Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-08-05
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From Steele's Tavern.

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STEELE's TAVERN, Aug. 2.-It was
mentioned in this correspondence a few
weeks ago that the Boston Tin Mine Com
pany had failed to close their option on the
Irish Greek tin mines. The facts in the
case may be of interest. About the LIST Of
April, 1890, this company secured the OPP
tion for two years paying down $4,000 of
the purchase price, which was 100000.
Spring, but at the expiration Of that time
the company failed to close the contract,
and the property, with all the developments
and improvements and the ST., 900 cash
payment, remained in the hands of the for
mer owners. The outlay for improve
ments by the Boston Co. is believed to be
not much less than 900. It required %
cars to carry the machinery, brick, &C., to
Vesuyius, besides several car loads in less
than car load lots. The master machinist
employed by the company is authority fer
the statement that the engine itself cost
$4,000. The receipts of money by the
manager for current expenses, through the
express Office at Vesuvius, during the ten
months in which the work was going on,
amounted to about $4,000. The freight
bills were over ST 600. -Four buildings were
erected at the mines, the lumber for
which was hauled from 10 to Is miles Over
rough mountain roads. The mill" was
50x51 feet and three stories high; the EN-
CINE house was 40 feet square,; the crusher
house was 30x32 feet. These three were
floors. Still another building at the mines
was 30x40 feet. These buildings, the cost
of the complicated, expensive machinery,
with items already mentioned, would run
up the total cost OF improvements to near
$4,000. From opinions expressed by ex-
perts, a much heavier expenditure was still
necessary to prepare for working the mines
successfully, and our Boston friends pre-
ferred to lose the large sum already sIent,
rather than try to produce tin, even at the
high prices prevailing under the Mckinley
tariff bill.
Sylvester Samuel, the infant son of Mr..
Thomas B. Orchard, near SpottsWood,
died the 2sth of July and was buried at Nit.
Carmel cemetery, the Rev. A. II. Hamilton
conducting the services.
Mrs. Sallie A. Whitmore died this after
noon at her home near Raphine. She had
been a great sufferer for nine years with
rheumatism, and had longed for death to
relieve her Of the intense pain which she
experienced great part of the time. Her
remains will be buried tomorrow at Mt.
Carmel church, of which she has been a
member for many years.
The lawn party at Mt. Joy last week,
made about $3S for the new church at that
place.
MI. Geo. Luther Dull and family moved
into their neat, new cottage at SpottsWood
last week. Mr.. Dull is running the store
there, and is welcome addition to the res
idents of this community. He came from
Timber Ridge Station ON the B. & o. rail
road where he had been in business for seven
years. His brother, Robt B. Dull, takes
charges of the store at Timber Ridge.
Charlie Woodruff, son of MI. D. W.
Woodruff living neal Davis, came home
from Washington city with typhoid fever
last week. He is quite sick at this writing.
hegood people Of Mt. Carmel have given
their pastor the present month to rest. He
will be absent about two weeks. part Of the
time on visit to his brother, Mr.. S. P.
Hamilton of Monroe Co., W. Va.
The hot weather last week was felt here
as well as elsewhere. The sscold wave'' re-
ported to he coming has not reached us yet.
But we have had copious rains, and every
thing is lourishing in fields and gardens.
Some Of our people are seeking health at
the springs. MI. G. J. Bells family, with
that of MI. G. B. Bell Of Roanoke, have
gone to Wilson's in Rockbridge, also Mr.. J.
E. A. Gibbs, Miss Ethel Gibbs and Misses
Belle and Matte Rawlings. Blanche Car
son and Edna Nc Faddin. Mr.. j. Hawpe
Carson and family will go to McGilvray
Park this week, and others from near
Greenvllle.
Visitors are coming into the neighbor-
hood. Mrs. Watts with two children, of
Washington city, is spending while with
her father, Mr.. Jno. A. Parker Of Raphlne.
Mrs. G. w. Rubush and children of Buena
Vista. returned home to-day, after a brief
visit to MI. Jas. w. Miller near Spots
wood. Miss Maggie Chrisman of Rocking
ham, has spent two weeks with her uncle,
MI. S. n. Giles of Raphine. and will go with
Miss Minnie Giles to Wilson Springs this
week.
Rev. II. W. Tribble, pastor of the Baptist
church of Jackson, Tenn, has joined his
family at his father-in-law' Capt. z. H il.
Rawlings of Vesuvlus.
Misses Villa and Dora Dull from three
miles West of Staunton, are visiting their
uncle, MI. M. M. Dull near Spottswood.
Mr.. Harry Sterling of Holidays shoe
store, Staunton, is with his uncle, MI. Jno.
A. Spencer at Spottswood.
Mrs. A. III. Hamilton and son came home
from the Rockbridge Alum Springs to-day
in improved health.
MI. T. d. Scruggs, formerly of Raphine,
now OF Fire Greek, w. Va, on last Sun
day, stole his little daughter. Bette Belle,
six years old, from her grandmother, Mrs
ArabeIla Black near Davis, to whom her
mother, VINO died years ago, left her as a
parting gift.
From Mt. Scion.
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