The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-10-14
THE TENNESSEE coal F.ElES.

| among the most extensive III tht
Union, AMI the quality of the GOA
produced is un>urpas ed. The area
of h,sc fields OF fine bi,uminuus coal
Is estimated at 500 square miles
The quantity OF the coal measures
las been put down rs being equal 10
Il hIo..k one hundred miles long, fit y
miles wide and eight feet thick. As
suming that a ton of coal is equal L.
one cubic yard, we have within the
boundaries OF the coal fields of Ten.
ncssee 42,l2 a61 900 IONS.
This coal field embraces within its
'ni'> ! oriions oi the counties Il
Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson, Scott
Morgan, Fcniress, Overton, Roane,
Rhra, Blcd-oc, IIrmiitnn, Marion,
SrqnatcIir, Putnam, White, Franklin,
Nan Buren,, Cumberland, Warren and
Coffee 1t embraces only small por-
ton, of the last two mentioned. This
is more than onc-fiiih Of the counties
"f the state. They all lie along al d
conliyuuus To the Cumberland Noun
tains.
1t is not our purpose, III an article
as short as this must !. e, s>art.y b..
TO q tempt Il scientific discussion as To
The qualify OF Tennessee coal, or as
To technical g,-,iu .iral tn.t, tons.
1t has been analyzed fully, and suf-
ticienl publicity has been given to
y Ii .nail sis a, 10 place ii within
reach of all who wish TO make Il crit
ical investigation. 1t has been prac-
iically tested. sufficient 10 show 4 at
it has all the qualities lhit combine
To make Il useful and valuable .oai.
|, makes cool coke, is good steam
making coal, makes a hot, durable
fire in the CRATE. and is comraratne e
ly free from sulphur There is no
question about ti,' qnrlity. and III
quantity it W, ull seem almost mex
l,aus lille.
Only small portion of this vast
fl ! |. cnn para,ively speaking, has yr'
been developed. Before the late war
this coal territory had nn ta,.iii,ies ia,
transportation, eXcept-a small portion
of it adjacent ,o the line OF the Nash
vile aud Chattanooga railroad, and
Ill IA sma' way along II lew rivers.
Since the war he Knoxville and Ohio
railroad has pc ,elrated the rich coal
fields at Coal G eek, 35 miles nortl,
of Knoxville. This road is now
being extended 10 connect with the
Louisville aud Nashville and the
Kentucky Central railroads, and viii
open up new coal fields. The Gin
cinna!i Southern railway has opened
up new fields along ills line, which
were never before dc:clope.l, because
there werr 10 ari,i i.s for iranspor
t,iinn. A branch roa,l is b. i,,:r butt,
from IInnnicni, on The Cincinnati
Southern railway, 10 Winters Gap
which will result ir the. development,
of some %. the bs st coal property in
The world. Another line is in con.
temptation from e nnrv Gap, on the
Cincinnati Southern railway, to
Knoxville, which will, when compile.
ted, result II the dsveL pmcnt OF
some very ii,e coal property.
This Goa; fell lies in the ea tern
porii"ii of the state, and thcr. is not
Il county IN East T..nl,csse hat does
not cont ,in more or less iron ore and
i'll nj ~ .f them il. is found in LARGE
quantities. In a short period III time
the coal fields will he reached l,v lines
"f railway Sufficient to guarantee u
never iaiiing supply, and new markets
will he oprne. up, so tl,a. coal mining
will be not only very extensive bui
also very lucrative business
Knoxville Chronicle.