Rohrer Mines

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Peter


I have a little information that may help.


Rorer Mines were located below Peakwood Drive in Southern Hills. It was 
served by a little narrow gauge railroad.� There were two main mines the 
Rorer Mine and the Trout Mine located just south through a couple of 
switchbacks.


The railroad extended to the foot of Wasena Ave. to the location of the 
ore wash. Thence across the bridge over the Roanoke River to the Crozier 
Furnace at West Roanoke and other furnaces as far away as Pennsylvania.


The bridges no longer exist.


Jim Blackstock


On 1/18/2019 6:16 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> In May of 1887, while R.P.C. Sanderson was the assistant to the 
> superintendent of motive power for the Norfolk and Western, he was the 
> court appointed receiver for the Rohrer mine property. This included 
> the oversite of the erection of two steel bridges over the Roanoke 
> River with 120 foot spans. Since he was a full time employee of the 
> N&W he had to squeeze the bridge work into the early morning and 
> evenings.
>
> Two questions: where were the Rohrer mines? and does anyone know if 
> those bridges still exist? I have found references to the mine in 
> engineering journals but they simply say the Rohrer mine was in 
> Roanoke County.
>
> There is a little irony in R.P.C. taking charge of the building of 
> bridges. Just before he went to work for the N&W he was hired by the 
> City of New York as one of three engineers for a bridge to be built 
> across the Harlem River. He didn't last a week before he quit because 
> of the politics involved. He wouldn't comprise what he thought was 
> morally correct.
>
> Peter Getz
>
>
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