Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-01-30
Or Two Dollars i'm Advance,
NUMBER 5.
Mineral Wealth Of Kanawba.

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We extract FROM the memorial, alread
noticed by US, the following interesting par
aeraphs upon the extent Of the Mineral
Wealth Of kanawha, and the demand for
coal in the Ohio and Mississippi Vallies:
MINERAL WEALTH OF KANAWuA.
! We think we hazard nothing in saying
that the Valley Of Kanawha contains de
post of mineral wealth unequalled by any
portion Of the Union, not even excepting
California, with her golden pIacers.
| The area Of the coal field on the Kan
| awha and its tributaries, Elk and Coal riv-
ers, embraces at least 500, 600 acres, and
some parts Of it contain sixteen seams Of
the different varieties Of bituminous, splint
and camel Goals. It would be safe to csti-
mate that this entire coal field contains an
average thickness Of fourteen feet Of coal in
! workable seams, above water level, and
which would suffice to supply $50, 600, geo
! bushels Of coal each year, for period Ct
two thousand years. The different varieties
are not excelled by any coal of the kind any
where il the world Some Of this coal will
answer without coljag for smelling iron ore,
and is extremely well suited for the manu-
facture Of iron in every mode. The camel
and splint Goals, Wherever used, have PROV
ed their superiority over any other coal for
use as fuel. The camel coal has also been
tested in the manufacture of oil, and it has
been found to yield sixty gallons Of oil to
the ton, equal to the best sperm oil for illu-
minating and lubricating purposes. One
ton Of camel coal viii yield oil and other
products to the value Of 500, and the ex-
pense Of manufacture is insignificant as COM
pared with tic value Of the rroduct.
4 mandatory of canned coal oil is at
this time in successful operation ii kanawha
and Is turning out about four hundred gal
Ions oil per day. Other manufactures arc
being erected IN Kanawha, and there is but
little doubt that in a brief period the man
facture Of oil from camel coal will become
most important branch of business, yield
ing large profits to the parties engaged in it,
and adding immensely to the wealth Of that
section Of the State.
Parties engaged in the management Of
railroads and manufacturing establishments
containing extensive machinery, can testify
that oil is one Of their heaviest items Of ex-
pense, and can fully appreciate the value Of
the discovery that there are exhaustloss beds
Of camel coal in Kanawha, one ton of
which, worth one dollar at the place where
mined, can at triaing expense be convert
cd into sixty gallons Of oil.
In juxtaposition with the seams Of coal
are to be found extensive deposits of iron
ore Of superior quality. The fuel and the
ore are - be found in Kanawha, resting I'M
disturbed in the same mountain within ten
feet Of each other, and at as little expense
aa anywhere else il the world, ull iron,
sufficient u quantity and Of superior quality.
be manufactured to meet the entire demand
Of our State, and also to supply the wants
of adjacent States.
DEMAND FOR COAL.
To ascertain the immense amount Of coal
which will be required to meet the demand
in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, it will
only be necessary to refer to the ascertained
increase in the demand within the last few
years.
In 1916, the whole quantity Of coal min
ed at Pittsburg and the vicinity was 49,
900, 600 bushels, the quantity exported down
the Ohio river in the same year was 6,O0O.-
600 bushels. In the year 1857, the guam
tity mined at Pittsburg exceeded 60, 00O,-
600 bushels, and the quantity exported down
the Ohio river in the same year amounted
to 30,000,000 bushels. The following ex
tract from the report of the Chamber Of
Commerce, Of Cincinnati, for the year 1857,
viii show the extent and regular increase in
the demand for coal in that city;
''Ihe following table shows tho receipts
Of coal at this place for four years:
1894 SHE'S, 600 bush.
1854-o 1880, 900 e"
1866 1860, 600 {" (slort supply y
1867 1860, 600 /"
1.-THE increase in the consumption of this
article il this city is Is per cent. per an
mum, and If the supply was at all times E.
quail to the demand, and the price down to
12a14 cents per bushcl when delivered, the
would increase at the rate of
80 per cent. per annum."
TIE experience Of Cincinnati is fair cri-
terion by which to estimate the annual in
crease in the demand for coal throughout
the entire Ohio and Mississippi valleys -
Kanawha, with the river improved, will be
able to deliver an ample supply Of coal at
Cincinnati at a cost Of 80 per cent. less per
bushel, than is allowed for in the report
which estimates thai at the price of 12a14
cents per bushel the demand would increase
at the rate of so per cent. per annum. If
we assume 40. 600, 600 bushels as the ex-
tent Of the demand for coal in the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys for the year 1867 and
20 per cent. per annum at the ratio of in
crease in the demand, the result would be
that in ten years, or the year 1867, there
would be q demand for 200, 600, eco of
bushels. Ko"arAa '9jU supply ta,ye part
Of this demand
On Thursday, resolutions passed bc.h
Houses Of the Legislature unanimously,
authorizing The Governor to call conven-
ton Of tho people Of the State if Congress