The Red Cloud chief., 1874-08-08

new coal deposits.
la az examination of the northern
and western states ard territories, dur
Ing the past 10 years ou ,hi. very or
ranf. have met scores of g~eoi0gist>
English, French, Pru-sian, Dutcl
Austrian and American, looking 70
our Jla,ers Of black diamonds an
guictly investing millions Of dollars
exchanging gold for coal.
H. thu search which HIS bcen yer,
intelligent and minute f., tho list 81
years, every part OF the habItabl,
globe has been examined.
iD the United States We have spe
ciai ,ess1ns TOR determining our Goa
ares. The railroad kings want Il
know, because coal deposits de,ermin,
: the direction Of the railways. incl,
Samuel wants 10 know for he set. +:
reward Of so per acre upon all Goa
land. The capitalist wants 20 know
because the value If lands is enhanced
lnTn Ter ceut If unicrlaid with a work
able VEN Of coal IN a favorable ioca
ton. The real estate -~peculator want:
10 know for obvious r~easons, and 81
great is the eagerneSs for coal land,
that frauds and misstatements arc
most common. A local newspaper
can start a coal mine on short notice
and a geoioeist can he bought tor a
small sum OF money.
The great American coal fields are
well known.
J. The Appalachian coal fields con
tain 20o, 600 square miles and include
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Ken
lucky, Western Virginia, Northern
Alabama and northwest Georgia.
> The Illinois coal fields contain
jD,000 square miles 3j,UO0in Illinois,
$500 10 Indiana and 9.o0D in western
Kentucky.
3. The Iowa ami Missouri coal fields
are estimated by ID. u. Owen, the
father Of American Geology, to contain
%, WG square miles.
The Kansas and Nebraska coal field
Is separated by the Missouri river and
should be considered as the western
part Of the same system of coal meas
ures.
4. The great Colorado coal field con
'ains over 600, 600 square miles and is
the largest coal field in the world. II
extends from New Mexico, on the
south through eastern Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming and Montana. far North into
the British Provinces. Its existence
was hardly known ~ years age. II
has been aud /, now the subject III
national AMI special surveys made in
the interests IF government, railroad
and capitalists, as already
lts discovery and develop
ment gives the world an assurance of
IA new Empire, whose riches shall far
outshine the wealth If "Brmus or of
Ind new realm Of mineral re
sources, whose grandeur unfolding for
a thousand years can be only dimlv
IN The light Of to-day. Every
continental railway will pass
directly through 1t and carry its pure
coai, and rich ores. not only 10 the
and markets of the Pacific !
but also 10 the fertile plains Of
the Missouri river and her splendid
OF valleys. 1t Is the Eldorado
IF our future history.
We have seen that southeastern Ne
j included IN the same coal
measure a. western Iowa We shall
now inquire what are the practical
acts pertaining to these coal meas
Tres and what are the prospects for
,oal in Nebraska. While the coal
ieid or coal measures Of Iowa include !
he entire area of the carboniferous
according to Owen. we find
Ipon close examination that the area
If land containing workable coal is eI
'eedingly limited Thus after q most
-areful and costly examination the
caIIy valuable cCal measures Of Iowa
iwlndle down TO q single basin extend
NJ northweS, and southeast 10 the
.aley of the De> Moines river not over
"a miles IN length and 81 in breadth
nd IA Missouri the principal coal
,a>in Welding coal fhr nse. i'e- Borth !
nd south IN the valley Of the CHAR
river, and does not exceed $50
niles in length by 81 in width.
The Iowa and Missouri area Of coal
available for mining, instead
{ beng 5000 square miles Is less
han 3,0aO square miles. This resnlt
as been deduced from an extensive
cries of hSlngs or test wells on the
ne Of every railroad both in Iowa and
Iissouri, via BS NJ. {. r. Is T.,
:. 4 y. W, Duhuqe & Sioux City
80 along the entire line of the Han
ibal and 81. Joe Railroad, st. Louis
nd Kansas City, Missouri Pacific, ,
.Iissouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad
Missouri. About one hundred tests 4,
: .borings were made at depths vary {
from 500 IN 1900 feet. They we're
Ut dowu at 4 cost of yer $l5o.O0o =,
be result may be stated Is follows: {,
In western Iowa and northwestern c
Iissouri Gil the eosl seams found ST q