The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
ORR FUEL S.PgEg.
An Enteres.ing Lett-T on the COaI
Fi.Iis Of Es,:ern HausEs

III -
Az EnIeres.iag Lest-T on the goaI
FnIis Of Ess;ern KausEs.
EDITOR TINES: On Saturday last your
correspondent Sc; out on a tour Of obssrva-
tion amongst those fortunate individuals in
the vicinity Of Maria, TO whom the bowels
OF the earth are yielding up their maaif-
ceEce in the shape OF coal.
FULHAM's NINE.
This mine is situated four miles frou
Tongsno1ie and abou. two and half miles
from Moore's Summit, the nearest point Of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Mr.. Fulbam
hss made IN entrance By drifting at two
separate points into the west side Of the
hill Immediately overlooking Big Stranger
Creek. In one of those mines Mr.. Fulham
reports vein OF coal formation thirty-fOur
iuches thick; in the other, twenty-fOur-
Tnis mine offers splendid facilities Tor
working. Having az elevation OF forty or
tiiiy feel above Stranger bottcm, it drains
itself. Sufficient timher for the efficient
working OF the miEes il right on the spot.
- ntEHF Hbl osuBl Vi 1b4 lf1LpAC tlF7 oSgfS
the coal, and similar formation under
meath. Mr.. Fulham has q shaft sunk to
depth Of ffty.'hree feet, and ex
pects 10 strike another vein in about
seven feet more. The stratum OF coal which
Mr.. Fuihsm ia sinking for has heretofore
been found cropping ont at the bottom CT
| Stranger creek at very low water and then
| indicated vein Of four feet five inches in
1 NJ Eulh,rn ,l.ir,g N ha
| camel coal. Mr. Fulham has two miners
at work AMI pays them six cents a bushel
| for miDing-repOrts good demaud-could
| form no estimate Of what coal could be sold
Al il the appliance Of machinery were
br3ush, into operation bat says that it
| could be- sold much cheaper than tie pre-
sent price which is now two dollars and i'll
" cents ton at the bank.
LOcKwooDs MISE.
! Thi- vein il situa ed five and ore hall
| mile- from Tonsanoxie, about nine miles
! from Fairmount and about seven mIlcs
| from Lenape.
This mine has been opened this fall, and IA
now in good working condition. IL Is &C
ceptable from all points by excellent road.
| The depth Of tie shaft IL twenty FIVE feet.
| The formation similar 10 the mine already
described sol p stone above and, below the
coal stratum. This mine also offers excel
| lent facilities for working owing to its 10
cation; like the mine already described
| this mine can be made self draining. A
drive of very short distance through the
sideling will for ever obviate
any truble from wat.r. Tie thickness
| of the coal vein Is thirty inches
| and the indications go to show that another
vein exists below this and al
no great deyih. Mr.. lockwood, who, by
the way, is a shrewd Yankee, and thor
ough business man, has an unshaken conf
deuce in the p-oduCtiveness Of the mines
when properly developed, but ssvs it re-
quires capital to develop them. He is OF
the opinion that with proper machinery,
first class coal can BE- furnished at the
banks Tor 81 ton.
CRoCKET's NINE.
This mine is situated eight and one half
miles from Fairmount, six from Torg an-
oxip. and seven from Lenape. he depth
o. h.it Is twenty-eight feet.
This being the season Of sparerib and
sausage among the farmers, your cores
pondent, having first fortified himself with
The solid elements Of nutrition 10 be found
on tie farmers table, summoned nerve
enouob TO make sub,erranean tour of ex-
plorntion iu This mine. found three
miners at work. OGe Of the number, az
old, practical miner, said that lie consld-
tre1 ihe CoAi II ms t'Ili4i', S"Ps -.i ~ .'.e
Lea'eh"0r'h Coai, IRON the IaG' =, 'H1' -
contains res su Ih".' H"Se uIe 'i.T 60 "a
rom t"o o. tn.Ss n-L+e anu "iH .''-t',iy
O. 'Le same opi'lIOl: PEI 'e
i'es' 81 "9f-h 'oai ioI d. rIl -, Gu' &
tFT1a.s IoT ihe con - 'li.ie S,t- = I,'
y9iatIIe hlAttei; Il' a 80 80 S:,' hE,s
ne 'hicshe7s oI tie eo4' VEN Ia ~ i--.,.
.~1 iee'' alu very i'eui"I d. l H"'
hOI!0eu- rr
laEing in'o cohsi~et.- .-'iOh 'Ns I-o- ti'1S
NINE ha! mol Deeh open more nan Iem
week. II y III nice "oihins Ia olaen ;tl.,'
speaks wen iGr 'He .lie" VII ~ t uu.sl 'li
| zen 70 WON ID -hi' E i.'-s - 90.
'hlS niine 10 TWO yOuhs NJ -ipiI -l o-'.O