The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-08-26
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 q of a miles to two miles. II mas an
available frontage of some six miles on the waters
of SmiherS Greek and its right hand FORK from the
Kanawna and Of * miles on the waters of Twenty
mile Creek from the Gauley. Every portion OF this
land can be easily reached by the narrow Valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate it, Fournths OIL
this estate has natural level free outlet to the ha-
nawha down Smither's Creek which enters that riy-
err in the pool made by the Paint Greek dam, recent
iy constructed by the U. s. Government rms outiet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from 0a
Melton Station on the Chesapeake X ONO
Railway, the other side of Kanawhi ana ad!acent
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 formations and part of the origin
al tract large quantities OF this coal are now peg
shipped for gas-mak1ng purposes LII is reSdrueu az
of the very best quality, and commands the h1gheSt
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. sit is abundant,
and in admixture with more or less bitum1nous
coal is found thick as 10 or ii feet For
the combined purposes of steam, domestic use, ana
the manufacture of iron it may be looked upon as
the most useful and valuable coal of the State, and
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 ana
solidity, which enables it to be handled shifted anu
stored very little loss 1t burns well, leaving
iN''N-
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little or no tendency TO
cnker: is free from the danger OF firing from spoh
taneous combustion-a great desideratum III storage
and transportation: is first rate as a steam
and household fire. and it has particular aaipttpil-
ty in its state to the manufacture Oh IRON III inc
blast furnace
Quoting the above paragraph, Maj. Jed. Hocthkiss,
who made a geological report of this property, IN
1871 SAYS ssrhe foot seam of coal above referred
to- Coal Valley, is opened on this estate near e
mouth of Bakes Branch just above the level OF tine
Creek Valley so it may entered and worked With
out the intervention of an incline This superior
seam of coal found fully feet thick at the point in
dcated, and being near the bottom OF Sm1ther 5
Creek il underlieS the entire estate as AN ALAOol
TNBROKEN STRATUM OF SUPERIOR GAS COAL,
while equally valuable for almost all other uses
Some idea OF the quantity of coal here existing may
be had by calling attention to the tact that eiic
foot OF thickness in coal seam yields lUD tons OF
gettahIe coal to the acres and so this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre. 49, tons for this es
tate And this is but one of the dozen or more work
able seams of coal that have been proven above
water this portion of the coal fields varying
in thickness, including the slate partlngs, from
three to eleven feet. have measured, upon the es
tate below side of the river and less
than mile distant, seam of coal IL IT inches
thick, about 400 feet above the river level rms Is
splint and bitumnous coal with thin slate parlngs
THE NOTED CANNELToN CAMEL COAL
is mined from a seam opened on the adjoining prop
perry. This seam is seven feet thick, and is made
up of 81 feet of camel at the bottom, with 81 eet o.
'p''H' ''' VIZ Facilities FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the qualification o.
the beds would render the mines self draining ano
self ventatng and the coal could be easily run IL
daylight a down grade The land is most favor
ably situated for mining purposes for all its beds OF
coal may be entered from the valley OF SmtherS
Creek and worked up their inclination, consequently
this nronerty is much more valuable than one thai
presents the oucrops of its where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable in this that it has so extended a frontage OF
Smither'S Greek. and that all its Goals can be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that stream and through it conveyed TO the
navigable Kanawha River and c. & o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The Improvements of the Kanawha River by the
U. S. Government nearly completed, AFFORD
water communication with the markets of the world
direct from the property, and the c. o. halfway
less than mile distant furnishes the ampeSt Iacll
tiles for the transportation of the products OIL the
mines.
Part of the original survey of which this estate is
portion owned by G. p. Huntington and Others ano
held to be of the most valuable pieces OF proper
ty on the continent.
TIMBER.
The land also has upon it millions of feet of the
finest timber, such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar Blrcn
Beach, Tulip, &c. Offers at a good price have beer
made for the timber by the q. S. Government, bu
the owners have refused to have any OF 1t takel
from the land.
value of the timber, favorable location for mining
facilities for marketing, this property. stands
almost unequaled. The attention of capitalists i:
specially invited to an examination. Maps ano
fun geological reports made by jed. Hotchk1ss, Con
sulting Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIA.
for March, 1890 and will be furnished together VIII
and other information in regard thereto by the I'm
dersigned upon application.
Address G. NJ. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
-4-tf StauntOn, Va.