The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-03
THE KANAmHA VALLEY.
Tho New CapitAI-rhe Improvement Go.
Ing ON al CharlesIon.

PIrrsDuRGH, April "a correspondent
Of the Telegraph writing from Charleston,
". Va, Gays: The citizens Of this pretty
little town are looking forward with pride
tothe, dawn, Of 's5, when the seat ,oi Gov.
ernment will be removed from Wheeling
here, and Charleston be designated as the
capital Of the young and progressive State
Of West Virginia. The fine, large, new
capitol buildings will all be in order, when
the great statesmen from the people put
In an appearance. 1t is supposed
the Legislature will sitin Wheeling until
the 1st Of January, IS, and then adjourn
with grip sacks in hand and come over and
dedicate the new capitol buildings, finish.
ing the Ssession here. While this event
will be looked, forward 10 with pride, the
solid old citizens are watching with greater
pride and satisfaction the rapid develop.
ment OF the mineral and other resources Of
their young State. They can sit in their
doors and watch the thirteen steamboats,
that now ply the waters OF the kanawha
carrying by millions Of bushels OF coal over
4 course that few years ago nothing was
ever seen to pass except occasionally an
old flatboat loaded with hoop poles,
slaves, and o few barrels OF salt. II
Is safe to say not less than ten to twelve
million bushels Of coal PASSED out Of the
Kanawha, river from the mines along its
banks last year, and from preparations
going forward and new openings
making, no doubt this output will be
increased one.half the present year. Some
OF the coal tipples built along this river
excel any along the Monongahela river.
The Pioneer, Campbells Greek, Winifrede
and Point Creek works can stipple from
twenty TO twenty-five thousand bushels OF
coal daily. We give belowa few notes OF
the old and new works In actual operation
shipping by the river, and will briefly note
some OF the
IMPROVEMENTS GOING FORWARD.
The Ohio, Central Railroad has already
been completed from Point Pleasant, where
It bridges the Ohio. 10 Charleston. The
right OF way Is being secured up the right
bank Of the Kanawha to Gauley river east.
ward. At Davis Greek, seven miles be-
low, the Black Band Iron and Coal
Company have Just completed a
blast furnace, add are building a
tandard gauge railroad fifteen miles up the
creek to their I, 500 acres OF coal and black
bandjore property, where coal and ore
mines are being opened and coke ovens
will be built. II this black band ore proves
as good as Is claimed, there will be extern
sive iron and coal works The Kanawha
Railway Company have 5000 acres
of land up Cabin Creek, and
have lust completed standard gauge
road seven! miles 1ba& on the creek and
are leasing the property TO coal operators.
Two large mines have been opened, and
are ready to commence shipping coal to
The river as soon as the company complete
their largo tipple. Graham Mcfarland,
lormerly Superintendent OF the Winjttede
Coal Company, Is opening up a mine
opposite Fields Creek Into fine
four foot vein Of coal. All these i'm.
provements are going forward rap.
Idly. The completion Of the three locks
BY the Government, No. 8 at Point creek,
No. 4 at Cabin creek and No. 8 at Browns.
town has given heretofore exclusively
railroad shipping mines an opportunity To
extend thair shipping facilities to building
ave large tipples at the river. S. NJ,
Buck, Of Coalburg, the Crown Hill
Coal Company, the Kanawha Mining
Company, Captain William r. John.
son and Frederick Faulker, have all
built large tipples, enabling them to load
coal on the river when cars are scarce, thus
keeping their mines running more steadily,
The fiTst large mine 10 operation along
| the KanawhG is that Of Marine & Co., q,
RAYMOND City. About two hundred men
are employed and upwards Of 100000
bushels oi coal shipped annually.