Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

in thickness Oh 81 average IA - al
excellent quality for the 1t vein, II
being serni-zaunei. The heavy body
or the hill Al il. apex Is some ~ feet
above the. coal. After penetrating u
to this juncture the coal viii Re still
purer and better. Roofing i sand
s;ore slate. soap-tone slate and btu
,ninouS slate. For the Ii vein this
i the best coal We have seen in the
County, considering its thickness.
We examined this coal by going
under ground. through the enirles,
rooms. &c. The natural dip Of strata
here is TO the east and southeast.
Below this vein OF coal the u vein
also exists, which has been worked
in places in close proximity to this
land. being from j. 10 - feet farther
down. The "a vein where il is
worked on this chain OF bluff Is from
) 10 q feet in thickness. 1t is the
same vein that Iindman Is n0w
working. And | am satisfied that
the I'd vein exists below the 2d vein,
as tie cropping and rock roofing at
the creel. edge below denote this
fact. The Cd vein coal is counted as
the best coal worked in the north
west. Two Of these beds or veins
can be worked by entry, and the ID
vein by q slope. All Of these viii
undoubtedly pay heavy to work.
The shipping facilities are going to
be capital, az this land is right on
the line Of the \. X. d ID. II. II.
From this point we examined the
southeast quarter Of the southeast
quarter Of Section 3, also belonging
TO Mr.. Taggart, which we find to be
a heavy body Of coal land. The lst
vein here has been proven and is
now being worked within - rods Of
this land, on what is called the Frame
cOal-bank. This vein is from to &
feet in thickness as worked by Mr..
Frame. The I'd vein has also been
proven, and is now being worked
within a quarter of a mile of this
fand, known as the 1indman bank,
and belonging to the same chain Of
bluffs, there being no interruption or
int,..nnn Ubic Lnintr oil ono
body Of land, the coal without doubt
underlies the whole body, with the
exception Of the washes and faults.
The Sd also exists below this vein.
The coal here can be proven by shaft;
LIST vein within % feet Of the surface
same vein Frame is working; I'd
vein within As feet Of the surface, at
the Outside-same vein IIindman
is working. The 3D. vein is still
below. All three of these veins will
pay heavy to work here. At Hind
mans and Cnderhill's land, on the.
same chain, the 1st vein Is cut out
where II will not pay to work. This
tract Of land is not over % rods from
the limo Of the A. X. d ID. II. r.,
making an excellent shipping point,
by running a switch to the coal shaft.
Thence we examined the east half Of
the northwest quarter Of Section 2,
70, 10, also belonging to Mr.. Taggart.
A portion of this land is good coal
land. 1t is somewhat cut up with
faults, washes, DC, but the high por-
ton of thisland is excellent coal land.
This land has been virtually proven
on all sides. A bank has been opened
and worked about half mile north
west Of it, at what is known as the
Maple coal bank, the coal rs worked
being from 5 to 6 feet in thickness.
East of this land short distance the
coal has also been proven to 5 and 6
feet in thickness. Also, south oft,
within 50 rods, the Hindman bank
is i'm full blast. And on the south
west corner the coal crops out in va
rious other places. Mr.. Taggart has
proven it himself, by sinking a well
at his residence. At the depth of 33
feet he struck bed Of solid coal, and
passed into the vein to the thickness
Of , feet, and did not go through it.
Striking q vein Of water, he stopped
digging, water being what he want
cd and not coal. 1t is very evident
that the coal he struck is the Hind
man vein, it being on about the same
altitude as the vein worked ut the
Hindman bank. We are satisfied
that this high land is underlaid with
heavy deposits Of coal, which can be
proven and worked by shaft from 80
to 81 feet from the surface, and within
~ rods Of the a. Il. & ID. r.. r..
Thence we visited the Jlindman
bank, and explored the mine at n
point where slope has lately been
run. After sinking the slope some