The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-10
sn0rSYLyANIA COUNTY.

v,.pe--rreKrN BoNgs-P 9~SIcK-
xrss--x,yyAr CROPs-fARMING OPERA
r,oNs--DIscovERY OF VALUABLE MINERALS,
&C, &C.
rro,,t~,opaence Of the Richmond Dspa'chl
NEAR TwYMAN's STORE,
April 8, 1880.
ON neicbborhoed has Just suffered TWO
,osses by fire. Mr.. Albert Qaesenberry's
,ob,rco-house was burst, with spsil
oirsatity OF tobacco 10 It.; supposed TO DC
the work az an inceHdIary. but as IL was
o,s;e cold, and the hands bird been uSi1r u
IRE nil dav. 81 rs more probable that Il was
accidental, as Il burnt early in the night.
Mr.. Burton v. Graves bad his dwoltIng-
house burneG in the daytime on Tuesday
iast-accidcrs OF course. Ii took IRE from
a low chimney at gable>epd. Nothing was
saved. Nj. Graves Is peculiarly unioftu-
nate. He test one leg in the battles before
Richmond. and since Chfistmas he has los
an eye. Whilst roofing house piece OF
nail flew iato it, destroying the sight.
A son OF Mr. A. s. McGehee recently bad
his leg lrSken by fail from horse.
Mr.. Esshard Z. Graves, Jr., also had a
mishsp ef tue same kind in has flmily; his
little daughter, -four years old, pulled atrunk
over Gnd tumbled down eight OF steps
with Il, breaking her thighbone and sus-
tain,pg numerous bruises. The bone has
been -srt and she will recover. but will
probably be permanently lame from this ac'
cideBt.
Influenza is at present almost an epidemic
in this section; whole families are laid up.
The wheat is looking very well, consider
ing that ve;y little fertilizer was used on IT..
Bstit is gri atty 10 be doubted whether or
noTthe prospect is not greatly overraled.
People are putting ia CATS rapidly now.
The iaBd is in favorable condition, and il
the weather continues good fair crop will
be SEEDED Ploughing for corn i somewhat
ba3k ward bough fate planting is TIE rule
in this section. The weather bas teen so
unfayorable that all gardening is beniDd-
band-in fact, scarcely anything done vet.
Nalusble veins Of magnetic iron ere and
of manganese and iron hive iu't been dis
covered here. The deposits are quite ex-
tensYe. Numerous veins Come OF them
very .broad) run from Peake's crossroads
by Twyman's store and by Holidays mills
towards the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
near Tolersv;,e All miners who have seen
specimens OF the ore and minerals from be- G
regard the veins as very valuable ana very
extensive, aud remarkably located for
mining operations. Ulber veins Of minerals
are being worked between here and Toler>-
vile. The Ally Cooper Mine Is paying well
on ITS gold washing. the silver and lead
vein is also Il rich one, and a considerable
quantity has bren raised. Victoria
Furnace is expected TO be put to work
shortly. The copper mine is about to
be worked again. Mr. Hemmer Is now
erecting sulphur works there for the pur-
pose OF smelling the pyrites. which is
found ia vast quantities and very rich al
"The Copper Nine" Al "Jcnkens's Con-
troy Nine" and at "VictOria Furnace"
The ManSfield.McGehee gold nine is not
being worked at present by any company,
but The surface washings are so rich That,
without a guard. there are almost constant
deDredators. There Is talk OF the Walton
mine being worked again s,oD. just be-
low Tolersyi'le new gold mine has been
discovered close to the railroad, and stamp
have been put up and work has commenced
with every prospect Of fine success.