The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-28
ing M an inland town."


ing up an inland town."
/ From the lower or Lcch Laird end,
to the Green Forest or upper end Of
the town, street railway will probs
bly, be constructed and operated At
an early date.
| The location ofthe town il admire
ably adapted 70 systsn Of sanitary
sewerage.
| Ikos ORES OF BUHNA vIsTA.
or the iron ores Of Busna Vista,
DR.. Ruffner has treated deliberately
in his valuable "Report on the Land
ed Property Of the Buena Vista Cam.
pany." to which the reader 10 r. fsred
In q letter of late date 10 the Manu-.
factures' Record, he sayG
aThe iron made from Buena Vista
ores has always brought the top Of
the market, for Foundry No. /, and
has been graded car.whsel. An odd
lot of pig held over by the former
owners has BEEN sold (April. 1888, ]
for $3.50 on iae ground, which b
high now, even for charcoal iron.
The ores lie in the hills. whore there
are vast quantities easily reached,
above water level, and may be more
cheaply mined than anywhere else !
know Of on this line The total cost
Of making iron here has been estima-
ted lately BY nome experienced Penn.
ylvania men ct 1913 per ton"
This ID . maximum estimate; the
minimum estimate Of skilled IRON
makers, on the cost Of . ton Of pig d
Buena Vista. il $3.50.
The writer Of the foregoing letter
continues q follows:
at ID certain that the advantages
here arc not 10 DO surpassed any-
who're IL i expected that foundries
and rolling mills will be built u
Buena Vista for working up much Of
the pig.iron, but il can be put into
New York at $3.50 freight. As coke
Foundry Iron No. / il rsarely below
$500 In New York, Is ID easy to see
that iron.making ct Buena Vista is
likely 10 be very profitable"
| COMBINATION or ADVANTAGES.
/ With it, insxhaustibIe supply Of
iron ores Of high grades, its access.
Utility to the three great coking re-
Iglons Of the East, il proximity 10
the markets of the world, and the on.
csllence Of It's central geographical
position, which puts the 6suthsrn
trade % near e the Northern narkets,
Buena Vista ofers Q comhinstioa OF
advantages that few ether Localities
in the South can equal. and perhaps
none can excel.
Limestans for huxinr purposes, Of
the most desirabl eharsctsr, Il 10 be
had In abundance, large beds Of Il
lying upon the Buena Vista property.
il HAsGASEsR.
/ Some forty or fifty miles north Of
Buena Vista are the famous Crimors
Manganese Mines, worked BIZ Messu.
Carnegie. Pnipps & Co, from which
has been taken the far greater por-
ton Of the manganese ore produced
in America, To tns value Of million,
Of dollars. Along the base Of the
Blue Ridge, extending for many mile.
north and south Of Busns Vista,
sporadic deposits Of this -vslusbls
mineral have been found; and Il d
5elisysd that il exists in paying qusn.
titles upon the Buena Vista property,
DIR. Ruifper states that Manganese
signs have been discovered In Eve
different lines on the Busns Visits
lands, and that large beds Of Il are
70 be hoped for In the deep basins.
i cLlYs. uxBRR, nc. H."
| Clays ochre and lumber exists on
the companvi property, Of such char,
scter and quality ~ 70 make each
likely 10 be . valuable article In che
dsvelopmept Of the industrial enter.
prises Of Buena Vista.
Mr.. LAMBDA, The Grebrick sxper,
and manufacturer of Baltimore, viii
an sxperincs Of more than thirty
yesu IN handling and developing
drebriok Glars. ssys that the firsbriek
clay Of Busna Vista q the nnest he
has ever sees for every purpose oil
Iproduction. n.y.
Il vATnE PouEn.
/ Al has bean stated, Busas Vias
lies on the norih River Of the ne
James twelve nilss above ia junction
81 Balcony Falls, With tns south forl
where tsy uzils 70 from Che ysuss
River, On The Norih River, st. sboys,
and bslov Busna Vista, within q dii.
lance Of isn milss, are Eve large dams
Of solid stone masonry controlled by
the Buena Vista Company, and fur.
nishiBg . large amount Of wall dis.
tribuied water power.
II nrn ron IsDUTRIss.
The mites destined for industrial
plsnr, or already allotted thersto. srr
located along The line Of The river.
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