Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-20

highly chefaicagizsd. These banks
on Walnut. al Sherwood's. are some
: miles northwest OF E2rysyiile,
being in Clay TIP. Thespace between
Walnut creek and Honey creek is
about / mile. Honey creek Is from
8 10 10 miles in iength. From both
of these creeks. small branches or
tributaries run or make into them,
upon many Of which coal beds have
been proven at its outcrop, and par
tally worked. The coal crops out
on all the little branches and forks.
and where it has been worked, coal
ranges from 40 6 feet in thickness.
Walnut creek drains the country
from Sherwood's bank, for some 3
miles on the west. This creek heads
some miles southwest from Sher-
woods bank, runs northeast. and
empties into Cedar river, near Hollo-
wells old mill. The Cedar empties
into the Des Moines river in MahaSka
County. More in the future about
the Cedars. We would also state
here, that there are large quantities
Of rock along these various little
streams, where quarries could be
opened-stone principally sandstone,
although there are other qualities.
Iron ore is also prOfusely scattered
over this section Of the County,
being from - to 60 per cent. OF
carboniferous iron. Some day this
iron is bound TO pay.
Thence we examined the y. T.. !
Of the y. w. !, and the S. T.. Of the
y. W. / of Sec. ., II, 10, belonging
to J. G. Rankin. Underlying the
heavy bluff, table and ridge land Of
above manifestations, large deposits
Of coal exist without doubt. We
find the outcroppings Of the Isl and
2nd beds Of coal here, on Honey
creek bottom, at the base Of the above
land. This coal viii have to be
worked by shafts. Rdnge runs =. i.
and y. w. Dip to same direction.
Roofing will be good. Shafts can be
sunk here to good advantage, and
large quantities Of coal mined. Mr..
Rankin also has piece of land in
Section 30, where plenty of rock
exists, and quarries could be opened
to good advantage. Quality of rock
il micaceous ferruginous sandstone.
This rock stands the action of the
atmosphere admirably, growing
harder on exposure.
Again we visited the North Cedar.
Here we find q bluffy region, with
heavy bodies Of coal underlying
large portions Of it. We were well
pleased with this section Of the
country--the coal cropping out here
and there, which we shoveled out,
being very hard and CLASSY. A part
Of the s. w. / Of the $. f.. !, and part
of the +. J Of y. } Of y. +. ! Of the
$. w. Of Sec. 10, "A, Is, is an excel
lent body Of coal land. The coal, of
"A superb quality, crops out on two
sides Of this land AT its base, with
magnificent points for running in
entries, where the 3d vein or bed Of
coal can be worked from both sides.
Here we shoveled into the 3D. vein
Of coal, which is indeed magnificent.
Above this we dug into the Ind bed
or vein, which is from Is to 20 feet
above. Both Of these veins of coal
underlie this body of land in large
quantities. The 2nd bed, or top
vein, however, will have to be mined
by shaft, as the ground is so slippy
and slidy, it would never do to run
entries on this vein, on account OF
the great expense and also the danger
| of limb and life to the miner. But
no difficulty of this kind attends the
running of entries on the 3d vein.
There are also large quantities OF
sandrOck here, where large quarries
can be opened. This rock must be
quarried and shaped, and left to
season in the atmosphere quite a
while, before it becomes solid for
building purposes. Range runs S.
Il. and y. w. Dip to the east. This
land is Il miles n. w. of Marysville,
and belongs to j. c. Rankin. This
portion of the County is very inter
esting for Geological observation,
and we may speak ut greater length,
of it in future report. We should
be pleased to extend this Survey TO
Marysville, and explore all the coal
banks i'm that vicinity, and the coal
lands surrounding that village, and
report the same, giving the quality
of the coal, thickness of the vein, the
Geological numbers of coal, their
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