The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-01-13
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 n Of miles to two miles 1t has an
available frontage Of some six miles on the waters
Of Smithers Greek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha; and of u miles on the waters Of Twenty
mile Creek from the Gauley. Every portion OF TINS
the water which penetrate It, Four-hfths Of
this estate has natural level free outlet to the Ka
nawha down Smithers Creek, which enters that r1v-
er in the pool made by the Paint Creek dam, recent
y constructed by the O. S. Government. This outlet
is opposite and about mile distant from Can
Melton Station on the Chesapeake Ohio
Railway, the other side of Kanawha, and adjacent
to the village of Canneton 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
Il tract large quantities of this coal are now being
shipped for gas-making purposes 1t is regarded as
If the very best quality, and commands the highest
price IN the markets Of New York and other trade
centres.
OF the splint coal of this region NJ r. Maury says
in the West Va. Reports of 1876. at Is abundant,
and in admixture with less bituminous
COAL is found In seems as thick as III or II feet For
the combined purposes of steam, domestic use, and
the manufacture of iron, 1t may be looked upon as
the most useful and valuable coal of the State, and
even now it ranks so high that in the New York retail
market, quotes higher than any other W. Va coal
except camel. Its value is due to its rmness and
Solidity. which enables handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WELL leaving
but little ash; has both high caori1c power and in
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little or no 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
" In its raw state to the manufacture of iron n the
blast furnace"
Quoting the above paragraph, Maj. jed Hocthkiss,
who made geological report Of this property, In
to, at Coal Valley is opened on this estate near the
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level Of the
Greek Valley 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
dicated, and being SO near the bottom of Smithers
Greek, it underlies the entire estate AN ALMOST
UNBROKEN STRATUM OF SUPERIOR GAS COAL,
while equally valuable for almost all other uses.
some idea of the quantity coal here existing may
be had by calling attention to the fact that each
foot of thickness in coal seam yields 1000 tons Of
5etable coal to the acres, and so this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre. As 900 tons for this
tate. And this is but of the dozen more work
tble 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 es-
tate below this the side Of the river and less
than one mile Distant seam OF coal II IT. inches
thick, about 400 feet above the river level. This is
splint and bituminous coal with thin slate partngs.
=. THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
Is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This seam is seven feet thick, and is made
of 81 feet of camel at the bottom with 81 feet OF
5plint at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the stratifcation OF
the beds would render the mines self draining and
self ventilating and the coal could be easily to
daylight on 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 outcrops of its seam where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable in this, that 1t has extended frontage
omithers Greek, and that all its Goals be most
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley OF that stream, and through 1t conveyed to the
nav1gable kanawba River and G. 4 o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The improvements Of the Kanawha River by the
U. s. Government, now nearly completed, afford
water communication with the markets of the worl d
Iirect from the property, and the G. & o. Railway,
less than a mile distant, furnishes the amplest facil
tiles for the transportation OF the products of the
mines.
Part of the original survey which this estate is
portion owned by y. L. Huntington and Others and
aeld to be Of the valuable pieces Of proper
ty the continent.
TIMBER
The land also has upon 1t millions OF feet OF the
finest timber, such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Birch
Beach, Tulip &c. Offers at a good price have been
made for the timber by the U. s. Government, but
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
specially invited to an examination. Maps and
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkiss, Con-
March, 1880, and will furnished together with
and other Information in regard thereto by the I'M
dersgned upon application.
Address GIN. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
TT Staunton. Va.