American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-10-21

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n sUsQuEHANNA CoAL-lt is not a little surprising
that the characteristic enterprise and research of
cpunymcn have been seriously directed to the un-
bounded mineral treasures which has concentrated
The banks Of the Susqehana, in The county of Luzerne,
Pennsylvania. This circumstance, we presume, only
accounted for from the fact that very few indeed,
entertain the most idea of the extent and value Of
the coal formations the very small cost Of excavag
mining. and the facilities with which may be transported
market Mr.. JACOB CIsT, OF Wkesbarre, gen,lema,,
Of great intelligence and research, has for long past
devoted his attention this subject and has succeeded in
bringing to light fund OF interesting information in rra
to the nature and extent OF the coal formations of that
section of Pcnnsy lyana. MIR e. has examined the whole
valley Of Wyoming at vast abou and the result Of his
searches furnishes the following statement of the extent of
Us treasures which IS evident only require capital and
enterprise render them of the utmost value the
muuy al large. well as to the individuals who may
gage in the undertaking Of bringing them TO our market
Bat. Am
The length of Wyoming Valley is 10 miles--widh of
Coal average, 81 mles-wich gives of 60
square miles of COAL l95,lt880o square yards each
cubic yard in the strata or mnc Yields, exclusive of was
ge ton The above multiplied by is yards, the
thickness Of the several srata gives 29272320O0 tons in
the valley of Wyoming.
The iackawana section. joining the upper end of the
valley, may be stated at % miles, averaging only of mile
vide. The section below the valley is miles long by
mile WIDE
The Coal formation Of Luzerue may then be divided into
sections, each containing as follows;
The N. f. or that OF the Lackawaila VAL
ley, 906.048,0 600 tons
Middle, that of 'hc Wyoming Valley, 2,9272s2ooo
S. w. or lower section, 2000O0,000
Amounting, in Luzerne, to 3,4;3,2800OO
In this estimate great allowances have been made enough
for pillars, &c &c.
The Bumnous COAL formation Of this siraa extends
in series of coal basins, from Bradford County, the
susquehanna river, in south westerly direction, through
the centre of Pennsylvania, to lis western extremity, dis
lance OF $50 miles,
The following is the concluding part of an cleo.
published in New Orleans paper OF the 18th Aug.
Gas to the steps which candidates take to secure
their election, must readily confess, that if some
times their merits alone calls men 10 ffices, it
often happens that cabaIs and intrigue may acquire
stea, Influence and had very late opportuni.
" OF feeling that effect in my election as alderman
Tor my ward, am determined to leave no exertion
unTed. have already spoken to three hundred
persons; well-l'sha speak TO one thousand more.
have been for ten years past launched into the po-
itlca career, and iat,er myself that my conduct
has been such to deserve the appreciation oil my
fellow citlzens.-l have no lawyers or notary's oil
flee to take up my time and were TO be stricken
out from the list Of politicians, then ! should feel
quite unemployed, and would perhaps, as pastime
see myself obliged to under take journey to the
Rails OF Niagara, there to forget my own fall.
hope, therefore, that my exerlions will be crowned
with Success Is. MARIGNY.
The Congress al Panama. Information has been
received, by the editor OF the Baltimore Gazette
that DR.. GuAL, Secretary OF State for Foreign AT
fairs in the Republic of COLOMBIA, was to set out
from Bogota the 10th instant for Carthagena, on
his way to the Congress of Panama, in which the
new states of America are TO be represented From
Lima also Information has been received at the Of
nee Of the Baltimore American, that the two Rep
fesentatves from the Republic OF Peru, to the Con
gress at Panama. sailed from Chorillos on the 9th
oil June tor their destination. The result oil the de-
hoeraons Of this Congress Of Sovereign States may
De Of grea, importance their prosperity, and can
not but be looked to with great interest by the
statesmen Of our own country
CHERAw, S. e. Ger. 1l.-By letter received
AZ a mercantile house in this place, we learn that
air. s. Mcneil, (of the firm of Broadfoot and
McNeill, of Charleston, S. c. was on his passage
rom Liverpool to Charleston and soon he
earned the fate Of the houses in that city, which
nad tailed, in moment Of despair threw himself