South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-02-28
pittsburgh and the Hardy Coun.
ty Iron Ores.

ROAD. branch OF b. d o. Railroad, the
distance is $50 miles from Cumberland
TO Green Spring Ran Station, on main
iine OF the latter road. is Is miles. Al
Green Spring the South Branch Railroad
conJoins the B. & .. Railroad. The las:
named Road is graded ard ready for the
iron TO Romney l6 miles, and surveyed
TO Moorefe!d, Hardy county. further
distance oil p miles, and within few
miles or perhsps-of the great T.
ron Ore 6elosito.. Put tie distance
then at E02 miles from Pittsburgh TO
Mooredeld by Il. & o. Railroad and It's
branches OF which le4 miles arc now
completed and operated, Is miles grad.
ed and really for rsil and 20 surveyed.
To complete the work to MooreGeld will
involve further outlay of sbou, 1915.
600. Suppose this line completed and
nually secured, a. less than one cent
per mile; with q nett profit Of only one.
eighth o! one cent it would afford the
interes. on more than So .000,00o.-
When YOU investigate this suhjec; only
consider that these ores are claimed 10
yield CO. 10 per cent. per oxide OF Iron
putting them IN yieid, IN f,ooraLle compar-
'son with the Lake Superior and Pilot
Knob ores. which are now supplied TO
Pittsburgh and Wheeling ut fully So 90
per tom while the delivery of the Hnr-
dv ores At these points, with allowance
OF reasonable royalty and profits vii
not cost even SIS per ton. DO these
facts not clearly indicate, that Pitts.
burg and w heeling iron interests, the
: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
the owners OF the iron lands and other
interests along the limo not yet finished
should concur III arrangement for CO.
! operation in this work. The road can
De completed 20 Romney in Hro months
! rs no tunnel or heavy cutting is con.
/ tcmplsted on tho further extension TO
/ Moorclcld. j. may I've completed in less
/ than ayear. The papers OF Moo eleld
. Cumberland, Pittsburgh and Wheeling
J ought To take this subjcct into early
! consi 'cration, an" every influence and
! sid %! capital AMI enterprise most earn
/ cs;!y invoked 10 hasten on This good ar.I
/ grea,ly needed work. The extent and
! value of The Hardy County Iron Ores is
. ihIS ably represented in tie late puhli-
/ cation OF her public. spirited aud ener-
/ Eetic citizen Mr.. SAMUEL A. McME-
/ CHEN. OF MoorcGcid. Il.
ES-PApers OF Moorefcld, Wheeling.
/ Cumberland x Pittsburgh, rleasc copy.
Z ] referred ahovo to a rich mountain OF
/ iron ore, close to the town of Mooreiicid
! This mountain is known as the South
/ Branch, or Middle Mountain. II CON.
! ne1ces about two miles south Of Moore
! iirii. rUus in q south west direction. and
| is about nny miles long. about twenty
! of 1t being In the county OF Hardy. Its
! veins are RAINY and its ores are rich. -
f, Is altitude, measuring from the base.
viii average about 1000 feet. The first
vein discovered sud opened in this
mountain was IL fourteen foot vein OF
! brown heCatitc. SAID 10 he very fnc.
having but few impurities aud Welding
G2 per cent. OF metallic iron This vein
j. six miles from Noorefcld. FROM the
fourteen foot vein down The west side
OF tie mountain, about two hundred
feet. SIC three more veins two Of brown
sad one OF red hcmatite. These veins
have not as yet been opened or anal, asd
tut from surface indications the veins
are Of great extent snd Of hne quality
Iherce from the fourteen foot vein
! south , miles on the east side Of the
mountain nc come TO ledge, or cliff.
OF brown hcmGtiic. about three hundred
feet high and thirty two feet thick
thence south about five miles on the
same side Of the mountain we have a
splendid vein OF very pure red hcmatite,
opened Sc feet. tested and found 10
yield ~ Icr cent. of metallic iron :
thence west about one mile we come TO
II red fu.silllerous hcmatiie vein four
feet : inches thick. This ore. from
surface indications. 10 very abundant.
spreading oat III places several hundred
yards. This ore yields ~ Sc per cent.
nos quite as pure as tic other hematitcs.
q .'Phe INV iislif NtSt ~ iIlt taNL 0eHGrit.
cd ore down the mountain side, we have
a spring Of pure cold water Of sufficient
volume ami force for all purposes. On
The east side Of the mountain about
three miles from the above mentioned
spring ami about onc.fourlh mile from
opened vein of red hematitc, there Is
another large and powerful spring Of
water. Of about the same fall and vol
umo OF water 80 The first. sufficiently
powerful 90 operate any machinery.
could enumcrate many more veins.
in tsct his mountain seems 10 be mll
Of them 90 much 90 shat 10 is called bv
many Iron Mountain the ore cropping
out ia every direction.
WHEELING. W. Va. Aug. -. 1876
J. CHas T.. Dwight. do hereby cert
Is q az | have l,prsyuofiv onJ with ,arc