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

make it popular for household uses. In
thickness it attains about the maximum
Of the Brazil seam.
There is, then, in this one township, Z
vast body of fossil fuel of the very higha
est purity, and in accessible positions,
which, developed under judicious man.
agement, ought to return to the capital
employed { highly reniunerative re-
ward.
I shall pass rapidly over the remainder
of the route. As we reccde from tho
breaks Of the Ohio river, the country
becomes comparatively level and thn
rock exposures are rare. Tho StaAh
seam shows itself at one or two points
in the Valley Of Hunting Creek. At
Jasper the seam X. is mined for neigh
borho0d purposes. 1t is three feet thick
with slaty sandstone roof. A sample
Of the coal gave the f0llUwiny ~vswy
Water l.l0
Volatile matter $3.50
Fixed carbon te.7e
Ash. reddish 0.3S
At Porterssille aAamL X. appears y
the bank Of the White river, where 1t 10
about the same thickness, and does not
differ essentially in external appearance.
A specimen Of this coal assaycd 40 fol-
lows:
Water i.oi
Fixed Carbon 64.0A
Volatile matter a7.00
A ell brown chocolate SAT
In the vicinity of Alfordsville there
arc several outcrops Of this ecam Of coal,
and bank has been opened for The SUI
ply of McCord's steam mill. Whcre
this seam IL crossed by the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad, it has SO far dimin.
ished in thickness us TO be Of little econo.
mieal vslue.
The seam l., true block coal seam.
emergcs to the surface Mt the Black Oak
Ciark's) station, OIL the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad, and Is here three feet
thick. At Morgan's, half q mile south.
il has been opened, but the drift was not
accessible at the time Of my visit. At
Montgomery station, two and onc.half
miles west, this seam Is reached by
shaft, where It 10 said to be four feet
thick. but the works were idle at this
time Of my visit. The interval between
the limestone and seam I. is here iifty
icct.
Tho country all through Daviess
county and the northern part If Dubois
county, where we might expect the Bra.
iii eeam 10 emerge. is covered over with
tletrital materials to such an extent 40 10
conceal all traces Of the rocks. The di.
smond drill which brings mp corU Of
the strata passed through, II the proper
instrument with which TO explore this
region. A series of holes sunk 10 the
depth Of fifty feet, taking the limestone
"a q guide, between Jasper and Mont
gomery stations, would determine,
doubt not, the continuous presence OF
this scam, and at depth where shaftiny
would be perfectly practicable.
As wc approach Bloomfield the sur
ycycd line of the road carries US ttts
wards The margin ofthc coal-feld, where
the lower, or conglomeratc Goals reap.
perr, Several out-crops Of the scam A.
ire to be seen near Raglesville, on tho
sources OF Prairie creek, aud also on
hose Of Pond and FirSt creek, and
thence II may be traced to tho vicinity
OF Bloomfield.
would state, Iii brief, that this scam
ranges from three 10 rarely four feet In
thickness that tho coal is exccediny yly
tense, with bright, glossy surfaces that
I IL richer In fixed carbon than most Of
hc Brazil coal, ranging from sixty per
:cnt. TO sixty-two per cent. that the ash
not excessive, and is OF light color,
u Elective Of email amount Of sulphur.
know not why It may not be success.
fully employed in iron smelling.
Having thus given the range and Of
.cnt Of the coal deposits, II remains to
,oticc other economic materials.
F., IRON ORES.
Between tho base Of the cong omcraic
md the enb-carbOmifcrOus Iimt stone.
here IA often intcrposcd shalo bel
orty, and oven fifty feet IN thickness.
These shnlcs arc almost invariably asso-
lated with The earthly carbonatcs OF
ron in the form Of kidney and block
,rcs, together with the hydratcd perox-
dcs tliinonitcs,. and tho base Of tho con-
:lomcrate al times Is 30 Thoroughly l'cr-
heated b. the silicions oxides AZ to form
X. valuable ore. Almost evcrywhcr"
long this horizon, by picking up the
,oxs. m,.-cs In the beds Of strc'ms. or