The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17

1t is true she ha, bonded debt, but unlike
Leayenworth county, she has something TO
show for it. There is immense and unadul-
terated satisfaction in getting whstyou pay
for, q satisfaction Leavenworih hasn't ex-
perisnced. TIE county OF Cloud viii
NEVER WANT FOR BUILDING STONE,
for in the southeastern p,rt OF her terrific
~ there is an abundant supply OF red
sandstone, well adapted for building pur-
poses OF all kinds, which is easiiy worked
when fresh from the quarries, and which
hardeus thoroughly when exposed. Also
in other por,iors Of the county, OVERLAPPING
the sandstone, il found beautiful white
msgnesis Limestone in ine1hsustab!e
quanti,ios. which when dressed, bears 9
very rong resemblance to marble. When
tirsl t. ken from the qusrry it is easily
dressed with any Kind Of an edge tool; be-
sd Is, il also produces an excellent article OF
lime, possessing Ia a MEASURE the proper
ties OF hydraulic cement, ~hich could be
Used In the constfuc ion OF cis.erns.
COAL.
Coal has been found in various parts OF
the county, several paying mines have late
blance to th at which il found 40 abundant
ly in the mountains OF Colorado, and is in
al probability the continuation OF the vein
extending from this region 10 the base OF
the mountains. There are several coal
banks or MINIS in the immediate vicinity
of CoDcordia, one being located about three
and half miles north Of the city, another
eight miles southwest of the town, and
third fourteen miles TO the northeast. The
article sells for two dollars per ton at the
bank, is of good quality and burns well; 1t
is found at depth not to exceed fOr,y feet.
The finding Of coal practically settles the
iuel question, and should any Of the sur
rounding counties ever get out OF wood,
Cloud can supply them with cOal-a very
good substitute Wood is worth from 3 90
10 - 30 per cord. which csn hardly be con-
siderei au eItortionate price. The quanti-
~ Of coal tsken from the mines yearly il
very large, but market il resdily found,
a. the hone consumption is great.
THE QUESTION oFsALT.
Cloud county has six salt springs, OF
! rather they sre divided between Cloud and
Republic counties, being in the northern
part Of the latter, which are the proper y
Of the State. The salt marshes surround.
| ing these springs embrace about four thou
sand acres, and in dry weather they are
completely covered with salty Incrusta
| ton to the thickness Of about half an inch
| About four years ago well was sunk or
one of the marshes to the depth of about
| fifty feet. from which the brine has flowed
! continuously ever since. The strength Of the
brine averages at the surface, from one
hundred and fifty to one hundred seventy
| five gallons to one bushel of salt, while The
| furfate brine of the IDost celebrated sail
works in this country ranges from two hun
dred and seventy five TO seven hundred gal
Ions to the hushel-which leaves Cloud
county far behind. The ss.. produced by
the evaporation Of these brines is found BY
| critical scientific analysis TO bt
purer than many Of the other brines from
which our great supplies Of salt are oh
tanned. II is Prof Mondays opinion thai
brine yielding bushel of sslt to thirty OF
| forty gallons NAV be obtained by boring tt
a reasonable depth He thinks, also, thai
in boring a bed Of rock salt may be psne
trated TO which shaft NAV be SINK ant
the salt mined like coal This idea is ia
| yored by the fact that nearly all the largt
deposits Of rock salt are found in the same
| geological formstion-,he Triassic. Ii thi
| mine Of wealth were only opered Kansas
couli supply large portion of the coun
| try with sslt, and if somebody would un
dertske the development of this great re
source it would be veritabie big bonanza
| All the salts now in the western states sDc
territories comes from New York, Ohio
| and Michigan-why shouldn't it conn
| from Kauss-? Another resource to whrcf
| spscfsl attention should he called ia rh'
| supply 81 pottery clay. a stratum @hich I'm
! ,!.riiea the coal beds in the northeastern
portion of the county. There are two msn
uiac;orirs for the making Of rolter's ware
one in Clyde and one in Shirley town1hip
| both Of which turn out excellent work
This is an industry whose Importance anC
| value cannot be sstim ited. which will, il
time. be OF the greatest service to thu
| country.