The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
VALLEY DEVELOPMENT.
some signs OF Progress In Shenandoah
Recions-The Mineral Deposits.


STANTON, VA. February L.. Special. r.
The people Of your beautiful city ana OIL
Eastern virginia scarcely realize tne I'M
mense development now in progress IN the
Valley and Southwest Virginia. Prom
WaynesbOrO. where is found the finest de-
posit of red specular ore i'm this country
togpther with brown hematites and man
vanese. an along the western slope oil the
Blue Ridge, and among its numerous spurs
arctic be found mines OF wealth, ABOUT 10 re-
ceive the application Of the magic touch OF
labor 20 produce such values as nave MEYER
been realized i'm this country before.
AT Wavnesb0rO another land company
has been formed with General Thomas j..
Rosser Of Charlottesville president. hoh'
AhsalOm kOiner, one of our most conserNa-
tive and prudent men. is in this scheme
The company d. composed Of prudent care
full. sagaciOus and successful business men
At WaynesbOr0 Junction, Basic lity Is 10
be built. The ROseland Iron and Coal COM
many finds here It's immense red speculal ore
deposits. now being successfully worked.
AZ Reese. the inventor Of the Basic steel
nrocess. has long ago pointed out tins sec
lion as the future steel-Ore field OF TINS cOuh-
try. - ,,-....o.,.oro. ,ve find
the old Mt. TORY furnace, where pig IRON
was made a hundred years ago by the olu
charcoal process On this property are
iarre dep0sits Of iron ore and manganese
and an along here for miles, on kennedy
and other locations, manganese Is louhu'
Then we have the wondeHui oeFeioplilen' l
"a Ruena Vista. about which so much mas
hon said Of late. and all of which Is true,
and vel the half has not been told. Ihen
We have Glasgow. General Lees Company
rich i'm undeYelOped wealth, but 10 when
General Lee is giving his best talent ana
$50 fhe west on the line OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad we have Deauilui
marble al Craigsyille, mountains Oh IRON al
Ferroi. the Victoria furnace turning Out
more than one hundred tons OF pig IRON PEI
day, located near Goshen; lneh hoi.su'''e
mi Low Moor. and sandWiched between
those two. is Iron Gate and clifton forSe'
Another building company has beeh or
~anized for the promotion Of TINS interest az
iron Gate. and here TOO hon. jacob Vss
bending his energies 80 the buli0ihg UP "
to,xn. lie has met with wOndeiful SUCCESS
syndicate of Staunt0n gentlemen mas
purchased the Williamson ana Olhef piop-
I -,ty around Clifton Forge, ana VIII al , oilce
nr6ceed 10 its improvement. tliiioh folse
/ Is an important poiht' ,, .,....... t,o.
The chesapeake and Ohio Railway makes
3. - nature has decreed il, that this shali
/ ~ railroad centre. The Chesapeake ana
Dbio shops viii be placed here; and here
I III ho tbe termini Of two Ot IT'S dNlslons'
Tbe Pittsburg road will pass through ihe .,e
.,,nnrtoins here and give new ne 10 lhe
nises Activity prevails everywhere along
/ ~ iinee indicated; and the remarkable
Snc Sac+ lists fhai OF all who have invested IN
,Sose enterprises none haye lost money, an.
iaree numbers have made "DiS money n.,s,,, !,
Tbe car Of prosperity Is passlbs ~ -,
our land, and those whs Nouio no' ''0 wv
should get aboard now,