, 1881-09-03
The Product in the Year to
June, 1880, Placed at g.
763,162 Tons,
And for the Year to June, 1881,
at 5000, 900 Tons.
Estimates Of tho Future .Incxllanstlblo
Snpply-10, 600, 00O Tons per Year
for 5000 Yenrs.

iitca fr"u, UsicIJj guii I"fhtniie M"ttrrsI '''"
Ii VIC draw linu from FAST To West ncross
the state Ut tllianis al,out ten or twelve
miles smith Of thu Capital City ur Springfield
there Will be nfty-two counties North Of It.
Iu twenty-four ut tllcsu coal Is l,cirg mit1c,!
~ Ill extent thai makes It o,,c nf the most
1Mportunt Industries of the rn,,utry.
The nu,sl nnrtilcr,, point nj which cnnl ID
lI,,rti i'll the Stutc Is ot l,apitls Civ. m Rock
lsIam, County. tn tucc anp,oxi,rn,c]y thc
outirr nr tic eoaiicld Il, thls nortlern nuIf
Of The State, take tic man nud drnw a line
tloEl EatI,l& City suntllras.wart(ly to the
northwest .nrtinr VI Grun.iy County: thence
,sontll"ast u Wilmington, ttl viii CouI,.
=ty; thence. Southwest, to puntiar, II,
Iiy1lgstnl. County,: THENCE sonthenst
'1o i)anyllIc: thc,lce sn,l!h n}ut,t tan
miles; t),p,nv soi,tl,westrnrfly acrosv
tho State IN W1u.I,tst,.r In Scntt t,,,nnty.
thxnce nosthwpsiwnrily IN Iiuahvt1, Il,
Schuyler Countv: thcuci, rxt.n,llnp r., rcu.
s1,Gsspc II, AtcDouo,,rl, {,o,,,,ty. thanra IT.
ruclly north to t],e ,Ijs,I,sinni l,iyrr' nloml
f,rtec,, u,I,.a ,r,.. ,f i,.,. 1,'a,.a it ~.
coaI-lr,ytn or Northern llliuuss extends ncross
tie Mississippi liiyer into Scott County.
Iowa, n1ul is wurket BY half doxe,l mines
at srycrnl points from eight to ten miles
west uf Davenport. This Is not properly !,
part Of tile !" Iowa cOnl-,inlsl" twhtcl, ltrs u,-
l'.ost exclusively III tllu D,3 Mulncs Vallpyl.
lsL part of tho :. iIlnots conl-!lel.I c,lt III
III some prehistoric uge by tho brcnkfnr
through Of tho Mississippi lliycr-or what
ever other rnuse ,nuy have ,uutle the cj,a,,nrl
for thai s.rcnl,-u,ui It may tm here utcnt1mctl
as m Interesting stolugica, fact tllut there
ara evidences that tho Ailssissjppl o,,ce
flowed through, whul Is nav rl,,ns.
ant Valley" intD the present CHM
rel of NocI 7,,yS,r nj n mint so,newllcr,,
about tlio present crossing ur tho llorl Isl
uliG Railroad, nsul tlle,Irc down the Valley Df
the Rock River II, q iuurtlon with tho nrcs-
clit channel, four or jjye miles west or lin
City Of lsuck Island, y
r1iE OUTLINE or THE COAL FIELD IN
SoRrHEItN 1L1iNOlR
us given above SLOWS not 'only the limits
within which C0n! Is now llefng produced,
hut also the 1imlts outside Of wlIlcl (rxcspt-
Ing MS Will be presently n,entioncd) thera IL
no probability OF ever finding my cnnsider-
nbe S,lpnly OF conl III tEe north hn1f nf tl,o
State.
The line tlrlw1, from, l,aphls City tn tbe
northwest corner Of Grunuv t,onnfv nntf
thence to Wilmington Bllows. TIM pc,.erai
course Of tue o,ltcrup ot older eeoel ft,r,nu-
ttons tl,au the coaI measures. 'rIle waa ,,os-
slbly once the northern margin of n iarc nr
sea cxtcutltng iu,l.ilniijv snn,,,wnr,i ~
basin wh!c), was fiilcI IN nv ti,a ,,e,"x,s
ot tic coal measures, Tile wt,strr,, hnnnd.
ary, rs given uuvyc, from Wlncbcstcr IN tha
Mississippi, west Of Dayenuort. wos atso
liked by t, same cA,tses Al t,,a nor ,i,ern Aa
we 60 across the State tuyartl the west frm,
the line of Springfield an1 pnnrin nil tha coni.
sea,ns erudnnly com. n,,urnr IN ths surfonn
crop out a1,l tlEsaunpnr nlnut thc ,rnstarn