The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-09-30
THE TITLE IS UNDERSTANDABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of KanaWha
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
width from u OF a miles TO two miles 1t has an
available frontage of some six miles the waters
of Smithers Greek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha; and OF IN miles on the waters of Twenty
mile Creek from the Gauley. Every portion OF TINS
land can be easily reached by the narrow valleys OF
the water which penetrate it. Four-fths OF
this estate has natural level free outlet TO the IA
nawha down Smithers Creek, which enters that rlv-
in the pool made by the Paint Greek dam, recent
iy constructed by the o. S. Government rms Quiet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from can
Melton Station on the chesapeake q ohlo
Railway, the other side of Kanawha and adjacent
to the village of Cannelton the coal mines of which
have access to the railroad by ferry and railway
track
CAMEL COAL
of the most superior quality From the adjacent
al tract large quantities of this coal are now peihg
shipped for making purposes. 1t is regarded as
of the very best quality, and commands the hghest
price in the markets of New York and other trade
centres.
OF the splint coal of this REGION NJ F. Maury says
in the West Va Reports of 1876. at is abundant,
and in admixture with more or less bttum1nouS
COAL is found in seems as thick as 10 or II feet For
the combined purposes of steam, domestic use and
the manufacture OF iron, 1t may be looked upon as
the useful and valuable coal of the State and
even now it ranks high that in the New York retail
market it quotes higher than any other W. Va. coal
except camel Its value is due to Its frmness and
solidity which enables it to be handled, shifted and
stored with very loss. 1t burns well, leaving
but little ash; has both high calorifc power and in
tensity is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little no tendency to
clinker is free from the danger OF firing rom spon
taneous combustion-a great desideratum In storage
and ocean transportation lis first rate as a steam
and household fire, and 1t has particular adaptap11
ty in its state to the manufacture OF iron In the
blast furnace"
Quoting the above paragraph Maj. Jed. Hocthkiss
who made a geological report of this property, IL
1877 says: sSThe foot of coal above referred
to- at Coal Valley is opened on this estate near th
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level OF thu
Greek Valley, so 1t may be entered and worked with
of coal found fully feet thick at the point IN
dictated, and being so near the bottom OF Sm1therI
Creek 1t underIies the entire estate as AN ALMOST
UNBROKEN STRATUM OF SUPERIOR GAS COAL
while equally valuable for almost all other uses
Some idea of the quantity of coal here existing ma.
be had by calling attention to the fact that eacl
foot of thickness in coal seam yields 1000 tons
gettable coal to the acres, and this seam woult
give 1000 tons per acre, or T72OO0 for this es
tate And this is but of the dozen or more work
able seams of coal that have been proven abov
water level in this portion of the coal fields, varying
in thickness, including the slate part1ngs, iron
three to eleven feet 7 have measured, upon the es
tate below this the side of the river and les
than one mile distant, seam of coal IL IT 1nche
thick, about 400 feet above the river level This
Splint and bituminouS coal with thin slate parngS
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from a seam opened on the adjoining PROF
perry This seam is seven feet thick and IS mad
up of 3k feet of camel at the bottom, with 3 feet
'p-'--' CIV FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the qualification {
the beds would render the mines self draining an
SELF ana Gne coal COulu ne easily
daylight a down grade The land Is most faVol
ably situated for mining purposes for all Its beds
coal may be entered from the valley of Sm1ther
Creek and worked up their inclination Consequent
this property is much more valuable than one tina
presents the outcrops of It's seam where they decn
into the hills. This property is exceptionally va
liable in this that it has extended a frontage o
Smther's Greek, and that all its Goals can be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately incline
valley of that stream and through 1t conveyed to tn
nHvigable Kanawha River and C. & o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The improvements of the Kanawha River by tn
US. Government nearly completed, affor
direct from the property, and the c. Il o. Ratlwa.
less than mile distant furnishes the ampest fac1
ities for the transportation of the products OF th
mines.
Partof the original survey, of which this estate
portion owned by c. P. Huntington and others, an
held to be Of the most valuable pieces of proper
ty on the continent.
The land also has upon it millions of feet OF tn
finest timber, such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Bfrcl
Beach, Tulip, &C. Offers at a good price have bee
made for the timber by the U. S. Government, br
the owners have refused to have any OF 1t take
from the land
Considering the richness of the coal deposits, tn
value of the timber favorable location for mimi.
and facilities for marketing, this property stand
almost uneQualed. The attention Of capitalists
specially invited to examination. Maps an
sultng Engineer published in THE VIRGINIA
for March, 1880, and will be furnished together wit
and other Information in regard thereto by the Ill
dersigned upon application.
Address G. NJ HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton, Va.