The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-26
THE TITLE is UNDERSTANDABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
1Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles inSength and varies in
widtn from 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 X miles on the waters OF twenty
mile Greek from the Gauey. Every portion of this
land be easily reached by the narrow valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate it, Fourl1ths OF
this has natural level free outlet to the Ma
nawha down Smithers Greek, which enters That NV
in the pool made by the Paint Creek dam recent
iy constructed by the T. S. Government rms outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from can
Melton Station the Chesapeake Ohio
Railway, the other side of Kanawha and adjacent
to the village OF Cannelon, the coal mines OF whlch
have access to the railroad by Terry anu railway
track.
This property contains immense deposits of
CAMEL COAL
of the most superior quality. From the adjacent
mines in the formations and part OF the origin
al tract large quantities OF this coal are now peng
shipped for gas-makng 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.
or the splint coal of this region, NJ F. Maury says
in the West Va. Reports of 1916. sit is abundant,
and in admiXture with more or less bituminous
coal, is found in thick TO 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
1t 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 It's nfmness anu
soidty which enables it to be handled, shifted and
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
cltnker; is free from the danger of firing from spon
taneous combustion-a great destderatum 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 or IRON IN the
blast furnace"
Quoting the above paragraph, Maj. Jed. Hocthkiss
who made geological report of this property, in
1877, says "rhe foot seam Of coal above referred
to- at Coal Valley is opened this estate the
of Blakes Branch just above the level Of the
Greek Valley, may be entered and worked With
out the Intervention of an incline This superior
l.
dicated and being near the bottom of Smither' S
Creek It underlies the entire estate as AN ALMOST
UNBROKFN 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 so this seam would
give 1000 per acre. 49, 900 tons for this
And this is but of the dozen or more work
able seams OF coal that have been proven above
water level in this portion of the coal elds 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 of coal IL it, inches
thick about 400 feet above the river level This
spnt and bituminous coal with thin slate partings.
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This seam is seven feet thick, and is made
up Of 81 feet of camel at the bottom with 3 feet
spl1nt at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the qualification o
the beds would render the mines self draining anC
self ventilating and the coal could be easily
daylight on down grade. The land is most favor
ably situated for mining purposes, for all its beds
coal may be entered from the valley of Smither.
Creek and worked up their inclination, consequently
this property is much more valuable than one tina
the outcropS of its where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable In this, that it has extended frontage OF
Smither's Greek, and that all its Goals be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that stream, and through it conveyed to h
navigable Kanawha River and c. x 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 c. o. Railway
less than mile distant, furnishes the ampest facil
tiles for the transportation of the products of th
mines.
Part of the original survey, of which this estate is
a portion owned by c. P Huntington and others, anC
held to be of the most valuable pieces of proper
ty the continent.
TIMBER.
The land also has upon it millions of feet of the
finest timber, such Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Birch
made for the timber by the U. S. Government, bu
the owners have refused to have any of it takeI
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 Il
specially invited to examination. Maps an(
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkss, Con
Sulttng Engineer, published in THE VIRGINIA.
for March, $780, will be furnished together witt
and other Information in regard thereto by the un
derstgned upon application.
Address G. NJ HARRISON,
W.B. HARRISON
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton, Va.