The Dickinson press., 1888-10-06
GOAL FOR THE MILLIONS.
A Visit 10 the L.cligh Coal Mines.

Thursday of lust week VIM. Ray
who has control of the Laliy. OF rs it
is cointmolly called. the l.ehiyh coal.
mine. four miles east of town. invited
Il party consisting of III. j. Whitley,
jill. Price. J. y. Farrah and Il Press
representative To visit and inspect
the mine. Farrell Reilley, who thor
oGyhlN understands the workings of Il
roal mine. piloted the party through
the various. entries and compartments.
explaining the points and modes of
operating the mine. The main entry
is made from the east side of the hill
and is i'm Il distance OF one-righth of Il
n!ie. from which numerous side m
tries alu! ruu.nS branch off. MI these
have .:uu'i iron rail tracks connecting
with the inain track which extends
20 the railroad and upon which the
cnll is htislrol out of the mine and de-
iivtltl To the cars. horses hriug EN-
pinyrl in this branch uf the business.
The Vein of coal is of !, uniform thick
ness of sixteen feet, about eight feet
uf which is mined. leaving eight feet
of solid coal overhead. for Il roof. thus
G"in. away with the necessity of the
wooden Supports usually used in hold
iMg up tn! roof "f mines. The coal
i, of the very hest quality. solid and
tir.n and is mined in the satn name
is in the east. iy making IL bearing in
vn the bottom ani hlASting.thuS bring
in. down several tons of coal al Il
time. Mi. Ray will SOON put Il large
10 ,iiilr several ear, %! coal daily
through the winter. finding IL market.
as t'r est as, Fargo altl he already
la, contracts for supplying several
mills ;.lumg the lime with coal. they
having tested il and pronounced ii
n-.-cla>s Ton making steam. In this
connection Il few rNlttrts ti"@n an AT
titlr in II recent i~slln OF the Pioneer
Press wlll !,vut interest. II says that
the CREATES, deposits; "t Thu, coal ar-
crsSihlr from tilp railroad are found
i'm stark cuulltN. over oMi' hundred
mile, west of bismarck. adjoining
the tuNll>Itr "t Dickinson | lounl the
l.rmcVillrmlnr a DEMONSTRATORS lucky
,iri With u gu,d working Vein ul
live OF six lvvt tllirk. Under his
urlaltrr section there mc Il million
tons and ID" easiest kind of mining If
tll"i, is Sufficient drmanl. Few viii
lagts of 900 Inhabitants lNaNo such Il
bank ul cpAl ut their >"uth door. East
oi Dickinson. is the l.ally lmimr with
Il sixteen foot vein. This vein has
been traced north ion twenty miles,
and west and southwest as many more.
In fact, as II gentleman expressed it
TO me wil" had followed it ny: at is
rvvrNMh"rr. Dickinson gets most
of It's c"ul from this mimr. II is CON.
vtnirnl To the railroad. aMrl economic
raljy %.uim"}. The farmers mines III"
found Whenever there are farmers. III
is The. fashion to 90 into Il cut ln;;dr
l,l u creek. OF into Il rtvlMc and open
a coal mime. 1t is done with about
TIE same certainty II, Il mam in North.
ciII Minnesota takes his AN ;uld en-
tors the woods To get his fuel. The
greatest iaMk of tlii, Ignite that |
Heard Of il, suulh Of Dickinson in lIrt-
tiMgcr county. 1t i, IN imposing pile
fglly opposed for three hundred feet
in length and sixty feet in height. II
is ti.c wall nf Il creek that Will he in
great demand soInc day. There il, not
Il layer of clay OF dirt apparent. 1t is
solid coal. AID 50 great in its massive
ness. .litl 90 clrally and %clranly rN-
posed to View. that the l,Ninell would
cali it a wonderful freak of nature.
From what | hty' seen and knn" !
believe it is only t.r naked expression
VI Nlhl lIl'''iIifN lIiin hI!'It county
around Dickinson. "nt! II a depth not
to bother til" user "l miner When
nc~lrd. At Gladstone such men a.,
Bates. Clyllr, bis,cIl. Lee and L"tts
report baby mines in every dirc,..
ton. At Taylor. coming east i. NJ.
Tracey s,N- there IN" plenty OF known
"w"oA piles" as the more convenient
out-crupplmgs are called. AT Rirli-
|arltnn. tn" next station. N"rllrcrg.
the King of the settlement. claims for
his range the same treasures THAT
Tracey finds al his home. and the deep
cut, Oh Tn north OF R|i"llalit"n dis
clos" til" same universal seams.
Men, all woul scarlet underwear
at @l.5o per suit at McGillivray's