Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-17

8 Their improvements thus far coDsis
, of IL houses, station, store and dwell
! ing combined, stable, blacksmith shoT
I coal schute and saw mill, at the statiol
on the p. 4 e. railroad miners
houses, farm house and large barn
, and about one hundred acres of Ian,
under cultivation, at tho mines, abou
one milo and half from the station
two good wagon roads leading from
the station to the mines, 1000 feet o
tram-r road laid with "T' rails, runnin,
from the mines along the side of th
mountain to the head Of the incline,
plane, the latter 2,200 feet long ant
now nearly ready for tho track.
| Thus it will be seen that the prop
erty Of this company, with its natura
resources and extensive improvements
is exceedingly valuable, and will even
tually become tho centre Of grea
iron manufacturing district, its location
being one of the most favorable in the
State, all things considered. In the
first place, the Wistar property hal
within itself all the natural advan
tages essential to It's own development
1t has an abundance OF good ore, anc
coal with which to work 1T; It has
timber, stone and suitable building
site, any amount of land well adapted
to the production OF supplies, plenty OF
good water o healthfui climate, and
being on the railroad is not an urde-
sirable place to locate; it has two wa
tor fronts, the Sinnemahonlng on one
side and the Susquehanna on the other,
with a good prospect OF another rail
road along the latter. 1t is, or soon
will be, easy of access from all quar-
ters is situated not many miles from
the centre of the State, having direct
communication with Philadelphia, Erie
and (sirce the opening ofthe Benefits
Branch railroad) with Pittsburgh. If
the manufacture of iron has been car.
ried on successfully in other parts OF
the country, it certainly may be here;
for instance, the iron works at Elmira
are supplied with the raw material
from various points OF the compass,
whereas Wistar has comparatively
nothing to demand from distance.
The Wistar Iron x Coal Company
is made up Of men several Of whom
are well known as successful financiers,
and Others as practical iron manufac.
turers, having interests in old estab-
lished works at other places; and it
is not to be supposed for a moment
that they would engage in an undertake
ing unless there was at least good
chance for success.
The township of keating lays in
the great coal basin of the West
Branch, fifty miles above Lock Haven.
In this great coal field we have no
less than six veins Of coal, all of
them of sufficient thickness TO be
workable, and of the best quality. The
celebrated Karthaus vein of coal is
located in this township, which stands
high for the production of gas
Perhaps the best plan tn designate
these veins will be to number them; I;
NO. is found 70 DC 4 ioet z inches in
thickness; NO. z, feet . inches NO.
., the hartnaus VEN, ieet timex;
we now ma a nne pea oil nre-ciay D
ieet thick, Oh excellent quaiity tnen
we have a vein OF iron ore feet thick;
and below TINS a ped OF limestone well
adaPted 10 the "huxihg Oh IRON ore
IN the furnace then we come 70 coal
once more-No. 4 VEN, . feet thick ;
NO: 0, ieet sihchcs NO ., o ieet'
ms vein gives US IN the aggregate
nearly z. ieet OF pituminous coal
lnis coal neid, lying so close 10 the
Iniiade'pnla ana ERIC raiiroad that o
prauch Ioau running up .ne main
stream "ou'a eheclualiy oring its
products into INC markets. OF tne
Soun''y, S.y Ts - ono " .no nnee' ~ .uc
osaao sa, aS.,,.s s s.ss'o" o0'os'es "n sn'
na.u ,.'.s as.s ;san ,;.e;no ~, wy ao nnsi ns
su'. y, !; non ,,;u;,a aau ~ .Ia,' ,I; s anu
a'i Una. 70 iequ''''o " ,, nianv 'his ool-
man. trac, blossom ike .ne rose Is
Here we have from ten to twelve
thousand acres OF land all underlaid
with these veins OF ore, which have
been thoroughly examined by men
who know that these statements are
correct: Mr. Alex. Monroe and Mr..
John Jones have at different times
searched for coal on this tract and
found the several veins as here given.
when we take the pick and shovel TO
assist in our researches the truth or
falslty OF the reported existence OF
minerals must be proven hence these
statements are based on facts that are
not TO DO contradicted. The quantity
OF coal IN these lands is estimated at
iour hundred million tons, At the low
est calculation.
There have been three veins OF ore
opened on this tract. In the series,
which is No. 3 down, we have three
feet thick of argillaceous orc. This
same vein was formerly worked at tho
harthaus furnace: Ihen we hnd an
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