The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-03-04
GEOLOGY.

UCIC ID lltlIC u0uHb tuut ONCIy pCCO
of cual is a piece of tree. This conclu-
sion is arrived a, by various experiments
When coal or wood is burned ashes o
similar kinds are the result. Coal in
spected by means Of microscope is
found to have cells the same as wood
Wood immersed in water or buried ir
the ground turns black, and becomes
more like coal the longer il SO remains,
All cual is from wood. I, is sometimes
found thousand feet from the surface
Of the earth, covered ty layers Of rock
This mineral is widely distributed. Ne
Continent but Africa, is free from it e, and
so little is known of,ha, Continent, that
il cannot be positively said tha, coal does
not exis, there. IN the southern portion
OF Europe and in Great Britain it is quite
abundant, and it is found in Sweden
Il is found also in Asia and in many Of
the islands Of The sea. There is vastly
more on this than any other Continent
It extends from New Brunswick to the
Gulf of Mexico, and from the Allegheny
Mountains 10 Vancouver>s Island. Near
the Allegheny Mountains is the larges,
coal formation in the world. II is about
7sO miles in length by about 200 miles
in width. 1t contains about 60, 900 square
miles; the second bed in extent is that
known as the Illinois coal Geld-so cal
led because great portion off. is In the
territory of that State. 1t contains 50,.
900 squire miles. The third is in Michi-
gan, extending from lake to lake, and is
fifteen thousand square miles in extent
There are similar beds in other sections.
The quantity Of coal in England bears
no comparison in quantity to thai in the
United States. There is more coal do.
posted on the continent, so far as is
known, than in all other parts Of the
world. Six millions tuns Of coal are year.
Iy raised in the United States. In Eng.
land thiryfve millions are annually mined
and the beds in that country are not SO
easily worked as are those in this country.
There shafts are settled at great depths,
with pumps 10 keep the mines dry. In
this country .he coal veins are nearer
horizontal the Lehsh and Monongahela
coal beds especially are so feasible fol
working tha, coal is mined al 4 cents pei
tun. Il is transported at abou, So 42
cents per tun. The balance Of the pice
paid can be accounted for by the original
price in the bed and the profits Of deal
ers. It's asceriained that vegetable mat
lei has drafted down from the highlands
to the ocean, and been covered up by The
deposits of aand from coal. Fish arc
found above end below these coal forma
lions. The lecturer also spoke Of the
more rapid growth Of vegetables a, the
period in the creation at which these
formations took place. But now such
changes nave taken place in the tempera.
ture, and publication has occurred in
the atmosphere, that the growth does bu'
a little more shan keep pace with the
decay constantly going on in the vegeta
bic kingdom. He remarked, also, upon
the different qualities of coal, and exhibit.
ed several Of the finer kinds. No coal
is now being formed, owing 10 the change
Of climate and the publication of the al
mosphere, as above stated. The lecturer
stated the theory Of Geology, concerning
the appearances Of the earth at the time
these formations were going en-. The
continent Of America was ocean, and the
Pacific Ocean was principally Islands,
The islands Of the Pacific we're more
numerous, aud larger, than at present.
DR.. AntiseH.