Resources of south-west Virginia, showing the mineral deposits of iron, coal, zinc, copper and lead . lture of the grape and of bees is a question of much inter-est in certain parts of the county. DICKENSON COUNTY. Dickenson is a new county lying between the counties ofBuchanan and Wise, and was formed by Act of Legislature,session 1879-80, from the two counties named. It is a small county, as may be seen by referring to themap ; but it has a wealth of fine bituminous, splint, and can-nel coals, unsurpassed by the same area anywhere. Thetimber is truly magnificent, and stretches in an almost u
Resources of south-west Virginia, showing the mineral deposits of iron, coal, zinc, copper and lead . lture of the grape and of bees is a question of much inter-est in certain parts of the county. DICKENSON COUNTY. Dickenson is a new county lying between the counties ofBuchanan and Wise, and was formed by Act of Legislature,session 1879-80, from the two counties named. It is a small county, as may be seen by referring to themap ; but it has a wealth of fine bituminous, splint, and can-nel coals, unsurpassed by the same area anywhere. Thetimber is truly magnificent, and stretches in an almost un-broken forest all over the county. The poplar trees are fineand very numerous. There is also a great deal of walnut,white oak, and other valuable woods. The county producescorn and sweet potatoes well, and ranges a good many cattleand sheep. The scenery of the county is very imposing hereand there, especially that in the deep canon about the breaksof the Cumberland Mountain, in the lower or northern end ofthe county, on Kussells Fork of Sandy River, by which streamthe county is chiefly o -^< BUCHANAN CO.—HOW WATERED. 247 BUCHANAN COUNTY. The description of this county will be mostly confined toan account of its coal and timber. Its land is almost with-out exception sandy. In many parts the loamy character ofthe soil renders it very fertile; but greater care has to betaken to keep it up to its original strength than the limestonesoils. The salt of Buchanan would prove an important itemif developed. The rocks appear to dip in such a way as toform several basins, fully capable of holding sufficient of thedrainage from the salt-bearing series of rocks for all purposesof salt-making on a large scale. The scenery of this countyhere and there is grand and beautiful in the extreme. Atthe breaks of the Cumberland Mountain on Bussells Forkof Sandy River, this is the case in an eminent degree, pre-senting a piece of scenery rarely met with this side of theRocky Mountains.
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