The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-04-22
!, 900 FINE COAL LAND
AN ENDTyIDED INTEREST THEREIN
OFFERED Az "A rEsIcE AND l's IN a a. SIS
Way THAT DEMANDS III
ATTENTION OF CAP1-
TALISTS.

TALISTS.
Reaa the Description Of the Property ana
pcopositson to Eorn n Company FOR she
nerposs OK Operating the Miaes.
DESCRIPTIONS.
Fhia property is situated ia Dickinson coun'
ty, Virginia, at the mouth of Hill creek, Ehefe
Mil sreek enlpties into Mcclure river, ana
embraces boundary of One Thousand acres.
Mil creek forms its nortAera and Mcclure
river its western boundary The entire prop
erty lies in one body and embraces very
high mountain, which forms watershed be-
tween Mill creek and Mcclure river. This
fact is significant, as it enables the coal TO DC
mined in the cheapest possible manner-cneap-
sr than if in two bodiez-and also contains
more eoai acreage.
Tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad Is surveyed immediately through the
property for distance Of two miles. It'll
confidently believed that this road will be COM
plesed through the property during the coming
year. Over 81, 100000 have already been in
vested in the construction of this road. Its
sxtsntion and com letion to this coal field is
an absolute necessity to its existence and sue
eessful operation. The additional expenditure
Of $500 900 to $780, 900 will complete it to this
property, and, as soon as this is done, there
lie not the shadow Of o doubt as to the rapid
advance in value Of this superior tract Of coal
land.
IRE COAL.
The different veins Of coal carried by this
property are all above drainage, easy to work
BY drift mining, easy Of access and self-drain-
ing, with neither water nor foods to hinder or
tstard The work of mining and shipping the
coal.
The property carries four different veins of
eoal--all above drainage-locally known by
the following names: The Imbodcn, the Low
er Banner, Upper Banner and the Edwards.
The Imbodcn is the bottom seam, or the
arst one above drainage. This seam is. from
7to s feet thick, and liz the great coking seam
Of the southwestern coal field. Tho following
analysis Of coke, oven test, of the coal from
this rein, was made by Prof. Andrew S. Nc
Creath, of Pennsylvania: Fixed Carbon, 94.O4;
Ash, A.74; Sulphur, o.5S9.
About 60 feet above the Imboden, vertically,
is found the Lower Banner seam, from to Z
feet thick; also cokihg coal Of excellent
snality.
Above these two is found the Uppar Banner
seam, Eve feet thick, and next the Edwards
The top vein, four feet thich, which is e super
ier domestic coal.
The Lower Banner seam has boen opened up
and driven in from 80 to 60 feet, at three dit
Yefent places on the property showing regu-
lar and persistent seam of coal of Q to feet,
while number of test openings have been
made on adjoining aud surrounding property,
thus proving thoroughly the regularity Of the
different veins.
/ only mention the different workable seams
found above drainage, from the fact that III
this wonderful coal field no attention has ever
been given to the lower beds.
nFsHTs AND PRIVILEGES.
Town all The Coal, Oil, Gases and Minerals
IN, on and under the property, with full mining
rights and privileges; the right Of ingress and
egress; to build tramroads, railroads, wagon
roads, &C., required or found to be Unnecessary
Ia mining the coal or minerals, with sufficient
surface on which to construct necessary coal
bins, schutes, tipples, coke ovens, mining
houses and all the timber under Is inches in
diameter. In fact, everything Of value on the
property desirable for mining psrposes.
This, without the shadow of dcabt. is the
most desirable block Of mining property that
10 now offered for sale in the southern coal
field; and, for cheap and profitable mining, ia
vorable location and quality and quantity of
coal is hardly equaled.
The title to the property is absolutely psf-
feet, being derived from one of the oldest
patents in southwest Virginin, granted in the
year 1883. There are no "Squatters or adj
verse claims on the property, and no release
deeds to be obtained
LOCATION AS TO RAILROADS.
The property, as stated above, is located inn
mediately on the line ofthe Charleston. Cincin-
natl and Chicago railroad. Several hundred
miles Of this road is now in active operation in
South and North Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia, while the road-bed is graded and
ready for the ties and iron to st. Paul, Va,
where it crosses tie Norfolk and Western.
This point is about fifteen miles from the prop
erty in question. This road is projected from
Ashland, Ky. to Charleston, S. c., and will
be one of the great trunk lines over which the
coal from this section will be carried to the
seaboard at Charleston, S. G., and also distrib-
uted to the furnaces Of Tennessee and Ala
bama and .deliyeredto the seabeard at other
points through q connection with the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system at
Joanaon City, Tenn. Twill also be a pronli-
pens factor in Redistribution Of The coal and
coke from this field throughout the Northern
aud Wessern states, through its connection
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