The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
THE TITLE IS UNDERSTANDABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies in
width from y of miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of six miles on the waters
of Smthers Creek and its right hand fork from the
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 it. Four1fths of
this estate has natural level free outlet to the IA
nawha down Smither's Creek which enters tnat rlv-
er in the pool made by the Paint Creek dam recent
y constructed by the O. S. Government. This outlet
Is opposite to and about mile distant from Can
Melton Station the Chesapeake ONO
Railway, the other side of Kanawha and adjacent
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 are now being
shipped for gas-making purposes II Is regarded as
of the very 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 less bituminous
coal is found in seems as thick 10 II feet For
the combined purposes of steam, domestic use ana
the manufactures of iron it may be looked upon
the most useful and valuable coal the State and
ranks 50 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
soldiy, which enables it to be handled shifted ana
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WE'LL leaving
| 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 combuston-a great desideratum in storage
and ocean transportation:-is first rate as a steam
and household fire, and 1t has particular adaptapi-
ty in its state 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 seam Of coal above referred
to- Coal Valley, is opened on this estate near the
mouth of Blakes Branch just above the level OF the
Creek Valley so 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
| dicated, and being the bottom of Smither s
Creek 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 may
be had by calling attention to the fact that each
foot of thickness in coal seam yields Loo tons OF
gettable coal to the acres, and this seam would
give 1000 tons acre, or tons for this es
able seams of coal that have been proven above
water level in this portion of the coal fields varying
in thickness, including the slate part1ngs, from
three to eleven feet have measured, upon the es-
tate below this the same side OF the river ana less
than mile distant, seam of coal II IT. Inches
thick, about 400 feet above the river level This Is
spint and bituminous coal with thin slate partngs
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
is mined from a seam opened on the adjoining prop
up of 3K feet of camel at the bottom with IN feet Of
splint at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the qualification Of
|
self yentilating the coal could be easily run to
| daylight on down grade. The land Is most favor
ably situated for mining purposes, for all lis pedS o.
coal may be entered from the valley OF Sm1thers
Creek and worked up their inclination consequently
this property is much more valuable than one tna
presents outcrops of its where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable in this that 1t has extended frontage OF
Smithers Creek, and that all its Goals can be mos
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that stream and through it 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
water communication with the markets of the worl
direct from the property, and the c. o. Railway
less than mile distant furnishes the ampleSt fac1l
tiles for the transportation Of the products OF The
mines.
Part of the original survey Of which this estate II
portion owned by C. P. Huntington and others, ant
held be of the valuable pieces of proper
| ty on the continent.
TIMBER.
The land also has upon 1t millions Of feet Of thu
| finest timber, such Oak, Walnut, Poplar, Birch
Beach, Tulip, &C. Offers at good price have beef
| made for the timber by the U. S. Government bu
| the owners have refused to have any OF 1t 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 Il
geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkiss, Con
f sulting Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIA.
for March, 1880, and will be furnished together witt
and other Information in regard thereto by the un
dersigned upon application. .
Address SIN. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
| Attorneys In fact,
1T Staunton, Va.