The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-15
oLRHELAMns 0pp0RrnMIry.

I'm giving the map showing the mineral re-
sources Of Eastern Ohio and the railroads pene-
| trating the coal fields from tie lake border, we
briefly pointed out the great Importance OF the
Valley Railroad to this city az opening up to US
a larger and richer territory than any traversed
by the lines previously constructed. The subject
is OF 80 much consequence that It cannot be too
strongly impressed upon the attention OF our
people.
The mineral fields Of the Slate in direct cOnnec'
tlon with Cleveland are the Mahoning Valley
with Its superior BrRr Hill COAL the territory
penetrated by the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Rail.
road and It's tributaries containing a large
amount Of steam and foundry coal but none yet
mined suitable for the smelling OF iron; and the
Upper TusCarawas Valley, which furnishes a
large amount of excellent Massillon coal that
reaches Cleveland by the canal, and the CeVe-
land, Tuscsrawas Valley & Wheeling Railroads.
Together these fields furnish supply Of excel.
lent minerals that are practically inexhaustible,
but on the line OF no one Of the roads penetrating
them are found all the minerals essential to the
most successful prosecution Of iron making.
This, however will be the case on the line Of the
Valley Railroad when opened through with its
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completed AT the northern extremity Of this
line are the lake ores, which would be utilized In
the Cuyahoga Valley and at Akron, and would
also pass down to the Hooking Valley iron dis.
trict. Between Cleveland and Canton the line
crosses the No. l. or Briar Hill seam of coal. Be.
low Canton and before reaching the Turcarawas
Valley Railroad the road crosses portion of the
Massillon district With tie line built south OF
that railroad, the road would run for twenty
miles through the Sugar Creek Valley where the
Goals are Of great purity and Of the highest heat.
ing power of all the Goals In he State In the
southwestern part OF TurcaraWas county 1t would
iDterseot the black band iron field, which ex.
tends westward undiminished in quantity and
quality to the borders of Holmes and Coshocton
counties. AT Coshocton 1t will tap the rich Goals
OF that county, which have been pronounced by
railroad engineers, after careful experiments, the
best steam coal in the State, and continued in the
same direction would cut the rich mineral county
Of Muskingum and pierce the Great Vein coal at
the center Of It's greatest development This Is
Ohio's great deposit Of iron making COAL to
which, 1t is asserted by experts, will be drawn q
large part Of the smelling furnaces OF the State.
The ores OF this region, some Of which are of
great excellence, are such that they need to be
supplemented with the black band and the rich
and pure ores Of Lake Superior
Ther4 should be no delay Ia pushing to rapid
completion the southern continuation of the Val.
ley Railroad, and the connecting line which will
bring to tat Canton, and thence to Cleveland
such an important business In coal, iron, and
their manufactured products Sandusky and
Toledo are pushing for that business, bat Cleve
land now has, by means Of the Valley Railroad,
an advantage over all Its rivals which It would
be worse than folly to throw away or neglect"
Cleveland Herald