, 1880-09-06
KING COAL.
The Infancy Of That Mighty Mon.
arch-A Story Of the Lack.
aWar1na.
The Brothers Wurts and Their Pic.
neering Eforts-Delaware &
Hudson Canal Company.
A GraEtty Ratlroad-Cross!ng Tho Afoosto
Ridge, from Carbon,lale to =.
11onesdalc.


1rovc ~ tha r;rat georotorv of Aha Trooa.
~ nj. re-, J ~ wv
"u1y~1ne fllss nooomo1lVe III
America,
sptc.a, Correspondence ~ 1As Chicago Tribune.
CAnnoNpALE, Pa.,. Sept. 1.-Sctcncc Il
often n,rrs mcclure, md wlat scc,n to be
wild conjrctures often lead In grand results.
Some stxty-ilvc years ago, two pl,cnoinehnlly-
rntcrprisinx young .lne,l-'William Wnrts, n
civil engineer and his brother Maurice, {,
Philadelphia inorchart-were drawn to
Northeastern Pennsylvania by what was to
thou, nn opcn secret, TINT those everlasting
Hills covered ricl deposits Nf anthracite coMl.
Although sntnll Quantities Of this mineral
had fo.,nd It's way from tho LahiKll region to
Philadelphia rs early rs 1SQ1, c0Al hndl not
yet been pushed Into general use, and ntuIng
scarcely had a beginning; but these far-sce-
lug adventures wcro confident that II was
only question nf time when this mountain
solitude should reGcho with tho claticring
wheels and the Tutnbl!lig machinery Ut n
mighty tral|c yet Unborn.
1t was In lslI tlint they came 10
TIE VALLEY OF T1iE LAckAwASN..,
md two yeArs later their knowledge Of tho
vast subterrnnean treasures enabled then, 10
purchase several Thousand ncres of Wild
land III LnHernc (ilOw LnckawAnlin) County,
al from 10 cents 10 50 per acre. Much
& fnw r,nntha latcr they clearrt .n,yuv I'm
.A.a' ~" .nv'is ,, , n..'t Ivy .'eeu nM"s uaa
lotest tul'4 pcs'it utclntlul's un !le spot
where now stands the City Of CarbnndaIe,
with lis wealth Of coal-,nfncs and II population
of 5000. Mining continued In d small way.
ami Nine ycnra vcrc ocr,,ntrJ IN vnxotin.a
mil 1ninrinus pfr0rts IN trnolsbnrt TIM rnni IN
atlelphin market. Small quantities OF cont
worn lon,lcd on rnfts n,lil rnn down tlln
fnrtawnxrt, Ink ] ~ rockv | strnam @ IN lr,,,In" % IL tho @
MISUNDERSTANDING tn bo portrayed III one
So great xas the extpnsc. and attended,
with sucl, risks. TINT th19 mctlnIt of trans
por,a,iol, proved n future. Another feature
that operatcd against the placky miners was
competition from lllo Lehlsll anu ochllyIklll
regions. Nor WINS there nl;cl, Of demand
to bo supplied, only 3B5 TONS having buc,l
absorbed by ,he ontl1o market IN he year 1870,
M s,A 5thls sapsea.le's " lhe lnll'a' ehoris VI
the Messrs Wnrts. By reference too chart
Of the coal-trade 1t Will be seen TINT no
isso tI,c vcnr tho tra,lo il rosl,lcra,l r. M hnyo
lo."' t,lo eai s'lo .l"uo - uons'ueiet " naS9
aetua'1y poe"h'-lAaA1ns " apl'aieht lhat a!l
previous tIahsactlons were SIMPLY expert
| mental
II wns Mt thts mt vcrv nroms,nr ,nnctnro
A.. thnso "s -, ,,i.',,asa io ~ 49, na,s,, ,uss'
tl1t ulese plo''ee1s Oh Lile e!'acKa"a1ha coal"
tralc, tlisc9uraEe!-not discouraged either,
! but slll,t ont-by the rufnous comnetitlotl
which cluttetl the philotlclnhln market with
fcv ,,nndrna inns n,uI i,,, tho nnvio,,,,nr
n, nt1" mul.ea to'o' uttu ps ..I uHS tc'ol!'s
t'l'ficiiitics Ill foatl'g tue coal thither on tho
trcnchero,ss streams leadluE to tic Delaware,
began 10 study aliu conjecture
,y'1,T,,p,, a rAvAT l.o,,tn ror mr. cnr.
"''f 4'I'' = e->snn srn,,r.Trn ewu1'' Soi oH eoS"
o,;, .ho o,a, ,.,,,a,,os,oa. Io@ ~ ,o,,, ,;..,..
una lne eoat transported 70 n now :mafKeE,
cook the dinners of the futnro millions Of
tho mercantile metropo,ls, The attainment
NJ tia ,h,ant .ao,ra., ,x.,;, ,,,.,, In,"i"sa.
" tmla ,, opicet ase,,eu "c!i tlH1' Aopeess'
tor hrst. rising III hlclr very face, were the
Nlooslc Mountains. rocky ridgo Of near
1000 feet III hight; and, beyond tllls, rough
euu"l,s W "'t.s tui1 i"'6.a' " oot"o tHii'J