The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-10-26
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orr COAL FIELDS.


Mn EpToE At ih's time the papers OF
Cincinnati are expressing lears of short
supply oi coal aud thinking that my ex-
tensive acquaintance in the coal fields OF
West Virginia aud Kentucky would ens-
hle me TO give a lew facts Of interest to
those concerned, have concluded to give
you my ideas on that subject; and first
that portion Of the Ohio river from Hunt
inston To Big Sandy, must he the center OF
supply for the Western market. The
Ohio r,ycr approaches nearer the great
body OF Goa at this, than any other point
on the river, the coal increasing in quaint.
~ and improving in quality as YOU APP
proach tue range of. the Cumberland
mountains, which continue through West
Virginia as the Big Sewel mountain.
Your correspondent has never Travelled
through the neighborhood Immediately
South OF Huntington, on the Fork of
Twelve-Polc, known as the Beech fork
tout once, but from observations at that
Aiiift. lNF AttlH rtlN-lttl NllAN Ntlilh u MS
,ance OF ten miles coal is abundant, equal
to the Ashland coal and once reaching
the coal, the supply would increase for a
hundred miles and would fall off but verv
liit,e Tor fifty miles more, making one
Z hundred AID fifty miles OF coal field due
South of your city There seems to be an
idea among capitalists that it is necessary
10 build roun! about and out oi.the way
lines Of railroad 10 reach supply of coal,
ior instance, the Coal River Railroad.
The distance from your city TO st Alhans
l. :orty-one miles by Chesapeake x Ohio
Railroad, and thirty miles from that point
, 20 Peytona, making seventy-one nJ lies rail
road carriage. The distance from your
city to Barhoursvlie is ten miles. fiom
/ Barbonrsvile TO the Falls of Guyandotte
liveris fourteen miles, making twcuty-tonr
miles, = considerable distance into the body
OF the coal. From this point distance
OF twenty miles mp Mud river would very
nearly reach Peyiona at least would reach
all the varieties OF coal found on Goa
/ river, in greater quantities than any point
I where now opened, the whole distance be-
/ ing b It forty -lour miles, making saving
'ot twenty seven miles of rail carriage
with the advantage of passing within ioul
miles OF veins OF coal already opened
from eight to nine feet ilick on Guyan
dotte river
feel confident that Huntington must
at no distant day, be the center Of an i'm
mense iron interest Your corr, spondrni
knows that hematie iron ore which
works so well with the Iron mountain or,
and raw coal, A. proved 10y the experiment,
OF the lrohton and Ashland furnace, ex-
tends throughout tie country, South o
your city Having had some years *.
perience in the iron regions Of Kentuck ,
and OHIO, your correspondent must say
that the most beautiful block of hematit,
ore have ever seen lies in this undeyel-
opcd region. ] see through the darline-.
OF one hundred aud fifty miles of coal
along the line Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, East Of you, aud n coal field
one hundred and fiily miles wide, South
of your city. and q line OF railroad one
hundred miles West Of your city. running
through or cutting close to the coal. the
lsit of iutnre prosperity, which j. bright
indeed Hoping tina. the natural adyan.
tares Of your ocation may he 50 improved
: rs to conduce to the early prosperity ol
+ your city, bid YOU ad.eu, promising more
anon. MorsrAINEER