West Virginia State Archives Manuscript Collections
Geological Notes of Virginia and
West Virginia
Ms79-132
Volume 1: Extracts from the Report of the Progress of the
Geological Survey of Virginia by William B. Rogers, 1840
Volume tends to deal with topography, strata, shells, other
geologic information; initial number refers to page number
001 Chapter 2: Tertiary Mast? Region between the Potomac and
Rappahannock (includes Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond,
Westmoreland, King George & Stafford)
060 Chapter 3: The Various Salt Extruding along the E. margin
of the Primary from Petersburg to the Potomac
101 Chapter 4: Northern District between the Blue Ridge and
Head of tide water
155 Chapter 5: Of the Middle Secondary Sandstones Shales and
Cong-lomerate of the Northern District East of the Blue Ridge
187 Chapter 6: Eastern Division of the Southern Prima District
& the Coalfields of Chesterfield, Powhatan, Henrico &
Goochland
197 Chapter 7: Operations in the Great Western Coalfields
(includes Great & Little Kanawhas, Big Sandy, Monongahela and
Ohio - focused mostly on northwestern area, Ohio and Great Kanawha
valleys; much detail on coal, sandstone, limestone)
310 Chapter 8: Chemical Details
Volume 2: Volume tends to deal with topography, strata, shells,
other geologic information; initial number refers to page
number
001 Section 2: Tertiary Mast? Region S. of the James
084 Section 3: S. District E. of the Blue Ridge (includes
Halifax, Charlotte, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Prince Edward,
Cumberland, Bucks, Nelson, etc.)
156 Section 4: Of the Middle Secondary Sandstones Shales &
Cong-lomerates of the Southern District E. of the Blue Ridge
197 Section 5: Operations of the Survey in the Great Western
Coal Region
346 Section 6: Operations of the Survey west of the Greenbrier
River & in the ? of the ? Kanawha (some of page missing)
383 Section 7: Operations of the Survey in the N. W.
District
387 Section 8: Chemical Details
Volume 3: Assorted reports - initial number refers to page
number [many seem to deal with M. F. Maury Jr.]
047 Cannelton Coal Company's Works 4 Oct. 1871 [includes
analyses of coal by Dr. Charles M. Cresson]
070 Elk River 6-11 Oct. 1871 [Clay County area]
099 Notes on Kanawha Salt
100 Analysis of Kanawha Coals
102 Analysis of BogHead Cannel & Report of Coal raised in
the US in 1870
107 Cabin Creek 10-11 Nov. 1871
113 Coal on the Morris Estate Kanawha 16 Nov. 1871
115 Coal in the "Narrows" below Clifton 17 Nov. 1871
118 Burning Springs Salt Furnace 2 Feb. 1872
121 RR Transportation for Coalburgh Coal 6 Dec. 1871
122 Yield of Oil from the Cannelton Cannel 8 Apr. 1872
123 Letter & Analysis concerning the Kanawha Coals Apr.
1872
129 Geological Report on 9386 Acres in the Forks of New &
Gauley Rivs. Fayette County WV by M. F. Maury Junior 12-20 March
1872 (done for General I. D. Imboden of Richmond) [includes tracts
owned by Col. Wm. Tyree, Jno. Kills, Imboden & Moody, Stockton
heirs, Col. Tompkins)
167 Letter on Standard Candles & on the Illuminating Power
of West Virginia Cannels 17 May 1872 by Dr. Charles M. Cresson
171 Geological Report on 700 Acres belonging to A. Ball and
2200 Acres belonging to S. Smoot Boone County WV by M. F. Maury Jr.
9-10 Apr. & 18-19 May 1872 (done for S. L. Brown of
Charleston)
193 Walnut Lumber from Little Coal River 17 May 1872
195 Peytona Mines Boone County WV 11 May 1872
214 Coal on Fork Creek Boone County 12 Apr. 1872 (10,000 Acres
belonging to Judge Brown et al of Charleston)
218 Coal on Little Coal River Boone County WV 20-21 May
1872
221 Geological Report of 24,000 Acres on Laurel Creek Boone
County WV by M. F. Maury Jr. 4-8 Apr. 1872
299 Analysis of Peytona Coal by Dr. Genth of Philadelphia
303 Geological Report on 381 1/2 Acres belonging to I. N. Smith
by M. F. Maury Jr. Apr. 1872
317 Geological Report on 1119 Acres in Putnam County by M. F.
Maury Jr. 9-16 May 1872
337 Slate and Magnetic Iron Ore in Amherst County Virginia by
John Lloyd 6 Mar. 1870
344 Letter from Dr. Charles M. Cresson about Cannel coal 1 June
1871
345 Section shewing the principal workable coal seams hitherto
proved in the Wilson Survey near the Great Kanawha River Kanawha
County, Virginia by Prof. D.T. Anstead n.d.
346 Statistics of Coal by R. C. Taylor 1854
409 Extracts from a Geological Report on the Copper Region of
South Western Virginia by Dr. Richard O. Currey, 1859
421 Extracts from a Geological & Analytical Report on the
Kaolin Mines near Staunton Virginia by A. H. Hanckett, Ex State
Geologist of Minnesota, 1866
432 Analysis Water of the Sweet Chalyboate Springs formerly
known as the Red Sweet Springs
436 Analysis Waters of the Healing Springs Bath County VA by
Wm. E. A. Aikin, MD, LLD, Prof. of Chemistry & Pharmacy
University of MD 1868
438 Analysis Waters of the Rawley Springs Rockingham County VA
by Prof. J. W. Mallet Una. Va. 1870
440 Analysis Waters of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Rockbridge
County VA by Dr. Aug. A. Hayes 9 Mar. 1852
443 Analysis Waters of the White Sulphur Springs Greenbrier
County W. Va.
447 Extracts from Prof. Roscoe's Lectures on Elementary
Chemistry Delivered at the Carpenters Hall Manchester [England]
1866
453 Extracts from a Lecture on Coal Prof. W. I. Ievons at the
Carpenters Hall Manchester [England] 1867
460 Report to the Stock Holders of the Winifrede Mining &
Manufacng. Coy. in Kanawha & Boone Counties VA by J. R. Garland
1853
479 Thin Seams Worked in Pennsylvania by Mr. Seymour
481 Index
Volume 4: Virginia Iron Notes 1873 - Assorted reports - initial
number refers to page number
002 California Furnace 7 Aug. 1873
004 Longdale Furnace Alleghany Co. 7 Aug. 1873
016 Panther Gap Iron Ore 8 Aug. 1873
018 Elizabeth Furnace Augusta Co. 9 Aug. 1873
022 Esaline Furnace
023 Buffalo Gap Furnace 11 Aug. 1873
031 Iron Bank of Jas. L. Rippetoe & Bro. 11 Aug. 1873
036 Iron Ore of Tom Burke 12 Aug. 1873
037 Buena Vista Ore Bank 15 Aug. 1873
042 Bradys Ore Bank 16 Aug. 1873
046 Bradys Manganese Bank
050 Echols Ore Bank 18 Aug. 1873
053 Amherst Furnace 19 Aug. 1873
057 Analysis of Clifton Forge Ores & Waynesboro Ore
058 Analysis of Va. Fe. Ores & Mikes Knob Ore
059 Analysis of Lowmoor Alleghany Co. Fe. Ores
061 Analysis of Barytis from the Bechtol & Booze Mines
Rockbridge Co. VA 16 Nov. 1866
062 James River Cement Works 18 Aug. 1873
064 Cost of Lumber in Charleston W. Va. in 1873
065 Water Power
066 Analysis of the Coal of the Gauley Ka. Coal Co. (in 1880
Hawks Nest Coal Co. ) 14 Aug. 1874
068 Clover Hill Mines Chesterfield Co. Va. Mar. 1875
073 Kanawha Salt
074 Gas Analysis of the Coal from the Kanawha Semi-Cannel Coal
Co. near Paint Creek 21 Sept. 1875
076 Analysis of the Coal from Seam No. 1 of the Gauley Kanawha
Coal Co. 29 Aug. 1875
077 Sectino of the Conglomerate Series at Quinnamont Fayette
Co. W. Va. 18 Sept. 1875
085 Gauley Kanawha Coal Company dep. of No. 1 or the 11' seam
24 Apr. 1875
087 Analysis of Coal Gas - Address by Prof. C. F. Chandler at
the Third Annual Meeting of the American Gas-Light Association held
in New York Oct. 20, 1875
088 Capacity of James River Wharves
089 Report on Nuttalburg Coal 1876-1877
091 Section of the Salt Wells at West Columbia Mason Co. W. Va.
traced from Hogg and Rickey's map of the property
092 Kanawha Coals in Blast Furnaces 31 Mar. 1873
095 Big Sandy Coal & Iron Dec. 1876
101 Lothian Bell on American Coals - from Savard Coal Trade
Journal 9 June 1875
103 Coalburg Coal Tests 1875
105 Bromine & Chloride Calcium 25 July 1876
111 Iron Ores of Piedmont Virginia Nov. 1873
113 James River Cement Works
114 Level Notes of the Kanawha & Cabin Creek RR up Cabin
Crk W. Va. from profile made by __ Bedford, engineer of the
road
115 Coal Openings on land of the Kanawha Cabin Creek Coal
Co.
117 Analysis near Wheeling
120 Preston County Coal & Fe.
121 Carbonate of Iron from land of the Kingwood Gas Coal &
Iron Co. Tunnelton Preston Co. 10 Nov. 1874
124 Raymond Coal Co. Putnam Co. W.Va.
Volume 4 continued:
125 Coal mines in Mason County W. Va. in January 1876
126 Skinner, Sweetser & Co. producers & dealers in West
Virginia Lubricating Native Rock Oil
132 Level Notes of Davis Creek RR. by Mr. Harper Engineer in
charge
134 Fairmont Gas Coal from Gaston Mine Marion Co. W. Va.
138 First Annual Report of the Vice President of the Birmingham
Coal & Iron Company 1877 Richmond
145 Despard Coal Harrison Co. W. Va. 29 Feb. 1876
151 Analysis of Westmoreland Coal by Dr. Charles M.
Cresson
152 Section near Fellowsville, Preston Co. WV by C. E. Dwight
of Wheeling Feb. 1876
154 Supply Coal Company broadsides
157 Murphys Run Coal Harrison Co. W.Va. 12 Apr. 1870
163 Swans Farm Salt Well Cabell Co. W.Va.
167 Lowmoor Iron Ores Alleghany Co. VA. 24 Mar. 1876
168 Sebastapol Seam Paint Creek about 1877
169 Partial Section at Mouth Lost Run Taylor Co. W.Ca. made by
A. Armstrong of Pruntytown
172 Lewiston Coal
174 Wire Rope at the Ashland Mines Kentucky 3-4 Sept. 1877
(includes sketches of various machinery)
194 Cedar Grove Coal 16 Nov. 1877
197 Gas Analysis 1877
198 Crescent Coal Co. Coke
199 West Va. Oil 30 Nov. 1877
200 Old Dominion Coal Co. (Ka) 28 Aug. 1873
201 Chesapeake Coal Co. Lower Crk. Ka. 28 Aug. 1873
203 Coal Seams measured on the 30,000 A tract embracing the
waters of Loup Crk Fayette Co. W.Va. Land was visited with E. B.
Andrews of Ohio in June 1874.
214 Coal on Tates Branch of Two Mile Crk of Kanawha River
215 List of Coal exposures on and near the Skyles 40,000 Acres
on Bell, Hughes & Kellys Creeks measured for J. F. Pratt Oct.
1874
227 Report on 1000 A of Land opposite Paint Crk Kanawha Co.
W.Va. Dec. 1873
233 Report on the Maury 6666 Acres on Hominy Crk, Nicholas Co
& the Caperton Lands on Cherry, Cranberry & Williams Rivers
in Nicholas & Webster Counties W.Va. 13-17 July 1874 by M. F.
Maury
249 Report on 96,000 A in Clay and Nicholas Counties W.Va. 23
July-2 Aug 1874 by William Wilson?
293 Strange Creek Furnace 25 July 1874
297 Elk River above Sutton 27 July 1874
300 Black Band Ore Davis Creek Aug.1874
301 Quinnimont Furnace - Ores Used at
302 Powhatan Furnace Virginia
303 Panther Gap Furnace Bath Co. Va.
304 New River Ores - Summers & Giles Cos. and Kates
Mountain Greenbrier Co.
305 Incline at Cannelton
306 Kanawha Coal Co.
311 Report on the Estate of the Old Dominion Coal Company by M.
F. Maury (broadside)
315 Report on the Coal and Timber Lands of R. H. Maury in
Nicholas County, West Virginia (broadside)
320 Report on the Lands of the Kanawha Coal Company by M. F.
Maury (broadside)
326 Report on the Lands of the Philadelphia Cannel Coal Co.
Boone Co. W.Va. 1-8 July 1877
349 Report on the West Columbia Lands, Mines & Salt Works
Mason Co. W.Va. 3-5 Oct. 1877 by M. F. Maury
366 Gordon & Seal Mines
367 Brewer Smiths Mines
368 Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Agency
370 Wages & Prices at Coalburg
373 Coal on Little Crk. of Slaughters Creek
374 Coal on Fields Creek
376 Hawks Nest Coal Company Limited (broadside & map)
382 Main Seam of Winifrede Coal Co. on Fields Crk. W. Va. -
Measured by self & McFarland, Supt. Mar. 1882
383 Coal on 1st Western Hollow on Paint Creerk above Syms Woods
on land of the Hansford Heirs Measured by D. M. Smith & self 31
Mar. 1882
385 Coal Seams opened & looked at in March 1882 on Kanawha
Coal Co. & Hansford Heirs' land below Paint Creek
389 Seam on Dickinson's Heirs back of Slacks House on Kanawha
River
390 Lewiston Mine
391 Salisbury Furnaces Connecticut Feb. 1882
392 Huntsville Furnace
393 Quality of Virginia Irons 24 Nov. 1879
395 Gas Tests Ka. Coals (made Richomnd) Gas Co.
396 Coal on Keys Crk. Kentucky
398 Seams on Old Dominion Coal Co.
399 Seams on Paint Creek June 1880
400 Kanawha Coal Co. Land June 1880
401 S. M. Bucks East Coalburg Mine
405 Raymond City Mine
407 King Bee Mine Kanawha Co.
412 Anaylsis Coke from W. R. Johnson's Mine above Cannelton 10
Nov. 1877
413 Measures in Blackberry District Coalburg Mar. 1880
414 Coal on Paint Creek
415 Cabin Creek & Dorsey Hollow Wm. Dickinson's Land
measures
416 Ohio River Elevations low water mark
417 Elevations by G. McFarlane 1882; by Fellows Ameroid;
Peabody Coalburg
418 Fairfield Coal Co.; Coal on B. S. Smithers
419 Coal Branch Cabin Creek 17 Mar. 1882
422 Coal on Flynns Wet Branch of Cabin Crk. 18 Mar. 1882
423 Coal on Paint Creek
425 Head of Paint Branch 20 Mar. 1882
426 Brewer Smiths Mine 23 Mar. 1882
427 Kanawha Coal Co. 23 Mar. 1882
428 Kanawha Mining Co. Mar. 1882
430 Eagle Mines 22 Apr. 1882
431 Loss in Screening Coal & Cannel Coal on Paint
Creek
432 Section up Slaughters Crk (2 1/2 in up) just above Spruce
Hollow by S. M. Buck 1882
434 Spice Hollow of Slaughters Creek
435 Coal on Fields Creek by Brobbin & Neil Robinson 22 June
1878
437 Coal on Kellys Creek Rubes? Hollow
439 Ash in Gray Splint
442 Elevation of New River Seams; Flat Top Coal at Pocahontas
22 June 1882
443 Salisbury Furnace Va.
458 Report on the Echols Ore Land Mouth North River Va. 22-23
Aug. 1882
467 Cripple Creek & New River Ores June 1882
505 Quinnimont Furnace
526 Geology of the Cripple Crk. Region
531 Coal Making Iron in Va. & Penna. from McCreath's
Mineral Wealth of Va.
533 Index
Switches at Coalton Coal Works by W. S. Hilton - drawing inside
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