Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-25


great upper Creske. w'ch, rising very
hish IN srsst Rsinss, hath washed sway
the Bsnke that the Osal iyes bsre /;
otherwise it's ysry deep N the EARTH
the land beng very high, xnd nssr fne
surface rs plenty OF siste.',G Lawson
the surveyor-tsenersl and historian OF
North Carolina, differently and cIr-um-
stantisliy ascribes the discovcry OF
the coal 70 a Hugncnot settler 81
Mxnakm-Town, s'who. having shot
q fowl which fell into the river
near where the bank was precipi-
tons, went down TO tine assistance
Of MS dog, VINO. gong TOR the fowl. nad
difficulty n regsIning the summit OF the
bxnk. The Frenchman. n ms efiortsso
clIInb bsck. disiocated some earth 81
the foot OF a shrub OF which ne ha6
taken hold andreveaied the outcropping
coal. Making known his discovery the
land was surveyed and patented by one
OF tine gentry" The pstentee appears
TO have been tine enierprisine and ever
ssgaci6gs William Byrd, VINO, a. re-
corded n Ms. book OF the titles OF
the landed possessions (which were
largely inherited OF the second Colonel
WiiiIEu Byrd. tbl understanding
that there wa a coai-nIne upon some
land lying nesr MonaczH-IowD, which
had not been granted 20 the French.
took out a patent tor 344 scres, In
Guiding the same, which patent wa
dated October %. lT04" This deposit.
subsequently known a. the Dover coai-
mines, and last operated N lSI0 under
tine management OF seneral Charles
!. stone. formerly Of the United
States army. and late Of the stat
Of the Khedive Of Egypt, Is
said 70 nave beon the hrst mine
II Virginia. The next definite mention
Of Goa u Virginia tdismemeeree-nov
II West Virginia Is by DT. Tnomas
Walker. OF Castle I'LL, Aloemsrie
county. who IL Ms. diary. texrrscts
from which were published MAY T..
lS56ul the Cool- Trad Journal. Of her-
York, under dste Of June, 1850, re-
cords hIs journey over - mucR-fre-
cuerted indiGn roads = and pikin
buffalo roGds.' passing along tne yresi
czrboniierOus escsrpIncnt commonly
called tine Cumberland Mountain, from
near Cumberland tIap. northeast. ABOUT
two hundred miles q the mouth OF
6reenbrler rIveT, II the New Or treat
kRnawha river. nezr what Is tn tOwn
Of Hinton, OF the Chesapeake AND ONO
railway. II al this distance thIs
shrevd observer say "a plenty OF
co&l
Goa Is also early mentioned by
=. the FG:her o. MS Country. Wash,
IDgton II o Journ2l Of q Inn u
the ONO II i770 SAYS - OcO5cr l5M.
breakiasted g. the dres, hes-
COWS. thirteen miles. End reach Captain
Crawford e about O'Clock. The
iaBc iron GlsrF q Crawiord' E Is verJ
broken, though no. m0untLInous II
spots exceedingly ricb. and n genera
frec IRON stones LrsWi0rd's s Is very
nne land. iyInc OF the houghany 81
the piEce commonly called stewart
Crossing. Ou0bsT l4fA. A. Captain
CTawfcrd'f a. isy. Went 70 see =
coa.-mInc no: la iron hiE nouse, OIL
the DEuKs Of the river. The Goa seemed
70 beofthe verv best kim, burning freely
and abundance OF L. &. l. NAV De
inferred iron the fac; O IL ire con-
nustou thst the Goa. wa the tlm'-
nous. Gnd Also taat IL virtues h< been
more thzn cAsatliv TESTED. In tn
Tiroinlo Gqzatl. illiarnsDurg, Aprii
i. l-7C. Thomas SOwel. a1VeTtisss
EDy quEntity Of goo pit-coi for sale
g. the Falls Of james rIVe1. prlcs Is.
Dc bgshe- ;or reGGy money only.
Ihis Goa wa doubtless transported ~
DGiieEuI which were II Use o. james
rIFer before so frsu the Out-crOppin-
nesr n1nAzin-TorB.
Goa wa exported iron Richmond
Enc " ErwieE. Or James river, g Phiis
oeiphla Gnd otheT plEees II l1sy. Il
considerable qaxrtires, &nl SOLD
Il the iormer Dy ret&ii a. Is. t..
uushe. 4. Goa. va delivered 5y
wagon Il 1871 Il Richmond from the
Chesterfield plts oy Jonn Oundlitie q
Z los. virginia cgrrency, i0r twenty
I'VE bushels 3 price 'r&rlng the CIR
rCncJ a, wa the rune. q sTO tnir d. c
the value o. the pound sIerling. vnlci
tpuroXimxIed u the present value o
TIM Goa D. rstIL. To render svAiis
be ior market tne valuable deposit o.
the Elcnmond and CnssteThell Goa
DssIr a. vel o. the uIneral resources
c tne western counties wa q prImf
Etluuiznt o the Construction o. tn
Virginia water lines, an later O. Il
raIwsr lInes O. transportation. Az
tnraclie coz. J. sEI1 . nave been use-
% some extent fo- mechEnicG. purpose
u FepnsyiyEnlb before the Amsricar
hsvC iutiu8.
Tn axh&ustiess anthracite cOsi-nela-
G. CARBON and the a1IGeen- countie
were oiscoveTec L tn s1-uun OF 1871
bv tbc famous h1DteT Pnllp GInte1
a Do. returning lEte K.IeI day o fruit
les. hunting T. III cEUIn OF the hllis
w.iist crossing the Mxuch Cnunk NOM
tan stumbled upon black sgOslsne-
which frcu tra6Iuonrry account a
SUSPECTED y De stune-c0L.. Kror
the difficulty II irnIrlng anthracite Goa
i va mary yeErs before i was gene
faIiv utilized foT manufacturing prT-
poses. Il va trs; successfully eu
pioyed II the mEnuiact1re Of iron !
the Pioneer ho;-biss, steEis-fnrnnce O.
William Lyman Of Boston. which va
ouili L; PotIsrilie, II SchHylkli co1h-
- Il 1877.
TL1E Goa I2AnE 0F ETCuE 0SD "a. -
lss5
10. F~ice
KIND & tom average. fG-ut
Is.-uIutnOns cozi
truL4 JEIaes
EJFff Z Lne--
ferDslc neidE 00c .....-- ....---.--.----.
AHtErsr-ie Goa
tfuLl ft9AEJ
yEris----.-.-. $500 .-.--. .--.----.-..--..
pnni cosi ron
eE ktrElLl4lcT,of ..-----. .---------.-..-..
ToiA.-----z75.o0 tsBs tLsIz,o.
Inc estimated average price. IL shO1ie