Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-17
RISING LOGAN CITY.
THE VISION OF THE GEOLOGICAL
SEER BEING REALIZED
=, the Fork Of the James and the Rock
6sh--A Treasured House
of Minerals.
LooAs CRY, December i6. 1890.

For many years I was taught to look
npon the late Professor John l.. Campbell
as the geological "seer" Of Virginia, and
in this respect was not singular. IL Isl
therefore, gratifying for more than one
reason 20 know that as time rolls on and
the pick and hammer and drill of the pros
rector follow the lines of Campbel's vision
hrs claim TO that title becomes stronger and
stronger. Iwould not for moment essay
20 disparage the regulations OF other IN
vestigators in the fields OF Virginia NINE
raloev and geology. fully recognize the
and would accord them unlimited honor
for their work in bringing about the
DEVELOPMENT Of the Old Dominion,
but think all will admit that Camp
bell occupies an unique position IN the
matter of verifying the work OF his pre-
decessors and furnishing TO his successors
those cues that all true scientists never
fail 20 accept and give proper credit for.
The quiet. conservative, cautious Lexing-
ton professor could see as far and as clear
ly into the bowels Of the earth and explain
with as much perspicuity what he saw as
any man that ever lived. If be had tault
il was that he painted in too subdued
colors the almost unlimited vistas OF
wealth that to his minds eve and his SCI
entific understanding opened up beneath
the ground in nearly every section OF VIZ
ginia.
MORE THAN VERIFIED.
lam led 10 these remarks by q recent
visit to this place, and the proof every
where so evident that the report OF Profes-
sor Campbell on this section IL more than
verified. Logan City. as the readers OF tle
Dispaich know, is old Howardsville amph-
fed. rejuyensted, and started out on the
high-road Of Virginia progress. IL is the
staid. beautifully-located. healthy old
hlbernarle town, to which has been added
the vast possessions of the Virginia Steel,
Iron and Slate Company" an Incorporated
body. representing capital, brains and en-
ergy. and Differed rs follows: President,
F.T. Anderson, Richmond; Vice-Presi-
dent, II. w. Flournoy. Richmond; Secre-
tary. J. G.. Hankins, Richmond: Urea,
surer. j +. Gaines Richmond. Board of
directors r. II. Anderson who is also gen.
eral manager; H. w. Flournoy. William G.
Taylor, ]. j. Hikok, Alexander Cameron.
s. Blanchard. and r. p. Williams, which
last.named is the mining engineer OF the
company.
THE coMPANY's LANDS.
The company's lands may in a general
way be divided into two classes-residen-
tal and manufacturing sites and mineral
lands. The former embrace about four
Thousand
in the angle formed by the junction OF the
James and the Rockfish rivers. This pro.
perty commands q magnificent view OF
river and mountain scenery, and is broken
up into the most charming sites imagl-
nable for residences, cottages, aud Villas.
The country Immediately surround
ING Is IN agricultural and fruit
garden spot, and the atmosphere
while cool and exhlarating in summer IL
tempered most delightfully."- in winter. In
fact. the climate represents golden mean
the wear round The residential section OF
their property the company will divide into
lots and thoroughly drain and grade aud
Will erect upon IT magnificent hotei,
which without question must become
fayorite summer resort. For manufac-
tuning establishments and business-houses
farly well adapted. The company owns
q water-frontage of over two miles on Rock
fish river. a stream from which the water
supply is always reliable and from which
head of from twenty to twenty-four feet
can be obtained. while as regards transport
tation Logan City is on the James-River
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway. is only ten miles from the Virginia
Midland railroad, and is on the line of q
road projected from Charlottesville through
Howardsville to point on the Richmond
and Danville.
The NlNEhAL fhOfEhl1s
But after all the mineral properties of
the company constitute the basis of their
operation. Here is the cornerstone OF the
great industrial structure they are destined
TO rear. All who are ACQUAINTED with the
site of Logan City know that nothing IN
my cursory sketch regarding its beauty OF
scenery climatic advantages, ITS water
power, &C.. is in the least overdrawn. but
few realize the extent and variety
of the buried treasure that surrounds
il. and which i'll the nature OF
things must become tributary to develop
ing il intoa city, The company's mineral
properties consist of some $1,000 acres,
largely covered with heavy growths of
oak, poplar, pine. hickory, beech, birch,
&C., whose roots point 70 vast storehouses
of magnetic, specular, and brown hematite
ores, veins of lead. gold, and silver, and
deposits of limestone, asbestos, DC. L
think speak within bounds when | say
that the visit here Monday of the large
party that came up from Richmond was
a revelation to them.
BACK TO THE BIOLOGISTS.
And this, after somewhat necessary d.
erosion. brings me back TO Campbell and
the other biologists and mineraloglsts
that have reported on this section and TO
proof of NV proposition "a regards the
Former. In no portion OF Virginia nave
tensifed colors as the light of the miners
lamp struck than they have here. Inc
"Virginia Steel, Iron and Slate Company "
own mineral property In four counties
Albemarle. Buckingham, Fluvanna, and
Nelson. Professor Campbell, in his &c
ology and Mineral Resources of the James
River Valley" says: "In this Ohe Buck
ineham field the limonite ores have been
found in nearly three parallel beds, or
leads. extending from the neighbOrhood of
New Canton on the river (the james, to-
wards buckingham Courthouse From
all three of these leads the old Dean fur
mace at New Canton was supplied, and,
adds nv fauthority. "these beds will fur
nish vast quantities of limonite ores that
are known 10 have made good iron when
worked alone, but the probabilities are
that by admixture with magnetic and
specular ores. which also abound IN
the county. iron of superior quality
could be made" As to these last-named
ores Professor Campbell SAYS in another
place: 1.-The magnetic and specular ores OF
the Buckingham field have been explored
sufficiently to show that they are extensive
and abundant" and then proceeds TO show
that the field in the neighborhood OF VII,
lis. Mountain Is especially promising ano
that the deposits skirt the great gold-bear
ing belt of the county. Passing thence &c
the Warminster and Greenway sections
Professor Campbell in his usual coAserya
tive way locates and describes other rici
deposits. In these views Campbell
bears out Rogers and Is borne Out
by Hotchkiss and others. Now, having
considered this statement let the reader
examine the report of Mr.. Williams, the
mining engineer Of the company, thel
take Campbells map and locate the com
pany's property. and what will be his con
clusion? II will be that if Logan City doe
not realize the most sanguine dreams o
its projectors aud prove one Of the mos
profitable fields for investment IN tn
South there 10 no future for Virginia AL
that Campbell and others have indicated
and more, have become practical demon
STATIONS under the investigation of Mr.
Williams and in the test-tube and crucibl
of the analytical chemist.
AN ABSTRACT.
Let me give brief abstract Of Mr.. vii
iiams's first report, the positions ot whicl
are being daily strengthened as his worl
continues. He says brown ores (harS
brown hematites(. specular ores, and mag