The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-04-15
1000 ACRES FINE COAL LAND
AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST THEREIN
OFFERED AT a PRICE AND IN
WAY THAT DEMANDS THE
ATTENTION OF CAPT.
TALISTS.

ATTENTION OF CAPT.
TALISTs.
Read the Description of the Property and
Proposition to Form Company for the
Purpose of Operating the Mines.
DESCRIPTION.
This property is situated in Dickinson coun-
ty, Virginia, at the mouth of Mill creek, where
Mill creek empties into Mcclure river, and
embraces a boundary of One Thousand acres.
Mill creek forms its northern and Mcclure
river its western boundary. The entire prop
city 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 be
mined in the cheapest possible manner-cheap-
er than if in two bodies-and also contains
more coal acreage.
The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad is surveyed Immediately through the
property for distance of two miles. It's
confidently believed that this road will be com
pleted through the property during the coming
year. Over 100000 have already been in
vested in the construction Of this road. Its
extention and ompletion to this coal field is
an absolute necessity to it's existence and sue
cessful operation. The additional expenditure
of $4,000 to $780, 900 will complete it to this
property, and, as soon as this is done, there
is not the shadow of a doubt as to the rapid
advance in value of this superior tract of coal
land.
THE 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 floods to hinder or
retard the work of mining and shipping the
coal.
The property carries four different veins of
coal--all above drainage-locally known by
the following names: The Imboden, the Low
er Banner, Upper Banner and the Edwards.
The Imboden is the bottom seam, or the
first one above drainage. This seam is from
z to feet thick, and is the great coking seam
of the southwestern coal field. The following
analysis of coke, oven test, of the coal from
this vein, was made by Prof. Andrew S. Nc
Creath, of Pennsylvania Fixed Carbon, 94.O4;
Ash, 4.74; Sulphur, 0.5S8.
About 60 feet above the Imboden, vertically,
is found the Lower Banner seam, from 6 to
feet thick; also coking coal Of excellent
qnality.
Above these two is found the Uppar Banner
seam, FIVE feet thick, and next the Edwards
the top vein, four feet thich, which is a super
Tor domestic coal.
The Lower Banner seam has been opened up
and driven in from 80 to 80 feet, at three diff
ferent places on the property showing regu-
lar and persistent seam of coal of 6 to feet
while number of test openings have been
made on adjoining and surrounding property
thus proving thoroughly the regularity Of the
different veins:
only mention the different workable seams
found above drainage, from the fact that in
this wonderful coal field no attention has ever
been given to the lower beds.
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.
own 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 necessary
in mining the coal or minerals, with sufficient
surface on which to construct necessary Goa
bins, schutes, tipples, coke ovens, mining
houses and all the timber under is inches il
diameter. In fact, every thing of value on the
property desirable for mining purposes.
This, without the shadow of doubt, is the
most desirable block of mining property thai
is now offered for sale in the southern Goa
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 per.
feet, being derived from one of the Oldest
patents in southwest Virginin, granted in the
year 1888. 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
nediately 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
SeadY for the ties and iron to St. Paul; Va,
where it crosses the 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. c., and also distrib-
uted to the furnaces of Tennessee and Ala
bama and delivered to the seaboard at other
points through connection with the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system at
johnson CITY. Tenn. It will also be a promi-