St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-20
NORTH DAKOTA STORIES.

Maj. Fleming, of Fargo. estimates the
output of the coal mines of North Da-
kota this year at $500 carloads, says the
Fargo Argus. The coal fields in North
Dakota are west of the divide between
the James and the Missouri rivers, along
the Missouri. Little Missouri. Knife and
Mouse rivers. The veins are from
few inches to twenty-seyen feet in
thickness. The Mouse, Little Missouri
and Knife river veins. now being
worked, are about nine feet thick. The
coal is sold at the mines at 81 per load,
regardless of weight. and is delivered
by farmers, who dig it from their own
or vacant land, at Bismarck. Mandan.
Dickinson and MiGot at 81 per ton. The
coal is Ignite aud Stacks when exposed
long to the atmosphere, but is generally
used for heating and steam-making
purposes i'll the vicinity of the mines,
and by those who know how to use it in
preference to wood. and by some in
preference to hard coal. 1t would be
popular fuel among the poor, and, per-
hapS, break i'll on the coal combine
If the freights were not against it. 1t
is used TO some extent by the Northern
Pacific i'll its engines, and generally by
the public institutions of North Dakota.
The secret of success in burning it is to
fill the stove or furnace. give it a strong
draught and let it alone. The coal from
Mlnot, Dickinson and the Lehigh mines
west of Bismarck is the most popular.
Farmers frequently strike veins in dig
g!ng their cellars, and only need to go
down cellar for their fuel, There IS no
rock or shale covering TO the veins gem
orally, and coal roof is left in mining.
In other cases the Gov erlng is so slight
that the veins are stripped. Water
seldom inrerferes with mining. The
coal is formed from masses of wood
buried by glacial drift, carbOniZed by
some process of nature. 1t resembles
charcoal, though little heavier, but
lighter than Iowa coal.
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Except in the Missouri valley, corn
has been rarely grown i'll North Dakota.
The HillSbOro Banner mentions the
first load brought to market in that city.
I he Hope Pioneer speaks of an expert
ment yielding fifty bushels per acre.
Elijah Bailey, of Mandan. found a va
riety of corn in the hands of the Indians
sixteen years ago. 1t was blue. black
red and white, eight-rowed nubbins,
lie DaS improved the seed until he now
raises 50 to 100 bushels of ears per acre
OF The pure white, obtaining long.
slXteen-rowed ear. The corn found
among the Indians by Mr. Bailey was
the same as that found with the cliff
dWelierS in Arizona, and remains Of it
are found in the old Indian graves and
mounds in North Dakota. sThe Navajos
also raise it in New Mexico. and grind
IL and bake it i'll wafer-like sheets
which keep sweet for months. The
stalks are only from three to five feet in
height. and full ears grow on suckers
only few inches off the ground. 1t is
hint variety, maturing in seventy to
ninety days III North Dakota.
The Mayville Tribune reports that
Father Perrault, the deposed Catholic
priest, will engage in the practice of
law, In company with S. B. Mahoney,
who is deposed Methodist minister.
rather Perrault was chaplain of the
legislature one session, and NJ ahoney
clerk Ill the legislature. Both are in
cllned to politics rather than religion.
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The Sheldon Enterprise pays hand
some tribute to Bishop Stanley. A
p OSiiiS C"tieo loI mere HOle were
available, he personally drove twenty
five miles, and administered the last
rites. The Enterprise adds: This act
OF self-denial and devotion to duty IS
more eloquent than hundred sermons,
and gives one faith that some clergy
men at leaat have another God than the
almighty dollar.
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Notwithstanding the assumptions to
the contrary by the press OF the state,
North Dakota did receive awards at the
worlds fair for its wheat, grasses, vege-
tables and other products. There were
ten awards for wheat, covering hun
dreds of samples. The exhibits were
collective, and the number of medals,
therefore, was not large.