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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.

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