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<DIV>Jim Blackstock,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Checking N&W Annual Reports and their maps, plus Prince's N&W book
and Wikipedia yields the following on the New River, Holston &
Western/N&W Narrows Branch:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>NRH&W</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> By 1901 extended to Penvir (Prince)</DIV>
<DIV> 1903 construction started from Narrows
(Wikipedia)</DIV>
<DIV> By 1907 extended to Day (Prince)</DIV>
<DIV> (June 30, 1908 - June 30,1911,
N&W Annual</DIV>
<DIV> Reports maps continue to
show end at Penvir)</DIV>
<DIV> By 1910 extended to Rocky Gap (Prince)</DIV>
<DIV> (June 30, 1912 N&W Annual Report
map is first</DIV>
<DIV> to show end at
Rocky Gap)</DIV>
<DIV> 1912 N&W began to acquire a stock interest</DIV>
<DIV> (Prince)</DIV>
<DIV> by 1913 end at Suiter (June 30, 1913, N&W</DIV>
<DIV> Annual Report map)</DIV>
<DIV> 1914 extended to Suiter (Prince)</DIV>
<DIV> 1914 - 1919 end at Suiter (N&W Annual Reports</DIV>
<DIV> maps)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>N&W</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> June 1, 1919 became Narrows Branch</DIV>
<DIV> (Dec. 31, 1919, N&W Annual
Report, p. 14)</DIV>
<DIV> 1919 - 1941 end at Suiter (N&W Annual Reports</DIV>
<DIV> maps)</DIV>
<DIV> May 28, 1942, cut back to Bastian (Dec. 31,
1942,</DIV>
<DIV> N&W Annual Report, p.
5)</DIV>
<DIV> Nov. 21, 1946, abandoned (Dec. 31, 1946, N&W </DIV>
<DIV> Annual Report, p. 6)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I saw nothing to indicate that the line ever went west of Suiter.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The NRH&W corporate records have been returned to NS by Va. Tech, so
when our Archives workers get access to the records in the GOB-E we should be
able to correct some of the above inconsistencies.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gordon Hamilton</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: N&W in 1909--Bland
county</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Gordon<BR><BR>The NRH&W proposed a 6.2 mile extension from
Suiter, VA up Hunting Camp Creek to the divide between Hunting Camp Creek and
Lick Creek in Bland County. I am not sure if any part of the extension
was started or completed.<BR><BR>Jim Blackstock<BR><BR><BR><BR>At 02:40 PM
3/26/2009, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>June 18,
1909<BR></FONT> <BR>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>OUTLET FOR BLAND'S IRON AND
TIMBER<BR></FONT>------<BR><FONT size=4>Contract Let for Building Railroad
>From Day, Virginia, to Rocky Gap<BR></FONT>------<BR><B>EIGHT MILE
EXTENSION OPENS RICH TERRITORY<BR></B>------<BR><B>Agent for Virginia Iron,
Coal and Coke Company En Route to Secure Option on Land and May Establish
Large Operation<BR></B>------<BR><B>DEPOSITS OF IRON SAID TO BE ALMOST
INEXHAUSTIBLE<BR></B>------<BR></DIV>
J. C. Honaker, of Rock [<I>sic</I>] Gap, Va., largely interested in Bland
county real estate, who was in the city yesterday, is authority for the
statement that the New River, Holston & Western Railroad Company has let
a contract for the building of a railroad from Day, Va., to Rocky Gap, a
distance of eight miles. This is an extension of the road owned by the
company and already in operation connecting with the Norfolk and Western at
Narrows, Va.<BR> The purpose of the company is to furnish
an outlet for the rich iron and timber country of Bland county. The
iron in particular is said to be the richest in the state, and the deposits
covering a wide territory are said to be practically inexhaustible.
The quality is good, and capital at this time is looking toward the
development of the bodies. C. E. Lucas [<I>Microfilm blurred.
Best interpretation shown.</I>] of Patterson, Va., general manager of the
Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company, is now en route to Bland to secure an
option on some of this land, and Mr. Honaker says he understands that if the
deal is completed, a large operation will be established by the
company.<BR> In addition to the iron, Bland in this
locality has vast timber resources which will be rendered marketable much
more easily by the building of the new road. Mr. Honaker says he
expects to see Bland boom in the very near future.<BR>
<DIV align=center>------<BR></DIV>[<I>Does anyone have photos of 100-car
unit ore trains moving down Wolf Creek on the NRH&W carrying some of the
"almost inexhaustible" iron deposits toward the N&W and some hungry
smelter? No? Then I have another question. As a youth I
attended boy scout camp at Camp Roland in Bland county, and I remember
hiking over deteriorated crossties along a logging railroad on our way up to
a fire tower. Camp Roland is on the upper reaches of Wolf Creek
whereas the N&W Narrows Branch left Wolf Creek to reach the end of line
at Suiter on Hunting Camp Creek, on the opposite side of Round Mountain from
Camp Roland. Does anyone have any info on the logging railroad at
today's Camp Roland?</I>]<BR> <BR><FONT face="Script, Zapf Chancery"
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