, 1874-07-14
A Description Of The "Prospect" Shaft
So" Choke-Damp" and "Fire-
Damp"
The Anthracite Trade Of Pennsylvania,
100000 Tons Year.
Coal-Transportatfon Lfncs-..Citics aud
Doroughs in tho Anthracite Ro.
gion -.- "Caye.Ins.u


footIv understood hv norsons WIN haro nave,
acon for tbomao,voa Nnvo conro.so, tr,tt, r,ar'
anna whoao i1on of t,,s co,1-roa,on ,waa t1,at !,
30 doaolato, rocky wosto, scnmed with chasnas,
and thrown into ridges OF frightful elevation
Notbtnr oan ho fnrther from tho truth. eo far ep
rcpards tf,e wvom;nc vol]ov ami, ,aoI In,r,no
'A' ",us .,a,..1" n1",' ',,sn. s.1'"' AnAs'n'
s miles wido and 90 miles long,-na you stand IL
tho centre, It appears great oYal.Bhapcd basin
inoloaed betwoen two 1nouptaln. n.rnnooa of ahoni
! mn taa. o,"ss.,a wv Iusn an 1o ~ Aoou'
ming through It's ontire lion epesh y osa ts aaS e e
with cities aud villages, rosounding with the
hum Of Industry, fleokod with nuffa o} etonm
from n thouanni ono,noo o,7 ~. ra,,a.. ~
I'm ,,,oat ,s.+ 49, ,orof sas 49, ss...,s 'a4o1, ~.
~ ~ trgo. pel'' ae iusoi anu ~ lorse as ono Of
tho Wostern prairies, cultivated with caro-
and you hayo It as IL appears at first sight,
The ynl!ov m IL was 1oft uh,, aoro ,,-o,t
onnrn,uton - Nn.,ro ,,.,,,a... ~. .o sto"s
bv ,r.ioh :, T. ,.5 , ~. ntouaS"..s .,s
py WHICH IL 1s surrounded. presented very dif-
was probably deep gulf, Of not loss than o0D
49, a,sss., o" ~ noau,eannnts' anu curing
tnc Rlaelo4 pef,oa OF ehe oarth'a transmutations,
luu'enso Doo'es OF icc' gf'nding over these
peaks, broke OF and pulyorizod tho rocks,
and deposited tho debris In tho ohasma'
In the form of uraval and r,,,d
- hoa .~.t..,, =, eo1 "Aa inuo'
~ oeouno eSonsuhny sno oed.rook 1or the coal-
1ofnation: AH inc water subsided, this valley
became lhko., This Ia evident from what ap-
pears to have been the head near tho rim of In
rnounta,na, 'uero woa f7onoa;tod .1,,o, 1o,o. ~
"1a 1opos.ou 't'4ea 1asos VI
eoatno gravel ID al Fospoosa slmtar to the beach
ot any OF TUG "estorn snlall lakes. T Ills gravel
had a.. n
Thero In mn ooa, ot al, In tho ,,,onntas,, r,-ora.
- ~ o0a' Nv an ~ tno' o'"ouu'a'h proper !
10 Id .-.-.--......
u.. ernEAn oyEn TIE VALLEY,
teIn.slopeg whore It erons ont m T athor .;do % ~
shout tha eo,no w. ~. oao. e'ao u.
npou1 tae e'e oto'as'on' Les IT'S origin DO whnt
II may IL WAS e7iaonfly In Ansd or plastic htato
at the time it was deposted.. In aolldfying, 1t
ica.1ornotfon IA Afs ~. a rnro.,,, 1an ',''t =.
- .,.s'' - ~. - NV " uuuosm p'alo' oot
is thrown into shapes mud inolinattons, aocord-
Ing to the condition Of the ground upon which
and twistea in mnnv instnncna a,a nsvor fr.n.
turod md thu aeams ynr,,,9 ~ tH,eSnoay tra.,
IA foot own IN thcy h. - thn sar,n ~, .
q black oluza hntwenn nasnos ~ so1ii rnct oro
aIwayB ID ho1norouecua A. riasa. AA'@ -o0A' "'o
voretan Seat oren y ny ~ TO 30
prnwsH nrod,1eni rnsar thar,,a, " ~ s.gas,o
Sonaios tnas na, not osissad II anu n's snsnous
pl,ere probablY sinoo Tho orc"t;on a. n7an s'nt
iust how this traps(ormation from wooa tn
1ecturo; no human cLe1nietry chi, accomnlish
The same result to tho oxtout Of ono o,,nen nf
matter, How came il gpread ont in T "niyorm y,
etrata over 90 oroat an extonb of snrfaca not -
particle OF sand or rock mixed with tl'n coaI -
nothing but tho finest Of olay IN inna1nnb1a ilet
sedImontarv dopoelt. that mnst hava tnIo,,,
place near the surlaoe Of water. nav in Tia tn,,1
Of elate.--uothinr to i,ulieato the lenning r..
gothor Of solid matter by outside foroe How
Explain tho phenomona Of tha i f.uits ito" i
90 often met with by Tim ,ninara
A Hfaultn y la wl,ero n n,tncr fofioy;nr
his vein of coal. comos snusro,v ~ =
tho faoe of d solid rock. Now. smnnoso n bsJ
baen floating on tho eurfacn NJ wa.c ond ottnr an
boing exposed to aren't hont. tho watcr shonid sId
eyapcrae or by any otbor ncans TsGr hn roca
or, tor ths ang ,nsus % Of aud oafbon bad
become Of epeciio gravity areater tban wstar shun
II would sink and aE il anftIad to +ha to.aas,,'
If It ahot1id hnnnen to rast mnon nar,o,,%;a,.,a.
lodue of rocks fnst fila rceIt uafi tai, 1io
he eano STRATUM world oontin"n fos's ~. t
tom Of tho ain aa At thn I'm Tha an,,, 1un y, po. @
short OH. and must bo sn,,oHt nj oar 30 20 ,o't
or lnvol. N' -" oS1e-'' "' 4Asoo1 VI 'o"-
- 'e''' rur n7rrrnu,,r .,n,r.
hnvo hoan anran,, tre,n .i;,,a sthAIA ~ IT, ~
ontira surfacs ~ ,ha xa,aw 70 IT, .''o oyos t9
tic rod ngI from the nat that tie oru reag"; Gnsn