Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-02
A Fine Tract OF Land.

At your request visited and
made an examination of your property
on the waters of Clear Fork of Wolf
creek, in Tazewell county, Va, COM
monty, known as Nye's Cove, and it
seems to me that any one who has ever
made even partial examination of it,
could speak in but favorable terms of
this body of nearly 5000 acres.
As al Iron property, it is only excel
ed, in my judgment, by the extraordina-
~ leads of Wythe county, with respect
only to the extent of the lead; it is
more valuable, think, than the import
ant leads on which the Radford Iron
works in Pulaski county are located.
Nothing short of personal inspec-
ton can give you an adequate idea of this
really beautiful cove, its mountain sides
and hills sloping to one common point,
the Acknowledgement Of its waters through
gap in the Buckhorn mountain, lear
the middle of its southern boundary; in
view of its unlimited supply of ore, can
there be found a body of land present
ing such facilities for. the manufacture of
metal;-a failing stream, dischar-
ging large quantity, deriving all its
waters from the cove, having fall Of
25 feet in five hundred yards, in the
Buckhon Gap, gives water power for
oil purposes for which it can be needed,
while the cove itself presents to view a
broad expanse of surface covered with
timber Of nearly every kind useful to the
miner; this cursory view is nearly sufi-
cient of itself to prcdispose the mind to
covet its possession, whether the object
would be to engage in farming or mi
mining.
am pleased TO say that the. iron de-
posts are extensive, and the ore of the
greatest bulk, of that quality which pro
duces the soft metal, while there are
largo quantities of neutral ores besides.
To the west Of the gap, some four or
five hundred yards, detached masses can
be seen Of q heavy deposit of soft ore,
that lies for considerable distance un-
der the northern slope Of Buckhorn
mountain; the southern slope of the iron
ridge near its TIP and some distance
down its side, laterally 500 yards ex-
poses the outcropPing of u large body
of ore of excellent quality; the same is
true Of that part of the southsidc OF
Ads mountain, within mile of the
eastern boundary of the tract, while al
most every spur Of both mountains
shows the outcrOppingS of beds of neu-
trail ores more or less extensive, some
Of which will not even require an exca-
walton to prove them Of value. Near
the middle ledge of 70 ok that forms the
central mass of Buckhorn mountain, is
vein of Stratihed ore on your land, the
size and extent of which cannot be d.
termncd without further examination.
Not far from the junction of the big
branches forming cove creek, are beds
of nearly pure carbonate Of Lime; above
this is black shale formation, in many
places of q highly bituminouS charac.
ter; but the hope enter ;ained by SOME
persons that coal Of good quality exists
here, will, | fear prove groundless.
The Geology of this section is COM
prised between the Niagara group of
the Silurian pond and the lower part of
the sub-carboniferouS; | regret that L
did not have more time to examine the
few fossils / met with so that / could
speak with more certainty Of the Geol-
ogy.
believe a thorough inspection will
reveal beds of ore of sufficient extent to
Justify purchase wholly on that ac-
count, for while you have on this tract
large beds of ore, you can purchase on
royalty, ore from extensive beds near
the mouth of the gap on the southern
slope of the mountain, thus putting the
question of supply of ores out of dan
ger.
Near the gap dense forest of Hem
Jock covers about so acres, many tres
measuring four feet in diameter. Thu
large basin of the cove is almost Who'll
ly covered with White-oak Of superi
or quality, with the exception of abou
40 acres that are cleared; on the high
er levels, considerable quantities o
Chestnut-oak, Blackjack and Chestnut
toward the eastern limit, Poplar ant
some Cherry are found; but think two
thirds of all the timber on the tract i
White-oak of most excellent quality.
To conclude, it seems as ifnature hat