Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-28
tFrom the Public Ledgerl
THE MIDDLE ANTHRACITE COAL FIELD.

From the Public Ledger.l
THE MIDDLE ANTHRACITE COAL FIELD
Mount Carmel, Northumberland Co.,
MEssns EpiroRs DO you inquire where
is Mount Carmel, and what it is! Direo'
your attention TO the heart of the great MID
die Anthracite Coal field, Immediately n0i'"
of the Schuylkill Coal Basin, on the oe""1 ~
turnpike, about seventeen miles "o''
Pottsvile, and here you have this P'''
city. -. s.ou, Sun.
bury, along the line OF the r"" !, I no,iced
Suubury Railroad ComPanys 'oa'' ,,,;. min,
that the grading from sunoo'y e., .hon,
nd heen nearly completed, anu 'o' 49,
an..,b;,d of The distance the new '"0. ~
r. ,.;l. were laid down. was 'o'u
,..,.. ne having charge of the work, that The
py p a,;ve will run and carry coal from this
-, ~ sonbury by The 1st OF August next
p,s.onoer, from Philadelphia (by way
of The Philadelphia and Po,isvile rairoad)
,.n then leave there in the morning al u
o'clock, and reach Sunbury by o'clock the
same day. As il now is, passengers leave Phi.
ladepha in the morning, and reach Sunbnry,
by way Of Harrisburg, after midnight. This
additional facility for travelling 10 the Susque-
hanna, at The junction Of the north and ives,
branches OF that river, will doubtless be gra-
tifying news 10 your numerous city friends
who have occasion TO visit that delightful
section Of the State, either on busines or
trip Of pleasure.
Noun, Carmel has recently been laid ou,
into a town, covering some 200 acres, and a
vas, number Of improvements, that mus,
draw hi,her busy and thrifty population,
are already in progress. Beside being de-
DO, and starting point, for some time 10 come,
of the Philadelphia and Sunbury railroad, i,
is the place of connection for the new road
about being constructed by the Coal Run I'm.
provement and Railroad Company, 10 con.
nee, the roads Of the Philadelphia and Sun.
bury Company with the Catawis.a road,
and which is destined TO give an ouile, for
the coal of this region, by railroad 10 New
York, without incnedi planes, in the short
distance of 1870 miles Coal can also be sem,
from here down 10 the Susquehanna and TO
the Lakes, when the Sunbury and William.
sport road is completed, by the way Of The
Philadelphia and Sunbury road, and to Phila-
delpha by the way of the Mine Hill Exten.
sion Of their road TO Ashland
About 100 houses are under contrac, in
this vicinity, by the Locust Mountain Coal
and Iron Co., and by the Coal Run Improve
men, and Railroad Company. or the former,
John Anspach Jr., OF your city, an en,erpri.
sing and wealthy me chant, is the President :
and of the latter, c. A. Walbern, Esq, an
active member Of your City Councils, is the
presiding officer. The first named Company
the Locust Mountain is Coal and Iron Com.
pany, with $3.50 acres OF the best of the coal
land of this region, all underlaid with coal
and having four district coal basins, with a
run of five and half miles in length upon
all the veins, some Of which, 10 wit, the
mammoth and jugular, are respectively 80
and 40 feet in thickness. The Coal Run is
an Improvement and Railroad Company
having about 200 acres OF the same quality '
OF coal land with the Locust Mountain, and
railroad, when completed, of about 70
miles in length.
Both of these Companies are making ex-
iensive arrangements, that coal may be sent
from their lands the ensuing fall. The Lo-
Gust Mountain is opening three coleries, and
the Coal Run two, 10 be leased 10 tenants.
c.