Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-01

ECle 0tCOat. u HAT " Htou 49, 49, S.
discovered has been computed to Pc ana
ply sufficient to supply The whole MISS,
issippi Valley with fuel, for tliousanq
vsars 10 come. 1t is a somewhat re-
n,arkable fact, though. that fresh discoT-
cries Of coal in the KanaWha Valley are
made nearly every day. The wealth ot
Western Virginia, in thisresPect, = WoaF
derful indeed. ,sF
What Is more, the coal ofthis KanaWha
reoipn "A ascertained to be superior 81
Eonality tos that from the mines Of Mary
lana and Pennsylvania. II IL not only
sunerior ia quality, but greater! ii variety
ITbne Pennsylvania coal, at least that
which Is mined il the western Partofthe
State, and which is carried down the
Ohio river TO be sold, is hearty all btu
mir,ous. But the Kanawha coal fields
nresent 4 combination OF bituminous.
camel, and spIint coal, all within the
sarna recion. Above Charleston, and
between Kanawha and Big Goal rivers,
are yarious mines, Of different kinds. all
within the same neighborhood -sH easily
laccessible-4arld almost inexhaustible in
their richness. Tic bituniHous coal is
declared 10 be superior to the famous
Youghogany coafof Pennsylvania, which
has long had monopoly in the Western
markets--the camel coal IS not only un-
surpassed for fuel, but yields an abun-
dance Of oil--while the splint coal sup
plies fuel for manufacturing interests. -
Truly. there never was country on
earth 50 richly endowed BY nature With
4 priceless and inexhaustible source Of
wealth, az ii tlle great coal region % the
Kanawha Valley.
"A recent writer on this subject IN the
RIanamla Star after abiding 70 1.-THE coal
fields on the Kanawha river and two Of
its tributaries, proceeds % say that
the veins are found on most Of the
tributaries III the Kanawia. large and
small New mines are discovered every
day. IT is wonderful, indeed, to read
these accounts. Says the writer
0n otheriributafies ofthe Kanawha. valn-
able veins of coal have been said I'd be found.
Recently in Pntnarns county, superior Camel
Coal has been discovered. In word, the en-
tire range OF country, drained by Elk river, BY
Coallriyer, md by The other tributaries nfthe
Great KHnawba, abounds in vast Quantities
and in eyeryyaIirty, ofthe Camel, Splint and
Bituminons Coal, aud it's this country. wa
tered by the Ka ma wha aud lis tributaries that
contains The Kdnaicha Coal Fields. Almost
every week, in this region, is there found
3new aud remarkable veins OF Coal. AS YETI
mo adequate conception can be found, Of The
real value OF the lands III tbs REGION With
the Navigation Of KanHwha improved, with
tile Locks and DAMS on Coal river repaired,
and Elk river made havigabte, the coal trade
and.coal business Of this section would become
81 past Importance. With these navigation
announcements made and completed, Ksnawha
coal lands, inInaay places, would sell as high
as Pi,tsburg coal lands--that is, fire hnadred
dollars per acrs. And there is no reason why
the coal Lands here, should not be even more
valuable than ihe Pfttsburg coal lan1s are -
0ul Bituminous coatjs, in every respect, equal,
~ is good as The Pittsbu.sg coal and our near.
ness lothe western market. gives the Kama
wha coal region a great adxantase over Pitts
burg c6nl, and our Camel G iat VEINS are not
equaIled hY those Of any other vel PSI AZ yet
anywhere discovered j85#s
With such beds Of this minaral all
the Kanawha Valley, ID is. not
difficult 70 predict the extent to which
the trade WILDE eventually carried. AT
ufesent, most Of the coal used in Eincin-
natl, louisville. Maysyille. Coyingtons
Newport, Madison, and all the other cities
and towns which border on the Ohio
river, comes from4the banks ofthe y cugh-
ogany, an interior river m Pennsylvania.
1t requires no argument to show that
the coal of Kanawhas -more abundant--
Of better quality--and aboyel all, three
hundred miles lower down, and, conses
quantity, three hundred miles nearer mar
ket, will sooner or later supersede the
coal of Pennsylvania. It's doing ID al /
ready. The Kanawha coal is displacing
the Yoagfogany coal in the Cincinnati
market, and few years will enjoy a mo-
nopolys of every coal market to which i is
accessible.
L And this trade in coal, already an i'm
mense business, is. destined TO become
moro and more, Important every success
siye year His\a spectacle long to be
remembered to see the fleets Of coal boats
going dawn the Ohio river, after q heavy
rain in the fall Of the year. They swarm
down upon CINCINNATI anu OlD6r pOlDtS,
liks the Spanish Armada upon the coast
of BIitain. Nor do they stop at Cipcin-
natl or Louisville. Pennsylvania coal IS
transported. BY fiat boats even to Mem
phis, Vicksburg. and New Orleans !
Is it not Of incalcalable importance to
us that Virginia possesses, within her
own limits, the resources and means for
monopolising this already great and rap
idly growing branch Of commerce -
Have the people of the old Common
wealth ever considered the vast wealth
which may be gathered from the willing
and extended hand of nature ii the Great
Kanawha Valley /? We are afraid not.
HaYe,they ever reflected that the COM
5pletion oflour water hue to the Kanawha
will enable US to bring countless tons Of
this mineral across the bosom Of Virgin
ia, and thus make Norfolk the great coal
ing station Of the Western Continent -
We suspect not But the dawn 81,
brighter day for Virginia is approaching
and the faint glimmer Of the morning
already fllshes the Eastern horizonl
Right Of Search.
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