Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-10-12


This feature in coal formation is not as favorable
for mining operations as more uniform disposition
Or conformity Of the strata; il Is, however, occasion.
ally met with in all parts of this field, but ia less fre
queut on the Tuckahoe than elsewhere, which is the
result, evidently, of the comparatively small eleva.
ton or angle of the dip and the quantity of strahed
or oouformable slates aud sand stones, which lie be
tween the uncomfortable or granite bottom and the
coal.
The best GOALS al Dover will be found TO liz Deep
and on, Or towards, the bottom OF the basins. A
great deal of very excellent coal has been mined in
this section of the coal field but where these regu.
lsrities exist constant change will also happen In
lie quality and character. Al one time It will be found
hard and pure, and at another soft and friabe if not
Impure But culpable carelessness in the prepare.
ton and selection for market, has done more injury
10 thls we'll other portions of the field than the
mere changes in character OF the coal. II facilities
for cokng or compressng the fine coal existed, every
particle of it would be made profitable to the operator
Itmsy seem singular that these changes should exist
in the formation or strstfcson of the coal and its ac
compsnying measures, or metals -asihe miners say
that s the slates and sand through which the
coal is shelyed. For instance at one place We fnd
The coal stratfsd on the granite in single bed, or
in several beds seams In close proximity, constitu.
ting from twenty to sixty feet Of coal, with thou
sand feet Of alternate slate, clays and sand stones
above them, In nearly hundred layers, respective
y of carbonlferous miosceous and argaceous shaes,
granatod psamtes, csrbonaceous sand stones, white
or grey micaceous sri.s ranging from congomerates
TO sohiatose ssnd stones.
At another point, not ten milss distant We and
nearly the came quantity of coal, divided into Ave or
ak beds, and srstAad through three hundred feet Of
nearly the same character of accompanying strata;
and the character of the coal changes from highly
bituminous to almost pure carbon accompanied With
sneous sand stones, resembling green stone or basat
10 the Intelligent miner or the geologist however,
these changes appear the result Of natural causes,
more than phenomena, and as such they should be
examined and studied, in order to obtain thorough
knowledge of the field 10 which their operations lie.
In all other coal fields these local features changes
are distnguishabe; each, however, possessing their
own pecuar,es Thus We fnd, 10 the Western or
Allegheny coal Geld, at one place only two or three
seams Of coal, and at another nine or ten; at one
place we find the main coal only six feet thick, and at
aaother fourteen. Here find nothing but the COM
mon bitumuous ooal and there We 6nd the more rare
end valuable csnnel. In the anthracite coal fields of
Pennsylvania We fnd, at end, the pure carbon or
anthracite and at the other, rich bituminous COAL
here We Hnd the .lgh,y bituminous red ash, while
there it does not exist. At point we dnd fourteen
seams and at another only seven, and even few
three; at one place We ind the principal seam only
ton feet hck and at another one hundred and twenty
f,et thick here the coal lies nearly horizontal, and
there 1t is perpendicular, &C., Sc.
HOW GREAT FIRE A LITTLE MATTER
KINDLETH."
On the 18th September an Alabama correspondent,
in communication to this paper, speaking Of the
reckless ss.aults'' of the "enemes of Gov. Wise"
upon him, eaid that they had shot that blunderbus Of
;Iudrbras, which
"Aimed at duck or plover
Kicked and knocked its owner over"
In subsequent number OF the Enquirer" another
correspondent, "Q," criticised the quotation, 10 the
following communication.
For As En9utr~
LITERARY QUESTIONS.
Messr,. Editors: 1t matter Of doubt whether qres.
ions merely literary, regarded Of sufficient con-
sequence days to interest the readers Of political
journal think that they should Hyou differ with
me you will publish this.
WIN wager boaIs Of ink or g bowl Of punch with
your correspondent Jeferson (th sept that neither
the following lines used by him,
Aimed st6cck or plover,
Kicked and knocked It's owner over"
Sor the following which suppose be intended quote
"Aud tho well aimed az duck or plover
Bear wide and kick thsiY owners over"
ere to be found In Hudribral. @.
And now Jefferson" comes back at his critic in
the following STYLE Wonder ifthe proposed "judges"
will serve We "shalI be there to ses."
LITERARY ouEsrroSs. rs See @e4og SsG4''f''
Msaars. Edi, tors If literary questions" as your
correspondent, 10" suggests in the "Enquirer' Of
the 2st September, are not regarded as of sufficient
consequence now a.days TO interest the readers OF
political Journal" quite agree with him that they
should be;" aud certainly he IL the man to make
them palatable. The cunning rogue mixes them in'a
bowl of punch"
If sne,hsr the following lines used by him." (me,
Jefferson" your correspondent OF the 18th Septem-
bsr'):
"Almed at duck or plover,
Kicked, aud knocked its owner over"
Nor the following, which he supposes "intended to
quotes"
Bear wids, and kick their owners over"
Are to be found in Hudihras," why, then, "Jeer.
son" cay "they ought to be- both there and accept
his "wager Of bottle of ink, or bowl Of punch"
that can show them both 10 Hndrbras, with note.
in his own Handwriting to the efact that "a" would
deny their authorship to him. %" to read all that
Hudribrss ever wrote on the 25th of December next
standing on one foot, TO twelve judges before the
Capitol. Mr. Letcher, Mr. Senator Davis OF Missis
sippi; Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Roger A. Pryor, Hon.
Sherrard Clemens, Mr.. Speaker Orr, of South Caro-
lins Hon. Eli Shorter Of Alabama; Extra Billy
Smith, of Virginia. the Editor of the Lexington "Vsl
Icy STAR" "Wesimorsland," the Editor of the Lex
iueton "Gazstts and Mr.. Senator Hunter, 10 be the
judges.
If both quotations and the note aforesaid are not
found In Hudribras, I'll pay the "punch"-"Jefer-
son" to furnish the standard copy Of bis works
JEFFERSON.
P.S. should like 10 know II there s nothing
about the "blunderbus" In "Qs" copy Of Hudribrss
win he tell us1 J.