The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-21
THE TITLE Is UNQUEsTIoNABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
wfdln from of miles to two miles. 1t an
available frontage of some six miles the waters
OF SntherS Greek and Its right hand fork from the
hanaWha and of 24 miles on the waters of Twenty
mile Creek from the Gauley. Every portion OF this
land can be easily reached by the narrow valleys of
The water courses which penetrate it, Fourhfths of
this estate has natural level free outlet TO the Ka
nawha down Smther's Greek, which enters that riv-
er in the pool made by the Paint Creek DAM recent
~ 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 on 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 the splint coal of this region N. F. Maury says
In the West Va. Reports Of 1876. cit is abundant,
and in admixture with more or less bitumfnous
COAL is found in seems as thick as 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 it ranks high that in the New York retail
Market 1t quotes higher than any other W. Va coal
except camel Its value is due to Its hrmness and
soidity, which enables it to be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss 1t burns well, leaving
but little ash; has both high caloritc power and in
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little tendency to
clinker free from the danger firing from spon
taneous combustton-a great desideratum in storage
and ocean transportation lis first rate 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
to- at Coal Valley is opened on this estate near the
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level of the
Creek Valley so it may be entered and worked with
out the Intervention of an incline. This superior
seam of coal found fully feet thick at the point in
d1cated, and being so near the bottom Of Smither
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 of coal here existing may
be had by calling attention to the fact that each
foot of thickness in coal seam yields ZOO tons of
| gettabe coal to the acres, and this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre. 49, 900 tons for this
tate 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 less
than one mile Distant seam OF coal II it, inches
thick about 400 feet above the river level This is
spnt and bituminous coal with thin slate partings
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from a 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 OF
splint 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 run 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
Creek and worked their inclination, consequently
this property is much more valuable than 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
| Smther's Creek and that all Its Goals be most
| conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that stream and through 1t conveyed to the
| navigable Kanawha River and c. & o. Railway.
| TRANSPORTATION.
| The Improvements of the Kanawha River by the
| q. S. Government now nearly completed, afford
direct from the property, and the c. & o. Railway,
less than mile Distant furnishes the ampest factl-
tiles for the transportation Of the products of the
| mines.
Part of the original survey of which this
portion owned by G. P. Huntington and Others and
held to be of the most valuable pieces of proper
1 ty on 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
made for the timber by the q. s. Government, but
the owners have refused to have any of 1t taken
| from the land.
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-
| sultfng Engineer are published in THE VIRGINIAs
for March, $780, and will be furnished together with
and other information in regard thereto by the
| ders1gned upon application.
Address G. NJ HARRISON,
| W B. HARRISON
| Attorneys in fact
4n Staunton, Va.