The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-02

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having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
1Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
width from 2 of miles to two miles. II has
available frontage of some six miles the waters
of Smithers Greek and is right hand fork from the
hanawha; and OF 22 miles on the waters of twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley. Every portion of this
land can be easily reached by the valleys of
the water which penetrate 1t. Four-hfths Of
this has natural level free outlet the ka
nawha down Smither's Creek, which enters that riy
er in the pool made by the Paint Creek dam recent
iy constructed by the q. S. Government This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Melton Station the Chesapeake Ohio
Railway, the other side of hanawha 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 i'll the same formations 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
centres
OF the spl1nt coal of this region, NJ F. Maury says
in the West Va. Reports of 1876. SIT is abundant,
and in admiXture with more less bttuminous
COAL is found in thick IL 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 StaJe and
even now it ranks SO 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
solidity, which enables it be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss 1t burns Weli leaving
but little ash: has both high caloritlc power and in
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little or no tendency to
cnker; is free from the danger of firing from spon
taneous combustion-a great desderatum in storage
and ocean transportation lis first rate steam
and household fire, and it has particular adaptable
ty In It's 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: rhe foot seam Of coal above referred
to- at Coal Valley, is opened this estate the
mouth of Bakes Branch just above the level Of the
Greek Valley, so it may be entered and worked with
anti that Of
of coal found fully feet thick at the point in
dfcated, and being near the bottom OF Smither's
Creek it underlies the entire estate AN ALMOST
UNBR0KEN STRATUM OF SUPERIOR GAS COAL
while equally valuable for almost all other uses.
Some ldea OF the quantity OF coal mere eXlsng 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 tons per acre, or GOO tons FOR this es
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 parttngs, from
three to eleven feet. have measured, upon the
below this on same side river and less
than one mile distant, of coal IL it, inches
thick about 400 feet above the river level. This is
spint and bitumnous coal with thin slate partings
THE NOTED CANNELToN CAMEL COAL
| is mined from opened on the adjoining prop
up of 3 feet of camel at the bottom, with 3R 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 ventlating, 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 that
presents the outcros of its where they decline
into the hills This property is exceptionally val
liable in this, that it has extended frontage
Smithers Greek, and that all its Goals be most
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley Of that stream and through it conveyed to the
| navfgable Kanawha River and C. s. o. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The improvements OF the Kanawha River by the
Q. S. Government now nearly completed, afford
direct from the property, and the G. o. Railway,
less than mile distant, furnishes the amples facil
tiles for the transportation of the products of the
| mines
Part of the original survey of which this estate is
portion owned by c. P Huntington and others, and
held to be of the valuable pieces of proper
| ty on the continent.
TIMBER
The land also has upon it millions of feet of the
| finest timber, such as Oak Walnut, Poplar, Birch
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-
sult1ng Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIAS
for March, $780, and will be furnished together with
dersigned upon application.
Address G. NJ HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton, Va.
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