The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-05-12
MAYHEM.

A Mayview correspondent thus
speaks al the coal interests of that
thriving village in the Odessa Demo-
crat OF the 18th inst.:-
The all absorbing topic ut present is
coal. Prospecting" has been going on
! i'll different localities for several
months, and in every instance has
proved successful, At II depth ranging
| from 80 feet TO l39 feet according 10 the
/ elevation of The surface. The TACT has
been asccrtaiucu that we are living
over II continuous bed Of the very finest
coal, II sample OF which was exhibited
al the Kansas City fair several years
AGO, and took the first prize over all
specimens. The above sample was
chemically aunIyzcd in New York, and
was found to he very superior Ill every
! thing that makes coal valuable for heat
! and light.
/ When the G.. & A. X, r. was built
| through here, an effort was made 10
develop the coal but fell through. and
nothing further was done for several
wears: then the MayvlGw Coal Co. was
iurmcd and sunk II shaft on the iarn oi
| T.. Strasburgh, thrcc-tonrIhs "f mile
east OF town. At depth of 80 feet Il
| - inch vein of fine coal was struck,
! but ow ing TO the shaft being on sharp
curve, no side track has vet been laid
TO the mine, which has greatly retarded
| It's development, ail'the outputs having
to be hauled in wagons TO the depot {;
but with all the drawbacks, the shalt
has been kept steadily running and il
always behind with It's orders. This
coal Is sold in Kansas City by the name
OF Farmers Coal, and brings the high
est price ot any coal entering Kansas
City.
In order to develop our mines and ia
supply the demand, the T.. ~ a. X. IL
Co. was asked where il would be con-
yenient To connect with their track
They Immediately sent their engineers
and surveyed switch on Mr.. IL
Warehouses; farm, also one on Mr.. A
Il. Matthew'S farm, running east by
southeast 10 where Mr.. Matthews
drilled to the coal, which he found to
be % inches thick at depth OF l3s
feet This coal is over II strata of fire
clay, from to 4 feet thick. Ii il
thought by those who pretend to know
that this clay would make fine fire
brick, terra Gotta, or any class of goods
recurring good quality of fire clay
Tests " i'll soon be made 10 determine
its value, which we hope will prove
satisfactory, and that the clay may
prove equally us valuable rs the coal.
MIR. Waterhousc has sold his coal t.
parties from ilis@insvillc, who will put
two or three shafts down this summer
They are now drilling day and night
on their territory.
Mr., Matthews is also negotiating
with parties with the view Of sinking
live shafts, all to be connected TO-
gclher underground, so that III case o
un accident AT one shalt the others vii
serve as escape shafts. Should Mr.
Matthew'S switch be extended south
east il would open thousands OF acre
of the best coal lands i'll Missouri, TO
we know that for many years coal ha
been dug, i'll limited quantities 1t i
true, but enough for the demand, al
the way from Lexington, Mo to War
rcnsbur1, Mo-, and If yOu will look ol
the map You will find Mayvlew on
direct line between those two towns
and II railroad between those two point
would run over continuous bed o
splendid coal easy of access, safe min
, ing, there b0ing nine feet OF solid lin
stone rock above the coal, while th
mining is done in the fire clay.
There are thousands of acres of Goa
yet for sale in this yet unworkcd iiel'
within an hours ride OF Kansas City
which at present can be bought at
nominal figure, but which i'll iev
months will triple in value. Capital
lists would do well to investigate th
above. They can double their none.
in short time.