The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-14

the ROCKY strata iilB conclusion woulu
Sot only be legitimate, but 1t would be
demonstration, AN incontrovertible fact.
Again if ono could cut one Of these
mounds through the center aud pass
the bicnting line down any distance
say, one thousand feet aud could in
spect thia surface all the way down and
at aoy point in the whole distanee dis.
cover that one stratum of earth OF even
any of ,his earth curved upward to-
waids the outward surface of a mound
beneath which il was, no matter how
feeble this dIuvo might bo outliued, ne
would know At once that the produe.
/ & cause uf the mound bad operated
bsatA,h every one ot these curves.
Thi. be would know beyond doubt
Al must know that. Iisa aucb an in.
ves,igation ever been made H. has
il psu. While in ,ho States. was
accustomed 20 ttavel more o. itss. ftr
period of N'.ss y"n''s, over latg.
prarie couutry vi ere these moauds we're
numerous f., distance cf thirty or
fJrtt m,lts, one or two almost moun-
tsinS but still in moahd shape. IL was
known that coal existed in this region.
but thcIe was wood enough, 80 this
c,al was not needed for fuel end there
was no transportation at hand. Re.
Gently this coal region hss been wosk-
ed. Tho 40 At um Of coal varies from
one 10 two and half feet thick and
lies from six to ten feet below the sur.
face This coal IL under these mounds
as we'll rs elsewhere. The way in which
this coal Is mined is thia. A ditch say
six feet wide and from ono to two hun
dred yards long is dug down to the coal.
This done the coal is taken out, then
another ditch Of like dimensions is dug
by the side Of it, and the dirt is thrown
where the coal was taken from aud 30
on as much as is demanded. la dig.
ging this coal wherever mound rises
above there is mound of coal beneath
Just like the one above.
II the mound is large or small, high
or low, the coal mounds correspond
with IT, Now IL all the earth were
taken of and there would be coal
mounds, everywhere over the sutface,
just like the mounds arc now, which
shows that the agency that produced
the mounds of earth produced the
mounds Of coal also, and that this agen.
cy was underneath bo.h mounds, aud
that it was not artificial but geological,
therefore the proof is almost axiomated
that the mounds ate not artificial. but
that lhey are geological in their origin.
/ ds not SAY that coal is under ell the
mouhds in the United States, but since
th1 above cited TACT is known further
invr/tigations may discover facts aud
p<snomeaa in different parts of the
country under these mounds that shall
more clearly satisfy tho Gost skeptical
and prejudiced mind. ! will not Say
more clearly but the evidence will be
constantly accumulsting until the last
vestise Of our false teachings on this
Point, and the fincied theories ef his-
tory, aud tho pictured tribes Of giants
working with titan diligence for ages,
aud the countless tribes running for
dear life from the rising waters, and
the whole people bowing in fervent de-
votion around tbege mounds, celebrat-
ing the Fourth of July completion of
work that should stand AS long ss grass
grows and water fows, shall vanish for
over from our looks and belief.
p A. MosEs.