Show Virginias let Mini One of the greatest curlotlllc In the United Slate or In the world pcrhapi h the wonderful ledge ol Ice which exists even In the mldit nl the hottest summer In Scott county Virginia This natural Ice house 1t1lId on the north side 01 Stone Mountain and about six 1 miles from the mouth of a until ilrcam known as Stony Creek The marvel h I aid to hAve been known to at least one 01 I Iho early icttteri n Mr Dinrldge who It 10 I alleged discovered It while deer hunting away hack In iHjo OwIng Ow-Ing to the fact that the land on which It was situated could not be bought Mr anrldge positively refuted lo tell of the whereabout of the Ice ledge and only visited the place when It was abio lutely necessary to obtain a supply to be used In cu of sickness The old man died many year ago front that time until 1893 tile location ol Danrldgea Ice Mine was unknown the aid l gentlemen never even having taken hit own family Int > the secret In the year bt mentioned however a party ol herb digger vlilted the unfrequented un-frequented region contingent to Stone Mountain and were fortunate enough to rediscover the toil Ice mine During two or three month In the middle of summer the Ice li only protected pro-tected from the units ray by a thlrk growth ol molt The formation of the Ice layer 10 I Shutter to that ol a coal vein being thin In tome places and thicker In olhtrt the average Ihlckneit I being bout four feet Persons ol tome scientific attainment who have ltlteil the place for the purpose ol studying the t wonder says that It hat Ihe tppear ance ol having been there since the Ice Age which the geologist talk 10 I much about Another plIIlbld theory Is I that Somewhere beneath the bed 10 I tltutted a great natural laboratory where either 10 I constantly formed and opelled and that the process of freezing It now constantly going on Whatever tlewlt I I taken t done I of the greatest natural wondcrt the state afford |