The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-19
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having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
OF Kan8Wha.
This tract is seven miles In length and varies In
width from Y OF miles to two miles. 1t has an
available frontage Of some six miles the waters
Of Sm1thers Creek and its right hand fork from the
Kanawha and OF 2k 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 courses which penetrate it, Four-fths OF
this estate has natural level free outlet the K
naWh8 down Smtther'S Creek, which enters that rY-
er In the pool made by the Paint Creek DAM recent
reconstructed by the U. S. Government. This outlet
10 opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Melton Station on the Chesapeake Ohio
Railway, the other side of Kanawha and jacent
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
OF the very best quality and commands the highest
price in the markets Of New York and other trade
centres.
In the West Va. Reports of 1876 at is abundant,
and In admtxture with less btuminous
COAL is found In seems as thick as 10 or IL 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 so 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
sotdtty, which enables it to be handled shifted and
stored with very little loss 1t burns well, leaving
but little ash; has both high caloritlc power and in
t6ns1ty, Is usually remarkably free from sulphur
and other impurities; has little tendency to
clinker; is free from the danger of firing from spon
taneous combustion great destderatum in storage
and ocean tranSportation:-iSf first rate a steam
and household fire, and 1t has particular Adaptable
y 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 seam of coal above referred
to, at Coal Valley is opened this estate the
mouth OF Blakes Branch just above the level of the
Greek Valley so it may be entered and worked with
IA intervention Incline
Of coal found fully feet thick at the point in
dictated, and being SO near the bottom Of Smithers
Creek. 1t underlies the entire estate AN ALMOST
UNBR0KEN 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 yields 1000 tons of
Rettable coal to the acres, and 50 this seam would
give 1000 tons per acre, 900 tons for this
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 es-
tate below this the side of the river and less
than one mile distant of coal ii IT, inches
thick about 400 feet above the river level This is
splnt and bituminous coal with thin slate part1ngs
THE NOTED CHAMELEON CAMEL COAL
IL mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This seam is seven feet thick, and is made
Of 3h feet of camel at the bottom with 81 feet Of
spl1nt at the top. 5- M
l82a4W .aa FACILITIES FOR MINING. .al ,--.e
The moderate inclination of the strati1cation 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 Smithers
Greek and worked up their inclination Consequently
this property is much more valuable than that
presents the oucrops of its where they decline
into the hills. This property is exceptionally val
liable In this that 1t has extended frontage on
8mithers Greek, and that all Its Goals can be most
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley OF that stream and through it conveyed the
marketable Kanawha River and G. & o. Railway,
TRANSPORTATION.
The Improvements of the Kanawha River by the
70. g.. Government, now nearly completed, afford
INSTRUMENTATION with the markets Of the world
direct frofa the property, and the C. & o. Railway
htiss for thetfansportaton Of the products Of the
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Part the Original survey of which this estate is
Q poreaon owned by c.. p Huntington and others, and
held TO he offe Aaost valuable pieces of proper
mIMRER.
The land saso has upon it 42ilions of feet of the
finest timber, such as Oak Walnut, Poplar, Birch,
Beach, Tulip, &c. Offers at q good price have been
made for the timber by the U. 8. lGoyernment but
the owners have refused to have any Of 1t taken
from the land.
Considering the richness OF the coal depQsits 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 an examination, Maps and
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkiss Con
quilting Engineer, are published in THE VIRGINIAs
srId other Information in regard thereto by the I'M
upon application.
Address g. M. HARRISON,
s-srz.z. ". B. HARRISON |
Y ~ ~ iF Attorneys In fact
2L-n Staunton, Va.
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