The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-03
THE TITLE IS UNoUEsT1oNABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
width from of miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of some six miles the waters
of Smithers Creek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha; and of TX miles the waters of Twenty
mile Creek from the Gauey. Every portion Of this
land be easily reached by the valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate 1t. FourfthS OF
nawha down Smither's Creek which enters that riv-
er in the pool made by the Paint Greek dam, recent
iy constructed by the U. s. Government This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
| Melton Station on the Chesapeake Ohio
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.
This property contains immense deposits of
CAMEL COAL
of the most superior quality From the adjacent
mines in the same formation, and part of the origin
al tract large quantities of this coal being
shipped for making purposes. 1t Is regarded as
OF the very best quality and commands the highest
price in the markets of New York and other trade
| centres.
OF spint coal of this region, M. F. Maury says
in the West Va. Reports of 1876. sit is abundant,
and in admiXture with less bituminous
COAL is found in 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, and
even now ii 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 and
solfdity which enables it to be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss 1t burns WELL leaving
|
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little tendency to
clinker is 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 adaptable
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 property, in
1877, says: 'The foot of coal above referred
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level Of the
Creek Valley, so it may be entered and worked with
seam of coal found fully feet thick at the point in
d1cated, and being so near the bottom Of Smithers
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 may
be had by calling attention to the fact that each
foot of thickness in coal seam yields 1000 tons Of
gettable coal to the acres, and this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre, 900 tons for this
tate. And this is but one of the dozen more work
able seams of coal that have been proven above
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
below this the side of river and less
than mile distant, seam of coal II it, inches
thick, about 400 feet above the river level This is
plint and bitumnous coal with thin slate parttngs
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This is feet thick, and IS 1sade
of 81 feet of camel at the DO tom with 81 feet Of
splint at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the qualification of
the beds would render the mines self draining and
self ventlating, and the coal could be easily to
daylight on 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 Smither's
Greek and worked up their inclination, consequently
this property is much more valuable than one that
presents the oucrops Of its where they decline
into the hills. This property Is exceptionally val
liable in this that it has extended frontage on
Smithers Greek, and that all its Goals can be most
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that stream and through it conveyed to the
navigable Kanawha River and @. 4 o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The improvements Of the Kanawha River by the
q. S. Government, nearly completed, afford
water communication with the markets Of the worl
direct from the property, and the G. o. Railway,
less than mile distant, furnishes the ampest fact
tiles for the transportation of the products Of the
mines.
Partof the original survey of which this estate is
a portion owned by G. P Huntington and Others and
held to be of the most valuable pieces of proper
ty the continent.
The land also has upon it millions of feet of the
finest timber, such as OAK Walnut, Poplar, Birch
Beach, Tulip, &c. Offers at good price have been
the owners have refused to have any Of 1t taken
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 is
full geological reports made by jed Hotchkiss, Con-
sulting Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIAs
for March, $780, and will be furnished together with
and other Information in regard thereto by the
dersigned upon application.
Address g. M. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys IN fact,