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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 22,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>THE GRAHAM DAILY NEWS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Iron Furnace May Resume</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> The article in yesterday's Telegraph to the
effect that the Big Stony Railroad was nearing completion, was read with
considerable interest by the people of Graham, for it is believed that the
penetrating of the Potts Creek ore beds means the putting into blast of the
Graham iron furnace just as soon as the ore from that region is available.
The furnace property is owned by the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, and
it is known that the owners have refused to consider offers to lease or sell the
property during the past year, which is taken to mean that they expect to
operate it themselves as soon as the Potts Creek ore can be gotten. In
years past, while the furnace was in blast, the ore came from the Toledo Lakes
and it is said the freight rates were so high from that point to Graham that it
was found impossible to run the furnace at a profit, hence its operation was
abandoned. The Graham furnace when in full blast employs close to 200 men
and its operation means a good deal to the town in an industrial way.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[T<EM>he previous posting on "Big Stony" should have mentioned
that additional information on the interesting Potts Valley branch line can be
found in John Joseph's article in the July/August 2002 issue of The
Arrow.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Crowd Will Go to Roanoke</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Quite a crowd from Graham will take advantage
of the low rate offered by the Norfolk and Western and go to Roanoke today to
see the baseball game and other good things to be seen there.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>