Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-11-04
tn { Coal River Navigation Company

h ! The Legislature Of Virginia, on INC
l7th March, 1919. passed ap act moor
poratins the Coal River navigation Com
panv, with the Yswer Of opening and i'm
proving the navigation Of the Big Coal
and Little ,Coal Rivers. : The lands>wa-
tered by these rivers and their tributaries
arr. are, in all probability, not surpassed if
..Gualled, in the United States, for the
fE,uualtv, quantity and variety of ceal
with which they abound. Onthese lands
veins IL bituminous coal have been found
! Of remarkable thickness, and also OF can
mel ro:al in beauty and richness surp2s-
ling ANY, in our State. T !
The following Companies: each own
5lar,sc tracts oflandon these rivers, to-wl';
line Camel Coal Comp ANY Of Coai River
the Coal River and IA nawha Mining and
Manufacturing Company, the - Western
:Miniar and Manufacturing Company
}anrl.the Virginia Camel Coal Company
which four Companies, together w'th'the
State of Virginia, are the chief stock
holders Of the Coal River Navigation
Company. The extent ofthe works Of Goa
River Navigation Company on Big Goa
r;yer consists Of four locks and dams
completed, and four locks and dams in
course of erection, which eight locksand
dams, when completed. will make Big
c,,al nayigsble from near its mouth, i
pcy,ona in Boone County; and the ex'
tont Of their works Oh Little==coal consists
IF. one II. K and dam completed, 4 Litl'
Coal being tributary Of Big Coal =
The Company lately determined to cree
on Biz C.Sal river a lock and dam lmme
diatrlv at is mouth, AMI they h iia.V
made the arrangements necessary 10
:. sodoing; AMI VIXEN the nine locks a''
dams on Big Coal are completed, Big Goa
will be nari gable from Peytona to Goals
/. =, mouth, At present their expectation
;s]to have Big Coal river: ravisable dur
;iT;s, the coming winter, from Peytonaa
: i'll Kntawha river, distance Of thirty
4 -. miles, Their works are rapidly soini
!, Ia COMPLETION, and, in the mean time
NIL various companies before mentlone
and along the line of improvement ar
= a. y. Il.
:. mixing preparations for shipping lars
quantities Of coal down Big Coal to tn
. E,b9w;ha, and from thence downthe kan
~ ba 10 the Ohio to CINCINNATI, Louis
yille and New Orleans. ~ 80.
On some portions Of this naHigatlo
IN Improvement very large AMOUNTS OF MOI
r ,ex have been expended by the d'tierel
.1,al companies in building dUell' 7
.bo,,rses cabins and store-houses, in cree
inr steam saw mills, grist mills, in Ia!
.ing railroads, in driving entries for Goa
!: and in many other ways preparatoi
:. for ;, |, mining and shipping coal. Ana Y
arc much gratifcd to know that vel e
tss<ortfy they will begin to realize som
thing ~.an their heavy expenditures |
the opportu,:tv tI,at will be afforded the
for shipping Coz to the Southern al
Western markets. 1--we feel confde
tiat the coal interest otE>pr county
1.,st;ned to be, in essrse or,;pe, i
: chic. element of wealth Of kaf~~t
As ye,it Is but an undereloPed intere
.but !. % =. interest thai must be q gr
Importance in . fen years. And It
" with pleasure We herald the fact that
! navigation of Big Coal river for thir
five miles will be completed. tits thong
sni less than six months. and that the 9
T business Of Kanawha will have aetua
commenced on Coal river, in a mani
worthy of the coal feldsef Kanawha q
+ of the enterprisiug companies who
: engaged in the business