Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-02

icot In thickness and produces an or.
collent quality OF coal.
Tho Otrro. or No. 4 vein Of the low.
or measures. is founo az dopth Of
about s5 feet below the Black Die.
mond coal scam n has been ertrn.
sively worked ln the slopes OF the
Oioro and the Rocky Ciid mines. u "a
from three 20 elk feet IN thickness
and furnishes a gnod arsae OF coal.
fhe Gallup and Weaver minos. and
the Clark Coal compauy's mine. are
opened In the uppcr coal mcaaurea.
and an the workable frama oi both
The upper and lower coal measures
viii ho found IN the areas controlled
hy these properties, but 10 viii be cen
turtles hence ere the vast reserves OF
coal IN The upper measures IN these
properties are dcvclopJ
There is considerable dlnor,nco OF
opinion among local coal operators as
to the Identification OF tho several
coal seams OF the lower measures as
'ouni in the different mines. but from
nl The data obtainablo the FOREGOING
probably "a close approximate TO
Pho relative positions Of the various
coal seams.
OF course q must ho taken into con.
liberation that enc coal sramE .,
'nnd In The one mine may ho OF
on'cmporauDonF origin with the coal
0am that is called by tho same name
another mine and yet Il may not
'c continuous between these mincs
poo may hC aggregated bodies 90 caaI
'' Identical ago and origin
% must bu remembered that tbo
1s'r8 or FwaWps Iu which these vast
'ndics of oarh0n3rrUus material woro
deposited while Un scale OF rrputor
narnIiulC than tBo swampa off today.
20 they were subject 90 like condi.
.ous OF higher and lower ground or
basins. and yet thor, was sufficient
1Ifh Ground 20 cut those several de-
1rossions on from each other. and
nns 7ogrcratc the different portions
~ what would nave DJen one vast and
continuous coal seam This together
with such rolls and faults aa are Incl.
Tent io tho movements which have oc.
CURED In the oarths crust would rem.
i"r positive Identification OF the sew.
'ilI coal seams quite dImcuu In
openings considerable distances apart
TOO the different minoa. orce1t uy nm
expert gco.og.gt who might bo abIc
f1 determine their relationship by
some fossil or fossils peculiar 10 that
'oam alone and belonging ln no other
coal seam.
Herein above has been described
'te existence. and denomination bv
development and production. OF eight
workable seams OF coal OF the most
economical thickness Tor production
ot cheap coal and seams having a
thickness OF I'VE % SIX and lnc.haif
fcet have been proved % De tho most
profitable 20 operate.
suil below these 40 least one seam
has been shown by diamond.drilI Dor.
ng 20 have a thickness OF Eve tcet
Ilorlngs show seventeen seams In All
the upper and lower coal measures
nine OF which are proved % be- above
three and onohalt feet 10 thickness
and some reaching a thickness or sew.
on 70 eight feet Whou the market Dc.
mands The product nil nine OF the coal
seams mont.0uru can undoubtedly be
nrontahy worEod ln TACT eight ~
them are now or we're recently. being
operated as the dmaud required. and
10 .s h.rly Drohabl7 that some NJ the
-om7.niHg eight coal seams Iu this
1Cd win prove 10 boz ~ workable
'hIcknefs Hut baIng our estimates
lrou only one workable coal seam Of
1900 average of i've feet in thickness.
and assuming tnat tur other veins
win onset t0e area tu be- deducted
For erudnj runuus. fauhed and hrok
'1 ground calculating 900 toms per
l.rD FOR oaDh inch iu thickness 90
'ho vein ur 5000 toms per acre. tho
-nmhe- Hf tons of coal boz fne HaId
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