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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.