The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-17
THE TITLE IS UNoUEsT1oNABLE,

hav1 been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
widtn from of miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of six miles on the waters
of Smithers Creek its right hand fork from the
Kanawha; and of TX miles on the waters OF twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley Every portion of this
land can be easily reached by the narrow valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate It, Fourffths OF
this has natural level free outlet to the Ka
nawha down Smither's Creek, which enters that riv
in the pool made by the Paint Creek dam. recent
iy constructed by the U. S. Government. This outlet
Is opposite to and about mile distant from Can
Melton Station the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway, the other side of Kanawha and adjacent
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
tract large quantities of this coal being
shipped for gas-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 the splint coalAf this region, NJ F. Maury says
in the West Va. Reports of 1876. 'It is abundant
and in admixture with more or less bituminous
COAL is found in seems as thick as 10 or IL 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
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 and
sodty which enables it to be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WELL leaving
but little ash; has both high caloric 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:-is first rate as steam
and household fire, and it has particular adaptabi
y in its 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 ssrhe foot of coal above referred
to, Coal Valley is opened this estate near the
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level of the
Creek 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
Dictated, and being so near the bottom OF Smithers
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 each
foot of thickness in coal seam yields lOOO tons OF
gettable coal to the acres and so this seam would
give 1000 per acre, 600 tons for this es
tate And this Is but of the dozen or more work
able seams of coal that have been proven above
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
han one mile distant, seam coal IL it, inches
hick about 400 feet above the river level This is
splint and btumnous coal with thin slate part1ngs
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
| is mined from opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This seam Is seven feet thick, and Is made
up of 3h feet of camel at the bottom, 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 ventiating and the coal could be easily run to
1 daylight 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 Smithers
Greek and worked up their inclination, consequently
this property is much more valuable than one that
presents the outcrops 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 conveyed to the
navigable Kanawha River and G. 4 o. Railway.
| TRANSPORTATION.
The improvements of the Kanawha River by the
o. S. Government, nearly completed, afford
water communication with the markets Of the wOrl
direct from the property and the G. & o. Railway,
tiles for the transportation Of the products of the
mines.
Part of the original survey Of which this estate is
portion owned by G. P. Huntington and Others and
held be of the valuable pieces of proper
| ty on the continent
| TIMBER.
The land also has upon 1t millions of feet of the
| finest TIMBER such Oak, Walnut Poplar, Birch,
Beach, Tulip, &C. Offers at good price have been
made for the timber by the U. S. Government, but
| the owners have refused to have any Of it 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 examination. Maps and
full geological reports made by jed Hotchkiss, Con-
for March, 1885, and will be furnished together with
and other Information in regard thereto by the
| dersigned upon application.
Address G.. NJ. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys In fact