The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-01-27
THE TITLE Is UNQUEsTIoNABLE,

havIpg been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
This tract is seven miles in length and varies In
widtn from X OF miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of some six miles on the waters
q Sithers Creek and its right hand fork from the
Kanswha; and OF ~ 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 It, Four-ffths OF
this estate 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 q. s. Government This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Melton Station on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway, the other side OF Kanawha and adjacer'
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 gas-making purposes. 1t is regarded
OF the very best quality, and commands the highest
centres.
OF the splint coal of this region, NJ F. Maury says
in the West Va Reports Of 1875. SIT Is abundant,
and In admixture with more or less bituminous
COAL Is found in seems thick 10 or II feet For
the combined purposes Of steam, domestic use, and
the manufacture of iron, 1t may be looked upon rs
the most useful and valuable coal Of the State and
even 1t ranks high that in the New York retail
MARKET 1t quotes higher than any other w. Va. coal
except camel. Its value Is due it's hrmness and
solidity, which enables it be handled shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WE'LL leaving
but little ASH has both high calorifc 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 1t has particular Adaptable
~ In Its raw state to the OF iron III the
blast furnace"
Quoting the above paragraph, Maj. Jed. Hocthkiss
who made geological report OF this properly, III
1877, says "rhe foot seam of coal above referred
mouth Of Blakes Branch, just above the level Of the
Creek Valley, SO 1t 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
dtcated; and being 80 near the bottom Of Smltners
Greek. It underltes 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 coal here existing may
be had by calling attention the fact that each
foot of thickness in coal yields 1000 tons Oh
gettable coal to the acres and 50 this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre or tons this
tate. And this is but one of the dozen 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 paft1ngs, from
three to eleven feet. have measured, upon the es-
tate below this the same 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
splint and bitumnous coal with thin slate partings.
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perry This seam is seven feet thick, and Is maut
| splint at the top
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination Of the stratthcation oil
| the D0QS would render the mines sell draining anu
self ventatng, and the coal could be easily run a.
| daylight on a down grade The land is most favor
ably situated for mining purposes for all its beds
coal may be entered from the valley or Smlthers
Greek and worked up their incnauon, consequently
this property Is much more valuable than one thai
presents the oucrops Of its seam where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable in this that it has so extended frontage on
Smtther's Greek, and that all its Goals be most
| conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley Of that stream and through 1t conveyed to the
| nav1gable Kanawha River and G. o. Railway.
| TRANSPORTATION.
The Improvements of the Kanawha River by the
water communication with the markets of the worl
direct from the property, and the c. Il o. Railway,
less than mile Distant furnishes the ampest facil
tiles for the transportation of the products Of the
mines.
Part Of the original survey of which this estate
portion owned by C. P. Huntington and Others and
held to be Of the most valuable pieces of proper
| ty on the continent.
The land also has upon 1t millions of feet of the
finest timber, such as Oak, Walnut, Poplar Birch,
Beach, Tulip, sc. 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
full geological reports made by jed Hotchkiss, Con
| sulttng Engineer, published in THE VIRGINIAs
for March, $780, 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
| 1T Staunton, Va.