Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-19
AURlFeROUs SANDS.
A GOLDEN Future Pre- dictsd for West
Virginia.
Pay Dirt Found Yielding Six Hundred DOL
lars to the cIoh-General News
From the Interior.

Thomas Williams, the old miner who
Slams to have discovered rich streak OF
gold. bearing dirt in Roane county, passed
through Piusburg Monday on bis return
rom New York, and to reporter told the
story of how he stumbled upon
The precious metal:
IL am going down into the mountains
and hills of West Virginia to develop some
gold and silver mines that think are
property. Two years ago | left
Nevada in disgust and started East TO see
old friends and try my luck nearer my ear
lier home. Picking up West Virginia
paper containing an account of some dis.
coveries in tin ore in jackson county, l
determined to get off at Wheeling and look
up the mining matters of the State gen.
orally. | took steamboat at
Wheeling and went 10 Jack
son county to learn that the tin deposits
we're OF no account |, however, pushed
on into the interior OF the Srare, into
Roane, Webster, Nicholas and other coun-
ties in the hope OF turning up something
promising in the way Of gold and silver.
The outlook for some time was OF most
discouraging character, but | finally began
picking up particles of what appeared to
me to be paying dirt, which they proved
TO be beyond expectations when washed
| kept skirmishlng for several weeks and
daily with satisfactory results. The fuds
however, are OF such character that am
not financially able TO develop them my
self, and have been 10 New York to look
up help. Some gentlemen who exam
ined the dirt thipk it will pay and have
put me in SHAPE 10 develop halt dozen
counties if necessary. / think the gold
belt ia in the counties of Roane, Putnsm,
Nicholas, Webster, Bfax,on, Randolph and
Pocahontas, aud probably extending inro
the old State of Virginia. Silver is also
present in less quantities and will be mined
as an incident 10 the gold developments.
One ton of the dirt that 1 dug yielded
5000 in gold TO $50 in silver, and several
tons Welded variously, ranging from $75
to $5U0 each | think that West Virginia
is the coming gold producing State Of The
country Nevada is as nothing, New Mex.
leo fluctustes, Arizona is doing little and
CsIiornia's supply is being exhausted.
North Carolina has nothlsg to speak OF
and never will have. | will be at work
putting up a Smelter and crusher next
week.
Nessrs. Joseph NJ. and Joseph Fleming
returned to Fairmont on Wednesday from
California. These gentlement lett there
nearly two months ego for the purpose OF
looking after mining claim in California
in which Joseph Fleming acquired an in
terest three or four years prior to the late
war This was Mr. Jennings first visit to
the mine since the year 1858, and was
taken after receiving information that the
claim which he had abandoned was now
valued at from 500. 900 to 5000 600. He
found on his arrival there that it had pass
I'd into the hands of other parties, who re
fused TO recognize his right to the property.
Mr.. Fleming AT once instituted suit in the
courts there against the parties in poses
ston, and has employed Creed Raymond
+ q, a former resident OF Fsirmont, but
now famous and successful lawyer Of the
Golden STATE, to prosecute his claim.
Some few years ago, the Coroner of Lewis
county was required to cause the body OF
man named Faulkner, residing on Gee
Lick, TO be exhumed, and an inquest held
upon it. 1t was charged that he had been
shot. The jury returned verdict that al
though some shooting had been done, he
died from natural causes Not long after
wards the Coroner was required TO hold
an inquest upon another Faulkner "a
brother of the first nsmed) who had been
shot and killed at Jane Lew. And now
we learn that another brother was fatally
wounded a few days ago in Hsrrison
county.
Miss. R f Ellis, of Racine, has an in.
teresting relic in the shape OF lot of de.
cisions made by the Military Court of the
Virginia Colony in 1854, signed by Major
Milo Caroy and the redoubtsble and bis.
toric John Smith, who won the affections
of the copper colored Pocahontss 1t was
captured from burning Virginia Court
House during the war and sent. to her BY
one of the soldiers from Meigs county
The writing is very legible and the paper
IN good state Of preservation The vsri-
GUS debts and payments are all recEoped in
pounds of tobacco. end the style Of pen.
mansb,I IS unique and interesting.
Thursday Of last week, about 9 o'clock,
Ihsmss Terrell, prominent and wellto.
do citizen Of Calhoun county, nat his
death BY accident &c was assisting in
rolling some lumber he owned into the
river ut Grsntsville, when he was caught
by rush Of logs and crushed to death.
de was a public spirited man and was
prominently spoken Of for sheriff. His
Heath csusea general regret.
The Ohio River Railroad Company are
going to build large wharf on their ex.
enson property at Point PIsasant, and
gill put yEaribost there. 1t is rumored
hat arrangements are about concluded be-
Ween The railroad company and the Big
sandy Packet Company, by which the lat.
er will make Point Pleasant its terminus,
md run in connection with the railroad for
10Th freight and passengers.
The work on the extension Of the
Weston and Buckhannon railroad I'd he
5uckhsnnon river goes tos%srd. Il will
e exteCded to point within ten miles Of
lelveiia this summer, and will for short
Ime be used as tram road, but iron
ais will soon be laid, and it will become O
all Hedged railroad.
The trial Of Thompson, at Lewishure,
Or the shooting OF Fowler, ia ksYette
ounty, year or SO ago, resulted in q dis.
greeNent q the jury. which stood eight
Or ac4uittal Eand four for mauslsuRh,er
; new trial will be had in November next
Three toas year old steers belonging 10
erry Stone OF Jackson county, were killed
lightning Monday night. They were
nder al apple tree that was frst strrck
nd the shock thus communicated. Not ,
one OF the cattle was broken.
A young man by the name of Bowers
mig hear Braxton county, commirted
ic'de one day this week by cutting bis
rost from ear to ear.
Trout fishing il :ae noun ain s,resms NJ
10 St6.s as reported IN he ,.Ln