Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-03-23
THE RESOURCES OF TAZE
WELL AND THEIR DEvEL.
OPAIENT.

This matter of publishing to the
world SO mich concerning tho riches,
developed and undeveloped, of one
of the finest counties in the State, is
no new thing with the CLINcH VALLEY
News. 1t has been the leading fea.
ture of the paper since its first pub
lication, and it was the first paper
published in the entire Clinch Valley.
AS an instance the following article
is taken from the editorial depart
ment of the issue of Feb. 80, 1865:
"wEALTH OF TIE TAzEwELL COAL MINES"
SPY wise provision of Providence
the prImeval forests aud myriads of
lesser vegetation i'll the decay of
ages, have been transformed by the
secret agencies of nature into coal,
and packed away i'll the earth for the
benefit of man. Biologists estimate
the aggregate area of the coal fields
of the United States to be ilore
than twelve times greater than that
of all the world beside. This amaz-
ing disposition Of an element of SO
much power must lead to tho forecast
Of q future Of almost boundless en-
terprise. The wealth of Tazewcll III
the article Of coaF is beyond esti-
mate.
Fields of illimitablc extent cover
it's boundary OH the north aud north
west. The belt that intcrsects tlds
county is computed to be some seven
hundred miles in length, stretching
from the northern boundary Of Penn
sylvania to the State of Tennessee,
with superficial area of $4,000
square miles, and is perhaps the
most extensive coal formation known
to biologists. Entering Oh its con-
fines some few miles north of this
village, the observer readily apprc
cintes its boun lless extent. Out
groupings of extraordinary breadth
and thickness are everywhere visible,
protruding from the TANKS of ridges
md rayines, from the beds Of large
streams and rivulets, or cast up as
alluvial debris on the plain sits min
eral associations, its depth and pos
session render it easy of access and
favorable fer mining. 1t burns dc,
]ightfully i'll the steam cars and fur.
naces, and even in this thickly wood
cd country, begins to supersede wood
MS fuel. While speaking of the end
less distribution of this element of
power and wealth in our midst. we
should not omit to mention, that
aside from this great emporium of
mineral fuel, of itself I'M inoxhausti
BILE source of wealth, we have in this
county and within its immediate vi
cinity almost every geological for.
nation, justifying the expectation
that at no distant day its mineral
wealth will be developed to NJ extent
beyond what our limited conceptions
can, ut present, even imagine. Here
also fiourishes her native bluegrass
in rich luxuriance, upon which in
Vulnerable herds may Craze ad H6i
tam. The soil is fertile, the climate
healthful, and though the country in
many parts may present n wild and
grotesque appearance, it is SO diver
si6ed by mountain, hill and dale,
high woods and smooth level plnins,
that it is suited to every taste and
almost every description of agricul
tural labor. Its bold streams, tum.
bling cascades and rushing mountain
torrents, afford endless motive power
for oil kinds of machinery. In short
it combines advantages for sustain
ing dense, industrial and manufac
turing population. Upon this fruit
full theme we could dwell much long
er, but time and space forbids."
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MILLIONS FOR COAST DE