarters. Your price and the ten per
esixh entering sRa fsEYaEa Sl sspS
ing Is hyo (o) dollars per tract, renttcd n,
9 the expense of this Office You oan scnd tbo,
on and the remittance will be acknowlcJa"d
by return post.
We mako duplicate lists of tho lands and .,
tho P'ots and of geological statistics, in th;s
, ONCE relating to your region, and these arc
all sent North to adjunct houses 81
AS am chief operator, the powers of ottor.
hey are made to me, this having been for years
my permanent pursuit, and Richmond nv
residcht received very ntercstin., tor
from your son, DR.. Thomas T.. LEWIS an
. closing me samples of gold from /" nlaccrs {"
anu from "vcins." have writtcn him i.
VIII AFFORD me and my co-operators pleasure 10
put MS affairs in good places to effect nceotia
: tons and sales. These things, az YOU arc
aware a,y require labor, time, talent and expense
we spare neither, but exert ourselves to thn
utmost II friends and parties South will on.
trust their properties to us.
nave as may be repeated, the greatest
confidence in your region, and If ! ,yoro ~.
at home in Virginia, tho native State IF ~" N.Y.,
mother, and where my kindred live md m,y y
interests are concentrated, l know of M soc.
ZION would move to moro readily than ,ho
very section you are n.
during the war was exploring and dcvo,
oping MINES IN the country around Cbuttonoo
sa, where the Rev. Mr.. BoYcE, of Grccnv;lo
near you, had large interests. Tbev y,oro onai
! mines, the best in the Confcderacy. w. sbonia
nave defended that district by Tho ah,os, -.
Generals, to the last hour, for without col ~
nation can exist. 'o"' "o
am pleased to hear you say your forc.
ISthers lat "cro from our county of Alberma,,er
we nave IN our office and arc now negotiating
M SAFE tor tho richest silver mine this side Of
Neveaa' The property is in Albcrmarlc
ooa county ~, nave many friends in that county
sh. snu was !or lour years building tho Railroad
under my brother, who was the Cb;of J; onT hsS
beon principal with Is. II. LATnonr '' ''''
My letter is written in large hand 10 No.,
request. hope to hear from Won mme5;vy." a5 ~"
~; and hope, moreover, that Sometime m",,
come OF our business mutually hnnnGa;.1 '"S