Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-12-19
Mineral tScalfh.

LelrS Mckenzie, esq President Of tic WASH
ington d, Ohio Rdirood, Ihrondrtu, Va:
DEAR SIR: have just returned irvlu trip
to Frederick, Hainp>hlre aud Hardy counties,
Virginia bad alorg with NC an experienced
and most successful iron ore miDiog engineer
of our State, who ack How!edges 10 NC thar the
ralge Of iron ore commencing al Rock En0n
Springs aud running to Capon Furnace, beats
anything he ever saw, heard, or read OF. III
this or aLy other country We found the out
crop of the vein about 800 yards wide, on
regular and undiSturbcd formation, Tor %
miles 10 one stretch. According TO his IDEA,
there Is enough iron ore there Tor twcuty hTc
furnaces to last two hundred year,; and the
mining Of those ore, would DOT cost uuc-htth
what they COS! in Pennsylvania. The cheap
ue>s of mining, he thlIk> would oVcrbalancc
the difference 10 freight, aud We would have a
far Superior ore 10 richness OF iron, and tree OF
substances so ipj urlous to lron such a. phos-
pharus, su phur, arsenic, &c. nave the
ANALYSIS of the ores for some fourteen miles On
the range south from Rock Enon Springs.
They are No in all respects, and arc tadly
wanted among our furnace men. | spoke u
one OF the officers of the Philadelphia aud
Reading Coal aud Iron Company about II. and
| have his promise t. look into The matter 5000.
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property in about tn days. After your road
is completed 10 Rock Enon and Capon Springs
the iron ore could be taken to Alexandria, aud
from there loaded on to boats OF the +. Il ii.
Coal & Iron Co.. and brought to our Schuyi-
kill Valley. What amount Of subscribers d.
YOU want TO reach Rock Enou Springs? hat
would the freight be on individual ore cars
from Rock Enon Springs to tide water? |
should know, in order 10 induce cur heavy
capitalists engaged 10 manufacturing lrun.-
There are, at tunes, whole trains Of iron ore,
as many as twenty cars at tlmc, arriving IN
Reading from Wet Virginia, aud the lroa Gre
| refer to is Tar superior To those; and II there
were facilities, am positive that could dis
pose of at least Que thousand tous DAY the
year round.
GRAND CoMMANDERY OF IlhGlSGA.-Thc
grand annual Assembly Of kDlghts lemp!ar
of virginia was held il Richmond yesterday
The following officers We're elected ior the 60
suing year:
NJ. i. VIM. B. ISsecs Grand Commanders
R i. Robert 4. Withcrs, Deputy Grand Com
mander V. f. L. I. johnson, Grand Gene
ralissimo v E. james &. Bar, Grand Captain
General E. James Evans Grand ireasuTcr
+. John Dove, Grand Recorder; +. "-"rs ".
Dame, Grand Probate; +. John +. Reg
nault Grand Senior Warden 4. Peyton ;.
CcIes Grand Junior Warden; 4. John h.
Roper. Grand Staud.rdbcarer K. james ,
Moss, Grand Swordbesrer +. WIN: Il Il.
Lynn, Grand Warder f. James Z. RIdd'cE,
Grand Captain of Guard +. John r. R"g'aut /,
Grand Lecturer.
GRAND CHAPTER ROYAL ARCH MAsoNs.-
The Graud Chapter OF Virginia .! Rayai Arch
Nasops assembled in Richmond 90 Thursday
night, Grand Hi III Priest. B. NJ. Harris pre-
siding, and the following officers: W. II. Lam
bert. Grand King; r. 5. Chew, Grand
Scribe; Thomas L. Dudley, Grand Treasurer;
John Dove. Grand Secretary; VIM. Is. lsaacs
Deputy Grand Secretary; Alfred S, Lee,
Grand Captain OF Host; s. NJ. Bowman. 7.
s.. j. J. Jordan, R. \. c.; Peyton 5. Coles,
third; h. G. Stevens, secoudi }. l.. Roper,
First Veil j. f. Jefferson, Grand Chaplain.
The address Of the Grand High Priest gave
cheering assurances of the pace aud harmony
in the State. There was a very large atien-
dance Of delegates from all paris OF The State,
aud much interested iu the proceedings Of the
assembly.
\ SLIGHT DIFFERENCE We published yes
tertay from the Richmond D.,pstch, az inter
estiDg account Of the romantic journey OF TWO
little girls, aged respectively six and seven
wears. from Cailtornia 10 Richmond, in search
0! their father, whom they found at that place.
The romance OF the thing, however, Is sadly
married By the statement of correspondent OF
the same paper, who announces that the
girls, who were aged II and IL years, We're
in charge of the railroad conductors during
their eutire trip; that they had plenty Of money
aud met their father, according to appoint
ment, at the house OF the writer. This reads
more naturally than the first statement, though
il cootans much less Of romance -Lynchbug