"Castle Rock Branch" off the Roanoke & Southern ... ?

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Charlie,

I was referring to Mud Lick /Creek/ that was crossed by the branch 
line.  Mud Lick /Road/ is indeed way north.  The creek flows generally 
north from the branch line location to the area where Mud Lick Road is 
located before emptying into the Roanoke River, the road taking its name 
from the creek.

Gordon

On 11/9/2017 11:02 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> AB, Gordon:
> Note to AB: Not the same mine we were discussing earlier. Cranium 
> aberration.
> Note to Gordon: Thanks for the explanation. I found Castle Rock Road 
> (Google-izing) but Mud Lick was way north of 419. Is there another 
> section?
> Very interesting!
> Charlie Long
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:47 PM, CW Long <cwlongjr at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cwlongjr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     AB et al:
>     Wasn't that the mines that showed up on a minerals map or old USGS
>     we were discussing?
>     Charlie Long
>
>     On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 7:46 PM, NW Mailing List
>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>         Abram,
>
>         This short-lived branch passed about 0.5 miles from where my
>         home is located in Southwest Roanoke County (but long before
>         this neighborhood was developed).  The branch left the Punkin
>         Vine somewhere near where present-day VA 419 passes under the
>         track, and its route is roughly followed by VA 419 today until
>         the point where the branch crossed Mud Lick Creek, where I
>         seem to remember reading that a ore washing plant was
>         located.  The branch continued from the creek up grade to the
>         ore mines along about where Castle Rock Road runs today. 
>         Until developers chopped down all of the trees to build
>         dwellings named ironically "McVitty /Forest/," and especially
>         moved a lot of earth around, it was possible to see the branch
>         right of way where it approached Mud Lick Creek on its way to
>         the mines.
>
>         Gordon Hamilton
>
>
>         On 11/9/2017 4:12 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>>
>>         Annual Report No. 13, for the year ending 1-31-1893, mentions
>>         the "Castle Rock Branch" :
>>
>>
>>         "The Roanoke & Southern Railway, leased by your Company,
>>         completed its Castle Rock Branch, 2.79 miles in length, to an
>>         iron ore deposit, from which extensive shipments are now
>>         being made."
>>
>>
>>         Anyone know where this branch was located?  My guess is that
>>         it was north of Martinsville, as there never seems to have
>>         been any ore development south of there.
>>
>>
>>         -- abram burnett
>>
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