Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-16


as those of Chatham and Moore, or Deep lt'v
er.
While there can be no doubt respecting the
age and relations Of the entire series, compared
with those of Deep River. sill have observed
few pceularites worthy Of notice.
The Dan River coal deposits may be dlvld
ed, for the convenience of description into iFh
PARIS
|. Imperfect conglomerotes and brecclas.
2. Lower Sandsrones. including the soft and
hard.
3. Coal states, with their subordinate dcpos-
4. Upper sandstones, including the soft and
hard kinds
8. Conglomerates, or breeclared congIome-
rates.
The several paris constituting a complete
and perfect system, occupy syneical trough.
and he in the primary OF tratlfed pyro-erys
slallino rocks. Its direction Is north east and
south west. The axis may be defined by un
ting Louisville and Germnuton bya line. Il1s
line will represent the direction Of the coaI
states.
The general dip Of The system is to tn
north wesl;-lhe angle Of dip lies within /.
tnud l0o.> The dip IS usually above 200. lr
North Carolina tho rocks extend 10 Miles
The breadth is between four and seven miles.
The system extends into Virginia on the north
but how far, am uniformed.
This field, it will be observed covers a smo
Ter area than Deep River. II IL similar,
some respects. to the Richmond coal fields, bu
is disconnected by the Intervening primor
rocks"
The following i, the closing portion Of rh'
Professor q notice of the Coal beds Of Leak.
vile:
fThe beds in which the coal seams are cz
posed are TWO miles from the village, ia
plantation of Mr.. Wade.
The coal appears in n long ridge rising
boat sixty feet above the meadow. which lie
in the bend of the Dan, at this place. Th
following section Is partially exposed at Wad'
coal mine
|. Shale below the coal seams,
.. SHAY Micacoous sandstoncs, two feet
3. Shady coal at the outcrop, eighteen mel
es to two feet,
4. Micoccous shaIe, two feet
5. Cont two 10 three feet
6. Shae' 10 feet
7. Seams Of hard blue magnetism lime
stone. intermixed with silex, four 10 six feet.
8. Soft, green blush and black shales file
with posdonia, sixty feet.
The shales still continue covered with soil
the thickness of the shales is not less than five
hundred feet.
The hard calcoreous layers are separated by
slate at the surface.
The caIcarcous layers lie above the coal
seams, and as they extend nearly if not entire
y through the fortnallon, they may be obscr.
we'd as way boards in searching for coal. The
same layers appear in Madison, and contain
abundance ofseptara of tho size Of u goose
egg.
DIP Of the coal states at tie coal mine, \
35' WI angel Of dip $50; strike S 500 W, l.
is not Improbable that the angel Of dip will
diminish rs the seam is penetrated"
After descrlbmgthe geological strata at Aladi
son and other places within the coal the
Report continues:
The coal has been exposed about four miles
from Germanton, on the plantation of Mr.
Mathews. The strata exposed, arc arrang
ed in the following order
|. Slate below
2 Fire clay.
}. Coal, eighteen inches
/. Slate, one foot.
8 Coal eighteen inccs.
g. Black slate, five feet
z Sandstone and slate
The coal at the outcrop Is not pure, or il
contains some pyrites. Still, at new locality
on this plantation, discovered by Dr. McClen
ahan, at the time OF our visit the prospects are
better than at the shaft where the coal was frs
taken out.
The attention, which has been given to the
Dan River coal field, has as yet been too incon
10 develope its riches. 1t appears
that from Lcaksvle to Germantop, coal is ex
posed at several points, besides at the extremes
OF the formation, leaving out of view its extern
sion into Virginia"
ApJusTED.-We are gratifed to learn. say
the Richmond Dispatch of Monday that III,
personal difficulty between Messrs. Crane an.
Lewis OF the House of Delegates, which grew
outot personal remarks in debate has been
happily and satisfactorily adjusted The par
ties had repaired to Washington TO settle tn,
difficulty; and their friends in this city, for sew.
eral days past have been awaiting with much
anxiety the result. 1t must be gratifying to