Karnes Creek and divides…a stream and its branches located just 3.7 miles from Clifton Forge, in Alleghany County VA near Low Moor. Alternate names for this stream include Whooley’s Run, Raleigh Creek and Carne Creek.
“Karnes Creek, on which the present mining camp is located, flows through the Low Moor estate in the Jackson River. At opening No. 5, Rich Patch, it divides, one branch, with a southwesterly direction, being called Clear Creek, and the other to the east, Raleigh Run, the latter cutting through Rich Patch Mountain.”
— Feb 1, 1896 The Engineering and Mining Journal Volume LXI p.118
by The Scientific Publishing Company, 253 Broadway, New York