Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-01

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ing a portion of the I'd vein of coal af l
its outcrop. This is some 8 feet In
thickness. 1t Is on Reynolds creek.
There are some fine coal lands here,
but they must go deeper and strike
the third vein, after being very care
full about selecting the right point for
sinking. If they select the wrong
point, (which they are very liable to
Tso) they may Ego clear through to
u'na" provided they could get
."loeh) and they will never. reach
."o ~ of coal. At some points
howevef'he I'd vein of coal win pay |
,.,, M % ween Knoxville and |
Pleasantville til coal land rms IN
ranges. These ra1 !. nm so,,....a.. . =.
t& northwest, and ars,.s.., -. s',.msass ! sn,,s' a..
2miles wide, and must asr fro,, >
to 5 veins or beds of coal.
faults, washes, creeps, spongS ,aoas
sloughs, hollows and valleys, SET
cut up a wide scope of country =
through this region to the Dcs
Moines river. The past commissions
in nature have played sad havoc
here. All these disturbances were
undoubtedly made during what is
termed the great drift period, accom-
panied by vast glaciers, which had
their origin in the northern regions.
During this drift aud glacial period,
powders Of every size and variety
were brought here imbedded in vast
blocks and bodies of ice (which had
been precipitated from the mountain
peaks, crags, and cliffs Of the north)
and scattered pell nell all over oui
western prairies. Here we find the
Lake Superior granite composed o.
quartz, feldspar and mica. Here we
find the mica schist, quartzite, field.
spathic, hornblendic, basaltic, por.
phyry, and other igneous rocks,
which are all foreign to this part OF
the country. We therefore call these
kinds Of rocks lost rocks. They were
brought here during the drift, ol
which l will speak more minutcly
and at greater length in future
report.
! Some half mile west Of Pleasant.
vile another fine range Of coal land
sets in and must bear heavy deposits
Il Of coal. BY examination Of tract
'lsavssssA sAtE'sssissrawss; owneds s,y -
dan & Brothers, being in Section lG-
1921. lam fully satisfied that heavy
deposits of coal exist beneath Its sur.
face. The coal however, that Is the
2d vein, Is much deeper here than al
Knoxville and vicinity. 1t will
have to be worked by shaft. The Is,
vein has already been proven here
to be Is inches in thickness, and on
land adjoining to ~ inches i'm thick
ness. And In several places on this
range to a greater thickness. Am
satisfied that the second vein can bt
tapped on .Jordan's land at Il depth
Of from 65 to 80 feet at the outside
and perhaps in less depth, which
| Will prove to be heavy vein, moi
less than 4 feet, and may be all OF {
feet in thickness. At all events il
viii be good workable vein. We
know that we cannot be mistaken In
our conclusions. Quitca a heavy body
of this coal land here. It's surrounds
ed by fault and "A wash.
! From this point I took zigzag
route across the country to the Des
Moines river. Here l examined the
lands Of the river bluffs for three
miles, taking across these Sections OF
land facing the river. Underlying a
portion of Section 22-77-2I, owned by
DIR. j. w. Brand, ! am fully satisfied
that three beds Of coal exist, and that
every bed will pay to work. The
first bed we proved by making an
open cut to the depth Of three feet,
when we struck the top Of the coal at
its outcrop, and found it three feet
and ten inches thick. This vein must
run to all Of five or six feet in thick.
ness under the heavy body Of the
hill; roofing will be good. Some 2;
feet below this / found the SLATE
which makes above the I'd vein, 70
] that l know the I'd bed Of coal exists
below it; and where land lies as this
does, with the first vein already
proven, and the I'd as good as proven,
the 3d bed must necessarily exist be-
heath. There is a heavy coal range
here, though coal had never been
proven here until / proved it myself.
This is the reason speak at greater
length Of this particular region. un-
derlying a portion Of this same Sec