The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-04

And Steel Ores Abound in
Large Quantities in State
of West Virginia.
nAalrrgoRR. g. 80 d. -

BAaTIBoRE, soy. At tses am
.inual mssrg Of the Associated
BoardS q Trade o. west Virginia.
deld IN ls1Fa,ate1e1 necently. Dr. l.
lie. Wlzs9.z lezl9s of tie ASSOCIATION.
Tread q raIer on the enormous wealth.
5of the laiteSs natural resources that
has atfEacte6 general attention in
/ business cfEe3es. DR. White fs state
! seolpgtst of yEes Virginia and IS re-
4 garded as one Of the eminent ssten-
lists OF me country. The following
excerpea fo11 the paper read by DR.,
White set forth the Opportunities for
Industrial expaaapa IN the state
'.ARhough not known al an irca
ore producing state, West Virginia
nevertheless has over 30o. 100000 tons
nf excellent sron ores which the great
ircn manufacturers will be only too
anxious TO obtain wtithSn the near fu-
rure. Our Ewes6ones are bound1ess in
extent add .mexceNed Tor purity be-
ag adaIad 20 every purpose fer
which fine can be utilized, from the
sn1wy wG4teness OF plaster 20 that OF
ordinary lime for agricultural pun
poses.
The number Of millions Of feet 81
sfuJber whfch. formerly covered cur
h.ns and mountains has never been
computed. Up 20 1910 there were STIR
ever 100000 acres OF virgin foress
acntat a:ng many billion feet of spruce.
r,emEock and hardwcods remaining
r5m our Is, $50, 600 acres originally
Z vered With enc of the greatest for
ISIS CT the world
Elm glass sands there would appear
; he 40 limit in quantity, and no;h-
ing superior in quality. n petroleum
West Virginia stands just ahead OF
pennsylvar.a in quantity. beng fifth
n order OF production, but first in
.uaIity; wE1Ee in natural gas after
nav ing wasted quantity sErountirIg
% many scores Of mItciTns cs dollars
n value, the stare still produces fer
market more than one-third as much
IS all tie Q her states OF the nat;cn
West Virginia ought to stand mex;
0 Pennsylvania in the production c1
ron and steel, S.nce she is already
next 20 her in t:ae prodccr!!5n CT bt-
luminous coal, but instead Of that
he produced from her three furnaces
My 1880 tons Of pig frca, against
| i. 100000 tens fer Pennsylvania and
I $500, 600 tons for ohfo. the later Of
winch has no cooking coal except
what the RAILROADS bring from West
,Trginia. West Virginia has only
nree bias furnaces. against 10S IN
7ennsyfvania and "A in Ohio.
The great rivers Of West Virginia
Ike the New. the Kanaw7aa. Gauley,
FIX. Nonon gahela, Cheat, Greenbrter
md Potomac tumble down with rapid
descent from attitudes OF 3 900 to
1000 feet above the sea; afrording
plendid opportunities fer the pro
;ucticn CT electric energy by that
hoapest CT all forces. the power CT
aIg.ng water. the only kind OF per-
,etual notion which man has yet
cen able TO, harness to productive
work, and which viii continue 50 lOng
IS the sun shines with his preseEt
yIgcr and the clouds and rains en-
dure.'
Largely ccntributory to the Gevei-
-pnnent OF West y3rginia's natural rex
goarccs lave Seen tie extensive
.ranspo rtac1on facilities which bring
he s5ates products within easy
reach of the leading markets. Within
the borders Of West Virginia are
3,525 miles of man Inc tsackage
-erving every section OF the safe.
indeed, few states possess equal mile
ese
OF the total railway mileage CT the
ate. the u-a-n lines CT the Baltimore
ma .c.ro embrace 1,cS5 miles. It's
tracks extend across the northern
oun;ies, fro mthe FCtcnsac 70 the
Ohio rivers, with main line ccnnec-
izrs " III the southern sections CT
I the state. The leading cities CT the
tate, including Grafton. FairmOnt.
Wheeling, CtarksOurg. Buckhannon,
lexington. P1ckens. Redwood, Park
ersburg, Huntington and numerous
5ther centers are situated on its
tnes. The management OF the Bait
rore and Ohio has entered upon an
elaborate program in an effort to pre-
mote the industrial development e
he state, the location Of new factor
es and the investment of outside
apital. The industrial department