The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
deposits obtainable in such paying guam


titles. 1t is only within the last few
years that the true value of the forests
has become SO evident. Capital began
to pour into the territory In question.
and ere long In the valleys could be seen
numerous smokestacks soaring skyward.
The pick and shovel welded by strong (
arms, and drills, driven by muscles, steam
and electricity, We're carving passages
through the mountains OF coal and beds
of iron ore. In the twinkling OF an eye,
so to speak, the mineral deposits OF the
.rginias and Kentucky. which through
all these years had been lying buried far
away from the penetrating eye OF man,
were found to be of enormous value.
Here to-day we find the great long
trains OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way grooming beneath Natures bounty, as
they wend their way through these val
leys and around the hills containing price
less Jewels. Train after train. with music
in every blow Of the locomotives whistle.
pass swiftly on to their destination, and
, as the doors OF prosperity SWING agar,
the nelodlous echo encourages and thrills
toiler and capitalist alike Few there
| are who saw that the hidden wealth OF
| these regions would inevitably create here
| a land OF such magnificent manufacturing
| possibilities.
THE evolution OF the valleys and noun
tains Of Virginia West Virginia and Ken
| lucky Ia interesting indeed, and 1t would
4 seem unnecessary to write In detail OF
! theil. mineral, forest and agricultural ah-
vantaSes where It has been demonstrated
that such q variety OF products may De
| successfully manufactured and fnafRe.eu.
! Suffice It to say, that crude materials
are to be found in abundance near at
J hand and In territory where labor Is
(. available and FREQ from strikes; In Il
| land where water power is plentiful, fuel
easily accessible, and cheap transporta-
| ton facilities OF the very best; and'S
therefore, a land OF excellent opporruni-
ties for Investment
| 1.-The diyersihcation of raw materials is
one great feature which Is doing 30 much
to extend trade In many directions. In
| the beautiful and once tragic Valley OF
Virginia one may observe from the sum-
nit of the mountains In the distance the
| ant-like industry OF the progressive cities
| of the Old Dominion. From the brows
( of the mighty bulwnrks the visitor may
! now let his thoughts mingle with the
clouds, and, instead of rejecting upon the
scenes OF the ferce conflict Which less
than half a century since was accom-
panied by the road Of cannon, rattle OF
musketry and the rumble of cavalry, he
may now allow his thoughts to dwell
upon the roar of the furnace, the rattle
; of the dray. and the rumble of commerce
He may transport himself to the majestic
!, mountains of West Virginia, and on to
tho beautiful valleys and bluegrass re-
gions of kentucky, and in these States
also behold with calmness duplication
/, of the smoky heavens. He may come
!, hero and view the gorgeous landscape,
Z whose grandeur and subllmlty arc so
t k1harmingly united that his /soul Is
: thrilled with intense edihcation; here,
, where the limpid lyrics of nature are
f SO interviewer with her epics. where tho
melting hazes OF a purplng broad expanse
Y dissolve into stretches of rolling lands
: lands where nature frowns. smiles and
t coquets with the enchanted beholder.
'.In that portion of each State traversed
! by this road. we find thousands OF human
beings, ever accomplishing something
which Is adding to the welfare of thls
: section of the South. AS II by magic
4 the cities in the coal, iron and timber
i regions accommodated by the chesapeake
0 and Ohio Railway have leaped into the
I centre of the manufacturing and CONNER
J, cial arena while the world looks on II
y astonishmont."