Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-27

~ fGce IIvo u og1d9 Glspes u IL
rlvsr valley, and ~hse thsdsnasd vili ~.
~ - ulisd b siao1ag oAaNo 10 dec
- - hi1ho lasds osso ~ ? abe sivss.
IN - Iese 9 . sn1eioos enpuiy can
s obeeise26y drifting isto1As hiiisideo DO
osher nods a uinine cen euupses Win II.
Alsboueh esal b % abundsst u this ~
s,en. verv ~ Of ths eilissns q. Il lee fuel.
fhs rsassas d Which - obstsuA.
No regular system Of mining ~ yet bsse
adopted. saa shs supply y esass qsss.ly -
vpesstaiq thee 4 mnnos b. d6psndxd On.
This sUbp!y y slsn q present fsndsssd d
msse unnsossgDsy.b ~ The absueaas growth
# siub9 "a G1uUe6e I'll the ed isuds, and
10 the valleys.
coal m wsssrgs COUNTY.
The sans bsds ofsub casb3ailerpus lime
ston0-W1lh asguGn1iOsea . soaring ~
Wststtt kGy, snd UAich - taoea a1eag
wseeera eoSlegists - he s. Lssis lioe-
stone, ID also ssen q the mouth Of Li1sard
Greek. within mile Of Fort Dodge, which
place therefore occupies the same geological
ssitioo, - wtbltss City, and like that
place d also just Upon the northern border
Of our coal fisld. and 3 the southwark, also,
dong the Dee Noines, large deposits Of coal
exist, both camel and bituminoua. Besides
The mines opposite the town, and also .
nile hslow L, l observed numerous expo>
suses and indications Of coal along tho hills
sides fthe river valley, to distance Of IA
or Is miles below Fort Dodge, and they
doubtless extend much farther in that di
section.
A. ooOe q those exposures the beds
0easurs over four feet in tliekness, and the
4oAfty u IN ~, beth upon the Boone
and Dss Moines Rivers. was fully equal to
~ avssaee u western eeal. | saw here, q
alec on the Boone, evidences Of the exist
eneo q II twe separate heds Of bituminous.
and one also Of camel eeal the latter. just
bslow Co.'S mill, Eve miles from town,
measures about I'VE feet In thickness at its
The rsussks have made concerning the
extension q each Of thsss BEDS beneath the
higher lands along the Bosse, will apply
with equal force to those exposed along the
Dss Moines, and the abundant growth Of
timber upon the coal lsnds and in the val
leys ef 10Th are equally remarkable. These
abundant sources Of fuel render it desirable
that the Dubuqus and Sioux City Railroad
should - extsnded 70 shem - soon az pos
oYrsux At roRf DODGE.
The lugs deposit Of gypsum At this place
10 On object Of constant interest 10 the gcol-
oetst, - veil - q great economic value to
The citisens, and will ultimately be SO to the
State 1t large.
Ny plans weuld net allev - At that time
to give the catefdi attsntion to this remark
shle Deposit which ~ Importance demands,
and which I intend to bestow upon it at
another time, AMI can now speak Of il
only n general terms.
Nstvithsnnding The srsy color which it
gsnesally pssesots, thsee = hardly ound
Of It which viii not make, II properly pre- :
pared ~ tsst quality Of Plaster Of Paris.
fully equal - any n market. Besides this
al Of L vii make By simply grinding Il
vssy 6ae, enc of ths 6est known fertilizers
for grass and other crops, which in view Of
tho grsa4 psioitivs fertility Of our soil, our
people 6rs 10 slox b believe will ever be
Is. p2sse.s of manufacturing pl....r:of
Paris fsea.gypssA u very simple. and con-
sists only 10 grinding it very 6ns in mill,
and then tsilsag The dry -four thus obtain
Cd. In leegs cast iron cauldrons until the
boiling ceases.
BY Su0eA estimate calculate that there
10 now annually used in our State about Eve
thouseqA ddhn worth Of Plaster OF Paris
fse mechanical md artistic purposes alone !;
oil Of which 10 brought from other states,
and from the province Of Nova Scotia the
nearest Of which localities Is more blatant
from oue etseQ than Fsst Dodge - from the
most Gist1pt town WithIo it.-Sheuld the