The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-03
KanaWha Coal FieId..ExtenI, YRri-
ely and Value.-DeVelopments.The
IFnn nIG0Firf Ac tSn E ia

KanaWha Coal Field..ExtenI, YRri-
ely and acknowledgements
Iron District, &C., Sc. 70, M
Correspondence Of the Pittsburgh Commercial
KANAwHA FALLS, W. Va, June 81.
Nolhjug could interest a practical coal
Of iron operator moro than Walt 70 this
remarkable region. II Is surpJ ling that
not moro Of your sagaClous business men
have mol looked into THIS fne valley.
Some heavy capitalists from the head Of
the Ohio haYe been here, aud investiga-
ting largely; others, l understand, are com.
ing. This Is certainly the field for profit.
able coal operations. / have been for
weeks examining this extraordinary field
and have no heaIlancy I'M ronouncing II
the finest, most varied and valuable coal
district In the United States. Mines oil
six, seven, eight and nine feet are com
mon-splint and bltuminous COals-and
generally half dozen worked seams oc-
cur in the same mountain. write sig
nifcantly, as the great mountain ranges
are cut into sharp, well-deAned bod
les, the eye taking in half dozen,
looking up and down the rivers, within
the space ola mile Thegeological features
ure interesting. The disturbing has been
violent, and separation Of strata sharply
marked. Coal areas all through the Kan
RWhS aud subordinate valleys, from Big
Sciota TO Coal Mountain, and even be-
yond. It's finest development, however,
may be said TO exist from Loup creek to
Campbell creek, northeastcTly and south
westerly. Within this limit, at least, the
best developments have been made. This
does not, however, limit even the finest
coal measures. Some recent discoveries
demonstrated that other localities to which
may refer In smother letter, arc peculiar
ly rich In deposits Of mineTal Goals. Three
varieties occur within the zone indicated
camel, splint, bituminous. The cele-
brated Stockton camel, the first coal al
tracing special attention in this valley, d
Vt Cannelton, nine miles below the falls
The late Col. A. Stockton, who owned
thousands Of acres, including the falls
VIA the flrst to develop this fine coal. ThC
CannClton Company, chiefly owned II
New York, arc operating the mines very
successfully, sending large quantities L
market. The mineral Is equal TO TIT
Peytonia camel, and both fully up to The
standard claimed for the best English can
nel. The scam now worked Is forty two
inches. Il Is superior gas and parloI
luel, and ranks high In the Eastern mar
ke9. This fine coal 10 Jet black, except
when subjected 10 clay waBhingS, Il com
pact, and breaks With clear conchoidal
fracture. II can be taken 10 New York
and sold at q profit at gil per ton, against
f29 Tor Englilh camel. Camel 10 found
10 most Of the central coal fields.
Spllnt Il perhaps the most valuable Goa
produced In the country. II derives liz
name from the splinty fracture viii
which it separates II Is compact, firm
and lLminGIed coal, lasting, and its chic
value 10 comparative freedom from snl-
phur, which enables Il 70 DO used nsmelt
ing ores, or the manufacture OF iron ant
steel. This valuable mineral abounds Il
this part Of the KRnawha coal fleld. Elk
tenSive mines are in operation, that Of Col
Edwards, at Coal BGy-the KAnaWhA !
Ohio Coal Company-miuiug about 2O0, !
UOO bushels per month,
Splint must become Q complete snbsIi.
tuIs for charcoal in the manufacture q
IRON and steel. In the Bcssemcr furnace
we witness its highest triumph. ThI
abundance Of this superior mineral prom
lSes great future for West Virginia
With ores from the AllGghenICs, Bote