The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-03
LINCEFIELD COAL FIELDS.
MIR. ". 81. Stone Writes of Possibiii-
ties Of That Section.-1,000,-
100000 Tons.


has a very interesting and very IN
atrsrctive article on the Cincht;eld
mining district Of West Virginia.
Mr.. Stone says in part
I'm the extreme southwestern part
Of Virginia, close to the boundary line
Of Tennessee, Kentucky and West
Virginia, there is being developed
along the broadest possible lines one
of the largest coal areas in the coun-
try, possessing from Investigations so
far made, conservative estimate OF
l,o00,00O,O00 tons Of coal and rank
ing in value with the best produced
for steam and domestic purposes and
the manufacture Of coke and gas.
The property is that of the Clinch-
field Coal Corporation, and some idea
can be formed from the statement that
the kuantity and quality Of this coal
was one Of the chief reasons for the
building the $35,0O0,00O Carolina,
Chnchfeld and Ohio railway. connect
ing by the lowest grade and most d.
rect route this coal field with that
large consuming area in the South,
extending from Virginia to Florida,
as well as reaching the Central West
ern States by line now being built
to Elkhorn, KY, where connection will
be made with the Chesapeake & Ohio
railway, those behind the undertaking
thoroughly realizing that to properly
serve it's purpose these properties
must be developed in manner that
would be fully commensurate with
the value Of the holdings They had
IN mind the vast resources OF the
Soath and the wonderful future pos
sibilities Of this section in all lines
o. endeavor That they are IN every
way measuring up to their opportu-
mites is well evidenced by an inspec-
of the results already obtained, and
which indicate the broadness Of the
plans covering the development.
"The eompany's properties are 10
Gated in Russell, Wise, Dickenson and
Buchanan counties, and have q total
arear of about 100000 acres. Coal
oeours in five distinct seams. These,
4aken in order from the highest down.
ward, are known as follows:
Clntwood.
Upper Banner.
Lower Banner.
Widow Kennedy.
Imboden.
IA triangulation survey has been
made of the entire property, and thus
has greatly facilitated the plotting Of
che property and the location and lay
ing out of newt development work.
About third Of the property has
50 far been thoroughly prospected,
including the running Of about 500
miles of crop line survey, 5000 open
ings and $4,000 feet of diamond drill
ings. The results Of this work show
in this area the following average
acreage, average thickness and min
able tonnage,
Average Minable
Acres. thickness. tonnage.
CGntwood 1000 6 feet 100000
Upper
Banner $4,000 5 feet 100000
Lower
Banner 2O,1SO i feet 8S,444,o 900
Widow
Kennedy 10000 5 feet 5O,OOo,OO0
Inboden $1,000 6 feet 223,2oo,OOo
Total 94,1S0 564,o54,O0o
:sWith these definite results as a
basis. and from general prospecting
done in the remaining two-thlrdS OF
Ahe property, it is conservativeIy estl-
mated that there is altogether at least
1000, 100000 tons Of minable coal
a supply sufficient in quantity to fur
aish an enormous output for all In
definite period. The production OF 2
100000 tons annually. which will be
secured by the end Of the present
wear. is all being taken from openings
j On only one seam-the Upper Banner,
90 that the average layman can form
some idea Of the tremendous possiblll-
ties Of this coal field for many years
20 come
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