, 1874-11-29

TINT OF all England. Which YIELDS more than hal
the product OF the globe. The most productiv
| MINES yet opened are those Of LaSalle County
! the Mluonk n,iues ia Woodford County, ri.
,hoEo Of Will aud Livingston Counties ONi,
E,!uston n,incs), and the DclIeyillo district. $:
) Clair County, on which st. Louis depend
! largely for her supply Of bltuminous coal. lii
! coal aroa Of tho latter county is about that Q
: the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. the vic,
being now about ,ooo, ,oUo tons per annu,n. III
| last United States Census report gave tue Goa
I product Of Illinois d: 2,622,5G3 tons, a.,aius
437,s70 tous for Indiana and 1887, 2S5 for Ohio
This is regarded, however. as the infancy of -,
mining g-nauEtry destlued to eclipse iu its nntura
; Development that Of any State or Empire in tn,
world.
HISTORY OF COAL As 4 FUEL.
Coal is not, as is generally imagined, q mod
er1l form OF iuei. The Chinese, foteruune1s ii
most discoveries, know its yslue centuries ago
It is known to hayo been in use III the days O
julius Cesar and the Roman Empire, and IRON
the twelfth century to tho present day tho tradt
in coal has undergone progressive development
:. AS long ago as Edward the S!xtl'e soign, towarG
the middle OF the sixteenth century, coal was
ehpped frou, England 10 France, aud letter o!
that date speaks Of "that thinSe that Frauce
can lyvc no more without, than the fyAlc with.
out water; that il to say, Newccastele coles
| which without that tlloy cal mother make steel
! worke, nor METAL wo-ke. nor wyro worAe, nor
Eoldsnlythe worke, nor gonnea. nor no manner
Of things thar passetl the Ger."
/ 4AE tA4N 1G III lA1ADE lN CHICAGO
during the past twenty years, is rerrcsented in
perpetual process CT multi tiplicaton. from &c, ,00U
tous 1892, and l3l 600 tons in 1860, to 344 s5l
i'll 1860, and tho enormous aggregate Of 1,6J2. COS
| tons in 1873 Some ioca Of the enormous con-
sumption Of coal in tho city for business pur-
poses may be inferred from such items III those
l:of the Chicago Gus Company. $4,000 tons
lcople's Gas Company. 1900 Joliet Iron and
Steel COMPANY, 9,Uo0; Union Rolling Mills,
10000; Meekers Blast Furnace, &c, 900 tons, etc.
fc1qn
F! ties: Walnut HILL OF Penusy yiyan1a Lick HUI.
Hooking Valley, Ohio Laurel Hill aud Coal
Greek. Indiana; ard the Aiaonk aud Whining
| ton, IN Illinois.
terest and general management OF this great
! department. of commerce III Chicago will no
t doubt to read with Interest i'll this connection :
THE ANTHRACITE COAL ASSOCIATION, RcDERr
| LAM, AGENT.
TIE combined business and production ct four
out Of the whole nun,xer Of the great industrial
| and mining corporations wlo supply the world
with the infinite product of the anthracite coal
| fields of PENNSYLVANIA, the Delaware. Lacknwans
F! d Western Railroad Company, the Delaware i
Coal Company, and J. Langston d Co.'s
| represented III Chicago by MIR. Robert Law,
one OF tho pioneers OF the coal trade
Of the West, whose mountain Of anthracite at
ths Madison street bridge has supplied our
pedestrian population for yearB past with what
they know about coal III Chicago. Tie first Of
these companies. the Delaware, LacSawauna l.
western na:1toau Cou'PanS' conuuctn.s s7
o6o nn, au W ltat W 80,
ooo.9op. eo1tiUl lIo tcsaoa e1te'o!.s 1to!n eal-
IL to 4 miles i'll width. tho tonnage Of their
bnsness by production and purchase reach
1H5 spout Iuvou tous oag, OF " Up
naiua mait "a 4,oy"oo" so's annually. lne
ps'a"ate aiuu7ot1 ea''a! - Hnm.pat} n 'na:l'u
an estimate Of IL. 900 tons a day, or 3.G0o, 600
PEI annu.i. Ane ~ teaun@ ELL nn eua' octi-
pans. ~! WV ano eanta1 W Tl.oou.ooo' toaac;,
anous a. l.",uou tp's ~ 1-anSo.oaa 3 -, "nn
tne S"lne catta1. an'1lsnuk y p,ooMc''on aso
putcn1se, & @n annlu1 ton!lsse u aeo,u'u, are tne
' osuers. % aIas saeas unaua u 80 eneEy
auu resources REPRESENTING nL!ng; uansPol.- a.
no1', aia trading eap1sal o1 sl.t.1ou'ooo, em-
l4osan? + ~ stl} ol neu nun'es1ea'ls e4uaA ~
eie toA 81 tnc et't'io 4o'tes 1ne u'15
Gelote 'ne etea- SURRENDER u thuo seen 70 Supply
tne ularAeis q 'ne country '1on 1ne re seaCoaIo
~ ~ tne 1.echl A4o'1ta1uh Win 11on o'ov1'ooo 10
s,ooo,ooo OF the nala coai tonhaee OF ttlo eoh-
tlhent, tlie entire proahc: tlas teaches lineage
Us u eecouu point u ulst.19IIoif' supplying cat-
goes tor neet u sosofa4 Aonureu Vesrets, PASS
ing through the hands u hobert Law, about one
ha1 the amount 'ii'aing fefall market IN the
Glty. tue renatncef GONG 20 the country trade.
Inc reputation maintained NY Air. la" ]
IN the Euperintendanco and manage
ment o. LIS nnPeflal franc. MS olhce. !
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