Mining IndustryRHS-Coll-0088Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
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 General/repositories/5/archival_objects/178871875-06-06English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00931Scope and Contents

This file includes a document of share in the Goodman Gold and Silver Mining Company, as well as the manuscript entitled "Rockbridge County Furnaces," which includes historical information and photographs concerning local furnaces.

California Furnace/repositories/5/archival_objects/17888English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00932Scope and Contents

This file contains an essay about the history of the California furance.

Estaline Furnace/repositories/5/archival_objects/178891999-12-11This file contains a Daily News Leader article about enslaved labor at Estaline furnace.English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00933Glasgow Manganese Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/17890English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00934Scope and Contents

This file contains a manuscript copy of a historical background on the Glasgow Manganese Company.

Virginia -- GlasgowIrish Creek Iron Property/repositories/5/archival_objects/17891English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00935Scope and Contents

This file contains copies of prospectus of the Iron Creek Iron property.

Irish Creek Mineral and Development Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/178921891-01-29English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00936Scope and Contents

This file contains a prospectus and documents related to the Irish Creek Mineral and Development Company.

Iron Worker/repositories/5/archival_objects/178931 Item1959English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00937Scope and Contents

This folder contains a copy of Vol. 23 No. 2 edition of the Spring 1959 magazine "The Iron Worker."

Iron-worksIron Worker/repositories/5/archival_objects/178941957-1976English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00938Scope and Contents

This file contains three different copies of the Iron Worker magazine, one from Autumn 1957, one from Summer 1976, and a different edition of another Summer 1976 magazine.

Lucy Selina - Iron Foundry/repositories/5/archival_objects/17896Rockbridge County NewsRichmond Times-Dispatch1 Item1936-07-30English.RHS Collection #0088 - #00939Scope and Contents

This file contains two copies of the newspaper article "the Saga of Queen Lucy Selina Lives On" by Ruth B. Scott.

Iron-worksRockbridge Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/178971891-1899English.RHS Collection #0088 - #009310Scope and Contents

This file consists of materials related to the Rockbridge Company, including mortgages, materials on assets and liabilities, notes to some of the advantages possessed, and map showing the lands controlled by the Rockbridge Company.

Rockbridge Company (Rockbridge County, Va.)Savernake Steel and Tin Plate Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/17898English.RHS Collection #0088 - #009311Scope and Contents

This file contains a bound copy of a prospectus of the Savernake Steel and Tin Plate Company.

SteelTinVictoria Furnace/repositories/5/archival_objects/178991984English.RHS Collection #0088 - #009312Scope and Contents

This file contains a photocopied image of Victoria Furnace, as well as a photocopied essay on West Virginia History entitled "William Nelson Page: Traditionalist Entrepeneur of the Virginias."

Scope and Contents

Also included is a 2023 compilation on the history of Victoria Furnace, by Anne McClung.

Virginia Tin Mining and Manufacturing Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/179001906-03-02English.RHS Collection #0088 - #009313Scope and Contents

This file contains background information and typescript essay on the history of the Virginia Tin Mining and Manufacturing Company.

Weaver - Manufacture of Iron/repositories/5/archival_objects/17901Brady, Douglas Ellinipsico, Jr.1970-01English.RHS Collection #0088 - #009314Scope and Contents

This file contains a copy of the essay "The Manufacture of Iron by William Weaver" by Douglas Ellinipsico Brady.