The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-28
THE TITLE is UNDERSTANDABLE,
wing been definitely settled by the Circuit Court

having 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 some six miles the waters
Of smithers Greek and us right hand 1ork fr0m Inc
Kanawha; and of 2H miles ON the waters OF Twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley. Every portion OF this
land be easily reached by the narrow valleys Of
the water courses which penetrate 1t. Fourhfths OF
this estate has natural level free outlet to the ka-
nawha down Smither's Creek, which enters that r1v
er in the pool made by the Paint Greek DAM recent
~ constructed by the u s. Government. This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Railway on 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 formation and part of the origin
al tract large quantities of this coal being
shipped for gasmaking 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 coal of this region NJ F. Maury says
In the West Va. Reports OF 1876. SIT is abundant,
and in admixture with more or 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 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 its hrmneSS and
soldty which enables 1T to be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns well, leaving
but little ash; has both high caloric power and In
tens1ty, 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 a steam
and household fire, and 1t has particular adaptable
y in its raw state to the manufacture of iron in the
blast furnace
Quoting the above paragraph, Mai. Jed. Hocthkiss
who made geological report of this property, in
1877, says: "Tne foot seam of coal above referred
to- at Coal Valley, is opened this estate the
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level of the
Greek Valley so 1t may be entered and worked with
out the Intervention of an incline This Superior
of coal found fully feet thick at tlGlint in
dicated and being so tfi5 bottom of Smither's
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
be had by calling attention to the fact that eacf
foot of thickness in coal seam yields 1000 tons o.
gettable coal to the acres, and this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre. or 600 this
tate And this is but one of the dozen or 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 es
tate below this the side of the river and les
than one mile distant, seam of coal IL it, inches
thick about 400 feet above the river level. This II
splnt and bitumtnous coal with thin slate partings
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This seam is feet thick, and is mad
up of 81 feet of camel at the BOTTOM with 34 feet
splint at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination Of the stratihcation O
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 tina
presents the outcrops OF It's seam where they decn
into the hills This property is exceptionally val
liable in this, that 1t has extended frontage Oh
Smtther's Greek, and that all its Goals be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately 1ncline
valley of that stream and through 1t conveyed to tn
navigable Kanawha River and c. & o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The improvements of the Kanawha River by tn
Q. s. Government, nearly completed, affor
water communication with the markets of the worl
direct from the property, and the G. Il o. Railway
less than mile distant furnishes the amplest fac
files for the transportation Of the products of tn
mines
Part of the original survey of which this estate
held to be Of the most valuable pieces of proper
ty on the continent
The land also has upon it millions of feet of tn
finest TIMBER such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Birch
Beach, Tulip &c. Offers at good price have beel
the owners have refused to have any of it takel
from the land.
Considering the richness Of the coal deposits, tn
value Of the TIMBER favorable location for mining
and facilities for marketing, this property stand
almost unequaled. The attention of capitalists
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkss Cor
sulting Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIA
for March, $780, and will be furnished together witt
and other Information in regard thereto by the un
dersigned upon application.
Address G. HARRISON,
". B. HARRISON
Attorneys in fact,
1T StauQtOu, Va,