The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-25
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Are the Men who Wantto know
the Size of Marion County.
They are Much Pleased with our County
surveyor and would like to have Him
always with thcm-And many others
Of our People.

Corr. Fairmont Index
When you heard from us last we
were at the beginning of one OF the
meanest lines we have had. From
the mouth of Maple run on White
Day creek to the corner of Monon-
gala, Taylor and Marion, it is a
hard way. The point was reached
after much crawling and cutting
and barking of shins. Old Mr..
Charles Watson who is now past
eighty years old, has lived in that
region the most of his life, and took
great interest 10 our progress. Where
the road was near the line he could
always be found to answer our in
quiries.
or course, every one knows John
Galliher, the assessor for the eastern
district before Mr.. Michael. Well,
we were kindly provided for by him
over Sunday. He and Nathaniel
Hawkins are our end men and live
beyond the "Black Hills" near the
angle formed by Taylor and Monon-
gala, in the extreme east end of the
county. The whole distance from
Gum Stump, the Wetzel- Mononga-
lia-Marion county corner, is thirty
two miles, composed of las lines;
forty-two of which lead around the
Gum Stump to Gallatin, alias Fly
blow, aggregating six and one fourth
miles, then comes the line from Gal
latin to the point in the ridge where
the old State road crosses" near Me
Curdysville, a distance of eight and
one-half miles; then by twenty. six
lines aggregating seven miles to the
low gap in the ridge. on the lands
of the Rev. John Smith, at or near
where the road from Middletown to
Morgantown crosses the same;n
thence a straight line to Barnabas
Johnson's meadow, a distance OF
three and three-fourth miles. This
point is always discredited locality
and was thought to be at Johnson's
wash place, as the big fiat stone
where Mr.. Johnson's folks Away
built the fire in summer to do the
weeks washing. This stone is at
the upper end of the meadow.
Thence it goes seventy seven lines
with the meanders of White Day
creek to the mouth OF Maple rum"
an aggregate distance of five and
four-ffths miles From there a
straight line is followed one and
five-sevenths miles to the Mononga-
ia-Taylor- Marion corner There
fore, with the meadows we adjoin
s'old Mongahalen on las different
lines for an aggregate distance of
thirtytwo miles; and, if all her peo-
pie, or any great number of them,
are as genial, intelligent, industri-
Gus and true as their county survey
or, George w. Johnson. of Morgan
town, who spent the three weeks
with us, that we labored along his
county we would not care if the line
were twice as long, and the number
Of inhabitants multiplied by ten ard
us as strangers. We all bid |
him good bye as our life long friend.
Before turning our back on Monon-
gala we planted a rude stake as the
corner, and after lettering it in
crude way, we dedicated the spot
and the stone with impromptu re-
marks, and singing doxology com
posed especially for the occasion by
Satterfield.
There was Government engineer
here the other day measuring the
fall in the river with view to ex-
the slack water to Grafton.
He found the fall from here to Nu-
zum's Mills, distance of one and
miles, to be 81 feet. As the
% miles of river from Fairmont to
Morgantown has only sixty four feet
all requiring six dams, he con
,luded there wouldn't be room
enough for the dams and went away
discouraged. He said there was one
hing though, that was the conven-
ence of stone with which to build
,he dams. Prof. White, of Morgan
own, is quoted as saying that the
great rough rock, forming the falls
s the Big Indian Oil Sand, found in
he Warrington oil field at depth
If from 2,0c0 to 1900 feet. Much
If it has the white pebbles or slack
'tones' often thrown out with gas
md oil from this sand. The rock
ound here is known in Geology as
he Greta Conglomerate Sand Stone
n Mountain builder" and is the
persistent station of the stratified
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