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Mineral was originally known as Tolersville, [5] but adopted its current name when it incorporated in 1902 due to the mining industry that supported the community. It was the center of gold mining activity in Louisa County; during its heyday, there were fifteen gold mines located within two miles (3 km) of the town.
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Goldvein is an unincorporated hamlet in Fauquier County, Virginia, running along US Route 17, and approximately 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Fredericksburg, Virginia and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Warrenton, Virginia. It has a population of approximately 200. It is home to the Gold Mining Camp Museum at Monroe Park.
Virginia Division of Mineral Resources. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27 "History of Goldmining in Fauquier County/Virginia". Monroe Park; War Production Board Limitation Order L—208, 7 Fed.Reg. 7992—7993 "About Lake of the Woods". Lake of the Woods. Archived from the original on 2007-04-16
Pocahontas Coalfield is a large high quality coal deposit in Mercer County/McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia. [4] The deposit mining started in 1883 in Pocahontas, Virginia [5] at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ruins of the ventilation house for the Grove Shaft, Midlothian, Virginia. The Richmond Coalfield was the first coalfield to be mined commercially in the United States of America. [1] [2] The coalfield is located several miles west of the city of Richmond, Virginia. Its bituminous coal seams are a part of the Richmond Basin, dating to the Late ...
The New River Railroad was founded as the New River Mining and Railroad Company on May 24, 1874, at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, in Virginia. [2] Construction of the railroad began on September 16 at the New River Depot on the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad .