Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-01-31
Startling News for tile uOai Inter
eSts.

The discovery Of immense Coal h4li
III the ls!hmus has a moot importan
bearing upon the Interests Of our Couu.
y.
We give synopsis Of the gsolosi.t'
report:
Tnz. CnIalQrI Coat FIELDS --Mucl
curiosity ha, been shown to learn th
exact results Of the survey Of the 18th
mus Of Chiriqui, but, further than thu
information contained il tho preimina
~ reports handed in on the arrival Of thu
steam irigate Brooklyn, nothing relia
Die could DO learned On Wednesday
The full reports, maps, charts, plans,&c
were sent by the President to the Speak
or Of the House Of Representatives.
We givs below brief synopsis of the
Biologists rep TT.
Dr. John Evans, the Geologist, has
for more than twelve years, been enga.
ged in Geological research for Tie Gov
ernment in Washington and Oregon Ter
risorics. and he was from his great e1.
pericnce Sent to investigate thoroughly
the coal deposits at Chirqn.
He reports the coal to be of the most
superior quality, kindliny with ease,
making steam in one third the time o:
ordinary Goals, burning with \ long and
well sustained blnze, having but six per
cent. OF ashes. almost entirely free from
sulphur, no pyrites. and incapable OF
spontaneous combustion. The Goals yield
forty pr cent. of their weight in oil,
will make forty-eight per cent of gas,
and in their elementary principles are
purer than any known Goals.
The aggregate thickness Of the coal
deposits are ~ feet; they extend over
the whole shores and islands OF the Chi
riqui Lagoon, and range backward to
the Cordileras, underlying an immense
extent. the whole of which is legally Sc,
cured and possessed in fee by tho Chi
riqui Improvement Company.
Dr. Evans remarks that
deposited as this extensive, and al
most iuexhaustiblc. coal-ield is, At the
largest and safest harbor on the Alba.
tic coast, opposite to another harbor on
the Pacific. capable of receiving At safe
anchorage all the shipping engaged in
commerce between Europe sad Asa;sith
country rich IN mineral resources; trop-
ical fruits in abundance; with every Va
ricty of soil and climate as you ascend
the mountain ranges; abundance Of tur-
tie and fish in the waters adjacent; plcn-
ty Of game on the main land, the islands
in the Lagoon, aud on the Pacific coast.
with three practical railroad ronts across
The Cordilleras-in addition to the can
on route surveyed by Lieutenant Morton,
aud Of lower and better grades. az can
state from personal observation--afcr.
ding the best connection for the COM
merco Of the two oceans. this country
oiicrs wide field for American enter
prise. and is well worthy of the patron
age Of the government.
South America and the South Yves.
tern part of North America have long
been almost terra inco3nita to the civil
led world. A few years ago the rich
gold regions of California were opened.
aud now the Coal fields of Chiriqui present
themselves as containing an almost in
,xhaustible supply of the great motive
power of Civilization. According to the
Biologists Report these col fields are
If the immense thickness of 74A feet
rhe coal is of superior character. east
y procured and so situated as to afford a
'ull supply to the East and to the West.
If the report be correct We may look for
great revolution in the coal trade.