The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-21
IndIana's "Biock" Treasurs.

\ correspondent of the Cincinnati
hazeite, writing from indianapolis says
An unas sumng, plain little gentleman,
who j. now at work in his laborat ory
adjoining the capitol, probably has, dur
lins the last three or four years, done
more ior this city aud Indiana than any
other worker in this State. lie is Prof.
\ J.. +. Cox. Geologisl OF Indiana. Itwas
through him that the Ilooscr State re-
iccived the award of the medal at the
/ ' Jenna Exposition for the best coal and
iron there exhibited. But, what is OF
lar more value, il was lie who, through
ms -four annual reports upon the geol-
iogy OF Indiana, exhibited TO the world
the great value OF the block or iron
smelling coal for the manufacture of
iron aud steel, a zone of which coal In
diana Possesses some four hundred
square miles ia extent on her western
border OF a field extending from War
lren county on The north. 10 the Ohio
river on the south. lie has shown the
incaicuablc advantages Indiana posses
scr 10y tiis coal field for controlling the
IRON mal kct ot America. il not of the
world. and h. views are sustained by
other geolOgists and practical workers
40 coal. iron aud steel. Mines have been
80 rapidly opened on the strength of his
reports that some forty were under way
two years ago on the Indianapolis * St
Louis, and upon the ST. Louis, Iandalia,
lIerrc llautc X Indianapolis railroads /:
while now am endless chain of mines
have been developed over nearly the en-
tire area uf this coal field. turning out.
iroIn some iifiy OF them, more than five
thousand tons per DAY. A number OF
7 huge blast furnaces have also been start
.cd iu Martin and other counties. and a
belt OF them will soon gir'lle the coal
mines. Already four railroads lead
from this capital to
TIiE COAL FIELDS,
4 And others will SOON bc constructed.
such ~ the indianapolis Block Coal and
Western Hallway. 10 run from this city
10 the coal fields of Clay county. and on
'iu MrrOu on the Wabash. Indianapolis.
a. a manufacturing ciiy. will grasp much
ot Tie advantages OF these coal fclA,
from her CLOSE proximity thereto. Al
.lIr~eiil more than half the iron from the
Missouri lron Mountain Tor Piitsbur.
use pl->es through indianapolis. IL
IS iil not forever be thus carried four or
iyc hundred miles further than il nee
.r~-ary. inrinnaii is rcceivin. some oi
'iii- coal. but ~. Louis and Chicago
more-llr batter by the Eyan-vill, Terro
iiaufc and Chicago hallway. and extern
-ioii> with Steel rails 10 facilitate speed
and low rates. a. well a. by the Indiana
Norm aul south Railway through Bra
xl uHd Carbon. in Clay county. with
,ldc tracks To ysriOns mines, and posi-
hit by The Indiana and Illinois Central.
81. Luni, j. rcccIying immense quanti-
ic- daily from Washington. Davies
county. lur household. gas, aud other
. Manufacturing purposes, by the Ohio n
Mississippi hallway. This is an age oi
sharp competitions. and ii Cinsinmafi
does not build her kOckport and other
roads. aud grasp what is within hct
reach, other, VIII take this invaluabl,
coal. Let her finish this road. with il.
branch rom Mitchell across the Goa
icld- Ia Dubois. Pike, Gibson and Poscy
counties. There j. Il suiiiciencv in Pix,
alone. says the gcologisi', recent report
10 pay The national debt. and leave .
handsome profit 10 tie owners. Will
that Indiana road built Cincinnati need
IhaNc no more such coal fanincs as sh,
lhad year ago. and her poor need nevcl
llrccgc Tor want OF coal. Cinciunai
lnust not forget either, that the wron.
lend OF the Cincinnati and Tcrrc ilaut,
road has been flushed ohly--thc eli,
irom Terrc llautc to the Clay count,
mines. This may bc satisfactory {,
4 lerre lIauie, hover, and must aid he
manufactures. The world need not b,
surprised TO see Indiana rs King com
. imauding the iron aud steel manufactnr
} .of the universe. Britain sees she is losin;
her grasp ia such control, and one %
(, 1.-The secretaries OF her Washington Lcga
ion. on circuit OF the West a few day
since. took look into these Ies semc
,,lstecl making coal fields TO learn ther
.c the hidden strength of our nation.