The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-11
THE TITLE is uNoUEsrloNABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha. ,
widIn from Y of miles TO two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of some six miles on Inc waters
of Smithers Greek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha; and OF 2x miles on the waters OF twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley. Every portion OF tnls
land can be easily reached by the narrow valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate it. Four-hfhs OF
this estate has natural level Tree ouet 10 the Nd
nawha down Smither's Creek, which enters tnat rls
er the pool made by the Paint Creek DAM recent.
iy constructed by the o. s. Government THIS outiee
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from can
Melton Station on the Chesapeake ONO
Railway, the other side of Kanawha, and ad1acent
to the village of Canneton, the coal mines OF which
have access to the railroad by ferry and railway
track. Il q q
This property contains immense deposits Of
CAMEL COAL
of the most superior quality. From the adjacent
mines the formation, and part of the origin
al tract large quantities of this coal are now peing
shipped for gas making purposes 1t Is regarded as
of the very best quality, and commands the hgnest
price in the markets of New York and other trade
centres. -
In the West Va. Reports of 1876 cit is abundant,
and in adinixture with more or less bftum1nous
coal is found in thick as 10 or II feet Fof
the Combined purposes of steam, domestic use, and
the manufacture of iron, 1t may be looked upon ds
the most useful and valuable coal OF me sla.e anu
it ranks so high that in the New fork reta
market, it quotes higher than any other w va. coa
except camel Its value is due to Its nrmness ana
soidity which enables it to be handled shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WE'LL leaving
but little ASH has both high calorthc power and In
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little or no tendency TO
clnker; free from the danger of firing from spon
taneous combustion-a great desideratum in storage
and ocean transportation lis first rate as steam
and household fire. and 1t has particular adaptabih
ty in Its raw state to the manufacture OF IRON IN the
blast furnace"
quoting the above paragraph, Maj Jed. Hocthkiss
who made geological report OF this properly, II
1871 says tsThe foot seam of coal above referred
to- Coal Valley, is opened on this estate near the
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level OF the
Wall ho nafQ a
out the Intervention of an incline This superior
coal found fully feet thick at the point In
dictated, and being so the bottom of Smtthers
Creek. It underies the entire estate as AN ALMOST
UNBROKEN STRATUM OF SUPERIOR GAS COAL
equally Iof aa ner al
be had by calling attention to the fact that eacl
foot of thickness in coal seam yields l0o0 tons Q
gettable coal to the acres and so this seam woult
give 1000 per acre. 49, 900 tons for this es
And this is but of the dozen or 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 part1ngs, iron
three to eleven feet. have measured, upon the es
tate below this on the same side of the river and
than mile distant, seam of coal IL It, fnche
thick, about 400 feet above the river level This
spint and bitum1nous coal with thin slate partngs.
THE NOTED CANNELTON CAMEL COAL.
is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prof.
perry This seam is seven feet thick, and is mad
up Of feet of camel at the bottom with 81 feet
'f-'-'' 'AH Facilities FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination Of the qualification G
the beds would render the mines self draining an
self vont1lat1ng and the coal could De easily
daylight ON down grade. The land is most favol
ably situated for mining purposes for all its beds
coal may be entered from the valley of Smither
Creek Ind worked up their incltnation Consequent
this property is much more valuable than one tina
presents the outcrops of its seam where they declln
Into the hills. This property is exceptionally va
liable in this, that it has extended frontage o.
Smither's Creek and that all It's Goals can be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately incline
valley Of that stream, and through conveyed to tn
navigable Kanawha River and G. & o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The Improvements of the Kanawha River by tn
u. S. Government, nearly completed, anor
water communication with the markets of the worl
direct from the property, and the c. 4 o. Railway
tiles for the transportation of the products OF tn
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.
TIMBER
The land also has upon 1t millions of feet OF tn
finest timber, such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Birch
Beach, Tulip, &C. Offers at good price have beel
made for the timber by the U. S. Government, bu
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 mining
almost unequaled. The attention of capitalists
specially invited to an examination. Maps an
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchk1ss Con
sulting Engineer, published in THE VIRGINIA
for March, $780, and will be furnished together witt
and other Information in regard thereto by the un
Address G.. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton Va.