Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-05
waynesboro Affairs.

Waynesboro Affairs.
Iron Mining-I Timber for the Northern Mar
improvements a
Correspondence OF the Staunton vindicator.l
WAYNEsBoRo, Va,
Nov. 80, 1873.
Fearing that the rapid strides which
your progressive city is making, may have
caused you almost to forget Waynesboro'
or Little Tammany," as she was called
in the good old days gone by, have been
induced to give you few ''dots" about
ourselves, and remind the people that we
are by no means asleep, but wide awake
with t'great expectations" as to the fu-
ture. Our little town having with MlcaW-
ber-like patience waited 10 these many
years for something to turn up" begins
to see great prospects Of improvement and
her sanguine citizens already imagine the
town enveloped with the smoke and steam
of numerous furnaces and manufactures.
If Waynesboro' ever becomes the large
town, which it is earnestly hoped it will, it
will be indebted for its prosperity, princi-
pally to the inexhaustible quantities Of
iron ore Of superior quality lying in the
adjacent mountains. Already the Quinni-
mont Iron Co., have commenced mining
ore, at their banks near the tunnel, imme-
diately OH the railroad, which are yielding
so well as to lead us to hope that in a short
time we shall have near us several largo
to great number of hands, and thus
bring no small amount of money in our
midst. The above Iron Company propose
shipping their ore to their furnace in West
Virginia, but it is now pretty generally be-
lieved that they will before long erect a
furnace at the foot of Rockish Gap. The
reports of iron in our mountains in such
large quantities have already attracted the
attention of capitalists and numerous par
ties have been prospecting in the neighbor-
hood and it is highly probable that ere long
the Quinnimont, and Mt. TORY Iron Com
panys will have rivals worthy of their met.
al.
The fine bodies of valuable timber have
also proved attractive to our Northern
friends and large quantities of fine hicko.
ry, white oak, &C., are being daily deliver
| ed at our depot for shipment North
| The firm Of Hopes, Darlington 4 Co., OF
| Chester, Penn, have large force engaged
| near here in cutting and shipping their
| timber, which will in all probability be
| re-shipped to us again in the form OF bug
| gies, wheels, &C., and at rates probably
| much less than they can be had here. This
branch of mandatory could be extensive
| ly and proftably conducted here, with a
moderate amount of sapital-as timber Of
| all kinds can be had in abundance, and al
| low prices. and there are several good wa
! ter powers in the market now, any of which
would be amply sufficient for a manufacto
| nv of this character Messrs. H., D. & Co.
| will shortly ship about 80 car loads Of
I timber to their establishment at Chester
which will contain 100, 900 pieces of spoke
| timber and sc. 600 feet of hub timber.
| The "Crimora Manganese Mines" stu
| ated about six miles northwest of hert
are now being operated by M. Rogers, Of
| Loudoun. for some large firm in Baltimore
| These mines have been idle since the wal
| but they will shortly be worked to theil
utmost capacity. These different branch
| es of business Of course furnish employ
| ment to a good number of hands, anG
| notwithstanding the panic, the Cubar
etrow.'' etc., money is right plentiful witt
! us. Our depot has made unusually large
| Shipments during last wear. Upwards Of
| 10 600 barrels of -four were shipped from
here-over eight hundred barrels were
shinned last week-besides MANY hundreds
of TONS of Mig iron.
| The first brick building built here since
the war has RECENTLY been erected by oul
new townsmen. Messrs Killian & HenkIe
# is bnilt on The site of the old postofice
is three stories. and as it has a large mum
her of rooms in it. it will probably be con.
nected with the "Bruce House, by q
bridge la0Ballard & Exchange" in ordel
to enable the pronrietor to stow away some
If his numerous summer visitors. We nov
have six dry goods stores. one drug store
one CONFECTIONERY. all of which seem to be
prospecting. The contract for replacing the
hrilge across the river at this place DESTROY
ed nv the freshet of 1870. was awarded on
Tuesday to col. Jno. Huff. at five hundred
and seyenty-6ve dollars. The Colone
understands his business thoroughly. and
we NAV safely predict structure in every
way worthy Of his skill. On the 25th inst,
Mr.. ii. Carter Eubank. Of Bath county
was married to Miss Matte. eldest daugh.
ter of Capt. J. Finks. The handsome
happy couple took their departure on the,
Western train. recommended by the kind.
1Ilenos' mere. IT reports oe Irue, sne mat ~
rathar brisk Gurino the winter
| We racently had the Reger,s and Sol
| Smith Russell to entertain us one evening