, 1865-11-30

orored worthless md others thon,h rood
have hem fa- i'm erncns,va IN Il. gcnern1,7
nscd.s And th,s wc telicyr u ahopt nj, Ibat
erncri,nrnt hns Tins far nroved. W. w1sh
most heartily TINT some man who has a err.
lain auouut of scientific knowledge. united to
a hieh dceree oi practical sense. would take
hold of t1,is matter where It has been Lett,
md r3yc The fartncrs n stueco or u,ast5c that f
will answer their dem.nas- and mata 4
~ .yn-,, and an,o,,,c c1ov horsa, !, c,ot !
1hst anv man ,y,t1, ora,n,rr innnstrv r,n
,.,1,,o For MIN so1r Win 1;tt1. t,oann;t ,na
o~art5on ard ~ trip;no cos+ n ro,,1a ndd
1n,'t;ons In Tho wealth of Nh, 1Vcs+ t1,c mn.
,ront that b,x fnren,;on ,r,s nrocl,;o,aa
COAL IN WILL COUNTY.
II Is theme for most feeling discussion at |
the present time, the question Of coal In ILL., !
uo{s, now that scauty supply and cxo-bi- |
tsnt rates have actual1y seemed TO make fca-
sible tlc extraordinary enterprise Of brincinr
coa1 tn th,s CITY by rail 45o m,lca from the |
yorrl,,oecp&, ,ni,cs l,crond p;t4shnrph. Rnt
n,r5fest1r t,;s rnacrtot,nr ia hosed IN a
,,-ass,r-t, f,t0, ~ 81, ,,,,sss If onr,st,nns
whose ;,cen,,on mud Growth nm dcnandent
,,,,<,,, ,,,o,n f;1sl W. era ,s,xfrr ,rt ~ +h1s
oans;dc,oti,r +ha ,,ecess;t,es and n,,r,t1on. ~
49, 49,. .,s.sas nc dur;nr ,ba ~ ,r,rtar -non,,,s
~! tus @ H. na,,sa 1ttnaI I'm. ] " hs
.t.s1asst.ns 49, M ~ 1oaat,ea 49, IT, H. n,tn
uI% gu " uau w. Io~AA 80 = uA.a
~ .m.s os eau sas .ns. ~ nst appa-
~. w ~ y. po.o" ~ tas ueNe ~ laAe
NM. ~ AAs SoaAs nga,e ~ saaso'
pa.4s ~ 1 :, ~, ~. s.o.s on.s
go .. 49, ~ ~ t,.,a ~ a. s.as.,as -
s.,s szare,r aocraod ths, ~ ,,s.s ,ss. ~ s;sa.a
-. 60. ~ e-ast,,sm 1,,,a.,s s.,,,s,s r..
,'n,s;n-ss T..,- .s'as. ~s.s sstr.- ~.
~. oooN aoeu. wv I.' ~"
ma fclec1 tnat Inc hate11hi ol Inc Cnssom
noa 80 ~: .... s.ou9e' ~ Au0
w oHa-os psu4ees ~ eiouo-
" omt ."eals naea a"A3 on ane Au.a .! tne
IN, a..1, ~ aales 81 'ueauaust1ois taa1 enef
"na et11 oe wrought "nen tMcaSo nas her
million Of cttzens.
So Of coal in Illinois. We are just begin
ming to discover the wealth of our resources
N TINS particular. It has been long known
that coal cxisted IN this State, and Il has been
ior hanT seasons past brought to our markets.
Mucn OF 1t has borne the quality that has
bccn ban on Its general Introduction. The
truif OF upper veins and the first outcrop, It
hns In nany instances earned bad reputa-
tion among bituninons Goals md
SLOW progress into use. But the pros
Pect has been steadily improving. Re
cent developments have given fresh
impetus TO the advance. We gaTea few days
since the prominent mention it deserved, 10
the fact that 4. l. Low, President OF the
New York Chamber Of Commerce, and other
leading Enste,u capitalists, had perfected az
sangencnts for bringing into dEst-clasa min
ing condition the great b}tuminous coal de-
post nesr Duquoln, In Southern Illinois, pro-
nounced by engineers and other- :
bet Mtumtnous c"-' -. 70 be the
Cntted -. ever found in tho
--.s>Ates. We are not writing to for
ward 1he interest Of these gentlemen to which
We nave only the reason Of wishing success In
that 1t adds to the m~-+ =,
! and lndlsnene-e --'' 'ua1t1. !,
~~~4e sp1nss o. elontu anu
/ greatness OF this ela1e-cnesp anu ao"nua1t
fuel. bpt me nine 10 soalnesn Auno's Is 'oo
remote t1o.a Cnlco' "uaes - 4uAst ~
give ie oest anuusae1s .,'a A'e ~ 1"e el., aoa
! OF outo"u Aomo qassou' "" % %s .s'
sos', sAesla1 aoa aNeu''aA@t' ~ AA''NAAA'
aau .s,1 vs. ae uo.as ~ :. t,.. =. .,,,,s.
NC .AeA e4o'e ~ -. AZ N- ~. ~ -.
l 14-r1S
1lcu taa1 ueFe'opmeue ~ VIZ e.5 Ine
nc" hnlui's1ee u1lu sMu. IS ~ ~. ~ m,os III.
no" ssaenso ou eue nne ,, ~! sus M~a,.e;-.ta. A
- 90 ~ ~. 60, (.h,.a1o .ha,
Mt9 ~ ss.s.,1 a,est t,,nor
u1ae ~. ~ y. ~ ,a+s-oste Thr vn.d
,,,. tau1 W. so. - sss~o-a-r from Inn rom
uessofs As...;,.a 49,. 10 H. nr,yata stock
.nor su1 $500 ~ s.-o,t ,,inst,cc to th
1ouu stas ,-~estfon+}on and sci
80 aa nr,.,.t 1.r. ,as,,,,ad IN f,ndtn,
enLme s...A-ss .aa ths+ ,1,rons1, mn
Al ANe -'s 49, as1,a,t ~ tbr fines
.,'N! Ms.u1 1o 80 ~ dtrt.nce varrin
W M1stnus ~ .,,na-.d faet he1o1F th
nom ~ -. ~ =. ~ nsa4 s,,e,r of the sacnt,a
suts .r.. .,,.nar.~r II "a believed tha
nsoss ~ -. .s ar4 - M nor1be1, cdrc of the III
~ = es1 49, mai rrfsts In three vein.
III = x,ortbeT1v din. which at this poin
,,rsa.s.,he ,;ch lorcst vein thus near the 81,
. {.ce the f,rst and second veins outcroppln
! .,,a d,s,nnc,r,np miles further south. Th
hortnr nrocess hps TRACED tbs outer ea.c {
th,e cna, he'd in a line nearly parallel 10 til
+ Eankakee river. q few miles distant on ii
; west. without this line no boring has foun
t coal. Within the line coa1 Is reached In di
: tanccs of dentb that increase regularly In II
z .ortl,arn direction nnti1 Mt Gardner Static
G A. 7ec,h Il 1ss f.et-a din Of LEO feet 10 eie1
s r,I1cs Ting much Of The theory. Now ,
:. 4he c,o1-
a II hcs t,ocn rudc,r md ,nefEcctiyely m,ne
l. 4,,rorgb . s7,ffic,enf nerioa. and over suG
T. .;srt 20. t., Ihnt ,asrbt,orhnoa u a,nn1v d
1 49, ,,aro-e -,-.c,tca1 mon fts onount ar
= ra1,,. T7,;s nr,rt;ca1 and actual tcst cove
= | ' :. :,