Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-03-20
KEEP ON DIGGING
DODGE COUNTY COAL FIND TIC
BE FULLY TESTED.
With Others That Flu In Paying
Several Holes.

Fremont, Neb. drilling to estab-
~ Sh the extent and value Of the re
cert jamestown coal find will be
started Immediately on the farm Of
Elisha Renmele, north of that place.
The work will be in charge of Harry
III. Brown Of this city, who struck
ten feet Of a medium grade Of hard
coal there on February q while Dor.
tng a well for Mr.. RCmmele. Several
holes are to be sunk at places not far
removed from the original one, with
the object Of determining whether
she coal exists in merely pocket
FORMATION or spreads out as regu-
lar vein.
A variety Of plans for bringing up
sufficient quantities of the coal to
make possible a means for finding out
mole concerning its quality have
been suggested. One Of these which
seems to meet with favor is as fol-
lows: A large drill is to be used I'M
Gil the coal is encountered, when it
will be taken out and a smaller one
used in its place. When the latter
drill has penetrated through the coal
and to some distance below it, 1t
will In turn be removed and a section
bf pipe of the same diameter lowered
to the bottom attached to rope.
Then one of the drills will be put to
work again, causing pieces of the
coal to break off and fall into the
eube, which Is to be closed at the
bottom. In this way good sized frag-
ments of the deposit may be brought
TO the surface. This idea was pro-
posed by ii. G. Brown, father Of the
young man who is experimenting the
prospecting operations.
The well which was bored at the
time Of the coal discovery has been
completed, water having been struck
ut depth of about $50 feet. The re-
port that a second vein of hard coal
had been reached was based on er-
tcneous conclusions. The drill did
strike black substance several feet
Shick, and this was thought to be
more coal, but careful scrutinizing
showed that it was nothing but slate.
1t Is the mistaken belief of all who
have had anything to do with the
finding Of the carbon deposit at
Jamestown that Mr.. Rcmmele's farm,
and adjoining pieces Of land are I'M
derlaid with coal in good working
q Iantities. The sinking of new
holes, which is to be done at Mr..
Browns expense, proves that his
Faith in the discovery is strong. The
state reward of 81, 900 is payable to
the owner OF the land where coal is
found extensively enough TO make
mining profitable. Mr.. Remmele has
promised to share the money equally
with Mr.. Brown Should the result of
CHER continued prospecting be what
they lope for.
The ten-fCot vein that has been
located lies at a depth of 206 feet,
which is by no means a diScouraging
circumstance. In Illinois one or two
shafts have been sunk to the depth
Of 900 feet in order to get at five feet
Of coal. Even If it should be ascer-
tanied that the jamestown layer is
not uniformly ten feet thick, the
value Of the discovery can not be
questioned provided the deposit ex.
tends over any considerable area.
Officials of the Fremont railroad
are keeping close watch Of whatever
developments take place in regard tC
the search for coal. In common with
many Others who have no reason tC
view the matter In any other but a
conservative light, they are sanguine
that another industry heretofore I'm.
known in Nebraska is about to be
opened up to the state.
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