The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-29
Mt. Scion Items.
Reported for t he VIRo1NIAS.1

| lhe pOfteU IOr ne VlRG1NIASl
| The Dora Coaz.-The usual quiet Of ou
village is more and more frequently dis
turbed by the daily transit of wagon trains
from Harrisonburg and intermediate points
to and from the Dora Coal field, all heavily
laden with the very superior quality OF an
thracite coal recently being so abundantly
| developed at the various openings. The ole
Shaver vein, about nine feet thick, yields
very hard coal of bright lustre, and the new
vein recently discovered in Lookout Mt.
by MIR. Sayior, is semi-bituminous, OIL
dull lustre and burns very freely in open
Franklin and cooking stoves. This coal
leavesvery little residuum. 1t is a clear, pure
white ash coal and especially valuable for
general use. All that we reed now to make
these deposits source Of immense wealth
is the means of transportation to market.
The inerh0ust,6le deposits of Iron Ore
in the adjacent hills and mountains justify
US in anticipating the roar and clatter OF
Furnaces and Rolling Mills, and the cease
less echo OF the Forge hammer among these
valleys. giving employment and prosperity
to numerous population, and pouring a
perennial stream of wealth into the lap OF
our famous old county that will quicker
the vital forces os the agricultural, mechan-
ical and ell other industrial pursuits. We
do not think this an idle dream. The ual-
ity of our coal we know to be first. class,
but heretofore we were not sanguine as to
the quantity. All doubts on that point
have been removed. We now think we
have solid foundation Of well developed
facts upon which to base our predictions
We had abundance of other minerals, and
an abundant supply of good coal was all
we yet lacked to put Virginia, in the near
future, in the front rank of prosperous and
wealthy States.
A Frightful Accident. The many friends
of Miss Maggie Todd. the second daughter
of Capt. J. II. Todd, will regret to learn
that she met with a serious accident, last
Saturday evening. She was returning from
Parnassus alone, riding very FESTIVE and
spirited young horse which became fright
ened at some machinery at Mr.. A. Craw-
ford's, and being unable to control him, he
ran off. With much presence of mind she
removed her foot from the stirrup, and,
grasping the horn of the saddle with one
hand, endeavored to restrain his headlong
course with the other. She was enabled to
retain her position until she reached the
junction Ut the Mt. Scion and Warm
Springs Turnpike, when, sweeping around
the bend with frightful velocity, being ex-
hausted by her efforts to maintain her seat
and restrain the horse, she lost her balance,
and, it is supposed, was thrown against
pair Of draw bars and rendered insensible.
A frightful incised wound, two or three
inches in extent and an inch in depth was
inflicted across the back part of her hea d.
She was. carried to the house of Mr.. Hugh
Baxter, where she was kindly cared for un-
til the arrival Of her friends. She is much
better apparently to-day, but the physician
still considers her case critical. Her vision
remains much impaired from the effects OF
the conclusion, and several days must elapse
before she can be considered out OF danger.
Fortunately no bones we're fractured.
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