Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
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This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Mining Industry, RHS Coll. 0088, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.
Container List
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.
This file contains an essay about the history of the California furance.
This file contains a manuscript copy of a historical background on the Glasgow Manganese Company.
This file contains copies of prospectus of the Iron Creek Iron property.
This file contains a prospectus and documents related to the Irish Creek Mineral and Development Company.
This folder contains a copy of Vol. 23 No. 2 edition of the Spring 1959 magazine "The Iron Worker."
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.
This file contains two copies of the newspaper article "the Saga of Queen Lucy Selina Lives On" by Ruth B. Scott.
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.
This file contains a bound copy of a prospectus of the Savernake Steel and Tin Plate Company.
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."
Also included is a 2023 compilation on the history of Victoria Furnace, by Anne McClung.
This file contains background information and typescript essay on the history of the Virginia Tin Mining and Manufacturing Company.
This file contains a copy of the essay "The Manufacture of Iron by William Weaver" by Douglas Ellinipsico Brady.