The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-03-24
K. K.-LiNEsroNE SEAN.

x.-ItNEeTONE SEAN.
This seam lies about eighty foe: .elow
the preceding, and occupies . large area
in that portion of the coal field " aIsh IL
adjacent to the Ohio river. While at
Petersburg and on the Patoka it expands
to the generous width Of seven and even
nine feet. In the hills back Of Grand
view it is only two and one half feet
thick and Ofa very Indifferent quality.
This seam thickcns as traced into the in-
terror, but rs il is not Immediately tribu-
tary 10 the projected road aud does not
furnish coal fitted for iron making or
for distant transportation, further details
are unnecessary.
l.-TRUE srLINT TIE EQUIVALENT OF THE
BRAZIL .EAa
About eighty feet below the former
scam we meet with the most valuable
seam in the series. In the immediate
valley Of the Ohio it does not expand to
that thickness, nor does it exhibit that
homogcnety of character which, il dis-
plays when traced into the interior. l,e
first outcrop, as observed by me, IL on
Windy Creek, near Troy, on the prsaii-
ses Of Workhart Zoll. (5.2J. I. 8. X. ~
The scam here is about thirty inches
thick. The coal is bright. glossy corsi-
pact, and breaks with a epiiutciy !,@c-
lurc, and exhibits resinous lustre, while
some Of the layers exhibit cannel like
appearance. The evidences Of sulphur
arc not wanting.
This scam is observed at low water in
the bed of the Ohio at Troy, and is the
same which is being sunk upon by
shaft at the base Of the bluff near by !;
and the same scam, according to John
Stevenson, a gentleman to whom ! am
Indebted for much valuable Information,
was formerly mined at Corn Island. but
it rapidly thinncd ont. Mr. Stevenson
further added that ''it was strong coal,
stronger than the knob, in fact, the best
i'm the series, and free from sulphur.
In proceeding up the valley Of Crook
ed Creek the first coal observed is at
Droshicr's mine. Is. .. T. 6. r. ~ where
the scam is three feet thick and is over
laid by a roof Of slaty sandstone. The
coal has not been penetrated sufficiently
for 10 show its true characters, but it ia
firm and black aud not altogether free
from sulphur. The limestone is seen in
the hill about twenty five feet aoovc,and
am inclined to think therefore that
this is not the same seam which was
mined on Corn Island.
Conrad Gebhert Is. %. T. s. Il. ~ has
dug into coal scam three feet, and 0c-
OCCASIONALLY takes out few wagon loads
tor blacksnith's use, but he has never
had the ambition to penetrate to the fire
clay beneath. At the time or my visit
the pit was filled with water and 1t wac
found impossible to obtain even . hand
specimen Of coal. On the adjoining
section (north 21) John Reisner opened
OH this seam, aud he assured me that II
was feur feet four inches thick, but the
bank had cavcd in aud nethinG wss to
be seen.
In the same township and range, (scc
le, Mr.. Lamar has opened eliza scam
y hich is here about t~enty y-eight inches
thick, and capped by . black slste roof
!. He has not "run the coal undAr water,
and consequently the joints srs more o.
less stained with ochery iron ore, bu
: the coal Ia block-liks III hrn end fre,
On s. Il. I. AR.s thers is an abau
{ doned opening. Mr.. fratef, me swus
+. of the premises, said that the scsm wa
! three feet thick and the coal resem6le'
/. lEtsab's. cxcert that II was hrruer,