The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-10
Important Meeting

Tazewell. Buchanan. Smyth.
Washington, Russell. Wise.
Dickinson. Scott. and Lee.
Southwest Virginia Is an en-
pire within itsseif. and has ali
the natural resources that any
people could or ought 20 desire
to make them independent.
prosperous. and happy.
Take the counties of Mont
gomery and Pulaski, for in
stance, and they have water
power sufficient 70 propel all the
machinery in half the State and
coal enough 20 supply the pop
.ulation of half the union with
fuel. The mountains of Carol
and Grayson are pregnant with
copper and iron. Wytheis rich
IN iron. coal. and lead The
Austin lead mines for more than
century proves this statement.
Smythe and Washington can
gull the market with salt and
gypsum. Wise. Dickinson,
Russell, Scott. and Lee have any
quantity Of superior iron and
coal Tazewell, Bland. and
Buchanan have blue grass
enough to fatten cattle on a
thousand hill and as many more
sheep.
I'm "a word. every county in
the limits named has coal and
iron IN abundance and the most
+ OF them "a great variety of other
valuable minerals. namely: co..
1 bait. asbestus. aluminium. tale
both white and variegatcd
f gelena, plumbago. barry "a, man
I ganese. nickel. red and brown
/ ocher. Blue shalc and radium
/ Is found in nearly an Of the
I above ores. Sulpher, alum
and chaly bcate water aboun,
m most all of this empire. Will
rare exceptions this whole coun
try abounds with limcstom. an,
much of 10 Is a desirable char
acter for all building purpose
and burning 90 lime. ln fac
the whole is magniiicently wat
cred and wooded.
40 country is more blesseI
with a congenial summer eli
mate, purcr water. or grande
scenery, and not but few farms
If any. that are not watere
with springs or running water
It must not be understoo
that because the country
SCARED aud belted bv SO man
70 ridges and mountains that 40
NOT arabic. The soil of the hi
{ is equal 10 that Of the valley
+. Many of the hills are too stee
y TO till. bat blue grass grows I
= perfection. Another thing TIA.
" characterizes this country
that it has no washed ava
e lands that is not tit for us
:. Anyone travelling trough hel
= viii see else than "hogs, dog
p" iieas, and democrats.
y Nature has done a great de
n for Southwest Virginia in az
- but enterprise very little Wa
= of capital, prehaps. may ha'
been one reason. There ci
= now be no reason, surely, wi
) the redundancy of timber, co,
water power, aud cheap labg
: that the iron business cann
~ pay better in Virginia than
~ Maryland aud Pennsylvani
This is also a fine fruit and va
=, etable country, all grown TO Pc
q, fection.
This empire Is now fast beil
belted with railroads, which W
eo in the rear future bring capt.
- TO its rescue. and manufacture
. will be done at home instead
in our sister States. The far
;" ers are all up-to-date, with
W the modern farm machinel
The coking soal is now in
infancy and the rolling of il
has just begun.
l had almost forgotten
clay of Lee county. Firepr'
az clay can be furnished near
cf l.. q y. and V. & 5. W. r;
.st roads.
tIs This subject needs no art
'tb ment but is left TO those VIII
;ef il may interest.
go SAM HENRY DUE
Couafort Va Sent 2Ith