The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-01-12

mine of the 8lh ull.-denyipg my state
: ments, and charging upon meintentiona
misrepresentation. Whether the article is
Editorial, can see no evidence, but from
its locus and its being leaded | presume i
, to be So. The Editor is then to be charged
with its paternity.
He charges me with ignorance or fraud
saying that "either through ignorance ol
by the design of its author (it was) wei
calculated to mislead the public mind
deny his allegation. | distinctly state
that it was calculated TO disabuse the pub
, lie mind, OF the error industriously cult
waited by The friends of the Railroad, ), he
, defends. That there is kind OF coal, a
Pomeroy, at Pittsburgh. in Newcasl, Eng
and numerous other important points on
earth, including Vnton county in the
State of Ohio. it needed not that the sa
pent Editor should waste his important
time TO inform US. But that the kind O.
coal, known as the jackson coal" is
found beyond the line we indicated, we
deny. Indeed since writing that article
have been informed that only nine miles
east of the town of Jackson, though there
is an abundance of coal, there is none Of
the kind known as jackson COAL" and
that the region OF this variety of coal is
vet more hm,ted Than | there described.
The Jackson coal, has many characters.
tic peculaiarities. Other bituminous Goals,
in burning, evolve disagreGable smell, sui.
phurous acid gas, and large quantity Of
LIQUID coal tar, which consolidates the
fuel, and renders ii necessary OCCASION
ally TO break up the solid. By covering
mass ol common bituminous coal, in the
crate, with ashes or slack, this consolida-
ted state secures a smothered fire in the
morning None OF these incidents belong
to the Jackson coal. On the contrary, il
burns dry, without much Of the ulphurco.
biluminous smell, opens up and swells, i'll
burning rather than consolidating. Jack.
son coal is nevertneness highly lnhamma.
Bile, and in fact, seems to occupy mid
die place between the common kinds
abounding with sui phur and coat tar,
and the camel coal. may have been
unlortun te in not expressing M self with
sufficient perspicuity. but ii will take more
Editors than one to secure 10 Vnton
county. or any other Locality yet ascer.
tanned, the reputation 10 which our coal
is aone entitled If Cincinnati wants
your Goals, send them along--but if it be
the Jackson coal they are so anxious to
secure, it can only be obtained from the
district that produces it. the immediate
uighborhood Of The town Ol Jackson, aud
within an area OF moi exceeding ten or
twelve miles square.
But this wise acre discovers yet farther
errors in my article, on the subject Of Iron,
lron.masters are mere mues-tO be edu.
Gated, forsooth, by Editors. Though
they, the Iron.men, have succeeded in
causing the public to believe that they
know iron.ore when they see it, and that
they have practical sense enough to know
its value, and where to locate their Fur
naces for celebrating the metsl.-yel a
new era has opened, and the Editor Of
the "McArlhur Republican" arises in the
might and majesty Of y ords-mere words,
to dictate to the whole Iron interest =
they formerly thought they had oc
cupled the ield--wheneyer they concev
ed the enterprise would pay, they ImPro'
we'd the location, and some thirty large
and successful Furnaces, all in one dis
rct. furnish a shadow of evidence that
they thus far have not mistaken iron col |
ored sandstone for iron ore. Oh late, ii
is being ascertained that the field of the
iron fit for working 10 advantage, extends
further north than was formerly supposed,
aud forthwith, these stupid Iron masters
are about to occupy it, but strange as may
seem to our Sprig. they contemplate no
lhi & beyond the "head waters of Rae
coon" OF late, some two or three new
Furnaces have been prJected north Of
The IIillSboro' & Cincinnati k. r., line,
but still all are south and east Of the Ma.
rietla a. Cincinnati r. r.
That there is narrow belt Of mineIal
and-very narrow extending further
lorth, is not the question. A tongue,
or of: shoot of the district Of practically
,aIuable iron ore, may indent or pene
rate the Hooking country, but for prac.
ical ends, and speaking Of mineral re.
non" it would only be lateral incident.
" hat pray, is the mineral region usu
lily spoken oIl Is it the region of iron
aud in PENNSYLVANIA, Virginia, or Mis- c
our! or does it not include the whole {
Mississippi basin! We shall be enlight. o
ned on this vexed question when the Ger ;,
1m Professor is ousled and pensoner o
f the NJ. & c, r, r. Company, is ap'
ointed in his place. Then we shall have
settled as clear as mud. Mr. Editor,
le Iron interest prefer to work such ores
5 will pay, aud il hereafter, 1t snail be o
lown that the "minerai region extends
sewhere than where t.ey now operate, A
.ev will ollOw on and establish Their Fur
aces. Cur road (lhe H. q Z. r. RD
ms directly through the Iron and Coal
'gIon. known as such-kpown to be a
ch, valuable and cheopIy available tract
miucru land-through region pos
,sscd OF every facility aod circumstance
make It's line necessary aud profitable
all interests and what more Is TO be
,slred, either to Cnclnnal or the capl'
list3 What, though there be Furnace !,
, in Hooking county, at GAINESVILLE, or a
Laurel Hill, Va.2 Will the immediate A
ants of polties be satisfied with gas?- Sc
ill talk OF 'aideIy ertended riSions, sat
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