Iron ores, salt and sandstones . *- stream, ThornyBottom with valleys one mile in width. The North River rises on the eastern slope of the SouthBranch mountain and flows eastward through northern por-tion of Hardy county through a gorge in Short mountain,and near the north county line bends northeast to the Forksof Cacapon where it joins the Cacapon river. Its valley istwo to six miles wide in Hampshire county with an eleva-tion of 1,000 to 1,400 feet above sea. The level at its sourceis 1,900 feet and at its mouth 600 feet, with a length of 44miles or a fall of 30 feet to the mile. In central
Iron ores, salt and sandstones . *- stream, ThornyBottom with valleys one mile in width. The North River rises on the eastern slope of the SouthBranch mountain and flows eastward through northern por-tion of Hardy county through a gorge in Short mountain,and near the north county line bends northeast to the Forksof Cacapon where it joins the Cacapon river. Its valley istwo to six miles wide in Hampshire county with an eleva-tion of 1,000 to 1,400 feet above sea. The level at its sourceis 1,900 feet and at its mouth 600 feet, with a length of 44miles or a fall of 30 feet to the mile. In central and northern portion of Hampshire countybetwen the Cacapon and South Branch rivers is the LittleCacapon river following a parallel valley which is separatedfrom the other valleys by low divides or short ridges 1,500feet in height. The eastern border of the county is on the crest of GreatNorth mountain with elevation of 2,500 to 3,000 feet with. Plate IV.—A.—Capon Furnace Stack near Wardensville, Hardy-County.
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