The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-09-10

10000
| Others are given, but the above are enough to-
| show the quality of coal. The coke is spoken of
| as splendid. 1t is impossible to give stranger
fair idea of the resources in this direction but
the letter of the State Geologist wherein he says
1t will average foot vein under the whole sur
face of the county, can give some idea of it's ex-
| tent. To form an idea of its vastness one has
| only to watch the coal-trans on either of our
| roads, the ID. V. reaching north-westward to the
fue-less regions of the prairie country beyond
| Des Moines, the Central supplying the equally
| destitute regions of northern Iowa and the
State of Minnesota. This wealth is being rapid
| ly developed and worked, and as faint idea of
| what we are doing in that line we submit few
figures on shipments with some careful estimates
| based on facts in our possession. We made re-
quest of all the mines to send us their products,
but as but few have responded, we give such as
/ we have
| The Hardin & Mahaska Coal Company, ship
ped during the year 1873, over the Central road,
7,S45 cars, equal to S6,295 tons 2, 1875 BUSH
| Iowa Central Coal Company, and hence in our
| table the products of that company will be
| shown twice, though counted but once in the
| grand total.
The Iowa Coal Company at Beacon shipped
during the year ending Dec. 81, l3S,2l7 bushels
of coal over the Des Mones Valley road.
The Iowa Central Coal Company of Oskaloosa,
works at Given), shipped during the year 1873,
beginning about midsummer, l,109, 1893 bushels
of COAL over the Central road; this amount as
above mentioned, is counted in the shipments
of the III. Il NJ.
The National Coal and Mining Company of
Leighton shipped over the d. " r. r. during
| the wear iS73 las (,OO bushels They onerate one
mine
ID. w. Jones' mine half mile east of town,
from August last, mined 1000 bushels for home
consumption.
| VIM. L. Evans, from the Buck Creek mines in
Union township, on North Skunk river, mined
about 20, 600 bushels.
| VIM. Fisher, in the same neighborhood, mined
| 10000 bushels.
Hugh Smith, same neighborhood, about 10000
| THESE last four aro all for homo oons,,mn
| tion as the TORN is panaroiIy, ,,ndarst"nd that
| ;s not for Sb;nrnon3 o. thoo ,.a;IrnoS tIon~h
.aons come n ,,;Io 9l 3, ,I & f,r, n"i
tics for f,e ond Somo,;,oan Iofs1aoos noyS ha
fo,nS az thnsa hons ~ l,, ~ 49,, m"soi' may NC
WI ph;lI;nS nsIaioI az o,ie ,,e i,ca oho,,, ,oo
h,sbnis mnntPi h;h ISL. lu t.au of "a DO
b,,ShoiS fn .b @ !" nioh lishes d eo'ai oi i''~oo
Uric = Casey M the w r. Rbinebart hank
| near Honewei m;nad M oo0 h,,nhaIs for hn,na
| consnmption "'ieu io''oo ou'nei' io' AoAie
| Logue, Burke Evans Lord g Gutbrie and ma
ny other banks around oskaloosa, numerous
have not responded with figures. have no doubt t
mined from Gnehalf to one million bushels aS
600 bushels more and we have grand total Of
from Other M ri less favored loeaties and nd vet tbe
supply is inexhaustible, and millions Of bushels
tcahIe Sccrease WabasIy Ganntv Toai Conc mo
pany, is the name of a new company just organ
deep @ T The % capitalists Urnf are from % Davenport @
This matter of coal statistics is of more impor-
would at first imagine. ' 1t is something our
nrs 70 nat for 9 ane but as
matter Oh record that the stranger may ;s,t kom
taking the word Of an interested person When hen
line Of the southwestern road, in the interests
S Sy"y the i6 bs @ INQUIRY was What
amount of coal we had shipped from the county
This IS ONE n Of our % most important statistics and
entirely @ ted va FSr this reason we have
meagre, and far below the amount mined be.
g nya of eoa 10 G set o
we hope il vii! give the stranger faint idea d