The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-17
THE TITLE is uNoUEsr1oNABLE,

having been definitely settled by the Circuit Court
of Kanawha.
This tract is seven miles in length and varies In
width from \ of miles to two miles, It has an
available frontage of some six miles on the waters
Of Smthers Greek and Its right hand fork from the
KanawhR; and OF 2H miles on the waters OF twenty
mile Greek from the Gauley Every portion OF this
land be easily reached the narrow valleys OF
the water courses which penetrate It, Four-hfths OF
this estate has level free outlet to the Ka
nawha down Smithers Greek, which enters that r1v-
In the pool made by the Paint Greek dam. recent
iy CONSTRUCTED by the O. s. Government. This outlet
Is opposite to and about one mile distant from Can
Melton Station on the chesapeake Ohio
hallway, on the other side Of Kanawha, and adjacen'
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
If the most superior quality. From the adjacent
mines In the formation, and part of the origin
4 tract large Quantities OF this coal are now being
shipped for gas-makng purposes. 1t is regarded as
If the very best quality, and commands the highest
price in the markets Of New York and other trade
centres.
OF the spnt coal of this region, M. F. Maury says
in the West Va. Reports of 1876. SIT Is abundant,
and in admixture with less bitumtnous
COAL is found in seems thick 10 or IL feet. For
che combined purposes of steam, domestic use, and
the manufacture of iron 1t NAV be looked upon as
the most useful and valuable coal Of the State, and
even 1t ranks 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 frmness and
,otdity which enables 1t to be handled, shifted and
stored with very little loss. 1t burns WE'LL leaving
tensity, is usually remarkably free from sulphur
Ind other impurities; has little no tendency to
clinker Is free from the danger Of firing from spon
taneous combustion-a great desideratum In storage
md ocean transportatton:-is first rate as steam
md household fire, and it has particular adaptable
y In Its state the manufacture OF iron In the
olast furnace"
Quoting the above paragraph Maj. Jed. Hocthkiss,
Who made geological report Of this property, In
1877, says: "The foot Of coal above referred
co. Coal Valley, is opened on this estate near the
mouth of Blake Branch Just above the level of
,tr n entered
out the Intervention Of an incline. This superior
seam of coal found full7 feet thick at the point In
Heated, and being near the bottom OF Smither's
Creek It underles the entire estate as AN ALMOST
JNBROKEN STRATUM OF SUPERIOR GAS COAL,
Shie equally valuable for almost all other uses.
some idea of quantity Of coal here existing may
be had by calling attention to the fact that each
settable coal to the acres, and this would
give 1000 tons per acre. 49, 900 tons for this es
tate. And this is but one of the dozen or more work
Ible seams of coal that have been proven above
water level in this portion Of the coal fields, varying
| in thickness, including the slate partings, from
three to eleven feet have measured upon the es-
below this side of the river and less
than mile distant, seam Of coal II IT. inches
spint and bituminous coal with thin slate partngs
THE NOTED CANNELTON CAMEL COAL
Is mined from seam opened on the adjoining prop
perty. This is seven feet thick, and is made
up 81 Of camel the bottom with 3k feet Of
| splint at the top.
FACILITIES FOR MINING.
The moderate inclination of the stratidcation Of
the beds would render the mines self draining and
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
GOAL may be entered from the valley Of Smither's
Greek and worked up 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 1t has SO extended frontage on
5mithers Creek, and that all its Goals be most
conveniently mined into the moderately inclined
valley OF that stream and through conveyed to the
navtgable Kanawha River and G. & 0. Railway.
TRANSPORTATION.
The Improvements Of the Kanawha River by the
o. s. Government, now nearly comp19ted, afford
water communication with the marketSo the worl
itrect from the property, and the c. o. Railway
less than mile distant, furnishes the amplest facl
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 most valuable pieces OF proper
| ty on the continent.
dnest 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
| specially invited to an examination. Maps and
full geological reports made by Jed. Hotchkfss Con-
March, 1880, and will be furnished together with
and other information IL regard thereto by the I'M
ierstgned upon application.
Address G.M HARRISON,
W.B. HARRISON,
Attorneys in fact,
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