The sun., 1886-12-05
AXrHRAC1rE AND POsTERTTY.
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81 don't suppose that 1t ever occurred to
you that cubic yard Of anthracite coal ought
to contain just ton. did It ?" said coal dealer
with turn for statstics. The reporter replied
that he wasn't aware OF the fact. and blushed
at his own Ignorance
"Oh. you needn't lot that worry you," said
the coal dealer. There's a bean OF men who
sell coal for q living. even. who are not aware
OF the fact themselves and think there is as
much as ton and q half. and sometimes two
tons. In q cubic yard. according to the Gus.
TONER But that Is simply a matter OF con-
tempOrnneous interest. ana doesn't affect pos
terity. which. before IL Is many centuries older.
will be wishing that there had been ten tons to
every cubic yard instead OF one. Why2 Good
enough reason why.
OF course. as far "a we are concerned. my
son. 1t doesn't make great deal OF difference
whnt kind of fuol p-op then on Oarth will be
using. say in the year 2t)55 but II know how
to ngure-and customers Of niue who have
ceived bills from me assure mo TINT dol can
give posterity th. quiet tip that 1t won't broil
its chops nor toast its shins by the hat OF an
thracts coal latsr than the yoar 2O55. and
pos;erity can't do better than to make note Of
1t. How do know? Figures.
Now let's s.e Everybody knows that there
is no anthracite coal TO speak of outside Of
Pennsylvania. and that It can only lie found In
a comparatively small corner of Pennsylvania
at that. The boundaries "f the anthracite coal
area are defined with such certainty that by
making n slateful or two Of calculations. hassd
on the estimated depth. thickness. dip. and ex-
tent OF the coal veins. am ready and willing
to set II down as a fact-and defy anybody to
make affidavit that my figures are wrong hat
before any anthracite coal was taken out Of our
mines We had the neat little deposit OF 1000
O00.OuO tons to draw from. Theirs were few
million tons more than that. but put IT In
round numbers To save time. rs, eve were tO
b.."Nnl. aud add III the ii'tie lninnc. OF 10
2S9.Gl t"ns. II would make but slight ili:r-
euet to The p.one of th. year 2Ojj. for the
ll9.2s9. GA tons would last tlom but iitts more
III an ~ tweiveInonih.
rh. turacil. coal trade was born In 1890.
and tho mark t datnan.! being one ton d.y.
,ns busy operators then in lhe iiem sent 3G5
tons down the L-higli and Delaware Rivers
1920. Tnen in 1929 Schuy XIII county D.gan to
In 1929 the Dslswars and HaIson Cana. Com.
northern boundary OF the anthracite region. in
Luz-rne county. aud sent u Nav York 7'DU
ian ies maketed about 350OOO tons In ten wears.
Dur ng the second ten years OF til. trade they
thiriy @ years they had isxsn out Of tha ground
ani Did about %. 900 900 tons. At the heginning
OF the rebellion there had been but 6',OuU OUO
tuus takrn away from the deposit. leaving
hole in the Bug hill underground something
like what u mouse hole III a cheese would Ge IN
ompari.On. But with the coming of the War
anthracite coal began to boom. and in ten
years 2O0o.OOO more tons were rninei ani
sod than hat t-en handled in al the forty pr.
c.iinG years Of tho trade. AT the close OF bnsi-
ness n 1879 the depo.it in the ground hnt t#.rn
reduced by 4uU.UO0.UOO t0ns. aud u We were to
make the orig nai mitits good to-day We you'll
have To tut back into them not less than $50
OUO. QUO tons. Just sse how like u EronEih"g
hone in "a ;en-acrc lot the breach made by TAX
ing that hill OF Goa aw.y from the II: 0OoGOD.-
he mar ksd tn. following diagram on the office
table with q piere Of chalk: