Vesuvius Mine

KNECHTEL, M.M., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT, AUGUSTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-F, 198 P.STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D, KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 17, 166 P.WERNER, H.J., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE VESUVIUS QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 53 P.SPURGEON, R.C. AND O'CONNELL, E.J., 1958, SOUTH RIVER MINE WHIPS A TOUGH MN ORE PROBLEM IN VIRGINIA, MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, VOL 159, NO 5.1940 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MANGANESE CORP.: WORKED MINE 1940-41, POSSIBLY LONGER; INSTALLED 3 JIGS, SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD IN 1941.1955 DIREXPL SOUTH RIVER MINING CO.: BUCKET DRILLED SITE AND SHIPPED HIGH-GRADE ORE TO GOVERNMENT STOCKPILE BETWEEN JUNE 1956 AND NOVEMBER, 1959; MR. RICHARD SPURGEON, SR. MANAGED THE OPERATION, PROBABLY AIDED BY GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.DIREXPL WORKED INITIALLY AS FAUBER MINE (ONE SHAFT SUNK. AROUND 1908 WORKED BY MANGANESE CORP. OF VA.; TWO MORE SHAFTS BEING SUNK. BY 1917 MINING OPERATIONS CEASED. 16 CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED IN 1919, PROBABLY DUE TO OPERATION BY VESUVIUS MANGANESE CORP.KNECHTEL (1943), ITEMS 8-11); VDMR FILES, ITEMS 1-4)