The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-09


also Of tho Harleton and Beaver Meadow Range atuA
ted In the middle Of the Shanokin basn and consequent
bs coal stands unexcclled and ia equal 70
the best Lehgh, Hazleton and Beaver Meadow II con
sists Of both the white and red ash varieties VI inc
seventeen veins the companys property thirteen arg
white ash with aggregate thickness of fifty seven e
and four red ash, nggregating i've feet me
veins have a run about miles, furnishing an =
sxhausble supply Of coal In this estate there are 800
acres all of which is coal land The company Is building
railway to connect with the Phiadeiphla ana suhouy
road 1t will be seven miles in length. There is also in
course of construction large collieres, two coal
breakers and hundred miners houses, with extern
sive facilities for the shipment Of coal
Tbs BIC MouSTiN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY own 8 900
Of land aucng the most desirable coal property in the
Sha mokin basin Upon this band already two col
eries, and workmen are active IN preparing two coal
breakers, steam sawm about 100 miners houses, as
well lateral railroad and quarter miles long, TO
ntereet the Philadelphia and Sunbury road al the town
OF shaInokn. There fourteen veins its estate
aggregating thickness of los feet with of two
and half miles These lands embrace four individual
tracts adjoining zach other. Though in one body,
each Of them be opened by separate lateral railways
leading 10 the Philadelphia and sunbury road Four col
leries thus be established from each of which II Is
estimated 900 600 to 1000 900 tons be annually
taken out This property is near the town of shamokn,
where the Shamokn creek cuts the Big Mountain a. right
angles, through which the railroad runs from hadei
phia 10 Sunbury
Tx CARuoy RuS IArRoyrsESr CoArASYs lands consist.
ing of coo acres lies short distance west OF the Shame
kin Gap the of Shamokn, 500 of which
underaid with prime anthracite. Some twelve veins
have been proven on this property and are found TO a
Cregate in thickness seveuty-ye feet of coal Accord
ing the estimate made of the Philadelphia and Sunbury
Companys land this extent of coal would produce l4s,
272 coo tons. The veins have of three miles in
length. The Carbon Run Railroad being built by this
company will be when finished about three miles and
half in length running through the property from east
to west and connecting with the Philadelphia and Sun
bury road at Shamokn This lateral road will not only
transport the coal of the company but will command the
trade of other lands in the vicinity thus producing for
the stockholders than ordinary The i'm
Irovements two coeries coal breaker OF the
largest class with eighty miners houses and other fac
t,asr a4ad In
Of the purest quality Of white and red ash Goals
I'VE SusQrEHAsxA Coal AND Coal MOUNTAIN COMPANY,
though comparatively small is among the most valuable
estates Of tho Middle Region 1t consists Of upwards of
thousand of land all Of which underaid with
coal OF quality unsurpassed anywhere Especially Is
this when applied to the manufacture OF iron As evil
dence Of what say, ii need but be stated that in
small foundry at shanokin with small cupola and small
and without sufficient blast to give it fair trial with
800 pounds Of coal there meed IL 200 pounds OF
IRON pounds of iron TO pound OF coal TINS
conn any's land lies about five miles east of Shamokn,
and has q continuous range of about two miles. The
Mount Carmel branch of the Philadelphia and Sunbury
Railroad through the whole extent OF the estate
thus doing with the usual necessity OF constructing
ateras to top the main road The company is now max
ing arrangements for sending to market large supply Of
coal Eleven veins varying in thickness from five to
twenty feet have been discovered and by of shafts
&c, the extent, position and thickness OF four OF them
have been determined which respectively measure six
nine twelve ard five feel in thickness Taking the cal
cuaton before used this tract will produce independent
of the veins in number IL 500 900 tons
TIE MoHANoy SiitaoKf2 IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, AND
TIN ZFEEs Run AND SHAMoK1y IMPROVEMENT COMPANY are
both located in and embrace the entire width Of the
western end Of the shamokn BASIN extending from the
Little Mohsncy creek tho north TO that Of the main
Nohanoy the south and westward from the water gap
Of Zerbes 70 the junction 81 the Big and Moha
noy mountains at tie termination Of the coal basin The
number Of veins on these properties twelve and por-
ton them disclose coal much beyond the thick
Of coal seams and three Of them almost rival in size
the socalled Mammoth Vein Of the ottsye BASIN The
coal however is Of softer nature than that Of the other
companies Anthracite, as proceed westward, it is ob,
served grows progressively softer and less compact and
more gaseous and free burning.
The land Of these companies lies AZ the extreme west
e,u end Of the Middle Region which win account for the
difference The first named company owns 900 Of
land 200 of which underlad with coal while
the latter is in possession of 700 Of coal land and
panes is on the Su.quehanna ten or twelve miles below
Sunhury OF the Trevorton Railway fastening
completion which at that point connects with the Baiti
and susquehanna road and the Pennsylvania canal
improvements to accommodate extensive trade
under way in this part of the region.
Ia addition to these chartered companies there indi
vidual owuerships under firms worthy Of mention.
Among them are Messrs Helfenstein 4 Boyd who have
i've hundred acres Of Land with four vens Of one and
half mile of feet thickness and two of six
feet. These known the Old Lake Fiddler Mines and
have very moderately worked for two years. Al
present heavy coal breaker and number of miners
houses being erected.
Messrs Higgins Devars and Others have 800 acres,
and half mile and two veins eight feet thick each
and six feet thick The coleres OF these gentlemen
have been worked heretofore but to great extent
Messrs. Iengnecker Banneeardner Helfenstien have
also track Of 500 acres which embraces all the veins
II the basin, with of one mile. colery has here
I cen in operation also for short time.
Region will give tolerabe idea OF what may hereafter
te expected from that coal basin The production has
not thus far any year exceeded so 900 tons The
above taxed their fall capacity will
able swen this figure TO millions 1t is therefore
for eongatulatsn that the other regionsunablo
last supply the demand and better prepared
10 accommodate the multiplied wants for coal this year
viii have in th ccai field hereafter auxiliary abund
anty competent 70 than till up all deficiencies In
fact We cannot why the Middle Region with the
tensve railway improvements in contemplation and under
way stopping in the heart Of its deposits, may not ut
mately overreach in tonnage the regions that have all
along had n monopoly Of the trade.
The Schuylkl The Lehigh and Iackawanna coal fields
of pennsy this year, win exceed but little If any
the shipments Of 1857 There is well grounded
for believing either that their tonnage be greatly
augmented IN future seasons II this be sond the facts
seem bear out in the po5ition-we repeat it is
matter for congauaon that we can look to the Middle
Region the supply u portion Of the largely increased
demand. The increase in the supply Of coal must keep
pace with the various applications Of to new purposes
and objects The means OF using 1t are greatly improved
and perfected IN CRATES, and stoves and furnaces ana
fogyr who expects that it, usefulness viii not still be
extended.
The commercial and manu- featuring power Of the United
States is not Mt present indicated the consumption Of
coal il is in England, and it viii be with in
very years Our forests hitherto have furnished fuel
for every want This Is fast disappearing and
even where there is abundance it will be reserved for
other purposes than fuel Anthracite is the substitute,
and eventually take the place of wood altogether
England consumed upwards Of 81 900 900 tons d coal last
wear while the United states scarcely used sixth of
that quantity ms dspfopcruon no one VIII pretend 70
saw can continue for any length Of time. Until how
ever We appro, mate her closely, we cannot mea-
sure our greatness commercially and otherwise, BY
consumption Of coal.
RED RlvyR RATA few days since We stated
briefly the removal OF the Red river raft has been
again advertised for contract by the United states govern
ept the form contractors having failed to complete
the work and abandoned the enterprise BY communi.
cation hch appears in tie Natoaal Lneuiger it seems
that the raft formidable that its moval is ought
unavoidable According to this writer the great raft
was originally hundred miles in length and not ten
miles Of it has been removed Through this whole
extent Is obstructed by an immense aggregation
II logs and trees which have 10 be dug up and sawed out
The att. npt this great raft abandoned
many wears ago and route adopted for navigation
by way Of Bay you PIERRE shreveport, Lake Caddo and
canal from thence into Red river sbve the ayt which
used to this day. This however, Is also annually OBJ
structsd BY raft Mt tho upper end formed BY every
freehet
The writer Of the ton alluded 70 is astonish
ed that the has not advertised for contracts
10 keep open this channel instead OF attempting the
uoyal OF the great raft which he considers permanent
az the Falls Of Niagara This, however. seems but
temporzng policy ard in these days when science &C
seeming impossbilities 1t ia not likely that