Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-10

The State is full Of resources OF
material and power for manufac
turing, its capabilities in many di. |
rections being practically unlimited
AS an agricultural State us pro-
ducts are numerous and excellent,
embracing corn, wheat, Tobacco,
and every description OF farm ana
garden and orchard products prop |
er to the middle States. Virginia |
actually raises a crop of2O,ODO !
bales of cotton annually.
The Virginia exhibit is installed |
in an area Of some 10000 square |
feet in the southeast quarter Of the /
Government Building. y large |
space is occupied by the geological
and mineral display, which is yer, |
complete, aud is admirably arrang-
ed by Major Jed. Hotchklss, Con-
missioner OF Geology and Min
eralogy. Virginia has been classl !
fed into the Tldewater, Piedmont |
Valley aud Appalachian belts, ac-
cOrding TO the natural divisions Of
the State made by the PARALLEL |
mountain ranges, and the ge0log
ical character Of each belt is chara-
cteristic and peculiar. Major
HOtchkiss has made separate and
distinctive collections of the miner.
ais Of each.
Iron, coal, slate, granite and gold
are found in the Piedmont section.
The Tidewater belt displays marls
and clays
The Valley cantains various
sorts Of marble and building stones;
it also contains the Wythe lead
mines, which were almost the soc
dependence Of the Confederate
armies TOR bullets during tue war.
The Appalachian Is rich in coal.
Here also are to be found the rc-
markable salt basin which was a
large source Of salt supply to the
southern people during the war.
There are also extensive deposits
gypsum, so valuable as a fertilizer
aud from which plaster OF Paris is
made. The copper mines of that
section are also very important.
AS a health resort and SAM
tarium the Old Dominion holds
high place, possessing more springs
OF mineral water than other state
or country in the world.
The forestry of Virginia is very
valuable and is fully exhibited.
In the matter OF manufactures
the exhibit is instructive. The
cotton mills at Danyille, Manches-
ter and other places, and the wool.
ell mills of Richmond make dis.
plays OF their goods.
The tobacco industry, which is a
leading one, shows the products of
"a number OF firms and factories. Al.
leu & Gnter, Salmon x Hancock,
I. q. Williams, j. b. Pace, and
others make fine exhibits. The
Randolphs, of Richmond, display
paper boxes and blank books.
The celebrated Tredegar Iron
Works at Richmonn, which made
cannon, built ships, railway machn-
cry and the like for the South dur
ing the war, make an extensive
exhibit of their products.
Watt Il Call and II. VI. Smith,
of Virginia display agricultural
implements and machinery for
manufacturing tobacco.
j. L.. Lindsay shows cotton mill
supplies, and the Richmond Cedar
Company presents an extensive ex-
hiblt of woodenware.
Flour from the extensive and
celebrated mills at Richmond, and
wheat, corn, tobacco, peanuts and
farm products are extensively dis
played.
Col. w. w. Finney is the eff.
cient and Jealous acting commits
sipner whose intelligent and untir.
ing eXertions have accomplished so
much with the limited means at his
disposal, and have made his eX-
hibit one of the most conspicuous
of the southern States.
The fine painting Of Clusters
Last Charge, when he and his
gallant band were cut down and
eXterminated by the sayages in the
heart of the Rocky Mountains, has
been heretofore described in these
columns. The picture is by the ar
list John \. Elder, OF Richmond.
The scenic model OF the Natural
Bridge, by w. l.. Sheppard, another
Richmond artist, and also pre-
viously described, is one of the
handsomeSt works In the ExpOsl-
ton and is a conspicuous feature Of
the Virginia section.
The exhibitor the Virginia Fish
Commissioner, Hon. Marshall Me-
Donald, has just been added to the
collection. 1t shows elaborate ap-
poratus with glass tanks for living
fish, with all the processes for
Matching the spawn. 1t is an ex-
tremely interesting display aud re-
presents an important enterprise in
Virginia, celebrated for the finest
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