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WDQWAY, PA., BEfT. 5, 1878.
Solos.
Ficking up cigar stumps is a new
Industry recently started In this vil
lage. The press of other matter is so
great this week that we are compelled
to omit the publication of the Kane
Churcli Dedication article, which will
appear in our next issue without fail.
The Ridgway Graded schools com
menced on Monday with Prof. J. B.
Johnsoa, Principal, and Mrs. Johnson,
Misses 'Babe E. Wilcox, and E. Jenna
B. Atherton assistants. The schools
will bein session eight months; salaries
of assistants thirty dollars a month
each, and salary of principal one hun
dred dollars a month.
Adam Chase, of Benezettc town
ship, was committed to jail by Esquire
Gray, on a charge of rapo on the per
son of Annie Aska, a girl of from
. fourteen to seventeen years of age, we
understand her ago was given before
the Justice as fourteen, but other per
sons say she is seventeen at least she
is as large and well developed as a girl
of the latter age. The crime was
said to have been committed about the
20th of last month, and nothing was
known of it until the prisoner told a
friend, that friend told his wife, his
wife told the girl's mother, and the
, girl's mother had him arrested. The
prisoner was lodged in the county jail
on Tuesday night, and is about nine
teen years of age, of slight build and
boyish appearance.
Birth.
Hamilton. To Mr. and Mrs. John
Hamilton, of this place, on Friday,
Aug. 30th, 187, a daughter.
Personal "otes.
Mrs. Service is home again.
It is a bad thing to eat too much
Mrs. Jas. McAfee is at Lock Ha
ven on a visit.
Charley Cody cut his hand badly
yesterday with a knife.
L. L. Miller will move his family
to Bear creek this week.
Miles & Noon are lathing and
plastering Doctor Earlcy's building on
the corner of Main and Broad streets.
John Eyster was in town first o
the week with his arm in a sling. We
did not learn the cause of the injury.
The house next the Itidgway
house, now owned by W. H. Oster-
liout, will be plastered by Miles and
Noon.
John Gulnack, last year Super
visor of Itidgway township, has gone
to Kansas to locate. His family will
follow him soon a possible.
Albert Ellithorp, second son of
Le4 Ellithorp, Highland township
started for Kansas last Monday. We
wish him success in ills new depart
ure.
Ed. Burns of Rcynoldsvillc, son
of our old-time Charley Burns, was in
town this week. He weighs 192
pound ami is nearly as large as his
father.
Jas. Hagerly, Henry Wensel, ami
Plymp. Mead are attending court at
Clarion this week on account of a
suit in which Hagerty is a party ant
Wenscl and Mead witnesses.
The Home Entertainment.
The performance at Hyde's Opera
House, Tuesday evening, Sept. 3d, by
tiie Ridgway School Dramatic Asso
ciation, merits more than the mere
mention of a local item Since the
erection of the hall the writer has con
tended that there was sufficient talent
in the village, if even half trained, to
give a better rendering of many of the
minor dramas that has yet been given
in the hall. This prediction wus fully
verified in the acting of the lads and
misses of the village.
With no coaching or training, ex
cept at a couple of rehearsals by the
late J. O. W. Bailey, they did more
than well they did excellently and
only utter the universal verdict when
I say, that the audience was agreeably
surprised and highly pleased.
Criticism has its one office as well as
commendation, and, I have no doubt,
will be kindly received. I hardly need
remind the young actors that however
well their lines may bo committed,
unless distinctly delivered, and accom
panied with appropriate action, they
do not create the illusion that the spec
tator is looking upon a real scene, or
reach the aim of the actor's art.
The great fault was indistinct utter
ance caused by low tones and rapid
and careless pronunciation. This can
be easily remedied with most, though
one or two will never succeed, even
passably ; ull the rest will, with care
ful training, do well.
Mark Ashtou's action was good, but
his lines were spoken altogether too
fast.
Pretzel was good all through, even
to the drop into the water in Pru
dence's washtub. Ginger did well ex
cept in tones. Little Ruth, the Qua
keress, was a model of demureuess and
purity, but her voice was pitched too
low. Putty and the old Quakeress
were quite excellont, the words well
spoken, with good volume. Prudence
was a success.and Bustle's buttered side
was not always down ; ia fact, under
the circumstances, a word could be
said favorable to all.
One feature, and a pleasant one, was
Miss Jennie Jackson's music, which
won hearty applause, as, in fact, did
the actors themselves.
Should the Association conclude to
give another entertainment may j be
there to hear, and find the hall filled
to overflowing. .
DEATH OF LIEUT. J, 0. W. BAILEY!
Resolutions of Respect.
BinawAY, Pa., July 31, '78.
Whereas, It has pleased an All-wise
and merciful Providence to remove
from our midst J. O. W. Bailey, a
much esteemed officer of our Sunday
school, we humbly and submissively
bow to His divine will.
Whereas, That in his death the
Sunday-school has lost a friend devoted
to Its Interest, and an officer that will
be difficult to replace; and, as an evi
dence of our love and oppreciation of
him, the school repolved to appropriate
ly hang in crape the last work he did
in his official capacity, to be kept as a
memento of our love for him.
Resolved, That as a Sunday-school
wo unanimously extend to his wife
and children our most sincere and
heartfelt thanks for his work in the
school, and deplore his untimely
death, and offer to his family our con
dolence in their present trouble.
Resolved That these resolutions be
published in our county papers, and
that a copy be printed on white satin
to be given to Mrs. Bailey, as a token
of our regard and love for him.
C. E. Holaday,
J. B. Johnson,
S. A. Bote,
Jas. D. Fullebton,
Committee
At a meeting of the officers and
members of Company H, Seventeenth
Regiment N. G. P., the following reso
lutions were offered and adopted:
Whereas, J. O. W. Bailey, Esq.,
First Lieutenant of this organization,
while encamped with us nt Camp
Pitton, Chautauqua Lake, N. Y., was
on Saturday, Aug. 31, 188, removed
from our midst by sudden death;
therefore
Resolved, That It is with the most
sincere tecling of sorrow that we re
alize the death of our late comrade and
officer, who merited the highest meas
ure of respect for his devotion to this
organization, and the faithful discharge
of his duties as au officer.
Resolved, That in his death this or'
ganizatlon has lost a faithful and ener
getic officer, and his family a kind and
devoted husband and parent.
Resolved, That in the hour of deep
and sudden afflict ion and grief wo
tender to his family our sympathy and
condolence.
Resolved, That our armory and col
ors be draped with mourning for
thirty days, and that each officer and
member of this company when in
uniform, wear the usual badge of
mourning for the same period of time.
Rcnolvcd, That a copy of these reso
lutions be given to the family of the
deceased, and a copy printed in each of
the Elk and Tioga county papers.
Resolved, That as a further token of
respect, this company attend, in full
uniform, the memorial services, to be
held in the Itidgway M. E. Churcli,
Sunday evening, September 1st, 1S7S.
W. S. Horton,
Henry A. Parsons, Jr.
M.S. Kline,
Commit tec.
LAW OFFICE Ol
L 11 'ORE A.
; Hamulex,
A., Aug. 31, 1873. J
RiixiWAY, Pa
A meeting of the Elk County Bar
was held in the office of Lucoro &
Hamblen, Ridgway, Pa., Aug. 31st,
1878. The members present were Geo.
A. Rathbun, John G. Hall, Rufus
Lucore, W. S. Hamblen, II. M. Pow
ers, C.H.McCauleyandGco. R. Dixon.
Geo. A. Rathbun called the meeting
to order, and stated that the occasion
of the assembling wus indeed a sad
one; that news of the sudden death
of our brother, J. O.W.Bailey, had
been received, and we are now met as
members of a profession, to which he
belonged, to pay a tribute of homage
and respect to his memory. An or
ganization was then effected by elect
ing the Hon. John G. Hall permanent
Chairman, and Geo. R. Dixon, Secre
tary. On taking the chair Mr. Hall
pronounced a brief eulogy ujion the
good qualities of our late brother, ami,
on motion.appointed Geo. A. Rathbun,
W. S. Hamblen and II . M. Powers a
committee to draft resolutions express
ive of the sense of the bar in respect to
the memory of the deceased.
On motion, it was decided that all
present put on badges of mourning,
march in procession to the railroad
station, and escort, on their arrival,
the remains of our brother to his late
home.
The rejiort of the committee on res
olution being called for, the following
wus made and adopted :
Whereas, Almighty God, in His
Providence, has removed from our
midst our brother J. O. W. Bailey,
Esq., a member of the bar of Ell
county, lu the prime of his manhood ;
therefore
Resolved, That in the suddenness of
his death we find the uncertainty of
human life exemplified, and realize
the fact that in the midst of life we are
in death.
Resolved, That many of the quali
ties of our deceased friend Mere wor
thy of emulation, and especially that
kindness of heart that led him to
speak no evil.
Resolved, That we can haveonlythe
kindliest regard for the memory of our
deceased brother, because, to us, his
fellow members of the bar, he was
always courteous, obliging and hon
orable. Resolved, That the pre-eminent so
cial qualities of our friend M ere such
as to endear him to all with whom he
associated, and his loss will bo deeply
felt in our community.
Resolved, That we heartily sympa
thize with theattlicted wife and family,
and tender them ussurances of our
kindest consideration In this their
hour of sorrow.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be engrossed and handed to the
fumily, ami also published iu the
village papers ; and, with the per
mission of tho Court, that the same be
spread upon the records of the court
After appropriate remarks by Mr,
Rathbun the meeting adjourned.
It- r .
JOHN V. HAIjIj,
Geo. R. Dixon, Chairman.
Secretary. j
Krom Cor. Erie Dispatch.
Letter From Camp Pitton.
Camp Pitton, Chautauqua, N. Y.,
Headquarters 17th Reot, N.G.P. i
September 1st, 1878.
Last Friday night about oneo'clock,
the camp was very generally aroused
by the painful intelligence that Lieut.
J. O. W, Bailey, Co. H, Ridgway rifles,
had been found dying iu his tent. The
facts are reliably as follows : Lieuten
ant Bailey had spent the evening with
a number of fellow officers in a most
agreeable manner, but had complained
ofa pcculiarpainln the back of bis neck
during the day. Retiringabouteleven
o'clock, apparently in good health, lie
was noticed shortly afterwards by
Second Lieut. C. II. Rhincs, his tent
mate, to be breathing strangely, but
no attention being paid he was allowed
to remain so until one o'clock, when
it was discovered that Lieutenant
Bailey was unconscious and nearlng
his last moments. His body was taken
on a couch to the Kent House, where
he breathed his last at Ave minntes
past two o'clock Saturday morning, A
medical gentleman pronounced the
cause of death to have been apoplexy,
by which disease he had been twice
previously prostrated. The body was
immediately washed and attired in
full dress uniform, and placed in a
case. The company had fixed upon
Saturday as the day for moving, and
hence as Llcutenaut Bailey had tele'
graphed his wife they would be In
Kiugway Saturday evening, were
all ready to move. At sunrise the flags
were all placed at half-mast, and Cupt,
I. B. Brown, Company A, Corry, es
corted Captain Fred. Schoeningandhis
mournful train to the depot, where an
affecting prayer was made by Chap
lain R. H. Austin. This was a most
touching scene as t lie men and officers
stood with bowed head, the tears fell
like rain from their eyes. The mel
ancholy affair cast a gloom over the
entire camp every soldier felt it. At
dress parade in the evening resolu
tions of respect testifying to his excel
lence as a man, efficiency as a soldier,
courteousness as a friend and com
panion.were read by Chaplain Austin,
and the regimental colors draped In
mourning.
Lieutenant Bailey was a man of
scarcely thirty-five, leaves a wife and
three children. He was one of the
most able lawyers at the Ridgway bar ;
was a member of the Republican State
Committee in '76 ;;at the time of his
death chairman of the Republican
County Committee of Elk.
He was a large, finely-formed man,
strictly tcuperute in his habits, a thor
ough gentleman and a soldier, whose
presence and assistance will be long
missed In the Ridgway Rifles by Cap
tain Schoening.
Colonel Magee and his entire com
mand, including the Titusville Citi
zens' Corps, accepted the invitation of
the citizens of Jamestown on Satur
day morning for a grand parade, and
the general privileges of the town
The troops were transported by
steamer Jamestown, and were received
at the borough by tho Jamestown
Swedish militia, borough trustees and
citizens, escorted through the principal
streets of the borough, and reviewed
In the public square.
The troops did some splendid man
oeuvering, and were much admired by
the spectators, who had come from all
quarters to see the parade. The Ve
nango Greys, Captain Wiley, wore
white duck pants, thereby sliowin
their fine marching to good advantage
The privilege of two or three hours'
marching through the streets com
prised the hospitalities of the occasion
Charles Jackson, colored, was ar
rested last evening for stealing blank
ets, shirts, money and other articles
from Colonel Magee's apartments. He
had been suspected, and had eluded de-
tectlon until the proof positive turned
up in the finding of two camp chairs
preseuts to Mrs. Col. Magee, In the
depot, directed to himself at Franklin
Corp. OUie Riblet, of the Erie Guard
with a detail of men, delivered him
to the sheriff of Chautauqua county
late in the evening.
A number of the companies are liv
ing on tho regulation hard-tack and
beans.
This morning the Erie Guard and
North East Guard broke camp and
were carried to May ville on the Mary
Martin, where they took the cross-cut
road for B roe ton, thonce the Lake
Shore to Erie. The Erie Guard was
escorted to the steamboat landing b
the Conneautville Rifles, Cantain j
E. Rupert, who by the way is prover
bial lor nis courteousness in civil us
well as in military life. At the land
ing Coleman's Band, of Titusville,
serenaded the steamer as she carriec:
Kurtis and company, and North East
Guards. Captain Oi ton, out.
At Brocion, while waiting for the
train ou the Lake Shore, Adjutant
Leech, Major Ciain, Captains Kurtis
anil miton auenueu uivine services in
iu Brocton. Rev. Ryswick officiating
Camp Pitton, with the exception of
to. is, Jine uuaru, uo. i, isortn iasi
Guprds, and Co. H, Kiugway nines
which commands have irone home
will remain intact until Wednesday
of next week.
A Card.
The undersigned takes this method
of returning her sincere and heartfelt
thanks to the officers and members of
Co. H. 17th Reg't N. G. Pa., to the
members of the bar, and the citizens
of Ridgway generally, for their gen
erous aid and their free and kindly
sympathy upon the occasion of the
sudden death of her husband, J. O. W
Bailey, and assures all of a place in her
grately remembrance.
Claha M. Bailey.
PciuisTlTfinift & Erie Railway.
continued.
Commencing at the line between New
York and Pennsylvania, the warrants
in McKean county, through which
this road runs, are numbored as fol
lows: 3427, 8499, 3498, Tarpoit, 3900,
Bradford, 3310, 3313, 3310, DeOoller,
3905, 2285, 2278, 2275. 2200, Big Shanty,
2204, 2257, 2254, 2253, 2247, Buttsvllle,
2248, 2241, 24C0, 2009, 2005, 2703, How
ard Hill, 2G00, 2091, 2G92, 2088, 208-5,'
2084, 2070, 2075, county line.
The different veins of conl occurring
in the basins through which this road
runs, have been designated by the
letters of the alphabet the lowest vein
being called "A," the next higher
one "B," the one next above that
" C," anil so on up. In the sixth basin
tho "A" vein extends far enough
north to cross the New York State
line, but is so thinned out us to be
worthless; none of the coal in the
other basins reaches the State line.
Going south along tho line of this rail
way the thickness of this vein in
creases, and other veins successively
appear above it, so that beforo reach
ing Kenzua Creek, near the south line
of warrant 2241, twelve distinct veins
are said to be encountered, which have
been designated by the letters from
" A " to " M," inclusive. According
to the report of a Geological examina
tion made prior to the construction of
the railway, the average thickness of
these veins is as follows :
" A " vein 4J feet. Splint Veiu."
"B"
" C "
"D"
H
1
2
5i
2
5
n
" E" " 5i " "Bond Vein.
ii p. i
" G "
"II"
it j i ( i it
lK '' ' "
"L" " 5 "
"M" " 21-3"
The A, D, E, G, and L Veins
were considered workable, and the
total extent of coal lands in Brad
ford and Lafayette townships from
which the coal would find transporta
tion over this railway was estimated
at about 42,000 acres. About one third
of this land was reported as contain
ing no good workable coal. Tho re
maining 27,545 acres was estimated to
be capable of yielding, exclusive of
mine waste, pillars and slate, 179,559,
500 tons of saleable coal. Tho urea
underlaid by each vein, and the num
ber of tons estimated in each, being as
follows :
' A " vein, 27,545 acres. 114,421,000 tons
"D" "
" E " "
lQ" II
'L" "
Of this
classified
13,044
5,415
1,980
173
27,288,000
27,075,000
9,900,000
875,000
coal 40,824.000 tons were
as Cannel, and the remain
der as Bituminous cool.
This Geologist says he went over
the estimates several Jiues correcting
errors, and that they may bo relied
upon; nevertheless, in footing up the
total amount of coal he made an error
of several millions of tons, which leads
one to suppose ho may not have been
very particular In the other details ; at
all events, when mining operations
were subsequently commenced, the
miners failed to find many of these
veins ; the Cannel coal proved to be
"aliunde,'1 and a large part of the
Bituminous coal turned out to be
"bone."
The following remarks (condensed)
and analyses are from a report of Dr.
D. D. Owen, after an examination of
the same lands, made about the same
date as the report before referred to :
" The lands which forms the subject
of this report comprise about 42,000
acres, largely occupying un extensive
plateau, whence arise the branches of
the Tunungwant, Tunaette and
Kenzua. The base line of the railroad
survey is 844 feet above Lake Erie, and
the elevation of this plateau is from
050 to 700 feet above the valley of the
Tunuuugwant, near tho State line;
hence the average elevation of these
table lands is about 1500 feet above
Lake Erie, and 2100 feet above tide
water. From 250 to 450 feet of the
most elevated portion consists of the
coal-measures, including mill-stone
grit and conglomerate. The main bed
of coal of Bradford, Lafayette and
Corydon townships lies from 50 to 100
feet below the general level of the
table lands, and underlies a conglom
erate, or pebbly, sandstone, being
from 30 to 0 feet below It. The gen
eral dip of tho coal-measures is a little
west of south, and they contain at
least four good workable beds, lettered
A, E, G and L. The lowest of these,
A, known as the ''Splint Vein," av
erages four feet in thickness, covered
generally by eleven feet of bituminous
shales, upon which reposes 30 to 60
feet of sandstone, the lower 12 to 20
feet of which contains pebbles. The
E coal is about 101 feet above the A,
and has, a short 'distunce below it,
about 25 feet in thickness of sandstone,
with small pebbles. The E bed con
tains both Bituminous aud Cannel
coal; the Bituminous part is a bright,
hard coal. On a trial made by. the
Manhattan Gas Company, of New
York, one ton of 2000 lbs, of the Can
nel part of this lied yielded 9091 feet of
gas, and 44 bushels of coke, weighing
15AJ lbs. This coal seems to be vafia-
ble, in the proportion aud quality of
the two varieties, and has sometimes
clay or slaty partings. At one local!
ty the bed, was as follows ;
FEET. IN.
Bituminous coal, .
Clay parting,
Cannel coal, , . , 1
Black shale, or slaty Cannel,
Bright Bituminous coal,
1
Clay parting,
Bright Bituminous coal
Totul thkknes. ,
At another location in was as fol
lows:
Bituminous coal, . . . . 1 ft. 4 in
Cannel coal 1 " 0 "
Clay pari ing 2 "
Bright Bituminous coal, . 3 " 0 "
Total thickness,
8 3
At another location it was as fol
lows :
Bituminous coal, .... 2 ft. 0 in
Cannel coal 2 " 0 '
Clay parting, . . . . ; 3 "
Bituminous coal, ... 1 " 4 "
" The G coal lies about 3-5 feet above
the E bed ; it Is about five feet In thick
ness, aud well adapted for making
gas.
The L coal lies about 155 feet above
the G Ded ; it Is about 5 feet thick, and
underliesonly a small area."
" Taking the total area of workable
coals, there will bo 27,800 acres, which
will yield, at a low estimate, 141,215,000
tons of coal from all the various beds.'1
' The following Is a table of analyses
of coal from this and other localities :
H
3-
i
D
2,3
r."
3
2
S.
g?
c C
r 2
! p
: s
i 2
M'Kean A bed,
EbcJf Cannel.
O. bed. Newell,
iy, ft
I.aii
2.00
8101)1
60.00
7.00
1.487
1.318
2.UO 31.75'
M.m
3.'
is ..
41.'
411. 4-'
11.10
5.00
4.00
1.50
1.60
1.11
37.30
50.00
L. bed, Davis,
1'iltsburgh. '
Ky.Boutheru,
" llreckinridgo,
" Hawcxvlllo,
Oliio, l'oineroy,
Vn., Clover Hill
1.&21
30.!i.").00
:.:V IW.I4
3.40
3.00
1.Z7I
3.001
t.87.eni
03.52 27.10
39.00 40.00
8.4'
1.307
8.00
3.4!)
.73
7.00
35.S0 47.72I12.IIH
32.21 '5fi.s3llo.23
1. 2S.il
" 25,00 acres of these lauds will yield
an average of 40 cords of hard wood
per acre, which is equal to 3.000 bush
els of charcoal to the acre, and there
are vast forests of hemlock, which" are
destined, iu a few years, to be almost as
valuable as the pine timber is at the
present time.''
In conclusion, he says: "Buffalo
possesses facilities for the sale and dis
tribution of coal and manufactures un
surpassed by any other city in the
country, and must be the great point
for the distribution of the Tunung
want coal. The debarkation of the
cargoes of all the steamboats and pro
pellersat Buffalo, renders it desirable
that they supply themselves witli fuel
at this place, rather than turn aside
for that purpose to Erie or Cleveland,
The upward freight of vessels from
Buffalo to the western ports bears so
small a proportion to the downward
freight that vessels are compelled to
purchase sand for ballast on their out
ward trips. It is evident that if coal
could beobtaincdat Buffalo as cheaply
as at Cleveland or Erie, these vessels
would purchase coal for supplying all
the lake ports having commercial in
tercourse with Buffalo. The amount
of Bituminous coal now consumed in
Buffalo, and by tho steam vessels run
ning from thence, is reported to he not
less than 250,000 tons annually."
On reaching the south line of war
rant 2241, the line of the railway, con
tinuing southerly, enters warrant
2409. This is in the northeast corner
of a body of laud which has been des
ignated as the " Howard Hill Region,"
comprising warrants 2409, 2009, 2005,
20G5, 2003, 2703, 2090, 2071, 2089, 2091,
2607, 2038, 2000, 200(1, 2692 and 2088,
containing 10,800 acres of laud. The
following is compiled from a report,
dated Dec. 0, 1850, to the McKean and
Elk Lund and Improvement Co., of
examinations made by August F. Dal
son :
" The lands of the Company, an
area of upwards of 130,000 acres in all,
are situated within the northernmost
coul fields of Pennsylvania, and con
sist of a plateau 2,000 feet above tide
water, furrowed by many streams,
which form deep valleys and ravines,
thereby sensibly modifying tho char
acter of a plateau ; the most important
streams being the Kenzua, Tionesta
and Marvin creek. With tho excep
tion of some settlements on Marvin
creek and along tho road between
Smethport and Ridgway, the whole
country Is one continuous forest, bear
ing an inexhaustible supply of valua
ble timber hemlock is abundantalong
all the water courses. Warrants 2591,
2323 and 2487 may be degisnated as a
pine country ; and three cherry groves,
each covering upwards of 100 acres,
have been pointed out one of these in
warrants 8121, 8127, and on east, con
taining excellent timber. The Geologi
cal survey was confined to the 10 war
rants, above named, designated as the
"Howard Hill Region," upwards of
00 shafts were dug, varying from 0 to
20 feet in depth, and 8 distinct
veins of coal were, found, of which,
however, 4 appear too thin for mining.
The veins of iron ore and coal are des
ignated by the numbers 1, 2, 3, &c,
beginning with No. 1, at the bottom of
the section, it being a vein of iron ore
five feet in thickness. About 70 feet
above the iron ore bed, called No. 1, is
a bed of splint coal 4 feet in thickness,
which is designated, on the section, as
No. 3. This is the lowest vein of coal,
and . correspondents in position and
thickness with the "A" vein found
north of the Kiuzuu. It consists of a
splint coal of superior, quality re
posing on compact sandstone. The
vein was opened near tho center of
warrant 2089, and found to measure as
follows :
f Splint coal, . . 9 in.
Clay, )
3 ft. Sin. Coul, ... 20 "
Clay, I
.Splint coal, . . 13J "
In computing the total amount of
coal iu this area, this vein is assumed to
averuge 4 feet in thickness, to underlie
11,890 acres, ond to contain 70,000,000
cubic yards of coul, each cubic yard
weighiug about one ton.
No. 10 is the next importaut coaj
vein. In the section it is placed 132
feet above the splint vein No. 3. It is
named the Bond Vein, t wingto u drift
into it on the property of Mr. Bond,
north of the Kenzua. It is assumed to
average five feet In the thickness, to
underlie 700 acres, and to contain 5,
000,000 cubic yards. In tho north
western part of warrant 2003, it is
made up as follows :
Coal slate, . . 3 inches
Bright Bitm'scottl 4 "
Bituminous coal 11 "
Slate and clay, .17 "
Coal and slate, . 32 "
Bright Bitru's coal 5 "
0 ft 6. in
About one-half mile northeasterly
from that point, In warrant 200-5, it
measures:
Bituminous coal, 81 J in.
Slate, 21J "
Bituminous coal, . 20 "
9 ft. 6 in.
Slate 2n
Bituminous coal, 10
No. 12 coal Is about 40 feet above
No. 10, and where opened in the
northern part of warrant 2005 meas
ures four feet, composed of Bitumin
ous coal, with a parting near the cen
tre of four Inches in thickness of slate.
It underlies 210 acres of land, and con
tains 1,350.000 cubic yards of coal
Nos. 10 and 12 exist only In warrants
2703, 2003, 2005 and 2005. It so hap
pens that the elevated ground in the
centre of the "Howard Hill Section"
is formed by an anticlinal axis,
which raises the lower coal mens'
measures up to the very summit of the
ridge. Both northward and south
ward from this ridge the strata fall off
or dip so as soon to admit the upper
measures even into hills of lower level
than the Howard Hill summit. This
accounts for the presence of coal Nos,
10 and 12 towards the northeastern
corner of tins land, and the presence
of one additional bed at Lafayette,
which overlies No. 12. The level of
the country at the head of Johnson's
run was carefully ascertained to be
about 300 feet lower than the summit
of Howard Hill ; yet about the springs
of Johnson's run several coal beds have
been discovered which, apparently,
belong to the uppermost measures of
the whole region. Even the stratum of
upper limestone for which all
parts of Howard Hill arc (geologically)
too low, Is found here. The inference
seems justified that in all tho high
grounds in the southern and south
western parts of the estate the coal
beds are most likely to be found su
perior to those ot Howard lull in re
gard both to number and thickness
for tills coal basin vanishes entirely a
few miles north of the Kenzua, which
is tantamount to an increase of meas
ures southward. Tho total amount o
coal in this section is estimated
92,925,000 cubic yards, or tons, all
which can find an outlet to Buffalo by
means of the Tunaiiguant railroad
whieli is now being constructed."
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