Virginia, 1492-1892 a brief review of the discovery of the continent of North America, with a history of the executives of the colony and of the commonwealth of Virginia in two parts |
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Lead.
In Wythe County lead has been extensively mined for over a hundred
years. These mines were worked in 1773, and more than twenty millions
of tons have been taken from them. The crude ore is found in veins in
the limestone, yielding from 5 to 15 per cent. At present the largest lead
works in the South are carried on there, with an apparently exhaustless
supply to draw from. In some sections other mines of great value have
been found, and means are on foot to develop some of them.
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