The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-29

series of veins, because several stiaia
undcrlie each other. each one really
vein. Professor Cox, aud others, claim
that there j. one great line running nom
the northeast 10 the southwest from "A
point In Warrick or Dubois. through
Southern Illinois into kentucky, the
line being broken in many places 20 that
the strata which really belong 20 This one
series. seem To- be separate, running la
different directions. The series begins
in kentucky. being mined NJ he SAINT
Bernard mines. la Illinois. IL il mined
AZ the Equality mines "iI the ~. LoGl-
aud Southern Road. Running through
Evansville. il il found AT the Inglc~idc
mines. then at Newburgh, ~ Eoonyiile.
in Warrirk, and beyond. The series -
found nj many other points. including
Cnnnelion, in Perry county. Professor
Cox goes Till further, aud claims Tint
the series j. the same a. that in Clay
county. where the best at Indiana block
coal is found. Whether this be true or
not. il j. certain that, a one goes beyond
Boonvile, and into Dubois county. the
same veins are found In contain coal.
which appears tn be very fine block coal
though no proof that il is so has yet
been brought forward. There are in this
series of veins four strata, the third of
which j. generally worked. though there
i enough coal in the other strata 10 re-
pay working, were there no thicker stra
tum present. AT Princeton. Indiana. aud
other places. boring was carried on for n
long time. in the hope that good seam
would be reached. but the search has Of
ten proved unsuccessful.
Taking it for probable. however. that
the traces of block coal " i'll finally show
the coal itself, DIR. Sabin aud LIlom-
medieu will not 90 far wrong in carry
ing out their plan of establishing iron
furnaces in Southern Indiana. Evans
Vile has direct connection with Saint
Louis. SO that the iron ore from the Mis-
souri, mines can be brought here AT trans
porIat. rates only little high, ~. II
those charged as far as ~. Louis. The.
two first requisites will then be AZ hand
- Indiana block coal aud Missouri iron
ore (magnetiie.) liz only remains for ihe
law of probabilities 10 determine whit
prospects there are for reaching thi-
communication. Given the Rockpu. I
Railroad aud smelling furnaces in thi.
region. and Cincinnati will get better
and cheaper iron from Southern Indiana
than from the Hanging Rock region OF
Ohio The thing j.. however. still yer,
uncertain. the possible contamination
still in the dim time 10 come. aud null
titude of obstacles To be removed.
( Ii j. unfortunate. | think. that South
crn Indiana has not single thorough
geologi-t. scientific vel practical: and
4 | am glad that the attention Of Cincin-
natl has been drawn 10 this section. for
Y [ belle We the few Cincinnati scientists
who have been here have really dom,
\ good work. and have no reason 10 re-
greet their random Journeys Ia Spencer
county. Last October a party went from
here through Warrick and Dubui-, IA
inspect the region through which thc
4 Lake Erie road will pas. and they re-
turned with specimens oi coal. graph
ito ani.min rails. bal there was no gr-
olugist 10 examine them. The party.
however. reached some very practical
conclusions on the subject nf wooden
sho-s aud hoop-polcs. tie staple articles
Of Dubois. The coal which they brought
furnished Tive samples which have iai>-
ed the hope that block coal exists in that
county. The party of Cincinnstian
who have recently made "A tour through
southern Indiana. was under the care 81
Mr.. :. :. Lilonmcdicm. OF the Rock
port railroad. and with il were the capt.
itaIisi~ who spoke OF establishing >meii-
ing furnaces at Evansville. or some
neighboring point. III. l.. r.