, 1881-09-03

| showing Of the runl products OF this Or any
other district IN tho State. In the succerl-
dIstriet. WIS at lc,ist =, por cent greater and
so to,s: T T nys5sEs i pfisG S 3 Si III his q
value, therefore, Of The prod ,tct for tho first
| OF the twn nhoye ycNrs WIS about 81 ,S1r, ,tsN,
s:'.UDO.0oa
TitE S1,1l,En OF MES EMrtoyrp
[ III this district exclusively III the coni.mfnes
wns III 1s7a-'sv little oycr ,ooo, md In lssp-
n l,robnhly abont 5,Mo. sIhu miners who
| dig tho c.'al are paid by the toli Mt prlcrs
ranging from 10 CENTS to no cnutS, according
+" !o s,ats Of tle tea' inr Iator md the
nll utiiGr e!nployts above ground, as wril us
the ln,llt-triyers. trnppurs, ami ntllers I,elow
ground receive ~, M average SO pnr month.
Az EIHI I'D ,lay,s work for miner t. tl,rcs TONS
eXcec,l two md l,atf tons per .lny, uiltl this
for Int over five days Iii the week linking tho
year round. an average 'lny's earnings for
9orn ''ST fIo n ~ ySa!s 'fntf bas as was @ ,srS +
sl,nw tlml III tile years ls,o-so tilo wugcs paid
to al! tie lal!nrrrs about tho nlncs ulioui,tctl
to t,,ri! fully & Wr tol}' and -, with the
snfyaea sy pes sr S5 e eH e os. g as af rea sfs
much figuring to sllow tint there was li0
profit ~ tile operation nf coal mines that
yenr. Im'e-tho great difference III illn
Er'ss Of sl.a' lNr to,, at tue 'nipes-or even
s,''ncr buys in Chlcag0 lnaks rs though there
WIS rg9t1s form large. profit, hut ll nccortl.-
nlleu Win tI!e general contract tnnae tly Mll
tS rs II T ct S y m SrSaf n1s The at,Sr re-,
for transporting the coal 10 tho city. To
Tits must be n,l.lctl retnil tleulcrs' profits,
cartaRc. etc, which all 20 10 build up tho re-
tnll price.
Id sA1.r.E COUNTY
Is the heaviest producing county III the
State. There are twenty mines Within II
lrtlins Of Hive miles FROM Streator tanI
fifteen ,norc within TINT tltslanea frnlm
h!'s'' III Tnrs!o ss Gsan,y si sef';s It fe sR'is s
UEiesby o,,e. These arn nrirlynii important
lhl,'nS Workesl By shifts, with stcnln.puwer
and nj n D"lnt ten miles nurtl, OF Ia Suiie
ttlcre nre a!su smaller ,l,ines TIu ioinl nun.
her tll the cnn,,ty. both t.rrnt antl small, is
ovcr iifty., \ good many uf tllese. howeygr,
!ncre "siril bnllksh is they nre caIlrd"thnt
}s places where tho ctal IS 10 near the sur
iae' tlIMt only allp superinctmhent ullnnt
gravel drift lave to 10 strippe, Of! ton tIel,th
Tin of !:oaI a1arrir.i ont: ris W proxiMfty of
tlle ctnl Il, the Surface, loweyer, usually In
.lsrnies the grouping ottt Of tho cont.seam ut
tl!c ho!'tlnry Of the coaf'!ir!d. nnd fl the 10
tNG sis*ltu ID uut$ 6lAktGH ~
twenty inches thick, whereas ut Streat0r md
I.A Snlfe, wlierH It citH only be rencilel by
SHIFTS. its average thickness Is four feet.
os h Se Is VIZ @Go'ty fll Of l'Htsrest fer tie
tuua wurs. ayllently ut oau time disturbed by
so.,Ie mighty upl.euyRE, and IN some ngc long
nrlnr to the formation Of the etsa 1ieasslru
M tlert wRs u tl,'i!l!tnii peak at |. point where
shown by tho hydraulic cement rnck which
here comes to thn. surface. but which few
miles away II any direction ls thousands Of
feet below the s..rfnc,. All the coal-,nlnes
slde af TIC illlnois River are found on tic
topS nj tllH bluffs, OF, at least, on top OF the
sandstone cii'Is t!'ut border tho Illinois River
fra,n ti,lca to Ottawa. l:nt ut La Salle, nnly
nhly hy sllafts from ;;u0 IL 4U0 feet deep.
IlM tecnest SHIFT In thu county Is tlie
Of la Sale, which Is no feet deep. Tho
iAnEe fr0m 1C0 th l2o fent in depth. At La
Smile two sGnnis Of cntll nre worked, one Of
which Is from three to Sly feet tlIlck,, alt
l lnwe5 % nlie which ranges from three ia. four
ness, OF, the coaf:Sgn,n Is about four and n
l!nlf to live feet. The total coal, product OF
tl1o County II The ycar, to June I. lSso, was
nt,nllt SD, 600 tons, and IN the year to .JlMe |,
lhsl, WAS probably not less than 1,0o0,000
Il is estimated TINT Mt lcnst onc.third Of
the ,cnslra nren Of the county benrs seam VI
cual avcrnglii:. four feet III thickness.
Will. COUNTY.
Tho mining district III this county IA coil
lined almost exclusively to tho extreme
southwestern township, OF, Il truct of land
elnbrnctng d lttlle over 10,ttN acrea around
the Town Of lsrnldwnott. Tn this tract are
rs e *ss @ % of e iys nx nqa, re n1 9, a1a
heavy tHncl,tnery aud steRni-J'0wer. tfhe
nyer.tgc doptll 0f, SHUTS here Is ninety feet
and thu average thlckness of the sem, worked
o,9Iv "99t ~ affs IT, fsst % n totn r9st q sf the
calculated by the County Afinp Inspector at
;sa, 0M tnns. I'll the yeNr to June /, 1850, it
WIS 540,0oo luns. and in'the year. to JunG |,
iesl. may be approximately stated Mt 05o,000
0uuS1,y COUNTY.
The nlnst important coal works in this
county nre ut c0al City nlItt ut Hrnoevllle, the
prlnGiial nllle 1T tho latter place having been
aes st. nl %'s1 9IlySaa III an copasy' G1sasS' M he
seventy to eighty feet deep alid tic seaill ii
e,al from tlres t9 four feet tl,tck. At Morris
on I small scale. Tile si,afts here arp. from.
thirty tn forty fert deep alld the seaui of cnnl
from two aud ilnlf to three teet thick. The
total product ut the county lii the year to
Juno !, iso0, was about .0V, 100 tons.
NuREAu COUNTY
AAH@ tnp NAeI5l
u whicl, urr. one ut Stlellield oile at I, punt
two and y lInll lnilus east Ut Hutla. UMe hva
r!flcs rast 0f Princeton, and others Il, tic
Vicinity Ut TIslsIlwa., Tl,ere, aru tllrrs
county, anil ut different :deptl4 below
tue surface. Tho mott valuable me Is fur
and u lla!f to five feet III thickness. This ii
an excellent quality Of sonl, being tln sa,1e |
~ worked u the depth Ut iran, :O0 to N4} |
feet IN l.a balIa E1lrty, but. Is in Bureau
County very itGMr the surfce. At Hour
bnnlla!s, Just east OF DndA. It Is worked III |
s!,aft sixty feet tleep., At Tiskliwn anti at
Sheffield II Is worked by drifts or tunnels |
entering tlv coal SEMI fru,n its oiltcropa III !
thu tlllslt!es. Tho geological surveys csti. |
llshte TINT tw0-tllinlH OF the area ut the |
routlty is ulltprlnid by Ole Nr the otller " |
tllB three seNnls vi coal. III tho absence uf |
my figures for tle product Of the l,liflus ut
Sheffield, the product of tho county for thu
Year t1 Iune !. les0. ulay be estimated Mt |
from u. QUO 10 ~, 0o0 tons.
HENRY COUNTY.
Almost the entire area ut this county, ex-
Gopt the three Northwestern townships, Is 1ii-
terlail by ulla ur Hiurn seAnlB Ut ct,nl, aver.
aging from tllrge to ttye feet IN thickness, |
'lNtro tlsy tty eDa ,iI!IleA III operation In the
county, tho most important Of wtlel, nre III
tIfxS tkt.S