Resources of south-west Virginia, showing the mineral deposits of iron, coal, zinc, copper and lead . o the southeast or south-south-east. Again, near Boones Path PostOffice in Poor Valley Kidge, as wellas in the ridges near CumberlandGap, these ores show in measuressimilar to those in the sectiontaken southwest of North PorkGap. The ores from this placehave been extensively used atBales or Bowling Green Forge,in connection with the brown oresmined at the forge, and have givenvery great satisfaction. It would be idle to attempt toestimate the quantity of red ore inthese veins. Iu Poor Valley R
Resources of south-west Virginia, showing the mineral deposits of iron, coal, zinc, copper and lead . o the southeast or south-south-east. Again, near Boones Path PostOffice in Poor Valley Kidge, as wellas in the ridges near CumberlandGap, these ores show in measuressimilar to those in the sectiontaken southwest of North PorkGap. The ores from this placehave been extensively used atBales or Bowling Green Forge,in connection with the brown oresmined at the forge, and have givenvery great satisfaction. It would be idle to attempt toestimate the quantity of red ore inthese veins. Iu Poor Valley Ridgethe outcrop is placed at about 180feet elevation above the water inthe neighboring creeks. In Wal-dins Ridge and Powells Moun-tain this elevation is about 400feet—sometimes as much as 600feet—above water level in thecreeks. It may then be safely assumed that large quantities ^5 Gray Slates A Shales 180 Ft,ctiu,,«,.„|J 2 inchesSlates Shales Ac 190 Ft. ^.?.l-,..i,..i,i,.,.„„ ;j i,_(.|leS |y-!-^rar ?vi_i(,i s. 90 Ft, Heep lied S, f 16 Ff Reddish Shales 150 FttHudson Rof ks. «M 213 LEE CO.—LIMESTONE. of ore will be stripped above water level. In fact, so greatwill be this quantity tliat many years must elapse, afterregular mining operations are commenced, before it becomesnecessary to mine below water level. Brown Iron Ore. Brown hematite shows more conspicuously at Bales orBowling Green Forge than at any other point so far as devel-oped. Here it shows a width of twenty feet by an unknowndepth. In the ridges to the south and east of White Shoals inPowells Ptiver there are considerable surface quantities ofmanganiferous brown ores. The ores at Bales or BowlingGreen Forge are in the Lower Silurian limestones, and maybe indicative of those sulphureted strata below which yieldsuch quantities of zinc blende farther down Powells Biver inTennessee. An examination of the south face of Waldins Bidge andPowells Mountain reveals the presence of brown ores belong-in
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