New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-24

tnuity. Yet the mine superintendent-one Of the
owners-dd seem to have thought OF this fact until
called his attention 10 It. Tho mines pay good diy
dend the owners never called on for assessments
and hence they but little for what be
proved OF Its future regard to the vein theory OF
the country 1t has lasted for many years that the
prospect OF Its giving out would be in their eyes pre-
posterous Tie truth U.s. they have just touched the true
kernel.
The original cost OF the mine and land u 800 The
present STOCK IL nomnay oe0oo, bot there never has
been any assessment, money paid In except the FIRST
and all the Money expended the mine been pro-
vded out OF Its procceds idea Of this cost
may be inferred when say that the tunnel entered
has $sOOO and it Ia only within year past that
any ore In 1t reached. The mine owned entirely
In the neghborhood and the stock is looked upon
heirloom; one of the stockholders would about
sell his fathers trusty rife his shares The works
consist of dam across New River, plain breast wheel
crusher, water jgs the eldstyle sudgeboxes Scotch
hearth reverberatory and Stag furnace The ore Is
roasted in an open and the venstone being NIX
ture OF lime and baryta decomposes readily so that
but little power Ia required to crush H. Inc reVer-
beratory furnace Is seldom used. Lead is made
chiefly in the winter employing the great force 90 Oh
The yield Of lead is about 2S tans per ga bs tun but
heretofore contained about OF sVee 70 ' the deem
workings aud will probably increase to some extent
were required TO tun OF lead. They did not know and
sad We enly know the aggregate result Of the year;
Iay ont 80 much ana ee ire Is COST 81 of any particular
branch of work. but know how much per pould inc
lead costs by dividing all our expenses by tbe
Previous TO the war these mnes yielded from 400 TO-
Coo an OF lead per @oye 6Sng e they the
main stay of the Rebel army and were pusneu UP
their fullest capacity aorGng 500 to 500 tuns per y
The ore as worked yields from so 10 co per cent LUG
Superintendent Of the mine from 1860 TO 1860 tou no
anan he would cut his throat "Why Sir worked
night and day, with all the men we could ps. ~, u'
then there would come along officer. swearing we
were all get Of id skulks and Unionlsts, anu VIC
did MT furnish lead he d put every one OF us Al o
One of the shafts 22 feet deep serves as vent ato
10 the tunnel and is also used az shot-toWef uoes
splendidy" said Mr. Wolfendine, lie saw me anghin
at his tower under the ground. remember years aRo
to have seen a contryance for like purpose hanging
over cliff at Cape Gradeau, No. The shot made are
very solid and perfect in shape The price now dOs oS
The pluck of these men, notwithstanding their edfas-
Toned ways They dug this shaft to its present dep
ore Vet thew perseyered and cut the tunnel too. The
shaft little too far east or not deep enough a. Nv
feet down or west would have struck the vein. inter-
Mingled with the ore on the surface large bodies OK
carb0nates OF znc probably renresenLng 70 SOU Hs
changed by the action of the atmosphere the surrohd
ing decompOsed lmestones also everywhere
evidences Of disturbance. This zinc was until e lbs t
OF the war considered useless, and thousands OF ts
were used to ill dead work in the mines or 10 stop w
old shafts Now IL sold to a Zinc Oxide company III
NewJersey of 50 per tun inc Le1d Ho to
pauy sells to buyer the spot, ana nc nu.s ~ "
The railroad They send off about 1000 tuns per year.
chiefly in Summer the hauling becomes Oad IN WINTER
FTeighs TO New-IOrk are low, as inc rdlHOau 10
disposed TO encourage even such enterprise sOnens
more than 6OO tuns has been shipped since 1867 anu INC
quantity il Increasing other mines are opeed lHt9
can b 10 doubt that In the hands OF energetic men TINS
zfc and lead The Lead Company, for instance, could
with some modern improvements, make twice as much
with the same ey9cpse and g9lHpg them is property
eaLally az Valuable and almost unknOWn'
dashng ride of miles brought us 10 the residence
Of one vlrginias old style gentlemen, the friend OF
Marshall and Of Writ; one who had administered jus
lice and law i'm The highest Court Of the Old DOmiDOn in
the DAYS OF her pride and glory and bearing the mnor
tai name Of Fulton (the in lower Court sui wears
The honors OF Judgeshp) Surrounded by every luxury
In the days gone by the fortunes or war ana GENIAL Nv
ing have left him In old age with an accumulation OF
Cebs to be paid and nothing but OF the most beau
tful farms have to pay them with. But even
with his more than four-scOre years and ten, ms
tan form is still erect ana in HIS proud spirit he
still retains all the ideas OF honor typical of the Vrgnlan
OF other days. His is but Of thousands IN the
South, and directly Illustrative of the dnerent eharac-
teristcs the people North and South The OLD JUDGES
place. even sold at its value as mineral prop
erty would than pay his debts ana ne WouIu
be left pennies. Tie Southern creditor demands all OF
as near as possible; the Northern would say, Ray
me cents lar If not that Is or what you cam
and 20 ahead again. 1t Is this Sbyock spirit and refusal
10 compromise the old aewar debts that Is today more
than ANYTHING else keeping the South behind Yet these
same holders OF Old notes the Oudest TO tax or Dur
densoHe taxation, of compromising state, county, Town.
and railroad bonds.