Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-30


slant than that OF the land. The ex-
panse of the ocean is three times as
great as that of the land, and its
depth more than ten times as great.
If all the land should be sunk in the
ocean, 1t would raise the general wa
ter level only about 300 feet. In
general we may say with perfect con
fidence that the ocean beds represent
portions of the earth's crust which
have been sinking from the earliest
geological times, while the continents
represent those portions which, with
many oscillations, have, ON the whole.
been rising. 1t probably Is not true.
as Is often stated, that the areas of
land and water have shifted places
in past time. so that continents were
found where the main ocean beds
now lie, and oceans swept without in
terruption over the continental areas.
Still there is the best of evidence that
large portions OF the existing con
tinents were az various times below
the level of the sea.
But. while this is true, It seems
Anua11v oortofp tbat d,,rfno tha o,,hci-
denca NJ tbasa araos halo, tha saa
Laval NAV avis.oa a,.har 90 sha,Ion,
water borders ~ the ,nain oont,nanta,
areas or az intarnal soos For ex.
.mnie tho yroat dontb Of .ad,n,antarv
rocLs Witch ,o,ar +ho Rf,.ai,.,,,,,,
basin, extending from the Allegheny
mountains to the Rocky mountains,
Inv indaed Was tho water during lone
periods that n was littla more than q
swami In which Tho vegotation that
formed tne numerous seams Oh coal
couiu grow anu nourisn. But the leVei
was not constant AFTER large ac-
cumulation OF vegetaDle matter that
could be turned into coal had taken
place. there was slight and very
gehtie sinking OF the "nole area, so
ehat inuu ana SAND We're drought III
from the neighporing higher lands 10
form complete covering Tor the coal;
4 80 that when u was turned INTO rock
y was apie 10 protect ~ ana preserve
u LOT future ages rms process OF
SLOW put irregular SINKING Oh the MIS-
sissippi pasin continued until thou-
sahus OIL zee, oil sedlhentary material
hau peen washed INTO IT, as the Mis-
sisslppl is carrying sediment INTO the
uull OIL Mexico at tne present Time
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leaves oil DOCK, record the various
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