The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
Virginia MINERALS.
What May be Seen Mt the Department oil
Agriculture In this City. Nearly Livery
County In the state Eich In something.

Agriculture In this City. Nearly Every
County In the state Eich In Something.
Colonel h0mas A. Whitehead, Com
missioner of Agriculture, has number of
articles, interesting to farmers and Others.
in the last Southern Panter In one Of these,
entitled Virginia Minerals, he shows how
every county in the State Is rich in
mineral wealth, as can readily be seen by
an examination of the specimens on ex-
hibiion al his office in this city
Strangers do not know, and perhaps
our people have forgotten, that an as
tonishing exhibit of Nirginia's mineral
wealth can be seen at her Department OF
Agriculture An hours examination of
The cabinet of minerals will satisfy any
one that there is untold undeveloped
wealth in this State, and that sections
and counties overlooked and disregarded
by explorers, will richly pay investment
in ihier very cheap lands
There is here The finest specimen Of
rock crystal ever exhibited, weighing six
and half pounds, broken from large
mass. Ii is clear rs the pure,t glass, and
from Amelia county. 4 block of iron
pvfites of over fifty pounds, containing
copper gold and silver, having the ap-
peafance of a most beautiful block Of
glilterng stone; this is from Louisa
county. Chesterfield is represented BY
masses Of curious looking ana valuable
Goals. Appomatlox by splendid speci-
mems of manganese and iron ores. Rock
bridge by wonderful stone mari, Il
beautiful chalk and wealth of iron ores
Augusta by MASSES OF iron ores man.
ranese, and coal Buckingham by a fine
design in .he best slate. Henrico, in her
famous granite. Bland with marble and
most curious stones and ore. Russell,
Scott, and Tazewell with Goals, marbles,
and ores Wise with large masses of
richest iron ores and splint c1al. Wythe
with lead ores and shot Pulaski, zinc
and iron in masses. Montgomery, coal,
mill, and grindslone. We have yellow
orchre in large and handsome masses
from Page and Chesterfield. \ large va
riety of stone formations and dressed ex.
hibils Of slate and soapstone from Albe.
marie. Rich magnetic and steel ores
from Amherst. Marls, shells, fossils,
sands, and earths, curious and interest
lng, are IIDu IlhHONfI, Noflolh, ITinccSS
Anne, Elizabeth City, Gloucester, Nanse-
mond. and York and from Spoiisylva.
MA we have good ores and granite, very
fine specimens These specimens will
attract The attention of any one,
and if examined, will secure the con-
siderslion of capitalists looking to min.
ing. We have little Frequently nothing,
to let the visitor know that there are such
counties as Dinwiddie, Lunenburg,
Brunswick. Greensyile, Fuvanna.
Prince William, Surry, Sussex, South.
amplon, Mathews, Northumberland, Mid.
dlesex, Lancaster, Warren, Frederick,
Essex, Isle of Wight, Accomac, North.
amptOn, Caroline. Warwick, Rappahan-
mock, Madison, Culpeper, Meckienburg,
Buchanan, Craig, and Highland. Now,
would it not be we'll for a few public.
spirited men in all these counties not
represented, or not fully represented in
our cabinet, TO put themselves 10 a little
trouble, collect and send to us, ut our ex-
pense, the best specimens of minerals of
their section-s0mething to let the out.
side world know that your county Is
worth exploring