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February, 1905 COAL AND TIMBER 31<br />
584—2,000 acres, coal just east of No. 583,<br />
at $19 per acre.<br />
585—3,000 acres, coal lauds on Bull and<br />
Florse Creek, McDowell Co., W. Va., carrying<br />
hue coal. $17 per acre.<br />
586—5,000 acres, coal. Same description<br />
and price as No. 585.<br />
587—3,200 acres of Freeport coal, 5 and 9<br />
feet thick, in \V. Va., near a R. R. Price,<br />
$22.50 per acre. Further details on application.<br />
5S8—5,000 acres of Freeport coal in West<br />
Virginia on the B. & O. R. R., carrying<br />
three veins of 4, 3 and 8 feet thick, of line,<br />
clear coal. Price $42 per acre.<br />
589—3,500 acres, fine coal land in Boone<br />
Co., W. Va. Price, $22 per acre. Further<br />
paruculars on request.<br />
590—4,000 acres, Pittsburg coal on B. &<br />
O. R. R. in VV. Va., with 9 toot vein. Very<br />
cheap for this coal and location at $183 per<br />
acre.<br />
591—An unusually attractive and rare<br />
Anthracite coal proposition in Montgomery<br />
Co., Va., of which we will send full data<br />
upon request.<br />
592—2,300 acres of hard wood timber,<br />
with 2,800 acres same woods adjoining, on<br />
"Clover Creek, Branch of Greenbrier River,<br />
Pocahontas Co., W. Va. Good, easy grade<br />
all the way to R. R., 5 miles distant. Fine<br />
large timber, never culled. Mostly White<br />
and Red Oak: fully 25 million feet of same.<br />
250,000 feet of hue cherry wood. Tract<br />
never had an axe in it. Price on application.<br />
593—3,000 acres of Pocahontas coal in Mc<br />
Dowell Co., W. Va., 7 miles from last station<br />
on R. R. now being built by Norfolk<br />
& Western R. R., which will be completed<br />
in 6 months. Five feet 3 inch vein finest<br />
Pocahontas coal and one of the very few<br />
Pocahontas properties left unpurchased.<br />
Price on application. See No. 594 below.<br />
594—The timber upon tract No. 593.<br />
Virgin forest, carrying fine poplar, oak and<br />
other woods, estimates upon whch will<br />
show a net profit of $314,800, not counting<br />
beech, maple, sugar, buckeye, etc. Price on<br />
application. Timber can be sold with No.<br />
593 above, or separately.<br />
595—25,000 acres of coal rights on Levisa<br />
Foik of Big Sandy River in the south-western<br />
part of Buchanan Co., Va. Ten miles<br />
north of Norfolk & Western R. R., in the<br />
great coke and steam coal field of southwest<br />
Virginia. The river offers fine location<br />
for cheap R. R. connection. The South<br />
& Western R. R. surveyed to 8 miles ot<br />
property. Four to 5 veins workable coal<br />
above water level and 3 Pocahontas seams<br />
below water level. Rare opportunity for<br />
this kind of coal. Price $17 per acre.<br />
596—60,000 acres, uncut timber in Swain<br />
Co., N. C. Hard woods, yellow poplar, oak<br />
and spruce. Boundary may run nearer<br />
70,000 acres. Price, $8 per acre. Title perfect.<br />
Two and one-half miles from So. R.<br />
R.<br />
597—28,114 acres, coal and timber lands,<br />
in Raleigh and Wyoming Counties, W. Va.,<br />
to which 30,000 adjoining acres can be<br />
added. Timber runs 6,000 feet per acre, virgin<br />
growth. Poplar, oak and other hard<br />
woods. Several fine coal mines underlay<br />
tract. All above water and self draining.<br />
No. 3 Pocahontas vein 93 per cent, of entire<br />
tract, averages 53 to 60 inches clean coal.<br />
Carries also veins of No. 4 and No. 5 of<br />
this coal. Land lies on Guyandotte River<br />
and several creeks. The C. & O. and Deepwater<br />
R. Rs. are now building through this<br />
land. Price for 28,114 acres in fee is $52.50<br />
per acre, and of the 30,000 acres adjoining<br />
$37.50 per acre.<br />
598—25,000 acres, coal land, adjoining<br />
tract described in No. 595, and having same<br />
description, but better developed. Price,<br />
lor mineral rights alone, $18 per acre. 1-ull<br />
particulars on application.<br />
599—60,000 acres of timber lands in<br />
\\ atauga, Wilkes and Caldwell Counties,<br />
N. C, on the \adkm River. None Detter<br />
in the south. Principal timbers, white pine<br />
and poplar; also many others. Eight miles<br />
from So. R. R., which promises facilities to<br />
these lands. Price, $22.50 per acre. Title<br />
pertect.<br />
600—10,000 acres of fine timber lands<br />
near Rasar in East Tenn. Two miles from<br />
Little Tenn. River, which is navigable,<br />
with R. R. now building to within IJ miles<br />
of tract on down hill side of same. Poplar,<br />
oak, hemlock, white and yellow pine, chestnut,<br />
ash, cherry, gum, hickory, etc., estimated<br />
conservatively at 33 million feet besides<br />
ties, poles and tan bark. Tract in fee<br />
simple and title is perfect. Price, $9.50 per<br />
acre.<br />
601—Two tracts of 24,000 and 30,000 each<br />
of hemlock and spruce timber m eastern<br />
Tennessee, on the Tellico River, and a<br />
brancli of the Southern R. R. Two tracts<br />
adjoin and will be operated together. First<br />
tract estimated to carry 113 million feet<br />
poplar, pine, hemlock, oak and other woods.<br />
Other tract averages like first,but heavier<br />
in hemlock. Fine shipping facilities Small<br />
timber not estimated above includes 30<br />
thousand cords chestnut, oak and tan bark.<br />
Title perfect. Price of 24,000 acres is $9<br />
per acre in fee; 30,000 acre tract $7 per acre<br />
in fee.<br />
602—Timber tract consisting of 19,000<br />
acres on Clinch Mountain Range in Russell,<br />
Smythe, Tazewell and Washington Counties,<br />
in the southwestern part of Virginia.<br />
Heavily timbered, chiefly in poplar, oak,<br />
spruce and hemlock, principally the iatter;<br />
also cherry and birch timber could be conv<br />
eniently assembled 3 miles from R. R. at<br />
Saltville, Va. See No. 603 below for terms.<br />
603—8,000 acres, timber in Washington<br />
and Russell Counties, Virginia, 5 miles from<br />
above tract and timber is very similar.<br />
Terms of sale and time for removal, etc.,<br />
on application; 60 day option for inspection,<br />
Price $8 per acre. Same owner as<br />
No. 602.<br />
604—100 acres of coal rights reserved for<br />
5 years on the Wabash R. R., between<br />
Elkins, W. Va., and Cumberland, Md.<br />
Carries the 3 foot 6 inches, 4, and 9 foot<br />
veins. Price, $85 per acre. Back of this lies<br />
1,000 acres, which cannot be worked without<br />
above tract. Can be bought for about<br />
$35 per acre. The only coal lands in this<br />
location not absorbed by some large corporation.<br />
605—3,200 acres, coal in Indiana, with 7<br />
developed and working mines. 400,000 tons<br />
produced in 1904. On C. & E. I. Vandalia<br />
and Indiana Southern R. R. Price, $450,000.<br />
Will pay 25 per cent, on investment.<br />
606—1,600 acres of coal near Springfield,<br />
111. 185 miles from Chicago, on Illinois<br />
Central R. R. Two developed mines with<br />
220,461 tons last year. Price, $250,000.<br />
Good terms on this, and No. 605, will be<br />
given. Write for details.<br />
607—Operating coal mine property on<br />
the S. E. A. & W. Ry., in Jefferson Co.,<br />
Ohio. 109 acres at 6 cents royalty, and 170<br />
acres 8-12 screened coal. Plenty of adjoining<br />
land can be bought reasonably. Description<br />
of equipment, freight rates, etc..<br />
on application. Price, $20,000.<br />
608—23,000 acres of timber in Haywood<br />
Co. N. C. 6 miles from R. R. Estimated<br />
to cut 410,000,000 feet. Write for price.<br />
609—70,691 acres, timber and mineral<br />
lands in fee on Wolf Creek, in Giles and<br />
Bland Counties, Va. One mile from Norfolk<br />
& Western R. R. Estimated to cut<br />
940,000,000 feet poplar, white, red, chestnut<br />
and black oaks, white pine and other woods.<br />
Also finest body-iron ore in southern states<br />
underlaying. VV rite for price.<br />
610—55,000 acres, timber lands in N. C.<br />
(10,000 m fee) on Atlantic Coast Line R. R.<br />
and Charleston & Savannah R. R. Estimated<br />
to cut 400,000,000 feet. Adjoins<br />
Oyster Bay. Twenty foot water on shoals.<br />
Write for price.<br />
611—16,821 acres, timber lands in fee on<br />
C. & O. R. R., Greenbrier River and Laurel<br />
Creek, in W. Va. Estimated to cut 100,000,-<br />
000 feet, 30,000 cords hemlock bark ana<br />
7,000 cords oak bark. Write for price.<br />
612—25,000 acres, timber in Bath and Hyland<br />
Counties, Va., 2 l / 2 miles from C. & O.<br />
R. R., principally white oak. Estimated to<br />
cut 250,000,000 feel. Write for price.<br />
613—13,000 acres, timber in Giles Co.,<br />
Va., 2 miles from R. R., 40 per cent, white<br />
oak. Estimated to cut 5,000 feet per acre.<br />
Write for pi ice.<br />
614—20,000 acres of virgin forest in Bland<br />
County, Va., 4 miles from narrow gauge R.<br />
R. and 7 miles from Norfolk & Western R.<br />
R. Never been culled. Write for price.<br />
615—70,000 acres, timber land in fee, 50<br />
miles from Norfolk, Va. Almost surrounded<br />
by water from 12 to 15 feet deep. Estimated<br />
to cut 600,000,000 feet. Land very<br />
desirable after timber is removed. Write<br />
for price.<br />
616—-30,000 acres, coal and timber land in<br />
Pike Co., Ky., near 2 R. Rs. Three seams<br />
excellent coal, from 4 to 6 feet thick.<br />
Timber estimated to cut 5,000 feet per acre.<br />
Write for price.<br />
617—10,000 acres of timber in N. C. 4<br />
miles from Southern R. R., 2 navigable<br />
rivers through property, floating logs to R.<br />
R. Oak, poplar, chestnut and white pine<br />
estimated to cut 70,000,000 feet. Write for<br />
price.<br />
618—32,000 acres, timber, near Asheville,<br />
N. C, near Southern R. R. Can be floated<br />
to R. R. by several non-failing streams.<br />
Claimed to De the finest timber tract in N.<br />
C. Estimated to cut 775,000,000 feet. Write<br />
for price.<br />
619—26,000 acres of timber, near Hot<br />
Springs, N. C. R. R. passes through corner<br />
of tract. Estimated to cut 175,000,000 feet<br />
Write for price.<br />
620—12,000 acres, timber in N. C, (8.0CO<br />
in fee) on navigable water and R. R. Estimated<br />
to cut 70,000,000 feet; 40 feet above<br />
sea level, and land valuable for farming.<br />
Write for price.<br />
621—12,000 acres, timber, near Asheville,<br />
N. C. Guaranteed to cut 14,000 feet per<br />
acre. Logs floated to R. R. by 2 deep rivers<br />
and creeks. Good titles. Write for<br />
prices.<br />
622—5,000 acres of coal on the Coal &<br />
Coke R. R. and near the new B. & O. extension<br />
in Upshur Co., W. Va.<br />
of coal, $27.50 per acre.<br />
Fine vein<br />
623—37,000 acres, valuable manganese<br />
land, in Virginia, covered with timber,<br />
principally white oak. Estimated to cut<br />
70.000.000 feet; other woods, 105,000,000<br />
feet. Four miles from Norfolk & Western<br />
R. R.; $6,00 per acre.<br />
624—About 4,000 acres, coal lands, in<br />
Logan Co., W. Va. Branch of C. & O.<br />
R. R. being constructed to property.<br />
Openings shows 5 veins from 5 to 8 feet<br />
thick, well timbered with white oak, maple,<br />
beech, etc. Price, $32 per acre.<br />
625—10,000 acres, very fine hard wood<br />
timber land in South Carolina. Poplar, oak,<br />
chestnut, hickory hemlock and yellow<br />
pine will average fully 4,000 feet per acre.<br />
First class timber. Price, $3.50 per acre for<br />
the timber.