New Jersey Zinc Corporation (Austinville, VA) Records II, 1925-1969

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New Jersey Zinc Corporation (Austinville, VA) Records II, 1925-1969

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00847.xml

The New Jersey Zinc Corporation Records II contain maps, surveys, memoranda, and reports.

3.3 cu. ft.; 6 boxes

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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The lead mines of southwest Virginia were first discovered by Colonel John Chiswell in 1756. Chiswell mined lead ore on the New River in Augusta County (now Wythe County) from 1760 to 1766, and furnished large supplies of lead to Virginia during the French and Indian War. A fort and trading post were sut up at this time near the mines. Chiswell died in 1766, and ownership of the mines was trasnferred to William Byrd. The mines were leased to the state during the Revolutionary War. ...