The Troy herald., 1874-03-11
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tho St. Charles CosnsOs, containing
the letter Of Mr.. Broadhead, aud tho
comments of tho CosnsOs. After In.
forming that paper that :hc Herald
was not "doubtlcss misinformcd IN
regard 10 tho excavations at Links
shaft" and leaving It TO form Its own
conclusions about tho matter, VIC
proceed 10 pay our respects to the
letter of this model state officer. Had
the Cosmos not bccm delayed IN tho
mails. We would have had time 10
cmbody im this article some aililuvits
which wo promise shall bc forthcoin-
ing. As II Ia VIC must make tho best
of the case " without them for tho pres.
cnt. We begin by charnctcrizing the
assertion contained In the first para.
graph as a point.blank falschood on
the part Of Mcssrs. Droatlhcad. Potter
mud Lconharl. Potter aud 1.conhnrd
visited the mines In 1872. Tho chin.
ncy whicl, they assert was made prcvl.
Gus to that time, was cxcnvatcd IN tho
or full Of tho year 1873, at
least one ycer fler the visit Of Potter
and I.cOnl,artl. 1t was done by
AIcssrs. Orvillc Upson aud Thos.
Murphy. Tho excavation carrying
tho terminus of tho entry sixteen feet
further west, was done as previously
stated by US, namely. IN February last
In these assertions wo raise clear
and distinct issue Of vcracity with the
above named assistant gcologists, aud
we defy them tO follow the matter to
its legitimate conclusion. Tho first
Of tho second paragraph of
the Drosdhcad letter, We brand,
upon the authority of Dr.. Waddy, as
u slamdcrous falschood. We have the
word Of DR.. Waddy, and can procure
his affidavit, that Broadlicad told him,
without any proviso whatever, that
Potter was mistaken IN his calcula.
tions aud that there was considerable
moro coal than Potter estimated.
Mr.. Broadhcad says tho size OF the
deposits team only DO estimated by
sinking o number Of shafts" Now
we arc no geolOgist nor oven o prac.
tical miner, but 1t seems to us that a
little common sense would show that
entries, carried TO suitable distances,
would much more satisfactorily, and
at much less expense. show the
amount Of coal, aud whether II bc II,
true scam or pockets, than the sink.
ing of u number Of shafts. We cal,
very we'll understand why tho reports
Of Droadhcad and Potter (par mobile
tratrum,) should not 'lnatcrially
differ" In reading tho last sentence
of the letter, We arc led to wonder II
its aMiMus has my connection with
the fact that a very near relative OF
tho writer has thirty thousand
weighty reasons for not wishing this
part OF tho county to receive any ut.
tcntion from capitalists, until q Ger.
tain railroad bc placed upon q firm
basis. Our readers will rembcmbcr
that last week wo compared the
statement made by this man Broad.
head to Hon. II. II. Parks Of St.
Charles, to the actual facts In conncc'
ton with his examination Of tho
mines. We should like to have thii
truthful gentleman tell us the nature
Of the evidence hc has obtained since
hc left tho mines, that cO,npcls him t
co.incide with tho report Of Potter
We had thought that he was sent tt
tho mines to form his cOnclusion'
from his knowledge Of tho relation o
the geological formations Of tho local
ity ITSELF We do not SEQ how opin
ions which ho expects TO be Of an!
weight with an intelligent public, col
be formed IN any other way. We ar
forced to say that "Prof Broadhead'
nncquiv0cal endorsement OF Prof
Pottcr's report" is an endorsement
extended to uncqnivocal ignorance b!
unequivocal duplicity and ialsehood
We do not contcnd that wo hav
incxhaustible deposits Of coal, becaus
wo do not know such to DO the case
Practical aud experienced miners as