Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-24

/ carries back tue ascending empty Que TO the
mine, the Goals having been poured from the
latter into the boat without the necessity for
an iastant's delay. No expensive machine
~ is required, while the whole operation is
50 simple that even the dullest negroes soon
Become competent laborers for the mine
The same expense Of management that Will
apply to 100, 900 bushels Will cover ten
times that amount. The transportation to
market, commissions for sale, etc, cover
the subsequent expense The commissions
are common to the competing Goals Those
from the Aanawha claim greater facilities
for their transportation. rendering their de-
livery much cheaper tan these Ct equally
good quality. and scarcely dearel than those
Of inferior quality.
Nature has been bountiful to the West
and has deposited immense 'fieldsh Of coal
in various parts Of it. y
| The Kanawha lands as yet bear but q
nominal price, they are estimated to have
30 feet thickness Of workable coal, Of equal
quality with that from Pittsburgh they are
go miles nearer to their market: their nav
| igation is as good now as that enjoyed by
shipments from Pittsburgh. while prep
arations are in progress to improve 1t, to
such an extent as the upper Ohio promi-
SEES never to attain. The deduction then
seems to be reasonable that the KanaWba
lands should advance rapidly to at least the
[ Pittsburgh prices, upon the basis of the
present trade alone hut it has been shown
that the trade is rapidly increasing in Its
demand.
Contracts have been made for the in
proyement Of the navigation of the Kaaaw-
Ia river, from its mouth to point 80 miles
above. promising partial Improvement dur
ny the summer Of 1857, and a perfect
work by the fall ofl858. Steps are also i'll
progress TO remove some Of the difficulties
II the Ohio, below the mouth Of the Kauaw-
Ia, during the same time These works
will progress under the stimulus of the
large amounts of capital interested in tAei.
eompleton-of capital invested in the vaYi-
Gus enterprises above, and in the trade OF
.he cities and country below; Of capital
grasping at increased profits; and of enter-
prises dependent upon their supplies of fuel
for continued existence. The most comnc-
tent engineers have charge of the improve
ncnt, while the work has been let to re-
sponsihle contractors.
By the "tuli'' of1857. the cost Of the IA
lawha Goals. delivered in Circialat;, may
&c esp ted 10 be reduced to = or 6 cent
al bi.zbel, and bg tle fall Of SOS 10 l.s.
h. / cents per bashel. These mines can
aot supply the demand and it las been
=Iowu that II cents may be expected as I'll
minimum average rate e sale. =;
" len the CoFineton and Ohio Railroad
shall have been completed to the nayiga |,
waters OF the kanawha, the tonnage sect
ng It's easy grades and short transit aeros.
'he mountains might be relied on 10 turaisl
sufficient irelghts, at such prices rs would
almost certainly cover every expense OF nj
Iing ana shipping Goals to Cincinnati, Lou
lsyllie, and tae markets "bclow," thus plae-
ing the hanaEba Goals in the cellar Of the
consumer almost ffes q cost. i
Coal Is found IN large quantities contigu-
Gus 10 tlla lower kanaEha" and the 'lpw-
er Ohio rivers; bit the guilty has been
, ascertaiae,i 10 be generally inferior even to
taat from about i'omeroy The belt con-
aiming the better class Of kanawha coal.
extends some ten or twelve ailes along the
hanawha river, It's lower line crossing thc
river about seventy mics above its mouth,
No Goals Of equally coed quality are found
between that point and the Gulf OF Mexico
that would not be buydened with expensive
transportation 10 reach the Ohio river, If.
indeed, they are found at all :
Next TO the Kanawha. the Coal Ell, and
G,uyandotte and Sandy rivers, will be able
to furnish their valuable supplies. ON terms
most favorable to the consumer and most
profitable to themselves. in ten years Che
trade viii have exceeded 100000, 600 bush
els. The demand will have continued in
advance of the supply. and the price vii,
have advanced in a corresponding ratio
The history of the world gives few instances
of diminishing tendency" in the value of
fuel none that we know in which it has
not constantly advanced. The great valley
! OF the Mississippi cannot be expected to fur
nIsii an exception to the rule Ten or fit
teen millions OF dollars per annnn will have
been paid for coal, What it may be in the
iature history OF the growing " est =
what may be distributed IRON the mouth OF
NE -ilsslssippl TO the ports OF the world
what by The future improvements to the
Atlantic slopes, We viii not pretend to
prediet. Certain 1t Is, that the time is at
mana |heh al engaged IN tue 'rade may
claim their share, and all their ''sUODlV'