Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-21

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49,, x ytfeinIa and Alabsma Minsng
"a = =, ,f.cfufing Company. Of which !. =.
Sssrs' ~. 81 the firm OF Eoryeh, Leake 9
- Dsehmond. Il president. This company
~ -. ,rcsrrSed n May, 1883, and the work
~ rrnsnrcftpa and opening up tne pro.
~ .,.,sw S<esn carly 10 the spring OF
sssi TbcIr property consists OF over
: 80 ACRES AZ coal land, COVERING
sssver., worksbIe seams Of coal. Inc
ton sean. on which the company nss
c ,vr n four feet thick, and runs no.r
ynnislly. iuttiug out from the mountain
sifies some ATTY feet above the creeks; Al
The seams can be worked with sei.dfain,,
Inc drifts, and the distance above the Ievei
~ the loslsnds or bollows 10 sufhcient 70
sfFord ample dumping faculties !rom l
mininp-cars 70 railroad-cars WITHOUT INC
MD Of machinery. These facts make we
nrvperty the most valuable coal properly
m Alabama. The Georgia PACING ra'lroad
runs on the southern edge OF the properly
for over two miles, with branch ROAD .,
one mile piercing the western ed2e anu
terminating ut Patton mines. HERE tne
Virginia and Alabama Mining and MAUI
featuring Company have made extensive
improvements IN opening two drifts. erect
inc buildings for niiuers, aud other perma'
mont fixtures. The mines have daily
csnsciiy of over 600 tons. The town OF
pa,fnn "a inc ,rporated, has about 800 in
babitants. and Is nicely laid oil. Here the
comnupy have their Office, store, &c.
The company has surveyed and Is now
necot,stiue for the construction Of some
three miles OF railroad from junction
with the Georgia Pacific up through the
northeastern boundary Of their property
known az Coal Valley. on which thew have
opened five drifts and made other improve
mepts. This win give them over six miles
Of railroad front TO their property. which
will enable them to divide 1t up into small
sections Of several hundred acres for che
purpose OF leasing, retaining the Patton
property for their own operations.
All OF the drifts opened are noted for
their dryness and good ventilation In addi-
ton to the richness OF the coal. Alabama
splint coal Is the name given to the FRO
duet OF the mines Of this company. Ii
surpasses anything yet discovered In Ala
bama for It's hardness and It's free-burning
and stocking qualities. These make It q
very superior CRATE aud steam coal. IL Is
mined in large humps or blocks. The
largest block OF coal from Alabama at the
New Orleans Exposition will be exhibited
by this company. IL weighs over T'0VO
pounds.
The demand from New Orleans for do
nestle purposes alone far exceeds the COM
pany's present capacity, and their superior
railroad facilities gives them advantages OF
competing markets, such as New orleans.
Mobile, Galveston, Gull coast. Vicksburg,
Memphis, Meridian, and Columbus, Miss.
Selma and Birmingham, Ala; Atlanta,
Ca: and other eastern cities. There Is
large demand for the coal from smaller
local towns.
Our Virginia friends were very lucky,
and display ca good business judgment and
foresight in locating and securing this
property before the completion OF the Geor-
gia Pacific railroad, which has been the
cause OF enhancing the value OF this and
adjacent properties an hundred fold.