The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-14
The New Era in YlrginIa.

From the New York DAILY bnuGun)
Virginia seems to be at last entering
upon the career Of prosperity for which
she Is 30 eminently qualified by the ex.
tent and variety OF her resources, the di.
versily of her productions, and the salu-
brity OF her climate. A small but steady
flow Of immigration has set in for that
State, which must exercise an important
influence on her future destinies. The
newcomers arc more distinguished for
intelligence and vigor than for numbers
They belong TO tho very best and more
desirable classes. From nearly all parts
Of tho State we hear OF small companies
Of persons from England, Scotland, Ger
many, France, and other European cOun-
tries purchasing lands and settling down
10 the cultivation oil the soil. Aud, per-
IlAps, better still for Virginia, persons
ffOm other States are making their home
ii the Old Dominion. Only few days
land was purchased in tho vicinity Of
Manassas for twenty-five families from
Michigan, part Of whom have already
arrived. Nor is this m isolated case.
In all paris oil the State arc to be
found newly settled Northern families,
who appear To bewell satisfied with their
condition and prospects and whose rela.
tons with the people Of The State arc OF
tho most cordial character. Tho new.
com ers for the most part possesses capital
and resources which enable them to &C.
cnpy an important position In their new
homes. .... ..B~vE %. 40
Nor Is this oil. A large amount Of out.
side capital b being invested In tho State.
Some Of the, most enterprising and
Wcalthys6itizens Of New York have in.
vested largely ID mineral lands in Viz
ginia. Investment from other sources
havo also come 70 our knowledge, and tho
aggregate Of Northern capital represent
cd in that State must be quite large. II Is
also known that the Attach Of t0geign
capitalists has be0 ilacted 10 Virginia
A gentleman who recently arrived IN
Richmond, to,neg0tiate OF. the.part Of'the
British holders OF Virginia securities, was
also intruatel 10 investigate tho mineral
and manuiaCtuEiDgy capabilities OIL the
State. There can SCARCELY be donbt as
to the nature of his report. Tho mineral
wealth OF all other counties appear as
poverty in comparison With1he wonder
iul resources Of Virginia. It is scarcely
au Cxageration to assert that her mere
surface deposits Of coal and iron orc
would suffice for the consumption Of all
the generations Of mankind for centuries
To come. agsE
With these incompatible advantages,
and with tho additional benefit Of cont.
guilty to the Atlantic seaboard, the pros
6erity OF Virginia Is only o question Of
lime. As yet her mineral resources have
been almost untouched. In tho KanaWha
Valley the depOsit8Of spllnt coal are espe.
Cially valuable and extensive: This coal
derives its name from the character Of the
fragments or pisces into which 1t sepR-
rates Its freedom from sulphur and 9th!
or impurities renders II especially valra-
bic IN smelling ores, and In the mRnuIac-
ture of iron and steel, and In this respect
Is a valuable substitute for charcoal. 1t
ia equal in quality to the very best Eng
lish camel Goa, and the Cannellon Com
pany, consisting chiefly Of New York
capitalists, mines this coal, ships Il 70
New York, and sells II at . profit Of from
IS 10 sic per ton, Ggalnst $22 for English
camel, This coal e by no means limited
70 the kAnAWhA, but e found IN oil the
Adjacent valleys and In The entire region,
This coal iAylrtuAlly embedded n strata
Of iron ore, the whole character Of the
mineral formations establishing the cou'
clusion that nature herself has destined
the two States Of Virginia and West Vir'