Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1893-01-28
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of ilint We have seen the first 1000
feet Of coal Following down the
Valley Of Charleston another 1000
fee OF cnal is Passed, and when the
Ohio river IS reached at the mouth
Of the Kauawha the third great meas
nre has been passed. Just think of
it, / re Thousand feet of coal
measures. They are not all alike.
We have here what no Their portion
of the Unit. d States has--a coking
coal and ninety miles. long by fifteen
broad. Maps of other States show
fields Of this coal fifteen miles long
and Que broad and they are consid-
cred large. They have $4,000 acres
Of coklng coal; we have million
acres. That is the comparison we
can make.
DETAILS OF THE NATURAL WEALTH.
To go into particulars contin-
ued Major Hotchkiss, there is a
mine in the Pocahontas field that is
we'll niga as high as this ceiling,
where you could drive coach and
four through and never touch their
heads. In that prince OF coal fields
the Nuttalburg-the coal may be
safely counted on not to yield more
than 4 per cent. of ash, and not
more than 20 per cent OF volatile
matter and to contain IS per cent.
of matter for making heat. Com
PARSONS are necdful, therefore ex.
cusable. When Connelsyillc coke is
hauled to Chicago for making Bess-
emer steel in every 100 carloads
there are hauled 10 carloads of ash.
In 100 carloads of New river coke
less than five are ash. There is gas
coal enough to supply all the leading
cities in the country. $4,000 cubic
feet of Is candle-power gas can be
made from every ton. and when IN
many places the natural gas gives
out 10000 feet of gas can be made
from ton of this coal, better, too,
than the natural gas it will sup
plant"
In speaking of the Pittsburg vein
Mr.. Hotchkiss said : "There is no
other known bed of such continuity
in thickness and in character as this
which has given such a reputation
to Pittsburg. West Virginia has
5000 miles of this into which she
has hardly struck pick. It extends
to great Kanawha. The Kanawha
and Michigan is now shipping it
from the Raymond City mines, but
at few other places have mines been
opened. 1t is practically untouched
and can be count, d on for an aver
age of at least six feet of coal"
CAN BE MULTIPLIED A THOUSAND
TIMES.
After a moments reflection the
Major continued ST once asked
Governor Fleming how much the as
sessed value of West Virginia's o..
900 square mills of land was. He
said it was 100000. Wander.
bilt could buy in and sell US al out.
But this valuation does not express
our real wealth. 1t is entirely with.
In the bounds of reason to say that
these 10000 square miles have an
average thickness OF ten feet of coal
under them. On this basis we could
multiply the real estate assessments
thousand times and still not touch
it. You can hardly dream of such
enormous wealth of resources.
{" Cincinnati is making a great Of
fort to secure the trade of this sec
ton OF the State and convince the
people that the city most noted for
pork and beer is their proper head
quarters. To certain extent the
work has been successful, but there
is everywhere most friendly feel
ing for Pittsburg, which only needs
acquaintance and cultivation