The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-10
THE TITLE Is UNoUEsTIoNABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles In length and varies in
widtn from u of a miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage of some six miles the waters
of Smithers Creek and It's right hand fork from the
kanawha; and of ~ miles on the waters of Twenty
mile Greek 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 natural level free outlet the Ka
nawha down Smither's Creek, which enters that rfv
in the pool made by the Paint Creek dam, recent
iy constructed by the U. s. Government. This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Melton Station on the Chesapeake Il Ohio
Railway, 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 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 admtxture with more or less bitumtnous
COAL is found in seems thick as 10 or IL feet For
the combined purposes of steam, domestic use, and
the manufacture of iron, 1t may be looked upon
the useful and valuable coal of the State, and
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 lrmness and
solidity which enables to be handled shifted and
stored with little loss 1t burns well, 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 combustion-a great deSideratum in storage
and ocean transportation lis first rate as a steam
and household fire, and 1t has particular adaptab1-
ty in Its 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 seam of coal above referred
to, at Coal Valley is opened this estate near the
mouth of Blakes Branch, just above the level of the
out the Intervention of incline. This superior
found fully feet thick at the point in
dicated, and being SO the bottom of Smithers
Creek, 1t 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
be had by calling attention to the fact that each
foot of thickness in coal yields 1000 tons of
gettable coal to the acres, and so this seam would
give 1000 tons per or tons for this es
tate And this is but 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 paintings, 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 II 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 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 81 feet of
splint at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the stratifcatton Of
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
Greek and worked their inclination consequently
this property is much more valuable than one that
presents the outcrops OF its seam where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable in this, that it has extended frontage
Smithers Creek, and that all its Goals be most
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley of that stream, and through conveyed to the
nayigable Kanawha River and G. 4 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 G. & O. Railway,
less than mile distant, furnishes the amplest facil
tiles for the transportation Of the products of the
mines.
Part of the original survey of which this estate is
portion owned by G. P Huntington and Others and
held to be of the valuable pieces Of proper
ty on the continent.
TIMBER.
The land also has uponit millions of feet of the
finest timber, such 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 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-
sulting 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. M. HARRISON,
W. B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
1T Staunton, Va.