The Big Sandy news., 1910-12-23
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Ju huUul'
igton Herald in It's Is
lday December ! 4. has
ue puonally interesting ar
"vyl lliug with the great Elk
Vil fields In Eastern kentuy'
30 OF the articles is by Deshl
.inndgp, editor OF the Herald
Membraces some personal o1-
bvanons ON recent trip 10
k Elkhorn region. Another
~ Jrul, C. J. Norwood, director 4"
Rhe Kentucky Geological SursCy AMI
ruats in some detail pf The varguf
coal beds The third IL by MAJ Jaf
poyntz Nelson, well-kuown ctui
engineer, who by reason Of bls COT
necuon with the Chesapeake AID
ONO railway has spent many yoafa
In the section known as the .rnlh
Of Sandy"
Mr. BrcckIuridge In Wmung un
the resources Of the Big Sandy Val.
L ICY tNANNItt iAiAAf9NA AN' ~.
that II will be but few years, iI
certain promised developments ar
carried ,put until those countlo,
exceed IN population and wealth any
county OF the State In which ther
are no rilles Of the first and sr.
ond class" II Is impossible. Del
n says. 10 estimate the benefit that
will come 20 Kentucky from this De-
velopment In another portion of
IA Ms artide Mr Brecklnrrogr o4,i.
Accafdlng 20 the report Of Prof
" hnlst, III state University, there
gh coal In the Elkhorn reg
supplfs The demand Of the
tor iron 1hirty-five to my
=. !, and Il 0 |rpnounoed by all
rts to b |At IhesJ quality of
ing soal II ANY undeveloped field
Amerioa. and TO be the frll equal
the coal produced BY the Con-
ellsvllle and Pocahontas fields"
The opening paragraph in the
article BY Mr Norwood will convey
an adeQuaIo Idea Of the general ten
or OF hls reservations lie writes.
"The oastern coal field Of Ken
tucky. IN expense OF productive area
- and In number Of easily accessible
workable seams, is one OF the great !
est fields OF coal in the world g. !
covers an area OF more than l2,oooI
square miles, contains a remarkably |
large number of superior Goals for
domestic and steam purposes and
includes the largest areas Of rich
camel and OF thick, uniformly high |
grade coking Goals known
In addition. It includes larg
areas underlaid by excellent clays
OF several sorts, commercially i'm
portant deposits OF iron ore and Off
other, superior sand for glassmakinE |
and other purposes, proved nelds !
OF oil and OF natural gas, pure lime |
stone for iron furnace flu2, and
stones well suited for stru, mraI
purposes; its hills are stllI n large |
part clothed with forest and It's |
many beautiful valleys, iogrhrrl
with the table lands and tlllable hill.
sides afford the basis for large
agricultural development when
win come as the development of
mining proceeds, That oar eastern
coal field is TO be, within ryasUna-
BILE time, one Of the greatest coal
producing fields in the United
Sattes and that II is to be one Of
the busiest and one otthemoslpop- |
ulons and most progressive areas Of
the State. is as certain as the pass
ing OF time"
Maj, Nelson confines himself to
a s<neral description of the region,
along With some quotations from
reports by geological authorities, In
- passing he pays a well-deserved tri-
butte to John c, G. Mayo, to whose
indomitable energy most OF the pres
ent development is due Whoever
has gone into Big Sandy" Maj. Nell
son says. has had to reckon with
y iphn Mayo and to all he has been
generous as well as lust his life
4, is the epic of Big Sandy" In clos
Ing his article Maj. Nelson voices
note Of regret that Kentucky cap
ital is<having so small share in
the work that is going oh,and a feel,
ing OF Jealousy that Hungry capi-
iailsts, men of commer{ {e' are dig
Wing, into "our precious Preserve and
carving II AWAY tn Inricb other