Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-08-19

I year compete with the Pomeroy ant
other Goals on equal terms,. and il
times OF low water OF the OHIO, Of
when ice obsiructs the navigation, i
could command the market. Tit
superior qualities Of this coal as
fuel for manufacturers Of iron, fol
steam engines. and for domestic use
will insure a large demand even a
an increased price. Coal can bt
obtained on the route Of the Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad, about 25
miles from Chillicothe, in Jackson
county, at little greater distance il
is supposed, than by the Cincinnati
HiIlsborough and Parkersburg route,
CAMEL CoAL.l-This coal is
found in the hills about Jackson, and
in some places OF workable thick
ness and superior quality. A few
miles further east, on the waters oI
Little Raccoon, il forms thick heavy
beds, 40 10 Is feet thick il is said J
but have not examined the thick
ness. Ii is thick enough 10 be
worked to advantage. This coal, SO
clean and pleasant for parlor fires, SC
highly esteemed for making gas, anG
W which has been thought so rare
underlies at least 200 square miles in
Jackson county, and can yie.d un-
limited supplies for ages. That
county can, it is supposed, yield
10000 bushels per acre, or 3,2O0,,
600 tons per square mile, over about
200 square miles-equal t" $40, ,OOO,-
600 tons OF this coal. | have used
this coal in my house, and | have
seen that from Sugar Camp Run
and have burnt that from the Pigeon
Roost and from Mitchell's Hay
Stack Hill. all in Jackson county,
They all give white crumbly scaly
ash. that falls through the CRATE in
small fiakes-it burns clearly with a
very white blaze, and is FULLY equal
in good qualities 10 the Scotch Can
mel, and 10 the best that | have seen
from Coal River, Virginia, that have
been 50 highly praised for making
gas and for use in Ocean steamers
This coal is ll2 TO 1913 miles from
Cincinnati.
LIMESTONE Coal 1.-The next
main coal seam that is worked, and
! priced highly as a workable seam o.
coal, is the Limestone coal, so called
from its lying Immediately under q
bed Of limestone. II is usually from
d to 6 feet thick, and underlies about
one. half of Milton township, and
nearly the whole OF Wilkesville
township. 1t is not generally acces'
sible in the latter township, except
along the Raccoon and in the west.
ern half Of the township. This bed
OF coal contains more sulphur. and j:
not as highly priced as those pre-
viously described, though it will bt
counted a very superior quality G
coal
This bed NAV be relied on as capa.
bic OF yielding 100000 bushels pei
acre, or at least 100000 tons pei
square mile over a surface OF u
square miles, or S0,000,000 ton,
within four miles OF the Railroad
line. This coal is from lis to lbs
miles from Cincinnati.
Omiiting a description Of many
coal seams that have been seen, bu
not examined minu:ely, we mex
come to the Pemerov coal seam.
The history of words is the histo
ry of trade and commerce. You
very apparel is dictionary.
"The 'bayonet' tells US that il wa
first made at Bayonne--'cambrics
that they came from Cambray-'da
mask from Damascus-'arras' iron
the CITY OF the same name-'cord
VAIN or 'cordova' from Cordova-
'currants' from Ccrinth--Ihe 'gui
nea,' that il was originally coined @
gold brought from the African coas
so caIled-scamlet that it was wovel
at least in part Of camel's hair
Such has been the manufacturing
progress Of England that we nov
/. send our. calicoes and musIins L
India and the east; yet the word
. give standing witness that we ono
imported them thence; for calico
! from Calcut, and muslin fror
Moussul, a city in Asiatic Turkey"
MONUMENT TO AARON Burr
: The Princeton Whig says that nea
and plain monument Of marble ha
; been erected over the grave c
! Aaron Burr, lately. The inscriE
; ton is "Aaron Burr, born Feb. Gil
: I756, died Sept. 18th, 1886.
Colonel in the army Of the Revolt
tion. Vice President of the Unite
States, from 1901 TO 1905"
} "A petition has been got up b
: proprietors and officers Of steam
boats engaged in the navigation
r the Ohio and Mississippi rivers fo
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