Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-09-29

Number Eight are now finished. and this
completes the nayigation Big Coal
riiycras far up all Peytona At present
the Company are erecting q lock and
dam Immediately at the mouth OF Coal
River, which they expect To- complete in
. few months. When the lock and dam
now in progress are completed, Coal
river will bet nayigable from its mouth
up ID Peytona, q distance IF htrty, fDe
miles, and Litlie Coal viii be navfgable
- farHuPlas Mannlngsylae' : distance q
frve miles les from fhe FORKS q Coai'
fhe locks ana cams q qne ooal 1slYer
Navigation \ improvement are MADE m 9
very solid ana SnpstanllaP manner. lney
are numbered ana 5situated az follows
Loek ala GAM nunl d ~, = ae0u'
Two hlies from me moueh q ooaf river
numoer lseo' IS at the Lowe Falls; mum
Der fI I]Aree, n, y q the upper falls; mum.
Per fo'er' = near W. fofks III ooaa, aho
numbers ire r. pepe9 aho 1sgns ate
On Blg Coai river petWeen lhe rofks o
coaf ahq feytola, ioek nv uafi' hum,
per Asi + lnaseu on L,'ue ooai rlYer'
pssWeep fhls fofAs 81 soai Eanp hlannlhss'
illie. A
T~ae ssStr locks and dams a have been
constructed re a. = cost q saso hundred afaa
t'eenty9eFe Moasaa slt doflarss The piers
q the ioeks are Typ iee1 loilg and - fee'
WIDE pulit q heWn timber ana hlled N
win heavy stone. Inc WIDTH oisthe
lock inc plefs Is zpfeet, and Inc
length. between the gales s]l25 feet--suf-
ilclently long for the passage Of the
largest size coal Doata fIheTaams have
been oullt Of l1eWn tiflberi hlfed N with
very heaSy roek and tonei they have
Deen Oultt IN layers, SO az q make the
water ialf over them as ~ failrng down
very Wide steps Of q STAR case, Several
o Inc dams are twenty ieet high and up
wards. Inc piers OF the locks kt a a sik or
eight ieet higher than the dams. The
q the dams correspond l N
height Wlth the PIERS aof tde locks, and
are c~0nstfucted # IKE m "A nt + with
heMn t'mpef en- foeh' H.
"tnsSan expenait a1 oIf9 -
erece,ns I.le ioeA antlI qam flsns Eng
mourn n yea fSef' ana y maklng csf.
tain Improvements upon the lower locks
and dams, the navigation Of Coal River.
u ii be s5ie NH az rs anahla tbaE8 coal Gan
NAMES from pevtanas I'M Manninosv;lla
dawn j i II coal = $1,000 /, srlo.s
a1eneyey III Kana 80 H., 5ezd,o noo3..
qao,,t6 II ! hon,ols ond,to T,,;o
ma, ioat,on -n,ovame tbIraf |. IS ,r;ll
confer gra,t a5vantagas nn3n ms ya,v
valuable cal shnds III I,;ttla ia III
Coal rivers Il viii. II Mi III Is easT
ID shin coal from pev,ona il from Coals-
mou,h. aha Tins tba avtans III coal salds
If the Coal River reo;on a. nada q N.
ccssible d market.
Persons rllesiriibp i nurcbasa lands
aboundinr IL snlint:c oal II bituminons
coal Is n conn III noal j ] !. Il, !, /.
81, = = g - ! s0e1 * : es'ly Superior
qadf'ty, WY fnd great Inducements Of
lsrea 9hem i n the coaa nelds fylng and
sl'aa'ed oi alld near the navigation I'M
provemenes p Little alld Big Goal rivers
The Westtrn NInins AVA Mahufa tn,ina
Company.
This Company are rapidly progressing
with their works at Peytona. on Bia Coal
river, aud about thirty 6ve miles from
Coalsmouth, BY the river. Preparations
are being made for mining md sbinn;n.
large quantities Of Coaask Coal dprina
the ensuing winter AID spr;,o. Il nrasent
tbev have already mined some t,;;rtg { j
Thousand bushels il suner;oy co,nei u.s.,
are now mining thousand bnsb.
Nv Iii IF which tbev al load;n.
y tias Il abe Skinned t. tba3vestorn
market. fortn;aht their min;nc
ioreeR VIII Dc reasod s. As Is enable tbs
II w. 10 nine tEe sra bpndrad bnsbals