A hand book of Virginia . h marl are to be found. Granite of differ- 112 ent varieties is extensively quarried in this county, the supply of which is in-exhaustible, and the quality unsurpassed, as is shown by its having been adoptedin the building of the City Hall of Richmond and the Army and Navy buildingsin Washington. The seam of granite which marks the limit of tidewater, dividesthe county into two parts, the eastern and smaller section being in TidewaterVirginia. The industries and enterprises of Chesterfield are: at Robious Station, twoand a half miles above Bon Air, two large fire bric
A hand book of Virginia . h marl are to be found. Granite of differ- 112 ent varieties is extensively quarried in this county, the supply of which is in-exhaustible, and the quality unsurpassed, as is shown by its having been adoptedin the building of the City Hall of Richmond and the Army and Navy buildingsin Washington. The seam of granite which marks the limit of tidewater, dividesthe county into two parts, the eastern and smaller section being in TidewaterVirginia. The industries and enterprises of Chesterfield are: at Robious Station, twoand a half miles above Bon Air, two large fire brick works; at Hallsboro, eighteenmiles west of Richmond, there is located a large steam tannery and sumac mills;at Matoaca, four miles north of Petersburg, a town of several hundred inhabi-tants, is located cotton factories, which are in successful operation. At Ettrick,on the opposite side of the river from Petersburg, are several large factories,notably a silk factory, employing several hundred operatives. Also ajyery im-. CORN GROWN IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY BY JAS. BELLWOOD. ONE ACRE OF THIS FIELDYIELDED 160 BUSHELS. THE FIELD AVERAGE WAS 130 BUSHELS portant Chesterfield enterprise and industry, and one that is rapidly growingis that of the Arsenic and Lithia Springs Company. Timber is abundant, embracing about fifty per cent, of the area of the county,large quantities of which are annually manufactured into lumber and exported;for which there are most excellent facilities by rail and river. The interior ofthe county abounds in forest of original and second growth timber, such as pine,oak, poplar, cedar, hickory, ash, chestnut, beech, walnut, willow, mulberry, gum,holly, and persimmon; and along Appomattox river extending to City Pointare also large forests of more valuable timber. The county is well watered, irrigated and drained by the James and Appomat-tox rivers and numerous small streams, which flow through the county. Gameand fish of all kinds are abundant. Railroads are t
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