The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-01
arycKrNGHAM.

...-..r .eroxeatSo pIecovERIgs IN GOLD,
+r1n~ Avn ropPER--pgsCnsyTIo or The
,of.p rFYT--AcrfvE COMPETITION IN MAKING
ru4oalsRs- GENERAL PROSPERITY.
irarye<pans,erce OF the Richmond Dispatch.
me object OF this letter Is 70 call the at
scn.ion al The public 10 the vast mineral re-
,.,rrces AZ buckingham county which have
ysse,,s1r been discoveries. consisting OF gold,
iron and eopper. According 10 the state
r.snt az Professor William b. Rogers, which
A. high authority, as far back as 1888 tne
aim of xl,600,0 900 had been coined iiom .ue
nurkineham gold.mlues atthe United states
mini. the gold belt is fifteen miles long
and ten miles wide, with ysrying degrees o.
richness. Surface washing in ALMOST every
psrt OF IL has paid very well Tor more tnan
hall a century. In exceptional cases Iro,n
i've 10 seven dollars day bss been Ihsue
by one man with the cruoest macn'us s, /,
as6 sometlmes more; bot up to 1919 all OF
shs exnenslye efforts had not turned In ac'
sordsrce with weligrouoded expectations,
ard while not exactly failures. yet tney
were rot very profitable. II remained Iof
fhe . Morrow Gold-Mining Compspy 10
make the first grand success. Tais " a
wealthy New York company, who gave
sfAo00 for the old Booker mine several
wears since, which they now bold at some
shing like a million, and do not desire TO
cell. They are extracting gold from quartz
each day. add In exceptional cases IL has
Welded as much as fifty-seyen dollars per
ION. and the supply Is apparently mex
hsustiblc. A Philadelphis company hss
commenced operations at the old staples
mine, recently purchased from William M.
Cabell, Esq, with success so fabulous sDal
/ hesitate 10 repeat The statements tnat pave
been made TO me. II Is uDquestonaDy
true tbst a rich vein OF gold-bearing quartz
nnderlies the entire belt. Every stream IN
n IL fiIIed IN auriferous sands, which, ac-
rordino 10 the theory of distinguished
eeoIogists, is necessarily the disintegrs-
dion OF The original rock. The writer
heard Colonel Morrow, the bighiy-intelll-
cent superinten dent OF the Morrow Gold.
Mining COMPANY, remark that II this geld
heit was situated west OF the Mississippi
FLYER instead OF in Eastern Virginia II
would create as much excitement as the
discovery OF the Black Hills. II Is proper
70 say that comparatively recent discoveries
In chemical and mechanical science have
added vers greatly to the value OF this gold
bearing qusrtz by the invention OF new
processes, which have resulted in extracting
The gold from the sand and the quartz in a
far less expensive manner than formerly.
IRON.
In iron the discoveries ia the neighbor-
hood of Spears mountain have been re-
msfkable, and mine after mine is in process
OF being opened. The Pennsylvania Steel
Company, the Virginia Central Mining Com
PAW, TIE wel,.known Mr.. Pardee, Of Penn
syiyania, aud the iDdefatigable Dunlap, to
whom this section OF the State owes an ever
lasting debt OF gratitude, are all vigorously
competing for the various properties. Three
sections OF the county contain iron-first,
the south side OF James river from Warren
TO Bent creek, distance Of about thirty
miles second, from New Canton to the Old
Furnace tract, now owned by Mr.. PardeC ;
and third, the area adjacent to Spears
mountain, near the home-place Of the late
X. T. HUBBARD.
COPPER.
In copper the discoveries have been very
recent, and satisfactory IN the highest de-
gree. The Lighlfoot mine, near New Can
ton, is turning out large quantities every
day, which will compare In richness, / am
rredibly Informed. with any in the world,
and it has been discovered In other parts OF
the county.
II is needless to call attention to the we'll
established reputation OF our slate, the sup
ply OF which Is inexhaustIble.
Buckingham claims to be the banner
mineral county ef this State. SUCCESS.
June Is, 1881.