The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-02

lettings Of n Tourney t"f""S"
Southwest Ntr2tut".

IrfEf1-S pt "
southwest Virginia.
.l.f.rf da,u Tor the itsr>t"hl
t,.~rEpsN. BoTFTorET co.. NA.,t
July 2@,h. 1871.
81. Wv communication last week | broke
rqiaar abruptly ~ an &cc"hnl o' NY
'' . visit 10 WASHINGTON county and
''''.' ..',t;nns II Southwestern Virginia.
- .>tcnslyc works OF the uoiston Sal.
'", p}q>.rr Company ore well worth 4
frry are situated IN Washington
-n,vthr counties, and present such 4
.r .; busy life rs is seldom witnessed
H., STATE. There is IN average % 2,eN
.,.. Is III silt PER diem made here. worth
.-n. works sixty cents per hushci. This
..s ,ngu>tll> commodity is manufactured
~, 49,. EVAPORATION al salt water, which Is
..u-rr,, ~ steam from an incN haustitlc
-, g., II n:iuc hundreds OF tcct below the
,..t4'> surface. There have been several
r~...yIr> W tn regard 10 this saltwater de-
-,,t. some lonJrndjn2 that II consisted OF
,.>t >uhtcrrAncan salt lake or basin :
..hu~> that \ salt river flow> here. The
...,..r theory seems IL INK the correct one.
60. .,lrrll we'll, have been sunk III The i'm.
,~.,.,.tr ~uriyhhorhood with y view to
...,,nr The supposed lake: aud though
&C., vrrr >urA flr below the level Of those
S. -rrratiou. no >3lt wafer WAS obtained
WI, Told. too. lhGt persons had gone
a., in ono -, The old wells III! the surface
..rnr water WAS rC&r}rG. and 4 light being
~. '.1 mon The water. il >iawl " laatcd ont
81, >i-hr. proving III" existence OF Il cur
~,n. me source u: this stream Is among
lac "h;Idrn thugs" is capacity ana
is outlet a1eo unknown. Ii has hcch
.,,.~c.:CG ,la, il i;ad< its way to the
80. REGIONS. where it may lie made
.yaNlh,c in Pl.t0's GCm;Ni0rs, i'll the man
..r..r,,rr If hrir>tonl. However this may
10 think the Hcorl2 Of this and adjoiniuS
: ,fr. need never &pplehcud y scarcity o!
.,ft f,r durjng the war >iXtv.ninc furnaces
vm, ~ oDc~g,ion rhrrc are only FIVE now,
.,.l n,yrr 3uy p@rccuullc diminulion OF
trr srruly. Ihr water. which i perfectly
clear and ninety percent. SAY, Is pumped
,n,, . l3rur. elevated c:>tern. from which il
j. ais;r;hn,rd tbrouch piyts 10 The evapo.
ra,irr furnaces, whcic Ion. she'd. like build,
in-. Trs ,rrrrtrf override :an"c< Of large iron
Irftlr> in double rows. fire>are kept burn
inc urGc- these constantly night and day,
>,.,day, excepted. As The water is cvap-
Grated hy tie neat. the salt, being AT this
,:agr Of Il rich cream or reddish hue. Is
t.krn ~, AID piled into small hampers
l,.r.l ever re kettles, from which 1t Is
r.uNryrG 10 The long bins ranged along tho
>.I, 81 The building. From these bins II
j., il ,Uc time taken OUT, becoming white
ty rN'o>Gre 10 the air. hac"cd. weighed,
packed INFO the freight ears always stand
NJ i'a''N. ana ,iipl:.eQ over lDc Sai''l!i'
t.aor" 81 t+r NHS.L| a"u cn"t>>ce f''I'
rvlG about ci-ht hH1ic>, {" "iaue Spl!h-, Il
Ir-UIt. salon upon INA great iiue vi I"I'
Wty. .
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h.-,y.!4|"Ird RECON- rom "ntcm '.cic
Vt.4E - sF.ItANl4N IL q. u iolis
WIZ >"'ft," - ,,,iS"anc1LI Irrt;Iiynr.
~ ,',,, !. 49,, n,c owned Nv the
81 '.., '!,' .',,, 49,, Ia lat saasnn WAS
>.'' '''"' 4,,y' a. o:,;n,,, +,c,s,nc and
~" '.'I.'""> az ." : :, ,.,df,hr rnrno-
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".' -. 49, - =, al . far mo
l@.'''' . ""..1 Il, " 'c - x.,r ~ Inw
, e -, rIr.tnr oh,t,Il Nv u.xt
h-..'' WI. ' 90 d,,.i "a nsn
~i-'"-' - .''' $500 ''", :" .!',tN ~ ~ r.
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f','' ".''. | f'M .L 10 'n,'t ~
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-~""'d 'nhN II i u'nn"'' inntit.
10 pace 4 H"" upon Wv t".n',2
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!'"3d ~ .Ho "',''".c W = al rnI W"
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Nari" Ih!r" years "2' II IA" "S'!' '"''hts
-oWA. vad tl"u@H gfa|'i eNci >iASr' t"t
m";" IDNNrlaAl Growth ana iicIcI 'o!"t o.
tie Grass mere makes cir!i 'C'tcf OF Inr ""i"
..a"y arr a,,"Cl tA'Ity tGet ioh-j tNIHeut ~
tLtE r.. T. IA ne tl!~k3itft / iiNt IAIti III ii'ii