The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-18
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> very suikins illustration Of the mlsera
; wealth Of West Virgins is Aloaled b,
rCesni discoveries Of railroad engineer,
, running lire tbrOash Bosus county.
On the tace Of mountain ou the Fond
Fork Of Coal river, where bu. two veins
oil cnA1 were supposed 10 txIs,, thu en-.
EirceS discovered the oUtct0p 0! no I,,t
than eleven veins, ranging trOm two 10
seven inches 10 twenty ictt III thickness
Eut AgSGreShang siXty.eicht trrt eleven
Inches. One vein IS pure camel cnSl
iorty'tWo inches thick, another hA.
tA'Eiy.t0Hf inches Of purt caaasl c5,t
oVe'.A!d with Eplint coal, Aal apo,het
vein OF bliuuinous coal Is twenty ir,i
Mick, With $40 feet o! "pay'iasn seyrn
iect from the b3tt0m. This riPan,ir
seam thus presents eighteen ler; OF but,
so.td coal OF The bSst Qualify.
Railroad engineers, In cros,In. nrIi
Ie'ToSslnH the mountains OF this State,
during the past year or tSo, have done
much to demonstrate the prAeticIl vslnr
OF the great coal fields Of WCst Nlrrini,
they have lately traced the pocahoatas
urtd OF coEine coal from the head Of the
NNyAn TlTet. where II WAS supposed Ia |
end, RcrOss ,ndiAu Ridge 10 liruacir |
p:ter aud Barker, hcsuSs a!l the fo,k. II |
Gnyan river. through Wyoming COUNTY
across into RhIeigh, aud following ,lie
FeheF valley through fdyrt:u county |
into the iSmtliGT New fiycrcoAl country.
through this entire section there aye
from tSo 10 I've workable Yp!Bs OF end,
one OF them ten feet thick, In some
places ihey dip a little h,low thu water
.vEei' out ihe outcTopping,, III D general
'h.nH, are Ia he seen on tho mountain
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There ia one thing about This Para.
hon!As cuking iiold, said an unr;uee, tn
Your correspondent, (which, until ~.
Cunt tlly, seems TO have been generally
Overlooked, but which gives I, iuCalcu.
IAo'e vaiuc--And thai isitG pro1ipitv 10
tae iron ore fields OF NifginlA. The 'Po.
ttaadhtsS coE!ng CoM haii, cxtrudirr
irom Webster anI Nicholas counties. W
Va, TO Tazewell and Russell counties. in
Virginia Is The oRlR huld OF cJktur cnai
ot any slze IN the United States, outside
4 ,IS'S NiAc' - NUN lut nOlOngI-l
hGia srgIoa IN Ibis State. On thts MID !
NOT only tOes the South draw, bat the {
West and Southwest" {
lmmensc tracts o! coal an Il timber lapI .
are being bouVh; up by tho capitalists,
A stert time ago Morgan, Drexsl 4 Co.
o. fhlladelphia, representing thu Van. {
ietDi!t interests, purchased j0OIl acres
o' cokihg and coal land IN H.lpirh q
county, and have already cumpletet! n f!
rnttroIi survey. The Chrsapgake Il Il
Ohio Railroad Company has also bought
large tracts and has su engineering c
-roEPs out, isytag down new r4ilroad
iine. The baltimore IL Ohio people are
lls3 endeavO'ing 10 get share Of this !
hndeveloped wealth, and hRyaFafchaeedt l
5000 acres Of coal lands from, es .Sena.
Tor J. \. Camden. The Syndicate repre-. '
'ented by, James G. Blaine. Ssna:or Cor.
nan, ei Senator Henry q. Davis, and !
others. have also made large purchasrr, l.
aud many smaller purchases Of 10000 !,
lnd 2O,uuO aero trGcts are constantly be. |
Ing mace throughout the coal and tim G
Der regions OF the State. q