Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-26
SlEYanlas Capitalists Investing
I sh!e !! County Mineral Inc Lands.
q N 3 COPPER ORE
EHtensIons ruay BIO tho Ro-
Il s ,ihsa1fSfsExtensive Developnents-
|s9HS i'm ii q sion In inc Production
,, sSs'i Il Ser ries Expented-s. Ohio wills
0 SO b nay sne 10 Recover omco or
y Comm q iioner.

INTERCHANGEABLE M VI Sof. Gu Gil eiiouS'ia
IS sG6resg of ma netlc iron ore were leased
sdnesday in Ashe county by Pennsyl-
sS ID b MA parties, representing the Pennsyl-
a no iin Steel Company, the Cambria Steel
IS Company, and others. This embraces
ffio . famous Ballou Home Place Bank.
flfch analyses 81 per cent
III several thousand dollars cash was
Is passed and the royalty agreed upon was
II ::abS cents per ton. Experts state that
n. this Is the greatest and finest deposit
Vi 6f magnetic ore in the Southern States.
The companies above mentioned, 1t Is
sssnnd erstood,s have arranged for railroad
~ bltl ding to commence at once. It is
"a thought the extension of the Norfolk
Hnnds3 Western from Chestnut Yards, Va.
S thei one contemplated, though the
;sSpnrH es Y themselves intimate Il that by
reement both the Southern and Nor
- fol and Western may figure in it, and
s. the Southern road be extended from
SsstY1lkeSboro to Bristol.
4 Todd & Pell,s attorneys of Jefferson,
81 have closed II a deal for Pennsylvania
aApeople: for the Gambrill Copper Nine
gEsa0cated about six miles from the Bal
Slou Inc. Work will be commenced at
sii once! in raising one, the ore to be trans
{ polteds by wagons ito the railroad until
s8propOsed railroad lines are built.
49, Miners are atsworls on the once re-
ssnoWned Ore Knob Copper Mines, which
.Eclosed I'D own because of the low price
ri COPPER some years ago, and Its mac
Hcessib ili ty to railroad. Mr.. James 70.
sSGlayton,s Of Baltimore, owns this prop
ssAertysGbut a New York syndicate will
obably purchase 1t. Mr.. Clayton
sfpaakes known. his intention to work 1t If
\ NJ the ew56Y ork parties do not pay his
SsiSsss inns and Bach, capitalists of MIL
tIy<Sea IL,
Nj Ing I'M the western end of this county.
sssssfhaXeS fna1ly9 taken up their option and
the money for the Elk Knob Cop
~ Perl Mine The price paid Is said to
III pe5 $40 900, The same firm has purchased
sSsssP1 900 acres Of the finest land in that
sss ton and8yarious runors are nfloat
ssI ITO their Intentions They evidently
rs have 90 big scheme of some nature on
sssf or as the quality and quantity of the
ssStSl land Eare such Us to excite the greatest
SSS ss curiosity.
Il: BERRY CULTIVATION.
the close of the strawberry sea-
gsSsonS#l last spring, when everybody en-
$S8gsgaged inS the business felt blue. q good
sSsf many Of the truckers around Mount
II q I've said they were going to pillow up
SS&ASgoodtportion of their plants and not
Sahs Use gasJmany berries as heretofore.
as liking with a gentleman from that
s,sss Sec ton O. few days ago who tells me that
lie q few may have reduced, others
sS1&haye increased their acreage, and there
S s52ills probably be as large an acreage of
ssSsgsss erries in that section the coming sea-
sIstiSs son as there was last. They are prom
,;Rs tgsd better transpo in the future
ssE&s than hey have had heretofore.
II OHIO WILSON'S CLAIM.
sSSssf Referring to the expected suit of S.
Sss5FsS S1thoy Wilson against Commissioner S.
sssg AR ogers, the attorney of Wilson, Mr..
ssssg CT Harris is quoted as saying:
s lSs 20 tho 3 resignation, placed in the
sSsSsh hand 8sof the Legislature, was Of no
L II GDEcesand effect He might as well have
SiSS fesf gned to the Methodist Conference. I
s sSs Yiah tyo uSwould say this from me. His
sgeat gnatton ought to have gone to Gov
SSse rnorss Russell. OF course Rogers will
~ eay WI lson had abandoned his office
Isl BeforeGth Legislature adjourned he
s Il filed ;synuchers for his salary to show
ss.SS ha t he was not abandoning his Office
ss IND to Keep alive his contention"