The Red Cloud chief., 1874-08-08
COAL IN NEBRASKA.
r:.:.itu::cr Of ceal Il the ..-or.hTa..eia
States aas Territories.

Normal Institute of Nebraska at Crete
Tuesday evening July 81, 1874 b.
i'R"F, T.. ID. WILDER, Inspector o
Mining Lands
Food and fuel are articles Of frs
Importance In national as We'll as do
nestle economy. Food ~suStains AMI
nal life and keeps the vital machihcr,
IN motion.
Fuel is our defense agains, the rig
ers Of winter aud gives VI power e
brcome citizens Of all climates.
In domestic economy fuel makes The
home possible. and while food enable.
us % maintain our natural forces and
energies fnei enlarges their sphere -,
action. With . torch, maI may ~
where he please~
NeaAhsume fuel and the result D.
an amount Of heat, definite and liked
for each kind Of fuel used.
We eonsum food and the result is
strength. which also bears an exact
ratio TO the kind or class of food.
ttuuittiph " tiCIaidif'b VI
these articles compel the constant Ia
tor Of all civilized nations, and their
Coz, L. a large portion of the price we
tay As a ransom from harbarism.
Ia the conservation Of forces 1t has
been shown that 10 the uses of both
food and fuel, combustion and con-
sumption are identical that in either
ease heat, simply and only, Is general
cd 10 the former instance to propel
the human and in the latter, the arti.
fetal machine.
In both, fuel and food, Carbon is the
chief ~element-the constant quantity,
and while We have a vast range a. 10
the forms Of Carbon, animal or veget-
ble~which may be most useful, we
for the last 80 years settled the
~auestion that tie most valuable form
fnegex Coal
Coal the most valuable Of all the
Kinds Of fuel because it contains the
prestest amount Of heat in the smallest
space. Ii is found III nature ready
made. kindies at a touch and yields It's
y wonderful treasures of heat without
cost.
In our DAY the extraordinary value
nf coal a. fuel has been reached from
it, cheap and instant power IL gencr
ate steam which i now doing ar per
forming the general drudgery Of man
kind. Ii is estimated that the aggre
rate power Of steam engines now in
Ute sustained By coal in all countries
is equal to the combined muscular en-
orgies Of ,0o@, 100000 Of men or that
Che present activity Of steam is equal
no the muscular strength of the entire
human race, who are entirely willing
~ have King Coal furnish this all po-
tent energy of steam 10 form and
fashion, spin and weave. dig down
mountains, Eli up valleys, cook our
food, do the washing. carry Us abroad
~ around the wsrld and bring Us safe
home again. in short, 10 anything cx
cepi voting.
The distribution Of coal i, therefore ,
a subject Of the greatest Importance in
~ ans inventory Of Materials On which 20 ,
base our national prosperity, and con
ssquently We find that there Is more
active search now made for coal IN the
various countries Of the globe than for
gold. silver or precious stones.
We rsad that solomon, who knew
A~sQHthins, challenged nature to re-
vQdeo hin the true wisdom or riches.
BuSQthnl III true wisdom he faund7
DO. in me said gold
I'D not in me- said the
saaod D6t in our day of miracles.
sro> nc by the manifold uses OF
k1eMf. Solomon would have said that
Pthe wisdom Of the Creator can not
anywhere be so clearly seen as in the
s1aptstion Of the thousand uses Of
TO the ran Of man.
IN lts graaatiaps Of heat are so nicely
SSas.led that its leas. service renders
oOecsnber as pleasant as May"
= \lyroa e6Rther eutresty It reduces rhe
't,ceab 20 . fluid state. At 40oo'
E.hrean \ the melting point Of Iron
Fr.ck3 Ia the Arsand burner
z coal gas ilOWo Fahrenheit i. az
.AIQnsch subdues nearly allsarthy
"s~ and gives man dominion
b mineral kingdom.
IS eSefare kiny-croSneJ I,
adO2moa consent o. every
,u,0sn industry. Ii turns night into :
- al eur cities 80 that there Is I
hs except 4 our chOios. An ,
Ani storst Az seideu With i
1 every Dwelling has an cfuisent q
beauty within which disappears with |
the rising Of The sun aud ~hea me T
trse milenium comes it ~di take its c
re from a drop Of water t,uehei late I
<esisisy by the nar.e scsrtre of kiss q
nal IA