The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-01
CORRESPONDENCE.

A NEwsy LETTER From THE WEST
SIDE - PERSONALS - TIMBERISG-
IRREGULAR MAILS - THE Coal
FIELDS OF MoSoNoAIIA, &e., &c.
RANDALL, w. VA, Sept. 26, 1851
Editor NEW DOMINION: The roads
here are becoming very dusty.
Three timber teams are hauling to
Jimtown; one or two below and one
at Granville. The timber business
Is paying the farmers well; they not
only get paid for their timber but
get rid of their surplus grain at
good round price at present.
Will Barmore got frightened and
thought we were going to have gen.
eral famine. He bought fifty bush
els of wheat and paid $l40 bushel
for it, and hauled II besides, making
it cost him about $l.45 delivered.
Will ought to have wet bandage
applied to his Uranium.
Joe. Wharton has fattened and sold
fifty-two head of hogs this summer
and fall which brought him over
800.
While we are suffering from a
drought, we are thankful that 1t is
very healthy in this neighborhood. ]
only know of two cases of sickness in
this immediate vicinity and they are
both very old persons.
/. N. Weaver has returned from
Kansas with the ague. He says
when it comes on he doesn't have the
trouble of pulling Off his boots, they
just shake off.
J. B. Cole has returned to his
home in Lewis county.
Will Dusenberry talks OF going to
Lewis county to settle. He says he
has an offer on his home farm.
/ received letter mailed Mt Fair
mont on the 9th of September, and
got it on the 10Th of September, just
fourteen days on the way. Also one
from Mount Morris dated the 18th
of September, and got it on the oath
Of September, twelve days on the
way. Somebody is to blame for de-
tanning mail matter, but l don't know
who it is.
/ received letter from Mr.. Hop
kins, President of the p. s. II. r., in
which he says he hopes to have his
road under contract to the river in
Monongalia county this fall.
AS number Of capitalists have
their eye on the minerals Of West
Virginia, will copy again the report
of the Goals of Monongalia county.
The coal field passes through Monon-
gala county from north to south,
and extends from Laurel Hill, on the
east. to beyond Cassville, on the
west, making it about IA miles wide,
and ns the county is about ID miles
wide through the centre Of the coal
fields, this gives us about 200 square
miles Of coal above water level. We
have workable veins in Monongalia
four in the upper coal measure and
one in the lower. In the upper we
have the Pittsburgh seam, nine feet
thick; the Red Stone, four feet; the
Sewickly, four to five feet, and the
Wayncsburg, nine feet. The follow
ing is the analysis Of the latter four,
made by Mr.. Dwight, of Wheeling:
Red Stone, carbon 54.36, volatile mat
ter 37.SS, ash 7.39, coke hard and
bright; Sewickly, carbon 543l, VIOLA
tile matter 35.7S, ash 9.47, coke me-
dium hard; Waynesburg, carbon
$3.50, volatile matter 1886, ash LIB,
coke moderately hard; Pittsburgh,
carbon COOS, volatile matter 1902,
ash $40. The fifth vein belongs to
the lower coal measure and is known
as the upper Freeport vein. 1t is
found on the east side Of the Monon-
gahela river and measures from four
to six feet An analysis was made
from Goals Of this vein out Of the
Austin mine in Preston county, and
the result was as follows: Carbon
$3.50, volatile matter 3l.47, ash 2.4s,
coke 81, 55 and is hard medium, and
is used at the Belmont furnace.
Yours truly,
LAMoNA.