The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-10-07
THE TITLE IS UNDERSTANDABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
widtn from y of a miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of six miles on the waters
OF Smfthers Creek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha; and of az miles on the waters OF Twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley. Every portion OF this
land can be easily reached by the narrow valleys OF
the water which penetrate it. Four-hfths OF
this estate has natural level free outlet to the Ma
nawha down Smithers Creek, which enters that riv-
In the pool made by the Paint Greek dam recent
ty constructed by the U. S. Government This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Melton Station the Chesapeake 4 ONO
to the village of Cannelton the coal mines of which
have access to the railroad by ferry and railway
track.
This property contains immense deposits Of
CAMEL COAL
of the most superior quality. From the adjacent
mines In the formation and part of the origin
tract large quantities of this coal are now being
shipped for gas-making purposes 1t Is regarded as
price In the markets of New York and other trade
centres.
in the West Va. Reports of 1876. SIT is abundant,
and in admixture with more or less bitumlnous
coal is found seems thick 10 or IL feet. FOR
the combined purposes of steam, domestic use, and
the manufacture Of iron it may be looked upon as
the most useful and valuable coal OF the state ana
even now 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 hrmness ana
solidity, which enables it to be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WE'LL leaving
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little or no tendency 10
clinker is free from the danger of firing from spon
taneous combustion-a great desideratum in storage
and ocean transportation lis first rate as a steam
and household fire, and 1t has particular adaptapln
ty in its raw state to the OF iron IN Inc
blast furnace"
Quoting the above paragraph, Maj. Jed. Hocthkiss
who made geological report of this property, IL
1877 says: ssThe foot of coal above referred
to- at Coal Valley is opened on this estate near the
mouth of Bakes Branch just above the level OF the
Greek Valley, so it may be entered and worked with
out the Intervention Of an incline. This superior
of coal found fully feet thick at the point In
dictated, and being near the bottom OF Smfthers
Greek, it underlies 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 eaci
foot of thickness in coal seam yields 1000 tons o
gettable coal to the acres, and so this seam woul(
give 1000 tons per acre or 437720O9 tons this
tate And this is but one of the dozen more work
able seams of coal that have been proven allow
water level in this portion of the coal fields, varying
in thickness, including the slate partings from
three to eleven feet. have measured, upon the es
tate below this the same side of the river and les
than mile distant, seam Of coal IL 1T, 1nche
thick, about 400 feet above the river level rms
splint and bitumnous coal with thin slate partngs
is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This seam is seven feet thick, and is mad
of 81 feet of camel at the bottom, with 81 feet
'p-'-' FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the qualification
the beds would render the mines self draining an
self ventilating and the coal could be easily run
Daylight on down grade. Inc ldnu Is IIlOSt ldNoi
ably situated for mining purposes, for all Its beds
coal may be entered from the valley of Sm1ther'
Greek and worked up their inclination, consequentl
this property is much more valuable than one tina
presents the outcropS of its where they decl1n
into the hills. This property is exceptionally va
liable in this, that 1t has extended frontage o.
Smither's Creek and that all its Goals can be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately incline
valley of that stream and through it conveyed to tn
nav1gable Kanawha River and c. 4 o. Railway.
TRANSFORMATION.
The Improvements of the Kanawha River by tn
q. S. Government, now nearly completed, affor
water communication with the markets of the world
direct from the property, and the G. Il o. Railway
less than mile distant, furnishes the amplest fac1
tiles for the transportation OF the products OF In
mines.
Partof the original survey, Of which this estate
portion owned by c. P. Huntington and Others an
ty on the continent.
TIMBER.
The land also has upon 1t millions of feet of tn
finest timber, such Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Bircf
Beach, Tulip, &C. Offers at good price have bee
made for the timber by the q. S. Government, bu
the owners have refused to have any of it take
from the land.
Considering the richness Of the coal deposits, tn
value of the timber, favorable location for mining
and facilities for marketing, this property stand
almost unequaled. The attention of capitalists
specially invited to examination. Maps an
full geological reports made by jed Hotchkiss, Coz
sulttng Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIA
for March, 1880, and will be furnished together wit
and other information in regard thereto by the III
derstgned upon application.
Address G. M. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton, Va.