The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-08-08

lilo, the productlons otS yeQa$eiooi Snlpsi
tho Fabrication Of, f,suityiptdguus, sthe
tna o ufactute Of the mos1 s1sctlye@ small
arms aud 'ai' unlimited saPnl y, Of rails
aud. +roSllinig; STOCK, Aud not
only: have We the irouiA ba6nnd danoa for
all'those purposes, but tanaaoa- and coal
euableyour mechanies 50 multiply their
labor or productive: a4|itY overSs hun
dredfold, as compared nth The produc.
1.-Two power Of tho unsHlsd brute labor
Of the South, i. s. tssSss: tfss;s: {. }i.5 ..,
Tho omo unt Of irona f.5dtced 10 tho
South since the como s1Selaant!o1f : sho I,
war has mot oaly bssl slsa.s ias el;; Y;
binary. purposes, but, ,anot !equsl .toatho
roauiremon. for the materials Of war;
No railroad iron hos been produced for
repairs or otherwise, and but little iron
has boon spared for tho rcplaconent Of
worn. out rolling>stosk. Tho ability to
prod uce iron, apd tho cost Of its produc.
ton, have both been!on par. All the
iron produced in thc.Soxh during the
last four years, from go to 81, has bceu
made with charcoal, Either in the rude
cold blast furnace. using from eight to
thirteen cords of: wood to- the ton of
metal produced, or 10 the primitive Cat:
alan hearth, with "water. blast and, in
some cases, the 'ol "s stone.hammer" of
our ancestors wholived thousand years
ago. " ,..>.",.. H. .r '.". = ...'r
There is something grand and won
dcrful in those great chemical processes
which stored our Garth with minerals,
oven though wo speculate merely on
their cnuso and effect. We eau im,gine
tho world Of Gro which rolled. and .strug.
glcd for Won't in tho bowels Of tho Garth,
tho Observation-Disclosures Of guscs which
poured from these mouldcring 6rcs, the
sreutivolcanic crucibles aud tho oceanic
cpuldrons which Nature used, if We
cannot comprehend tho modes and
laws Of her great chemical operations.
The results, however. We see and realize
Tbey'give' to man thecoutrol Of Natures
domain, and subject all her productions
to his use mud pleasure: A proper up.
probation Of her gifts and provisions for
our use will make US healthy; wealthy
and wise," aud secure US peace power
and prosperity. ... r,, ...
,.....,- is,. ZOOLOGY. s,..'., ..''. .s''.
Mr.. Dnddow breaches several geologi
cul propositions entirely now, ve bclieve
which ho supports with good array Of
argument. Ilc holds that volcanic and
Subterransan' hoat generated gases,
which have liquifed into uapsha and Pc
troloum, and then solidi6ed into coal-
that coal i, product Of petroleum, and
not petroleum Of coal, as is popularlJ
believed. T. ,,.e.., n.r,. :
But tho subject. most interesting to
our readers, Of which this work cxtcn-
sively, treats, is the :, ..a.,n, ~.
GREAT ALLrouANIy coAL-ylELD.
The len 9Th of this coal field vithin:it
productiv area is 800 miles, or to is'
extremity at Blossburg 875 miles. IL
maximum breadth from 'Cumbcrlaud
Maryland, to Newark; Ohio, is lsO miles
I.s. minimum breadth ia ou,a line will
Chattanooga across tho feld, whore it il
not, perhaps, moro than 80 miles wide
Tho entire area il about %, 600 square
| miles, which is divided among tho States
10 which it lios in about, tho following
ratio .,;eg a, So: !~,.r4 E.