The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-06-19

c,re on future. Since The had
u the psnie Esd Store Sel
hsa a steady growth IN h~t-c-s .
today il Is n good tui,s~~ s,'rt
thoagh its p~opals,ica i o"i, s,O5A
Nine miles north 81 six stone. a.
Va. Coal & iron Co'n-
pany Ass Hundreds Of meu emfserl
m~ining coal and making coke. sr3
st,ll nearer other companies are bald
ing hundreds OF coke ovens.
NV next stop was at Norton. the
terminus Of the l.. a y. aud \. r.
w. Railways. Within a few miles
Of Norton thousands OF men are en-
picyed in mining coal, making coke
aud working the valuable timber
found in the rich georges OF the
mountains. East Of Norton = few
miles is Coebnrn or the N-&W.,
where hundreds OF coke ovens are ia
( blast all the while. Ten years ago
not an oven was in Wise county. to-
day several thousand are in blast aud
hundreds under course OF c0ustrus-
ton. Only a few years ago and this
county was considered almost worth
less. but since the building of the
railroads. and the coming Of the CAPT
tahsts the conditions have changed
aud Wise county takes a position in
the front ia point Of productive
wealth.
This place. St Paul. is in the ex-
IRENE eastern and southern part Of
the county on the y. g. w. Road
snd ike other places in boom days
went NJ then down. Il was at this
point that the proposed Charleston
Cincinnati and Chicago r. r. was
TO cross the y. & W. and by reason
Of the great railroad advantages a
bright future wat pictured. On the
south side Of the river the city oil
Minneapolis WAS laid of and ou toe
north side ~ Paul was shown ora the
blue prints.
Toe three C's failed. Minneapolis
died and ST. Paul is not So large "a.
the Minnesota City of the same name
This city is ia the limestone belt %
Virginia which extends Car into Oh.
State eastward aud where large mum
y bcrs Of fine short horns msy bee -ecI
feeding op the blue grass hills. Ih
divide between the mineral and th
grazing lands being about two milo
north ct this place. puts ST. Paul D.
touch with the great activity of th
one and the quiet. peaceful pursuit
ol tho agriculturals on the other
just above this point miles. a ne'
. line of railroad H. being huilt lut
some Of the best coal property ia thI
section and within O. few months tu
or three large companies viii DC pu.
ting coal on thc market lrobabl
4 the best coal land, Boz Virginia 80
in Dickinson county. north 40 ta.
section and which Will soon ue dove
opcd s. three different lines of coca
arcnow building into it from diaere.
directions, The development,
South west VA. arc msr,ciou, a'
u set Der untold wealth i- oul, BOZ Ju,
hood
Iu this section there j. room .
thc man of money and ana .uve-
mcut iu thc coal lands NOW rapid.
advancing viii prove highly prolific
bic. 80 ono need fear that q
.. writer viii JOIN chs speculative io
ces oi this section for he Is v.tho,
che necessary ingredients to go
uainst the odds. My mission BOO Oh
section is 90 a lincrcni nature thong
lit is my desire Co Doe with che DO
grc.sive forces wherever found.
can say for thc benefit OF che who
growers oi keutncky. chat che cr.
viii be- almost a total lailsre iu Oh
state aud the farmer who mah
wheat this year viii doubtless get
good price C.S Ham.