Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-09


with the pure mineral sulphur of the
Clearfeld slack pile which will have
tendency to fossilize his petrifed
organic remains, and in the course OF
time Darwin's missing link may yet
be found by future generations in the
slate and sulphur strsaks Of the Clear
field coal basin.
HE must not forget that we have
seven seams of coal"
And looked upon the sands of the sea
and saw beast rise up out of the sea
having seven heads.
Seven seams of Clear6eld coal.
And the beast that cav was like unto
leopard.
Spars of slate and streaks of sui
phur.
And saw one OF his heads as 1t were
wounded to death.
A clay vein in the present sulphur
slack pile.
And he caused all, both rich and poor /,
to receive mark.
Bone coal and sulphur streaks-the
trade mark of Clearfsld coal.
And that no man might buy or sell save
he that had the mark. And he shall be
torlnentcd with fire and birthstone.
Smoke from sulphur balls in Clear
field coal.
And the smoke OF their torment ascend
eth forever and they have no rest day or
night.
Consumers of Clesrfeld sulphur
slack.
Let him that hath understanding count
the number oil the beast which is 666.
The number of feet to be drilled
through the ccnglomerate bed rock
before the other six seams OF the
seven now claimed for the Clearfeld
coal field by the geological coal editor
Of the Osceola Repeille, who asserts
that the so.called conglomerate is
nothing more or less than two hun
dred feet of coarse sandstone, and has
only to be penetrated through to find
the millions of tons of pure mineral
coal that is to supply the wants of
future generations long after the
Cumberland region is wrought out
and dried up. the opinions of such
glass-front biologists as Miller, Lyell
and Murchison to the contrary not
withstanding. He has as much chance
to find chalk as he has to find coal !;
and without the Clearfeld coal basin
be an exception to the general rule OF
the formation of the earth's crust
neither of them will be found, and
your nine millions Of acres of coal
will have to be found in the adjoining
counties of the State.
The truth in nutshell is that you
are indebted to the P. R. R. Comra-
ny for the position you held in the
market to-day. But for their foster
ing care in nursing your trade with
cheap transportation, thus enabling
your operators to place an Inferior
article in the market at low figure,
they have cut largely into our trade,
cheapness being the motto of the age ;
consumers of bituminous coal preferred
your sulphur slack to pure quality
of semi bituminous coal-the best in
the world. The great trouble with
you now is that the consumers of
your slate and sulphur product are
beginning to find out that your hybrid
production is dear and unsatisfactory
at any price, and with the Spartan
courage and perseverance displayed
by our operators in fighting up stream
against the current the day is not far
distant with our local differences in
railroad matters settled when the
prophecy will be fulfilled.
Babylon the great is fallen and is be-
come the habitation of devils and cage
of every unclean and hateful bird
Csceola the great mining centre of
the Clesrfeld coal region.
And the merchants of the earth will
weep and mourn over her, for no man
buyeth their merchandise any more. They
dealt in all manner of vessels, wood, brass,
iron, oil, flour, slaves and souls of men.
The Clear6eld truck storekeerers.
Either part of the seam yields
inferior coal or the mine engineers
lack the skill to take it out. Possibly
a competent Mine Inspector would
be able to remedy this wasteful sys-
tenn of mining" Now neither the
mining engineers nor the Inspector
are responsible for the leaving in of
this part of our vein. The response
bility rests entirely upon the owners
of our coal lands. There are two