, 1881-09-03


ts0 ,000 ions. 'l'r' fnrRr !l.mald from steam
t'nnss oIt the Mississippi River. us well Ms ll
n,.n!ero,s rnilwnys ind manufacturing ~
tn;sc,,ts s; .c, 10 hrcH,rate r. .ho Gty q
iiatltt for conl ut that t,nht md Inns sttmli
lated cnn-,nihlng In the county to m cxtell
TINT l. rnnitll, rxhnrstlnH tim supply turp
posits Of the cn,lnty Will bo exhausted witllii
five nr slx years.
ME.cEt COUNTY.
Tile six northeastern Townships Of iii.
county hre within tlic ttr.!tsnf the prodtctly.
e9asl' ef an ths ss9a 'ynE r. ,!En
aud being worked i, a!1Mubt MI localities b,
locn!tty IL at cabte. 70 .wflicl, petnt IL rni!wa,
!,ns bGeii constructed frotn thu t,ity nj KGci
tslalNl for lllr ptIrpOsn Df bringing out til,
cnal. At tlits l,inL tlit. srAm uf ct,al fs fot,,
feet thtcl. hut tllins nlf 10 abottt two Get /
tsw, tsw Miles +, tlle westward r. tho extrn'ns
tho totnl prpdnct or wl,lcl, IN tho year tt
September, la1U was ;i7,O11 tons. lii ti.u YEN
- .lnns !, lsso, this WIS probably lncrcnscd
to III, 600 tons.
WA1t1sEN COUNTY.
Nearly the whutc Of this county, except the
western tier NJ townships. y within the l!pl'
seafns, which ara thicker a,ltl tterppr DcIpw
thy st.rfnct to ttlt eAstwaril III knnx anil Pc.
nria Counties, here become extremely ,tiIIn,
are over tifty mines ii tiiu ct,unty. hut a1l Of
tho slatl elass. cn!lpi! g,1l,her-lDlGs, being
drifts TINT sre workGtt BY Ui,e nr twO men iii
Haei., a! y q, % Sli!!li sca!s u rn;t,cts, for
coal III nlt rmrss uf this county ynrics from
ole md n.'inlr to twO feet In thickness Ills
tntnl prottutt Of thg cnullty IL, tl!c year u
September, l61". WIS l7,lU0 tons. and III tic
year to June l, ]es0, probably 5,000 tons.
+ KNOX Cu1'SVf.
about Altona, Oncidu, Henderson, nltl
Wataga, bears n valuable sea,,l OF coAI Of
excellent qunlity md atont fonr feet In
thickness, nut, owing, to tho free supplies
the mines of Knox have never been devil.
upGtt to thu extent tlMlr cAparity would
justify. Tllorc are In ,.ll about twelve mines
" tue county at The polnts abnve l,anle.l, ni
their total product fiji the ycur to June |, 1880
was about II, 2,0uU tons.
sTAnK COUNTY.
Nearly the entire areu of the county is ,.ls-
derlait! BY II sem, Of conl frUnl three to four
feet thtek. Tho most !ilrortnnt l,tiilt In tho
county Is that Of the 1.aihrop Conl Co,nmlny
.leel. ThIs ,nima WIS si'i nro'i"einF y - aboat a
xiii, xiii 1s% when IL the "'i'; hoiIsr oXRp,odeti R
md the top works were burned down, sincs
inincs In the vicinity Of Wyoming, ToltiOl,,
md Nlot!cnn nre of iMl1cll smaller cnlAGity.
The total prOlflict 0f tile fourteen ,Mlncs III
the county in the year to Jul,u l, 1850, WIS
nbout 5,00o tu,ss.
stAHsliAI1. COUNTY.
a seam Of coal three md y l,alf fect thfck
crops ont or t!.c bluff nlDug tlla iorth sttlo of
the illinois River FROM Spurlnntl all tlto way
to l[ellry. On tlls the various landowners
v a frErs a. n,ns %tS nS ir by 1ifts n snail
yet ot The twenty-toar mines III lie COUNTY
for tho year to June l, 1850, WINS ;,:p0o TINS.
!iorlng8 for al Artcslnfl well nj Spnrlnnd
have, however. shown TINT there Is another
threG and II half foot seam Of cnnl at thu
depth Of l15 feet, which has never been
worked III the county.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
Tile sealn Of coal worked IN this county Is
the san!e i.s ta1nt W0rkelt ut Streat0r, boing
Inq!it tle same tliGkness a'ad worked by
TO June !. 1850, three ,i,incs ut Fafrbury pro-
hneet p, 100 tons, o,,e ut Pontiac 3,5tO tons.
n1nt stx mines in tho extrcmo north cor
,ler nf the county lrar Streator, o., ,l0o tons,
inakliig u totnl OF q, 600 tons.
woonroKD COUNTY
hns but oma mine; this Is u sInft operated Mt
Mtnunk. b3 feet deep. having tho SECOND
The LIT product of The nIlne in tie year to June
l, 16a0, WAS little over t00, ,000 tons.
rEolslA COUNTY
llnd ftty-1iya mines III operation at tho cnd Of
18Th Al OF theSe nre III the southwestern
l;nf Ut tile county. All except twelve Of
these arn along the valley of tie KtckuDo0
Creek and I'LL tlle ltlu Ut the T., B. Il Q, Rail.
wny betwcen l'eoria and Elinw6ol, dis
lance af tWEHty-sevGn miles, being n,l uvur-
aEe Of NM lntne TO- every twu-thiyIs Of a
mile. Tho other twelve are located Aong tho
liie OF tile NnbRsli. st. Louis Il Pacific, br-
Tween tween pGora and alap'etoll, Il distance Of
Tllb Thickness of tito seam overvwhcro