The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

J llong supported anumber OF charcoal fu
naces. The Pittsylvania and Frankli
narrow gauge road was built especially
Z reach these ores, and for more than y yes
magnetic ores have been shippe
from the northwest corner OF Pittsylyanil
on Pig River via. the Virginia MID
land Railroad, all the way TO the vicinity {
Harrisburg, Pa. to be used there for th
manufacture OF bessemer steel. The &,
ology OF the counties Of Floyd, CAIRO
ahd Grayson is not positively know
These counties from plateau whose eal
tern escarpment Is called the "Alleghen
Mountain and whose western escarI
ment forms the Poplar Camp Mountains
and the "1ron Mountains"
This plateau may be composed OF met
morphosed potsdam rocks or may contai
the same crystalline schists as those foun
in Franklin and Patrick counties i
either case the iron ores Of this beltshoul
be rather magnetic and specular, thai
hematites, and consequently they ar
probably fitted for the making Of steel
especially, II they be as they most probabl.
are OF the same purity as the Lowe
silurian ores west Of Poplar Camp Noun
tain.
may add that the lead and zinc de
posits OF Wythe county are promising IL
character and await full development
The Austin lead mines have been WORKED
with success for years.
Carroll county contains deposits OF cop
perwhich are, no doubt, the Northern pro
longation Of the Ducktown copper depositl
OF North Carolina. Large deposits ot iror
pyrites occur in this region from which
sulphuric acid could be made. Othel
minerals are also found here.
Isuggest that capital might be prohtably
employed here in a new industry. With
the suiphurfc acid made from the copper
ores and pyrites OF this region, the coke
from the localities named and the salt de.
posits found at Saltyille, on the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, the manu-.
facture OF soda ash could be prosecuted
most proftably. This same substance,
which is now imported, could also be made
with profit on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway from the salt deposits OF the
Kanawha Valley and the other material
which are all found on the line Of that road.
In addition TO the connection which |
have suggested there are others not less
important. A road will soon be con-
structed from point on ths Baltimore
and Ohio railroad to reach and develop
the vast deposits OF valuable iron ore in
the counties OF Hampshire and Hardy.
Arrangements have within the past week
been completed for the immediate con-
struction OF the Allegheny Railroad from
Clifton Forge, on the O. 0. Railway,
along the James River, and through the
iron deposits OF that region to Richmond,
A road is now under construction from
Hinton, In Summers county, along the
New River, through the counties OF Mercer
and Giles, and which will pass through
almost inexhaustible deposits Of the most
desirable ores. Thus the Pittsburgh South
ern Railroad will render all OF these re-
sources available to Pittsburgh.
think that we may safely say that
there cannot be undertaken any other en-
terprise OF greater Importance TO Fits
burgh. No other railroad Of the same
length can be constructed at go small Q
cost, which will open up 80 vast an extent
OF country abounding in undeyeloped
wealth, and confer such great and perma'
nent benefits upon this city.
The speech was well received. A reso'
luton Of thanks, and motion to publish
the address in pamphlet form, carried
unanimously. s
Ageneral discussion OF the points con
tanned in the speech followed.
Postmaster Anderson spoke Of the &c
cessibilty Of West Virginia ores, and said
Pittsburgh was bringing ores poorer in
quality, a thousand miles distant
Commodore John +. Dravo mentioned
the threatened loss Of Pittsburgh's su.
premacy in the iron trade, unless newfeldt
OF supply were opened. West Virgins
offered such opportunity; it was their sal
yation.
Reuben Miller thoughtthe development
Of the territory referred to was Of vital i'm
portance to Pittsburgh; with such develop
ment Pittsburgh would have asupply thai
the outside world could not touch.
Mr.. Martin discussed the advantages o.
the Pittsburgh Southern railroad as pro
posed to be extended. S
Other addresses followed OF the same
tenor and import, when the meeting adj
iourned to meet at the rooms OF the Iron
Association, tomorrow afternoon.
A general interest in the development
Of West Virginia is manifested, and there
is no doubt but that the seed sown has
fallen on good ground and will bea'
abundant fruit }q ID.