The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-08-19
THE TITLE IS UNDERSTANDABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
widln from q of miles TO two miles. 1t has all
available frontage of some six miles on the waters
of Smithers Creek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha and of 2 y miles on the waters of Twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley. Every portion OF this
land can easily reached by the narrow valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate it. Four-fths OF
this estate natural level free outlet to the Ma
nawha down Smithers Creek, which enters that nv
er in the pool made by the Paint Greek dam recent
y constructed by the U. S. Government This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Ian
| Melton Station the Chesapeake ONO
Railway the other side of Kanawha, and adjacent
to the village Cannelton the coal mines OF which
have access to the railroad by ferry and railway
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
al tract large quantities of this coal are now pe1hg
shipped for making purposes. 1t is regarded as
of the very best quality, and commands the hshese
| price in the markets of New York and other trade
OF the splint coal of this REGION M. F. Maury says
| in the West Va Reports of 1876 at is abundant,
and in admiXture with more or less b1tum1nous
coal is found in seems thick 10 or II 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 ane
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 flrmness and
sodity which enables it to be handled snl1ted ana
stored with very little loss. 1t burns well, leaving
but little ASH has both high caorifc power and In
|
and other Impurities has little or no tendency TO
clfnker: is free from the danger of firing from spon
taneous combustion-a great desideratum in storage
and ocean transportation:-ls 1lfst raIe as slen
and household fire, and it has particular adaptapL
ty in its state to the manufacture OF IRON III the
onoting the above paragraph, Maj Jed. Hocthkss,
who made geological report OF this properly, III
1871 saws: Esrhe foot of coal above referred
to- at Coal Valley is opened this estate near the
mouth Blakes Branch, just above the level of the
Greek Valley, it may be entered and worked WIN
on
of coal found fully feet thick at the point In
dicated and being so near the bottom of Sm1ther'f
Creek 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 may
be had by calling attention to the fact that eacl
foot of thickness in coal seam yields looo IONS o.
gettabe coal to the acres and so this seam Woulo
give 1000 per acre. 49, 900 tons for this es
And this is but one of the dozen or more WORK
able seams of coal that have been proven above
water in this portion of the coal fields varying
in thickness including the slate part1ngs, non
three to eleven feet. have measured, upon the eS
tate this the side of the river and less
than mile distant, seam OF coal II It, 1nche:
thick about 400 feet above the river level This Is
splin and bftuminous coal with thin slate partings
THE NOTED CANNELTON CAMEL COAL
is mined from seam opened on tne aa!oinins prop
perty. This seam is seven feet thick, ana IS maot
up of 3 feet of camel at the bottom with 81 1eet
'ii'-'' FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the strat1hcat1on O
the beds would render the mines self draining ano
self venlating, and the coal could De easily run
daylight on a down grade. The land is most favor
ably situated for mining purposes, for all its beds
coal may be entered from the valley or Smlthef
Greek worked up their inclination, consequently
this property is much more valuable than one tina
presents the oucrops of its where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable in this, that it has so extended frontage or
Smither's Creek and that all its Goals can be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that and through it conveyed to the
navigabIe Kanawha River and C. & o. Railway.
TRANSFORMATION.
The improvements of the Kanawha River by the
Q. S. Government now nearly completed, afforC
water communication with the markets of the world
direct from the property, and the c. & o. Railway
less than mile distant furnishes the ampest facll
tiles for the transportation of the products OF The
mines.
Part of the original survey Of which this estate
portion owned by C. P. Huntington and others, ant
held of the most valuable pieces OF proper
ty on the continent.
TIMBER.
The land also has upon it millions OF feet or The
finest timber. such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Birch
Beach, Tulip, &C. Offers at a good price have beer
made for the timber by the U. S. Government, bu
the owners have refused to have any of it taker
! | from the land.
Considering the richness of the coal deposits the
value of the timber, favorable location for mining
and facilities for marketing, this property stands
almost unequaled The attention of capitalists II
specially invited to examination. Maps ant
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkiss, Con
sulting Engineer, published in THE VIRGINIA.
for March, 1880, and will be furnished together witt
and other information in regard thereto by the un
dersigned upon application.
Address G. NJ. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton, Va