, 1873-05-02
COAL,


COhL.
Arons Of Conl-n1cnaures i'm tho United
strstes.
| Warrington Ltrri& 73} CoYrespondtucA of tha Nan
mi. 1,erk stoarn:' n osmnaeree. "' 4''D
Ino oommlss'o',,ier ~ 9l tho Conaua givoa in tho
soooses e a q Sa 4 p h1"
Un!tod statoa: In connection with il 10 has haas
writton some Interesting romarks, and a sketch
aaeetp.ayG @ 2, ;no m wnrv s IN tho United
1 whore coal is found IN. III different parts Of tho
country, and tho oxtont Of oaoh area of coal
lanas.
n tho Untsd 81 sIatos aas OF tho
Neso England basin, 10 MaoHaohuaottH and
lshodo IAland, estimated to oogor 100 square
sa Tho ofa e IL R@m0sgnH1s sgos
Pohps eeVen BEDS nav est bqs aoan f.
Rh9'rtsmouth 10 Eode 1doe M leland: lso, Tho ma1mn
thioknesn 10 Is FOOT. Tho whoio @ carbonforous
system ~ ros ossaproaon 20 DO o.ooC 1eet thick, of
nnaaa mmom a,ooo possalne o1'lus''oly 20 1he COAL
measures.
AnMrdotc oas7ns IN PennsyuontaGIhlais tho
nts Moss 1mhotaans 1s' ooai-ulstfiot III tte onteo
s.@soa' tnotG In arc aouf nrehs htav,hg an
ahea ah od OF ran 81 alaara es' s, IGs loaane
~ ~ ~ aon olo: t'o hnc measures M aIo asom 1uo9
hods aess f.or, en.n tS he u ustnot
!" 9a va1sa 9an - ~ t,,n W sS
W tHn oept1 - tno paeln. Ln9 maximum
amoans noar pottsVtle ls giYon o. 2Ot foos, while
nnoass o"iuos w 1"f 1sonl ~ 1eoF-ta. L.
H. o,a,s,., n,,., .,>,,..
M Ak .tt" Jses.e auoaooa ~ atcH u
uis ~ saa s4Is,o nloS' oatono'ng from fennsSlVa
4''I r. ~ na.aa,n,a, A. .,,.,
to f tne or !niokhoaa NO. Or
aros ro ~ t1 r. ar ozo 20 o52 @ soet. INC
+n;;aa y. ,.;tt III h cIa1 40 l111a hYuhre
na9s, WIN ~ nn1i.H{2EABe tnlo1nosh OF Az ieot OF
+roo ns .no H. ~ oov aaaaro Ss toa N
tioI Arara ars tiH4 ~ t e,tns' no u, 1'ooo ioes
Il 5oot trno ~ fant ono pg1e "ora IL Sro = q
foet thlch.-P. Il Tyson5 :o ''AA'AA 'A'''' = " .
area obsaoos i o sapa meg ~ tin Inc Ken Sonl
swim tbo atrotn sro osn ft TIKI wv MI a' -.
hna Of coa1a Of <zhio,, + hauo ~, W.
81 foot thicknona, ria co"la socm Sasts ovo1 -
In Ohlo, Dr., j. s. Nowhorrv s stataa t tho aroa IN
bo moro t3n,, 10 mn ennsro ,ioa ,vti, t,;.1s
ness Of 1500 feot md 10 worlnh s oi, of cnn1
corresponding in number and thickness to thoBo
In Eastern Kentucky @ tn The aroa ais is statod tn bo
| 10 900 gnuaro mi]os. AVS ~ '''''o" ~ W
| IN Tonuogaoo. Prof. ]. M. safrord stataa tho
area Of tie moasuros to bo 8 1oo sa,tarc ,ni1os @
ono chnraotoristio aoction o;yos t{,inl,nona ~
57s feet Tbero nro aovon bcs ~ noa1 ,,jt, u
total thicknosn of ii foet Tbo leda vory ,ncnitw
in thoir dimenannH anna n thom be;ny1 q fnat
Thick but thinning out % yory y rapidly. ''9 = A'0'
In aonrrin thn nTan NAV ha rnnroeartoa b,, I'M
| square miica. os- 0''1 - -"
In Alabama n hnetv measurement ,ron,d ir1,.
| cato ali nroa of d, G0l g1unro miloa.
Tic M;chiaan basin hnn an area ri q nm sona7a
3mnxmnm1 Of coal n tn nontra % H. caai '1s -
fhickost. thinnnr ont tn nonrIv the t,,icknosa ~
nannr nronnd thn o;3nos' ~ W;ncho.i SA"'0' "
ihe Illinois bdsf3a. including Tn1ionn and
Woatorn Kentucky, covers M area Of 81 '7oo
Square miles. '0'N '''' ''''' - 'A'''0
In Illinois tho measuroB occupv Al. .5o1 eouare
mtos are from GOO to q. .60) fat thinlf ami con.
tain thirteon beds Of coal, With an agarerate w
thlcknosa Of 85 foot.-(A, Il, Worthen. o0'''"'o
In Indiana tho measures O. occupy % an aroa Of
$500 square nilos. oro fj5o foot tEiek and ron.
Tin IL beds Of eon1 with m arrraTatS thckne eaa
Of 81 feot,-(E, +. box,l 700 '''~ ''tS''A'e''
In Western kentucky thu meas,,rca ars G1o
~ il hnf3a of nonl.oF. n Cnv o'&'' "A" S"'
Tho Missouri basin oxtcnds from Iova IN
Texas,
lii Iowa, Professor Whites man shovs an area
of $4,000 square miles, Which Is divided iuto
lower divisions contain the ,yorkabln cnai 7rh;ch
amounts to foot in the second, but to onIY 20
inches in tho upper. As tho highest division is
area must 10 reeeed as y worSabe iblno'S tho
In Alissoull, Prof, G, q. Swallow ostimatca
tho coal nroa at a, 900 suuaro mles. and in KIM
Bas ut 1900 square miles. Tho measuroa are
1000 feoE thick will, twnnkv con1.ho;1a frono
few inches to 6 feet thick. >''' -40sAA
III Arkansas there seem to bo ou1y two bods of
coal, which lio below tho coal moasuros proper,
boncath tho conglomorate (Losquoreux). DID.
Owen speaks Of some beds from to foot thick,
beds Mt u, 900 square miles.
In the Indian TERRITORY little is known of coal.
Tho officers Of tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway Company fud good banks of coal nt
several placos along their line several feet thick
The araa ,1non tho man nun11ntH tn aa rrct a4
19,G00 square miles. Since the completion Of
tho map it lnH boon nscertaned that tho coal
measures Ia are covered BY the crotaceous forma-