The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27
WHERE IS D|LlWYN 2.
.|T'S|N BUCKINGHAM

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Important point in the great county o
Buckingham. It's location almost ii
the centre OF the county, along witt
its other advantages naturally max.
ing 1t the metropolis, SO to speak. OF
buckingham county and 1t is this rich
!! back country that will necessarily
make Dillwyn great, whenit does be-
come great. This proposition natural
ly leads up TO the question which i
\ put to my merchant friend: We'll,
what about Buckingham county?'
There is great deal to be said about
it and thereby hangs the tale to be
told.
Buckinghnm'a Resources.
There arc 552 square miles OF land
in buckingham county and a citizen OF
the county told me last summer that
there are less than hundred acres OF
It that may be called 'poor land,
. Generally speaking. the surface Is
/ level with immense acres of exceed
ingly rich bottom lands on the rivers
and creeks. but IN some parts the
lands arc rolling and hilly.
The soil. in the main. is a gray and
black loan with rich red clay sub
soil, which produces abundantly when
properly cultivated and cared for. The
Farm products are pretty much every
thing that good Virginia lands pro-
duce. that is to say, tobacco wheat,
oats, rye. hay and all the vegetables
and fruits known to the markets. For
many years in the long ago tobacco
was the only money crop. In these
late years the farmers make grain.
especially corn. hay, potatoes and
other things to sell as we'll as to-
bacco. However, tobacco still ranks
high as a big money crop, and the
county raises about 100000 pounds
of 1t every year. 1t is known as dark
shipping tobacco. and finally finds it's
way to the consumers in England,
Austria and Italy.
In recent years the people of the
county are giving more and more at
fention to stock raising. and they are
doing well in this line. the grazing
facilities being superior.
Timber Interest Is Great.
The timber lands of the county are
very valuable. covering many acres.
upon which grow oak. poplar. walnut,
pine. hickory. chestnut. maple and
]. other good ttmbers that are in de-
nland for furniture m aking, house
! building and all other purposes. Thou
sands upon thousands of feet OF these
timbers are cut and sawed for market
ana marketed in Dillwyn. In addition
10 the lines named above. immense
quantities are made into slaves, hoops.
shingles and railwhy ties, and these
are bought and sold at Dillwyn. I
guess Dillwyn is now about as big a
cross-tie market as there is in the
h State.
The sulnac business is also a big
s thing at Dillwyn. The sumac, which
is used for dyes, grows wild on the
hills and in the valleys Of Bucking-
nam county. and the women and chill
fsdren gather the leaves in the proper
season, dry them and bring them 10
the village in great quantities and
4 the merchants buy them, then bale
{ them and send them to Richmond and
elsewhere for saA =.
Gathering sll.nae-is Just like pick
Ing up that much money In the woods.
and lot of 1T is picked up around
flDlliWyn in the proper season.
Immense Mineral Wealth.
at OLD buckingham was known for its
vast deposits of minerals in the old
zen time, and years before the WAR;
between the States the Buckingham
gold mines were known and read of
Ri over the country. They made manyi
men rich, but in latter years when it
would not pay to mine by the old
time crude methods the gold mines
were abandoned. Recently, however,
& companies, said to have ample capt
tai, have acquired locations on the
three rich veins that run through the
county, and am told that they are
going to introduce modern methods
and work the mines for all they are
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