The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04
rAYETrE COUNTY.
F9ygtteyille. gonn,y 50. 3oTnee n. EIgle5ieary

Fayetteville, county seat; formed February IS,
1881, from L0gaQ, GrcenbrierJ Nicholas and
Kanawhn; named for General Lafayette.
Area. $50 square miles; population, 2gi62
Assessed value OF real aud personal property,
s2GaO25G.
County tax on sloOvauntlon. cents.
Fnyette county Is one Of the richest counties IN
resources III the state, and Is being rapidly dc.
velOpCl.
THE Chesapeake & Ohio railroad runs through
! the tenieroi 'lte county. The Hawks Nest q
Gaulcy River, Mt. Carbon Fire Greek and Long
dale Iron COinponys railroad nreshoTt branches
from the line Of the Chesapeake i
Ohio road Projected roads are The OK.
tension Of the Kanawhn & Michigan from
ChlTleston; New River 4 Greonbricr
aud the L1up Creek. The Great Knuawha river
forms in This comfy by the conjunction oil the
GGUley and New rivers. II Is nayigable for about
twelve miles In the county for part OF the yenr,
The KUnGiyhG furnishes excellent wRter power,
especially ut KRuawha Falls. where there is q
fall Oiourtoen feet, with excellent sites for man.
uinclOfies The old james river and kanHwha,
and the Giles, ElycttC and KRnawha turnpikcs
run through the county. There ore also numerous
good county tonds, There arc several good min.
cTil springs IN The county, but none have been
developed Fayetteville Is one Of tho coolest
summer resorts In lhC Allegheny mountains.
Fife clay Is found in tho county, one vein be.
Ing eighteen feet thick. II has not boon worked
Yet, but parties nrG contemplating doing So, Rs
fire brick NTe used In building coke ovens,
There Is some iron ore found, but II has never
been developed.
There arn scYernl factories In the manufacture
OF slaves. Tho price OF lands Is advancing on
aCcnunt oi the coal aud timber they contain,
aud their adapmbilty 10 tobacco raising. The
building Of rnilrolds has enhanced the price OF
lands nearly tcniold,. and projected roads from
S2j0 10 s. perGere. Nav people aro wanted aud
th0y Will he cordially received ThOre are open
tugs for coal mining and coke making. tobacco
raising aud manufacturing and numbering
Capitalists cannot Ind II more inviting field for
investment,
Coal Is certainly king In this county. There
nre over forty colllcrles employing over four
thOusanl men. The majority Ot these conf
works manufacture coke While thequantlty or
thickness Of Tho seams OF this coil docs not com.
pare wIththut IN some places IN Pennsylvania or
the P0clhOniNS rgiOn, Its quality has brought 1t
20 the front rank III the market Nearly the
whole Of this county is uuderlald with this
coal. III some places there are O. niitny Us two,
three and even four seams or veins OF coal.
The workable seams OF conl are rs follows;
QplnucmDnt seam 70 6 feet thlcki flro Greek,
81 10 ~ feet; Nut,Allburg, seam 3ls to I feet
Clarion, seam ; feet; Lower lSittnnning. feet;
Upper ltiilannipr- scam i feet; Lower freepOrt,
SCAM feet; Upper Frcep0rli scam feet
The Chesapeake Il Ohl0 hallway runs about
sev0nty.ive miles through tho county, dividing
IL almost IN two equal parts und while most oil
the coal lying Immediately on this road Is being
worked, short line railroads are being built
three, four and IN some places eight milea back