The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-04
Orr Pottsyilie Correspondence.

PorTssiLLz June 20, 1865,
Science Of Coal Maing Of coal Land Capita,
Employed Value of Ea,,es- Income from Ro,atfy-
individual Industry and Ent,rpri,c Most Arosiab< and
Profitable.
A the conventional rules OF society very Justly
condemn every disposition 10 rudeness, no matter
how where manifested, aud a. ! am bound both
In feelings and interest to respect laws essential to
our own and ths happlns,s Of Others, ! must apollo
ghs for having loft yoa en- this top Of tho Mins nnl,
with only the skin OF Jour coachmAn 10 carry you back
70 your lodgings The scenery 20 boanden Ia extent,
ana 30 ineIhaustits 10 variety foresaw had captva
ted the faculties Of Jour mind, and with all tho
qusaccs OF rujeness before ms, looud upon Il ne
cruel to divert IL, attempt 10 divert IT, from hs
feast 30 gorgeousy spread before It, Besides, too had
an ling, from tho details previously given that this
appetite for the matters OF Interest sufficiently
cogged that you then In possession o, about a.
much you could swAiio Tsnd that tho could
only be finished BY tho exquIsi,s display before you.
But OF this you Will yourisif be- tho Judge; AMI you
regssd the apology sufficient VII leave Tho flower
'eit with safety We quench tho thrst and leave tho
re-. to Larg its head aud perish"
Tie region, with the and economy with yhlch
the coal is produced being tks object Of the vis
VIII ssain rtsuu,. our illustrations, ane, II poss,bs
tun's the corrsotEes1 Of our petition.
In my previous letters have sho IN that eup.reres
vert il labor, and labor OF peculiar kind. The m.r,
action OF the pick IA muscular but the direction mind
arG he several faculties 0; that mind In eoa,aa.
action 10 the obsc; ard piotcc. the holder Tho
coal NUT DO lad In ntsbs condition AMI 10
sseure II without waste and in romunrating qualities
10 obtain Ii without disturbing the over rocks
that at any mtais may fall And crush him. 10 keep up
the ventilation and protect him from the effect
damp, ID science, and This science can only b. had
b. experiences and maintained BY location LABOR saving
machinery, and facilities FOR reaching the msrtst
sf-o iss,s hA,s A'.o hiatsd a. and MOI yoa are
you will that In tbs gnaaS nss all otssr
t.grning, the pioneers have bssn obliged TO nsss =.
things cut Of nothing, that nothing the wonder
fol progress Of the country the sda ss OF coal Tbs
necsssss and the objects 10 which tbs eitsss
position. You yin see, also. thu, In the sIpsrinea,
many have failed and but few have successfully sar.
~, ~: ss. q sa' ::s
j,..., labor and soil. .,.-r sssiDs ID. vhot.
cars csnais, canal bosA, he, ssd after sdapsnS the
machinery V the eoaei,ioa Of the tsdssviss sp ths,r
ini.rss tbs railroads thoss who wsrs sbls nj win
ing construct them ana nnaIy by attending 10 ,hs
simple and legitimate business Of mining asd ssllse
their eosi, thy have realized the position In whioha
develoysd-thsu scsi there II sttls
u,n'ities-tbst market Ia so~ ss,Abshss asi their
facilities for reaching viii enabls them W retain H.
and supply t. for many hundred years u come
The value Of their land II nsI the obsf TO BE- deter
mined, And arrive 81 the point by tfss
oem. lev quotations vli Determine tbs question: On
the ws,h'fe ssnts etnsistns Of 100 s,rss-i 900 Of
which 10 within tbs region, and In 1880 coat about
t2s Co.'s the location good the policy of tbs
has ben 10 give long lesSfs 1t from 20 10 20 o>n
per ton and 10 land 10 ths opesAt~r ths material Ad
10 make the mp'ovsfnsbts Which again rsturusd In
asI instAn.ats With interest From this systsm,
last year The operation, tool cut s1toos os, and psa
20 tie owners Ia rent si9o 3ss This amoa.t ~i,hsat
the machinery, would 70 sqas 70 10 yer COO, CAPT
tsl ~ 2ta go which II conhnsd 10 tns 900
from which The revenue 10 derived the value would b
~ ,2fO per Bat this pfoprrty IL better
than hHy other tracts In the range
Ia better Improved than others In vsnoas
bsTts IL uer.son In al cases the value ~ the pro
perry sttsfG n.d BY the .rtep, ana durability of tho
In msnls In TIE hst ~ the opsral0ns for Tbs
ysaf this tact beautifully Diasfatsi Da tbs e~tAts
just quoted OF the opsrt'ors without th. proper
nsobtncry ioo& out lJ2 tons vhis snoihsr III All
the apparatus and spro,ntent toos sut aud scot 70
nsikst l07 al tons Coss.q ssnt tho fnpr0vsi lsoi
improvsc which amounts " about I've sighths o. The
rg ca, and with all the trsnstorAuen fs1ltss
pt. ts At pficss obtained 10 TIE ds,.ni All
improved gions
Bot sithost .nsrirg Toto comparisons, And rih only
the facts Fou zee them yog 9Th b. sss % ssnss
loeat1b, you ri p'rosivr 10 not oniy HsousShiesuy
to ~ rect 70 market bat the tdorn hill rfsissh
thcrsBs tie cisiAtcs AM Gives sdvsntsgss that
Only ~ re- bed Tsm other qusrtsr- -hsn thu coal 10
exhausted IN these The t1provsmsnts. no. .tgsl
10 ibs >tns sd " the lasrls b. ert-ndsd 70 mol
n.ny important eoiis.srsi. zach iron orc
sions, agricultural produce With locations fsf
featuring AID The direct oonnscilon With ths Western
tale ID travel giyss csscs for Ia. reflective ~
ttsi tshpet l>ssp or nbsts IN inisres, ussy
,sv~fsbJ waved spd Discussed. AsTdhArfr-