Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-11-16
From the ~ Y Daily Tribune.
Railroad and Coal Mines.

Rsnor, made bv C,mmI,ee of gentlemen on
,b.;, rstnr, from raceu, exnlora,lon of Rail-
r,,d r,,,a f,or N.whpryh ON the Hudson TO
lb. ox,sns;,e Coal he'd. IN tho Lackawannock
,nd ,h. C,soueb.n,a We have ourselves
,,o.aJ oy., ,ba r,oroxsd route have full
lroy,eJqe If The r,snurces Of the country, and
.,' .,o,,.;o,aa h.,,b with ,he gentlemen in
psnns,,Iran;. .rJ 9Th ,bo,e in Newburgh.
who have the control uf The charters of the re-
s,sc,ive Connsnies When The public are full
" annr;sed of ;he suneriorjty which this route
| o,.sa.sa~ ,,s, .vart, other for the easv and
r;l ,,.,o,,,,;on IF Goal n The sea.
80 IN I;,,,~ .,.r,ris. tho, s,cb
o'A''' "''' ''ea'o Nv 80 - r.,.o "A
an important enterprise Shouiu "d'p e. ,e''%'Neu
unnollcsd until The present time. lhls' now
ever, will be explained by The publication OF
| few facts win which we happen 10 be acqualnt-
! od and whirh have mn, hetore mel the public
,o ,-oor. s;Dc, h.,
! ~
'he i'os'''''"'' 80 :,
pose VI constructing ha'i'"du "o''' '"o Nei''
ware River al Inc aieF zap |" some point
near Pltsston on the Sus4uehsnna. survey
was made by Major Beach, starting from the
| Waler Gap aud proceeding up BrOdheads creek
,hro,cb S,,ond, ,brr. abnn fifteen miles from
i ,I r,a .,,,.l, ;,,, The
- l;-,-.,., l;b
'nos' ue"se aHu 'a'oa''0 'i',o'' y
ut the present 'lne Is 10 oe io"ha lh any VI 'ie
middle States. Passing on through this eXien-
sive, unbroken forest Of magnificent Beach,
Pine Cherry and Suruce. thew struck The I'M
me,.e Co,I beds or the I.5ckawapnnck II dis
- r. .ta,,, IN ,,,Ia. r., ,h. D.I,,v,ra IN
''"I0 W ~'' " -,
Que VI 'le iihes. aei i'eu''"'" a. o'''''~' W ',''
State OF pennsylvania, as VIII oe seen oy ,Ie
following eA'Tac' !FoNl Inc hepoI' uiade q! HAa'
time:
The Coal in this region does not occur IN rel1s
as a; Potlsve, and some other places, but IN lay
ers and repeated strata and 1t IS correctly aeScfi
pee oy Mr. oliiiiia'i' "hefe ne sdy 'L9
ConPe'oi5 u"S' lt 49,, ro;o IS Cno, r.,
L,l,5roSn af,arJs ner tho n,on,,ains sometimes
breakino off and sometimes entirely ending. The
inhabtant of this country when he enters his Coal
bed, enters On boundless and endless inheri-
tance."
| Again:
Unlike most o'her mining 0is'flcIS ms sec
Ioh oi CoNn'.S oGu.s ~ vi roroIT,.
,.S, tho ,dio;nina and bean;f1i VaIley
of Wvominp are proyerbially productive; add to
| this the vast amount OF various produce WHICH
annually descends the Susquehauna river, and W C
see before US the most ample supplies Tor any
amount OF mining operations Oh 'ie Spo'' @n0 a.
'he Nus. T - horo
oro,rJeJ ,oretber nor The nininc onerations be
confined to a nartcnar SPOT: for Il miles the Rail
road line extends through the clearly defined re-
gon, whilst the last 10 miles the line may justly
be considered as located ID one continued Coal 6ed
FROM consideration oi me .olesol,g dG IRON Ton
otei tI ,L, ~ aol Ias;rol,o -
,ransnorr on the Railroad viii be nromp,Iy fur
nished and placed rpoa 1e Road ,yith profit 10 tht
ouners at so cents per tom"
/ 'Thi, survey no, on}, uroved The prac,icabjli,y
Of The roule. bu, demonstrated rha, ME Road
could be bull, a, a comparatively small expense
Ihs estimate no, exceeding 5000 600. and ,ha
the continuous sIiph, descending prade from
the Coal Mines 10 the Delaware would give i
preat Caciliies in il. heavy down trade. ltwa.
clearly shown and we'll understood a, that Tins
tha, Coal could be delivered a, the Water Gar
for ST. per ton and strange as j, NAV appear
we do moi hesitate in aI,rlbu,ing the defeat o
the early completion of this Road to The yar,