The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-09
The Mineral wealth 81 southern
Kenancky.

We extract the following article from
the Losisviile Journal OF the 5th instant.
There 10 probably no region of country
within the limits of the United States on
this side Of the Mississippi, g little
known and 30 little spprecisted . tha.
section called the "Green River q buntry.
The stream referred TO, by means of its
locks and dams, is navlgabls at all seasons
Of The year to Bowling Green, in Warren
county, situated 90 Barren river, / tribu-
tsry of the. Green. For many mile . along
the banks of Green river there are evident
signs that this region, at some period of
time, reaching far beyond the I" memory
OF msn,' hiss been subject to volcs uic ac-
ton. The indicia of the earth's . pheav-
al are manifest in various places The
stratis Of ssndstons roak, he fssu ures OF
which are filed with spisssted nap,hs,
evidently the product of coal oil or petro-
lepm thrown to the surface, and hardened
by the atmosphere and sun, are abun-
dsnt, and large blocks and pieces of sand
stone saturated with petroleum, are found
IL abundance on the surface, thrown up,
n doubt. by the same volcanic .etlon re-.
frred to. That the region of Green
river, commencing about thirty miles
{, ON iss mouth. and extending for some
distance aiGnnfhat river, is richer in min
cal veal any other portion of
country f. = 8tsburg to New Orleans,
a,its Of no question.
The fosst quality Of sandstone for
buiidiug-iroa ore of superior quality-
b tuniaoss ssal ia beds Of gnnt thiokness,
e e.siiy worked, Of ready seoees. and Of the
best kisd, are toesd in greas abundance.
That this : Green River" section also
sbosnda Il s'petroleum" OF . superior
9 uality, cannot BE- doubted, and recent
de deselopments show that this new and val
q bic article of commerce will BE- found
there rs abundantly as on the banks of
OF the famous Oil Creek, in Penus ylranis.
P of ,ssor David Daie Owen, in his geo
logical survey Of the State Of Kentucky,
made in 1915 under the direction of the
Legislature, and whose work was pub.
lished in 1886 in three large volumes,
speaks Of the mineral wealth Of this sec.
tion and Of the sandstone, iron ore, btu.
miuous coal in veins Of great thickness,
and also petroleum or rock oil as found
in this Green River section of Kentucky.
Professor Charles A. Lee, formerly oi
the New York University. and one OF
the mcst distinguished geologists of our
country, in work published by Harper
/ Brothers for him II 1853. and entitled
1" Elements Of Geology" speaks OF the
extensive coal beds = found ON Green
river mol fifty miles from its mouth, and
that salt water 10 also obtained at the
depth Of eighty feet, with IAN abundance
of carburstfed hydrogea gss and pesrole.
um." These, it will be remembered, are
the stateoenss Of Two eminent and distiA
guished geologists, made some ten years
asss, long before petroleum WAS known
q IN article of commerce, and whose pro.
duct in Pennsylvania alone the past yeal
| amounted to tho enormous sum Of forty
6xr millions Of dollars, within lev mil
lions Of the entire iron interest Of sha
Stats. There is NO reason Why, viii
psopsr dsvslopnents, The Green river 80
ton Of coantry should not rival the oi
eefritory Of Pennsylvania and the Stat.
Of Ksstusky b enriched = the fosms
has been b this newly discovered afticl
Of oommsres no~ shipped 70 every qsas
Ter Of tho globe, and illuminating disian
llsnds. To show that the yisus asd state
msnts Of the distingnished gsologist refeff
lred tosass Aesns onla bty sfaole, thrss we'll
ihavs besn .saak for petsolsum in thi
4 Grssa riyar ssssioa vitbia the past thrs
weeks, M tso 40 y51dlng : fos of oil
lose aboas ssvenfy-Gvs baxsoh il tvsaty