Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-09-10
The Mineral Waters of the Burning
Mountain in PennsyIvania.

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Nearly twenty years ago. a coal mine
at Coal Castle. in Schuy kill county.
Pennsy lvania, was set ON FIRE by the
care lessness OF some miners. who were
engaged in working it. but who paid the
penalty Of their fault with their lives
Yet ever since. has that FIRE continued
t" burn in the deep recesses OF it's cav
ernOus heart, and the mountain that cor.
taIns 1t still continues to emit the smoke
and gas Of an active volcano. II does
not belch forth streams Of melted lava,
nor will it ever do SO. but the PROBABLE
ties are that il will continue TO burn for
q hundred years to come. unless the
adventurous miners OF that State exca.
vate the coal. which feeds the fire, before
that period arrives; and in fact the pro
cess Ut excavation is now going on and
the miners are at work, hundreds of feet
below the base Of the mountain, and the
lowest point to which the FIRE has yet
reached. II has extended on the vein Of
which is known as the Great Mammoth
or ''Jugular" vein. ranging from 80 to
loo Ieet 10 thickness. over mile from
Feast to West. The water running from
the mouth of the old mine is as hot as
the waters Of the Hot Springs, in Bath
county OF this State. and forms as bold a
stream as that flowing from the White
Sulphur Springs Of Greenbriar. The
gases which the water contains are car
bonic acid gas and nitrogen, and the
mineral substances principally sulphate
OF iron. sulphate Of magnesia, or epson
salts. Mmmonial, alumina. &C.. with sui
phuric acid and carbonic acid.
The Hot Springs Of Virginia contain
free nitrogen and oxygen gases. aud the
salient ingi edients are the carbonate Of
lime. sulphAte OF lime. sulpha,e Of soda.
sulphate Of magnesia and silica. with
traces Of the oxide Of iron. These Springs
are celebrated for the many wonderful
cures they have made. We have re-.
Gently seen a gentleman. we'll kn own to
the prople o. Richmond, who went there
partially paral, zed in his limbs. and un.
able to help himself. ye. he came away.
in ten days. comparatively we'll.
The mineral waters Of the Burning
Mountain Of Pennsy Iyania. through not
OF the same character. nor as certain OF
duration as the mineral water Of the Hot
Springs. are still found to possess virtues
not sttainable in ell the materia medica
Of the healing ant. Aud efforts are now
being made TO render the water sccessi-
Bile to the public. in the shape OF baths
and wells. Mr.. Salathiel Harries, a gen.
tlman engaged with Mr.. DeBow in devel-
oping the coal. lead and other minerals
Of Virginia. and now at FarmviIle, in
Prince Edward county. was the person
who. at the immense risk Of his life.
brought out the bodies oil the unfortunate
men who set the Burning Mountain on
FIRE. 1t was a fearful undertaking. for
the destroying fumes Of the azo,e and car
bonic acid gas filed every hule and cor.
ner Of the niue. But Mr.. Harries is n
fearless and reliable miner. as we'll as an
intelligent man. who had seen more min
ing lite adventure and accident 10 tie
deep dark bowels Of the earth. than any
man. probably now living. He has been
engaged in the deepest mines in the
world. and has wandered for miles be.
meath the raging pillows Of the sea. He
was one Of TIL 6rst to open the anthracite
coal mines Of Pennsylvania. and has long
been successful in exploring new regions
for coal. iron. &c. To such men will
owe her future existence as a
mining and manufacturing State. in con-
nectiou with her own capitalists and en-
terprising business Richmond En>
Quirsr.