The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-02-12

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above and below them. The
1, GOO foot level is far above the
general surface Of the more
southwestern counties and Ohio
river counties and extends up
the river valleys into the central
counties. In Jefferson and Berk-
eley counties it is almost even
with the SUBMITS of the Blue
Ridge and North Mountain, so
that the general surface OF these
counties as we'll as that OF Nor
gan and Hampshire is much be-
low the level. This contour line
creeps up the Big Sandy to the
mouth of Crane Greek on Dry
Fork, and to the mouth of Dry
Branch on Tug Fork IN Mellow
ell county. 1t extends up the
Great Kanawha to Sewell in
Fayette county, up Gauley TO
Woods Ferry. and up Elk river
TO the Braxton Webster county
line.
On the Little Kanawha the
,Oo0-foot contour line extends
up the river to the mouth of
Gladly Creek in the southern part
of Lewis county, thence it skirts
across the country with many
irregular windines to the near
corner of the Pennsylvania line.
1t extends northward through
the counties of Greene and
Washington and turning east
ward and southwark again
crosses these counties and enters
West Virginia in Monongalia
county. 225 feet above the river
level. 1t creeps up the narrow
canon of Cheat river to the
mouth of Sandy in Preston coun-
ty. and up the Tygart's Valley
River to six miles above Grafton
and up the West Fork river to
Weston. The 1000 foot level ex-
tends up the North Branch of
the Potomac above Piedmont to
Bloomington, and up the South
Branch of the Potomac to the
forks of the river above Peters
burg to Grant county.
The 1,5O0 foot contour line ex-
tends up the Big Sandy river to
the mouth of Cucumber Creek in
Mcdowell county; up the Green
brier river to Lowell station, and
up the New river beyond the
Virginia line to the mouth of
East river.
1t extends up the Gauley to
Hughes Ferry, up the Elk to
Addison, and up the Little Ka-
nawha to the mouth of the right
fork in Upshur-Webster line.
This level extends up the
Buckhannon river to the mouth
of Grassy run. in Upshur county,
up the Cheat river to st. George,
in Tuckerc county. In the eastern
counties this level extends up
the north branch of the Potomac
to the river bed directly below
Elk Garden and up the south
branch of the Potomac to the
mouth of Deer run, in Pendleton
county.
Although the highest noun
tain in the State is in Pendleton
county, the county of highest
general elevation is Pocahontas.
This county can hardly have an
average elevation of less than
5000 feet above the sea.
The Greenbrier river enters
Pocahontas county on either side
of Beech Mountain at an eleva-
ton of $500 feet above the sea
and leaves the county at its
southern extremity at 1000 feet
above the sea. Cranberry river
and Williams river are each 5000
feet above the sea at Pocahontas-
Webster line, and Elk river
passes the Pocahontas-Randolp
line at a height of $500 feet.
Shaver's Fork of Cheat enters
Randolph from Pocahontas at a
height of 300 feet above the
sea. so that the high uplands OF
the State are distributed among
the counties of Pendleton, Poca'
hontas and Randolph. The fol-
lowing are a few of the highest