The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-26

. ..Lu SECTION AND THRIFTY fEUfLE -las
CRors-rECIT- GHAPGS-IRON FErER-NEW
RAILROAD PROJECT-IAMIGRAST IRAN.
-rCgEE "-IHrERESrlSG REVEALS.
ir..-.-n.pccuce Of TN, Richmond Dispatch.l
OK THE WNe.1
Sartemher "a. 1874,
Ifgya l,ecn wandering through the coun-
..., of Mason and Amherst for several
,r.r. .n3 Loyp nirkrd IN some items that
'.,.-.."I VIVA ma may no Of interest TO
r.s,I.r.
,,'.,,.,..r,, .;,,r., nj; the RIpe RIDGE. along
j., n.,,l,. ,.y,,nr !. one Of the finest sections
~, l-;,.,:,;, .,rd these cornties are by no
,r,,u, .yr,,,fi,ns 10 the rule. The people
.'..m,, I.,. intrEii,,..nt. industrious. and very
,.rnv Indeed ..ard of more men who
49,. mi i'm, nancy IN this region than almost
..,,,,.ar, ,l,r;u il,,. state I have been-e. a.,
ia of n.s .t.nrl.m,n who was largely
te-I.l. ,r,.n ,ls v,,r ,.n>pd bnt who by
-....r. inau.,ry nY,d The last dollar he
a5,a and ,n1,,4 h.tor.. his death last wear
FL. ',y,1y.rl :t,.snl3 dollars. The people
sum lim,y> 10 have put tueir own hands to
IT, pow, and ~, TO have Cooked back" or
>fra. their time since the surrender sigh
H., :yr the GOOD Old times gone by" The
CROPS TIL SEASON along the line OF the raft
l94u are not uD 20 their highest standard.
Wheat totrablc. corn pretty good, and to-
Mryo very >aort for want Of plants, but OF
fav quality. But | learn that nearer the
mountains tue crous are all better. The peo-
pic are turning their attention good deal to
mutt culture. and have been successful in
RAISING ar.rquantitieS of the finest varieties.
G!a;r> are Al especial success, and | have
tr.>,ei on ~ line a | ever saw anywhere.
VI. William GORDON, near Elmington sta
lion, raised hi, wear over twenty thousand
lp1uu, Of very superior quality, and other
gentlemen have been very successful.
IA.!ri> now an iron ferer all through
liz section, and YOU scarcely 90 TO house
Tia. you 90 not lind piles of specimens of
non ore. The day seems not far distant
wien the blast Of the furnace shall add
!s!gey 10 the wealth OF this highly-favored
F~.'oa. \ Very tue vein OF ore has been
.a.cy discovered. and is now being worked,
~ tbr farm of DR.. Meeoinsop. near Bent
Creek. and the Reading PA Iron Company
have recently uurcua,rd on the head waters
0: lIury river 4 iarya tract of land. which is
said 70 III. very rich in iron. and which they
a" Processing 10 aeysion TO IFS fullest eX-
:eu. by crrr,jnr furnaces vith all the modern
IMPROVEMENTS.
There Ia, been for some wears project to
build 4 railroad from I've River der0t, on
IL road IRON Lvncnbur9 to Charlottesville,
. Tie head water, Of pinev river, and the
Purchase of this property by the Reading
COMPANY has revived and will insure the
"INNrtIon Of the road. Running UP the
,a.ey Of tie Tye river to where Pluey river
Soti> II, aud then up that valley to the Blue
Ridge, they haye :. natural railroad bed, and
Tie tuyin,,r, s,y that ,h T., road can he built
a. =. comparatively small cost. 1t will run
,"'ouSa cnc OF the finest agricultural re-
s'':s IN The State, will develop iron mines at
= ,P, point ~nelc ore, fuel, and splendid water
a pY"'l are contiguous, and will open re-
>.2u winch abounds in pine, oak, walnut,
-" r. DINER timber Of the finest quality.