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February, 1905 C O A L A N D T I M B E R 29<br />

SMITH & IRELAND'S<br />

Exceptional List of Coal and Timber Lands<br />

Offices, Suite 801-2-3 Arrott Building, Pittsburg, Penna.<br />

510—1371 acres, coal rights, Monongalia Fayette County side of the Monongahela<br />

Co.. W. Va., at Pennsylvania State line, River, Pa. An extraordinarily line opportunity.<br />

fronting two miles on Pools 8 and 9 of<br />

Write for price.<br />

the Monongahela River and two miles from 522 — 610 acres coal at Bainbridgc,<br />

B. & O. R. R. Freeport coal, six foot vein,<br />

237 feet deep. Shipped by rail and river<br />

Williamson Co., 111. About fifty feet to<br />

coal. Price $45 per acre.<br />

from same tipple. Natural drainage; fine 523—694 acres, coal under lease, plant<br />

coking coal. $35 per acre.<br />

in operation, now shipping 250 tons per day,<br />

511—33,000 acres, coal rights, in W. Va., McDowell Co., W. Va. 25 Miners' houses,<br />

running from Great Kanawha River and commissary store, tipple, etc. 900 acres<br />

K. & M. R. R. to C & O. R. R., thus giving<br />

communications to Tidewater, Lakes and<br />

Gulf. 15,000 acres at rear on C. & O. R. R.<br />

can be cut offif desired. Pittsburg coal, 4<br />

foot vein with 2y 2 feet additional close be­<br />

adjoining this tract can be secured. Coal<br />

low. Fine property, looking to Panama<br />

Canal development. Price on application.<br />

513—13,012 acres mineral rights of which,<br />

2.500 acres are in fee, in Dickenson and<br />

Russell Cos., Va., on Dumps Creek, containing<br />

six veins of coal aggregating 33<br />

feet, being all the well known seams of<br />

Southwest Virginia. A right of way to<br />

N. & W. R. R., and 1000 acres surface<br />

lands. Well timbered. Price on application.<br />

514—11,000 acres in Braxton Co., W. Va.,<br />

on Elk and Birch Rivers, B. & O. and C C<br />

& S. Rs. 4>-2 to 7 feet of coal. Price on application.<br />

515—39,000 acres, coal and oil property in<br />

Knott and Breathitt Cos., Ky. 15,000 acres<br />

in fee, 10,000 of which is finelytimbered;<br />

remainder is mineral rights with necessary<br />

privileges. 5 well defined coal veins. 10 to<br />

12 miles from R. R., but soon to be reached<br />

by extension connecting with N. & W. R. R.<br />

Located on Kentucky River, which is being<br />

locked and dammed by U. S. Government.<br />

Oil prospects fine. Price on application.<br />

516—1,000 acres of coal rights and 120<br />

acres in fee in Barbour Co., W. Va., on<br />

Grafton and Bellington branch B. & O.<br />

R. R. Six foot vein of Freeport coal lying<br />

well for R. R. tracks and tipples. Price on<br />

application.<br />

517—2,200 acres virgin forest land on<br />

Shaffer's Fork of Cheat River, 9 miles from<br />

W. Va. Central R. R. and 16 miles from<br />

Coal & Iron R. R., Randolph Co., W. Va.<br />

Also 555 acres virgin forest on C. & I. R. R.<br />

and same stream, same county. Estimated<br />

1400 feet timber to the acre. Price on application.<br />

518—300 acres of oak and other hard<br />

woods, estimated 800,000 feet, at Arden<br />

Station. W. Va.. on G. & B. Branch of B.<br />

& O. R. R. Write for prices.<br />

519—10,000 acres coal rights, including<br />

timber, of which 5,000 acres is in fee, on<br />

Little Coal River and other streams in<br />

W. Va. Price, $17.50 per acre for limited<br />

time.<br />

520—600 acres, coal lands in Jackson Co.,<br />

Ohio. Two veins, four feet eight inches and<br />

three ation. houses, 521—1200 feet. Electric R. R. Two acres Switches, machines mines of Pittsburg opened etc. in use. Price seam and $35,000. Miners' on oper­<br />

the<br />

averages 4 feet.<br />

524—30,000 acres, coal and timber lands,<br />

Wyoming and Raleigh Co., W. Va. R. R.,<br />

within four miles of property, two seams<br />

of coal, Pocahontas, No. 3 and No. 6, four<br />

and a half and six feet in thickness. Timber<br />

original forest growth. A bargain.<br />

525—3,000 acres, coal lands in Clay and<br />

Braxton Cos., W. Va. R. R. within half<br />

mile of boundary. Good bargain.<br />

526—600 acres, coal lands in Clay and<br />

Braxton Cos., W. Va., about two miles from<br />

Coal & Coke R. R.<br />

527—15,000 acres, coal lands, portion of<br />

tract including surface in timber, on Coal<br />

& Coke R. R., W. Va. A low priceif sold<br />

soon.<br />

528—3,000 acres, Pocahontas Coking Coal,<br />

McDowell Co., W. Va. U. S. Steel Corporation<br />

have large holdings adjoining<br />

this property. Coal is clean and without<br />

partings. If this property is purchased at<br />

once, a very low price can be secured. Coal<br />

five feet three inches thick. Property<br />

covered with heavy growth of oak and<br />

poplar.<br />

529—2,500 acres, coal in Marion Co.. W.<br />

Va., on Wabash R. R. Drift formation,<br />

five feet thick, upper Freeport. A bargain.<br />

530—5,600 acres Pocahontas Coking Coal,<br />

seven feet thick, drift formation, McDowell<br />

Co., W. Va., on the N. & W. R. R. Heavy<br />

growth virgin timber. Property sold in<br />

fee at extraordinary low price if taken at<br />

once.<br />

531—10,000 acres, coal in Raleigh Co.,<br />

W. Va., property contains Pocahontas, New<br />

River No. 1 and New River No. 5 and Sewell<br />

No. 4 coal. Low freight rates to Tidewater.<br />

Analysis of coal shows fixed carbon nearly<br />

eighty per cent. Prof. White says: "Pure<br />

Anthracite, equal to Pennsylvania."<br />

532—7,500 acres, New River Coal, Webster<br />

Co., W. Va., on the B. & O. R. R.<br />

Drift formation, self draining, excellent<br />

proposition at a very low price. Write for<br />

particulars.<br />

533—1,600 acres. Pocahontas coal on Ivy<br />

River, McDowell Co., W. Va., on the Norfolk<br />

& Western R. R. Property fronts<br />

one and one-half miles on the R. R.<br />

534—3,000 acres, Pittsburg Coal, Marion<br />

Co., W. Va., on the line of the B. & O. R. R.<br />

thickness.<br />

ley the<br />

Coal<br />

160 vein, and Pittsburg<br />

nine<br />

170 one<br />

feet<br />

feet hundred seam, below<br />

thick.<br />

five and water<br />

Shaft<br />

twenty and level.<br />

proposition.<br />

six feet Sewick-<br />

feet above in<br />

535—4,000 to 5,000 acres, Pittsburg coal<br />

in Lewis Co., near Roanoke, W. Va., on<br />

the B. & O. and Wabash R. Rs. Coal five<br />

feet three inches thick. This is one of the<br />

cheapest propositions in the state of West<br />

Virginia. Write for particulars.<br />

536—100 acres, coal and timber lands,<br />

seven miles west of Elkins, W. Va., on the<br />

line of the Coal & Coke R. R. Timber,<br />

red oak, and will cut four thousand feet<br />

per acre. Coal, Roaring Creek seam, six<br />

feet thick. Write for particulars.<br />

537—3,413 acres, coal and timber lands in<br />

Logan Co., W. Va. Coal very high quality.<br />

Highland Creek seam, fivefeet nine inches<br />

to nine feet. Timber is of high quality and<br />

can be sold separately from coal rights.<br />

An excellent proposition. $38 per acre.<br />

538—11.000 acres of coal on Horse Creek,<br />

Cobbs Creek and Mud River, Boone and<br />

Lincoln Counties, W. Va. Two seams have<br />

been opened above water level, both six<br />

feet thick. The new Pocahontas, Coal River<br />

and Kanawha R. R., connecting with C. &<br />

O., at St. Albans, is now graded and track<br />

laid nearly to the property. A very low<br />

price if purchased at once.<br />

539—700 acres of coal on the new line of<br />

the Norfolk & Western R. R., in W. Va.,<br />

now under construction. Five veins of coal<br />

and valuable timber on this land. Price<br />

$40 per acre, in fee. Title good.<br />

540—5.000 acres of coal in Martin Co.,<br />

Ky., across the river from the new line<br />

of the Norfolk & Western R. R. Six foot<br />

vein of coal, known as Warfield seam, drift<br />

formation, property covered with splendid<br />

timber, mostly White Oak. Low price in<br />

fee simple.<br />

541—3.000 acres of coal on Marrowbone<br />

Creek, W. Va. One and one-half miles<br />

from new line of Norfolk & Western R. R.<br />

Coal, known as Warfield seam, six feet<br />

thick, free from partings; 25 feet above<br />

water level. Property has plenty of timber<br />

for mining, sold in fee simple.<br />

542—3,000 acres on Wolf Creek, Eastern<br />

Ky., across the river from the new line of<br />

N. & W. R. R., about ten miles distant.<br />

Coal, Warfield vein, six feet thick at water<br />

level. Timber very heavy; both oak and<br />

poplar; about 8,000 feet per acre. Price<br />

very low per acre in fee.<br />

543—22,000 acres of coal on the Ohio<br />

River in Monroe Co., Ohio. Finest natural<br />

harbor. Coal, five and five and one-half<br />

to seven feet thick. Pittsburg vein. One<br />

hundred and sixty feet deep. Low price<br />

on good terms. Write for particulars.<br />

544—1,000 to 29,000 acres good timber<br />

lands on floating streams in W. Va. Timber<br />

can be floated within two and one-half<br />

miles of C. & O. R. R. Will cut 6.000 feet<br />

per acre. Can sell to suit customer.<br />

545—Stumpage 2,500 to 3,000 trees. White<br />

Write Oak Four and miles for Chestnut. price. from N. Sixteen & W. R. inches R., W. and Va. up.

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