The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23

situated the Franklin mine Between
the two mining tracts lies section
whose fruit Interest are rapidly grow
Ing into profit and prominence. For
the first half of the last century the
..FraniSiin'' mine. operated by slave la
Dor and with crude machinery. furnish
ed an enormous profit to the operators;
but for many years the shafts have stood
filled with water. the machinery rust
Ing ard the buildings dccay.ng. the re-
suit OF q disagreement, among the own
ers among the Introduction Of improved
machinery followed by the unsettled
condition OF the country during the
Civil War. One day an Ens,ishinan.
with thirty years experiences In the
mines Of North America came along
md examine the refuse heap which
covers several acres or ground. in some
places to depth OF forty feet.
Pleased with his examination Mr.. Pc
,ro erected now buildings. put In the
most modern of mining machinery and
with two horses a cart ard eight hands.
he hardles sixty tons o. sand a week
from the dump of the old mine. At
from twenty to twenty-five DAYS he
cleans IN from s.. 100 to s4ono of nearly
! pure GOLD and the citizens say he has
the best paving thirg in the State
An em.nert mining engineer. who re-
Gently examined this mine, affirrls that
If sunk deeper ard modern machinery
| used to handle the ore II would yield
n profit as great as any quartz mine IN
| Colorado Pleased with the returns
from the .'old dump n1r Petro wished
to oren IN the old shaft and mine upon
a more extensive scale: butq5tfe owners
Of the property disagreeinr among them
| selves. he decided to pause IN his opera
tiors until such tine as he can secure
a good lease IN the mine.
Mr.. Fetro having associated some
wealthy canita'ists of Baltimore. pro-
poses. When successful In securing p
new lease. to reopen the Old mine, and
With the latest r2atterna of mining ma
chnery to i,andle the ore. a new era In
mining is promised to the old Frank
lin" The ore in this n1i1e is very rich.
the only weak point is that the fineness
of the god makes Il diric,llf to save
At this point. few words m'rht not
be amfss# descriptive of Morrfs,ille. the
| most important town in striking dis
tarce Of the -,ines already snolsan of and
raSt to Warrento,l. the gr,ea test ef7nca-
iional and literary center in Fauntiier
t county. Roads raaiate from this poin.
in every direction ard every one IN o'd=
some evidence Of the Industry thrift.
enterprise and prosperity of the inhn hi-
tants. a new house built after modern
ty'aes, new barn, LIBERAL use Of
nhitewasf on the outbrildings and fen
ccs. six or eight large stacks of hav,
These are the tfi,nsS that sneak or the
communities material IMPROVEMENT
But If there IS one thiing 5tt.at the PEG
/, ne Of Mortdsville = IRE proud of above all
others ii IS Prot Gi'kerson ard the
Mcrrisvilie School system. the efficiency
OF, which has been Increased this
! year by a fine nev hui'dins cree
ted ny tic citizens and they have plan
me-! 10 have one of the BEST trainin.:
sci tools for teachers TO Re forrd IN TIE
State Instead Of beng ( d-a visa elk. I'd to
~ seven niles from a railroad is Looked
anon by Prof frf'lserson q s a benefit to a
school Of this kts{d in the Information Of
Char cter ard tho #cencer.rati-n OF n.
rnpiis' nirds Tpnn ihetr Studies rs tl,a-e
a"c fever things to distract tire pnri's'
n1j-ds, The town ard tie s,trrorndf7-
country IS elevated tho water p,re and
tie air fresh from ths pine forests that
lie to The eastward Is healthy and brac-
Ing and tho social ard moral coaaitions
are con6nctive to ntellectual ACTIVITY.
aforrfsville is situated in a section we'll
Naterea and especially wa'l sd pied TO
bong shown and as yet no inj riols
disease has found lodging on the cul-
t.yated fruits or h,,rries s.
HANDSOME RESIDENCE.
One Of the landmarks of this town
Of this entire section In facts the
/ handsome residence built by the late Dr
| W. S. Cooper. who. at the time of his
death was the Oldest practicins phSsi-
clan In Virginia. having record Of over
| fifty wears and leaving 10000 worth OF
| unpaid doctor bills upon his books.
| Some very humorous events are hid
\ away between the leaves of his dry old
account books. There was one family
that he doctored for collie, measles.
! whoop'n g-corgh, n1airnps, and chicken
! pix. sewed up AK cuts set broken bones
/ lanced hollis and hone felons nursed
them through diphtheria. pneumonia
and typhoid fever watched them come
! into this world and was at their side
: when they passed out OF 1t: through
I four generations. and the only item "a
be found marked on the credit side OF
their account Is - rooster chicken 4
grove of grand old oaks envelop the
1,r,,Sa and li,,.. tho ron ,ya