The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-20
CLINTON COAL AND IRON COMPANY.

To he Board Of Directors -
GENTLEMEN Accompanied by Nathan T. Nit
chell and son, Of Howard, Centre county, Penn.
sylvRnia, l lately made survey and examination
Of twenty eight tracts of land belonging TO your
Company, and situate in Clinton and Centre
counties, Pennsy ylvauia, containing between thlr-
teen and four cen thousand acres. The lands
commence at the Susquehanna River, near the
month Of the Sinnemahoning, and extend
South nearly 90 the lands Of the Snow Shoe Land
Association, being bounded on the west by the
BoudinOt lands belonging to the City Of Phlladel-
pbia. The head waters OF Beech Creek and Jews
Run, Burns Run, Perry's Run, and Spruce or
Fields Run, rise in, aud pass through the lands,
thus nncrdng facili les for getting out the timber.
The timber in some parts has been destroyed By
fire, tut on other tracts, viz, the William p.
Brady, Henry Goodheart, John Young, Flayel
Roam, Daniel Smith, Joseph j. Wallis, Jane.
Black, James Tower, john Dewsrt, Wan. DcVart,
Wh. Cray, Robert Gray. Robrt Brady, Henry
DUnleyi john Kidd, Thomas Grart, Cnsres
Gonit, H,my SuaHer, William ok, John
Boyd, William Wilson. containing hearty ton
thousand acres, we f0dnd abundance OF Wuite aud
yellow pine, hemlock, oak, maple, and birch Of
hnc qua ny HLd handy to market, aud sala . {
Ow al good prices. Coal t,,i,ts 10 Rbund luce al
through The lands IL has been succc ssfally
II iugt on tho Stow Shoe lands imncdiacly
- nth OF yOnr for the past four year. has been
found OF superior quality tor steam aud gas pur-
Ioier, aud mmHgGs ready sale. Tacre are so
large quantities. Of iron ore aRd FIRE elqy wHich
elt daily bee ming NOR, imp rtaLt and tluablc.
y large portion o. the land (say seven thousand
acrcs) is of excellent quality TO, farming
purposes, being well watcred; the balance /,
SlOpy and not adapted Tor AGRICULTURAL pur-
poses bOt ahOunds in minerals AZ Clesnu,
Corner We found she coal veins cropping out
Nhn eli r.R III
quhanDa, and i must say equal 20 any in the
Snow Shoe region. On the GOodheart and Young
tracts is an abundance of the finest hemlock OF
great value, plenty OF conglomeratlon sure
indication OF coal. AT the foot Of these tracts on
Burns Run we found maple, locust, and scatter
ing, enormous white pine. This Is a splendid
mineral tract, with an abundance Of timber on
handfor mining purposes easy access 20 the Phlla-
dciphia and Erie Railroad, the distance being bu.
one and half miles, Wthllittle or no grade the
coal here Is all above water level there will also
be found two veins of iron ore. On the Wi,hing-
ton and Wallis tracts the timber is principally
chesnuti on the Shaffer and Brady tracts we
found dense forest Of splendid hemlock In il
cations OF four, II not five coal veins, and two OF
iron ore one of the latter above the coal and the
other below. In conclusion, would say that on
a large quantity Of land like the Clinton Coal
COmpaDy's IL is difficult TO do justice; the auan-
tty OF timber is far greater than tho most accu-
rate judges could estimate scattered as Il Is over
an immense territory, no one could possibly make
q calculation as 10 its value. The timber on
Beech Creek Is in some places entirely white
pine, in others runs hemlock miXedi on the Sus-
quebanna tributaries almost entirely hemlOck OF
the finest quality, worth now at Philadelphia
from S26 TO $50 per one thousand feet. There
is also yellow pine and large quantities Of oak,
all easy of access 10 market The farming
lands are well wateTed wish never failing
streams and the facilities for getting produce, & =,
70 market good. Burns Run has an admirable
locations with bridge at this point where the
river Is only one hundred and seYenty-lYe yards !