cYR.TV:-SIXTH YEAR : Islo. 9.
. COAL TRADE AD V TS.
fprt iticbmonb.
Pler No. 4, Port Blames&
EtD, NAGLE . Br, o_o.,
:diners and 541tirliPrs',of the Best Qualities
LOCUST MOUNTAIN-AND BLACK .HEATH
COALS
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For Manutaauring arail,Domextle Ewe, OrßLSole
.. ..- Age.n.t.s la sill marlreta'
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. FC,It TTIF- cELEDIIATED 1 •
PINE KNOT WHITE ASTI, AND •
-.l.t.c;ksps LORBEIMY"
57 , z;i , 11 , :alput
ad way. New York, j .
L.ll :Mime Street. Poston.
WELD: - HENRY N. EAGLE. ED. SHERViIr.
111:NRY A. RICE, JR. I '
1,'70 • - • . • I
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iN i ER, . TICKNEY & W ELLINGTON
• 7
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Miners and•shippers,pfl Coal..
vsi DE. from their Burnaide 01. nt Shamokin.
Itt-VEINI(Ited Arll-.3-- ' .
IT IiI•PIiNTAIN (WhtteAsh.) I•
(
39 ,Trinity thilliting, New lurk.
.)20 3•Nalont Stree Philadelphia
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201oane St reetT Boston.
11A FNo. ti, POItT RICHMOND,
•
PHILA.
~. , 1 70. - •
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Pier 7, Port Richmond
NEILL -I& '
CO., riers Of Anthracite & Bituminous
.NT:i
_Or Ati6 wile of the celebrated' SItES-Ati
int Y, I 0 (3 41: TR.I.KBEL'S Locust 31mill
td Burnshie §hetnotihnt
Whjte sh Coal.
Also, SPOUN and PEACH -MOUNTAIN
Red Ash Coal.
FBOSII, HOBOKEN, t •
Ikst. variEdl4:4 t elit and Boylan'a EELE
v,D FAMILY 11.1:LiE.' • ' • ':
BITI!.MNOL'S,atuI Cl.77i4SEßL.ritiri. COALS
establistinii, reputation. • .
Philadelphia, 247 Walnut Sii4et;
llown F;
,Providenee, 74 , 3 Veyhaaget Street,
•
tßoston,i2s Duane Strict. ' • '
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Pier:tio. Yon Richmond
B. wtirrE & SON,
r: •
'„Shippers, of Coal, •
316 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
- DepOtioloi Storage . and-Kale otScal - ' •
-514 Wesi ThlrteenthYStreet, New York.
802 Third A t venue, New Ye*.
Wharf, No. SO.-XI/Ma Street, Providence.
Wharf..4ll. Washington Atmue. near
Street; Boston. - • Jan._l, '7O-1
Tier N0...U.
NC R 0 F EWIS :& .CO.
XINETIS:AND :PUFFERS OF Tlith • ,
IBRATED ASIILANIVCOAL,
FROM MAMA OT MOVNTAIM.
I 111 'tele:inn St.. Commercial Build., PLlla
J 111 nraadwar, Trinity. Building, Boom
611, N. I,',.—ISAAC SELTZER, Agt.
R„Dottne St., Boston:, '
$, I—s
OF LYKENS :VALLEY.
AnE .CAPTIONED that there are
r Collieries. witielr mine this Ma, all of
ire under,llictunnogement of the undersign.
r the yearls7O si NINICKSON & of Phila.
will be the only Agents for its sale tn i New
I, New York,: New Jersey, and Soutltef Cape
Our Agents will deal in no other Coal what
d Parties Wishing the pure genuine article
•ocurelt of them. The object ,of this caution
ly to enable those interk»ted . to buy under.
71. y. .
Opts Mid their a_sslstants for above
ire as folrows SXNNICKSON4I.. CO., General
132 Wallin{ street, - Philadelphia; thoftlr New
lee is at Boom 'A, Trinity Buildings, JOS. G.
Agent; kahisted by EIISI3.A. MOSELEY,
}' Skunmerstreet, Boston, Ordersitshould be
either or the above named parties', and to no
WIA.' B. FGWLE, General Manager
immit Branch It. IL Co., the Blioit Mt. Coal
the Lykens Valley Coal Co. f. 14. 1, '7O-1
Pler .tit! . . 10 Port Richmond,
ICKSON & CO.,
gents fcir the Sale and Shiptdent of the
Iklin coal of Lykens Valley,"
England, 'New York, New Jersey and South
Cape henry. •
132 Walnut Street, PhiLndelphia.
68 Molts Building, .Ncw York.
•32 Summer Street, Boston. , •
ji ):31:rii G. MOODIE At
.. P. O. Box 64r, NewYo tren rk.
•
:Pier 13 North Port Richmond.
l'4lo-1-
C., SCOTT & SONS,
Miners end Shippers of Coal.
SOLE AC,ENT3III TIE SALE OF.
DALE,.I,9CT 310tiNTAIN Wlykte Ash.
"BEN FRANKLES", Deep Red Ash;
the same vcins' and s ntilAr in all r..:specti to
LICF.F.N4 NfAL:I,,EY Coal. ' •
SU4MOK.L'S EM Ash.'
PIIILADEDPIitt —l4o. 22f Walnut St.
BOSTON' No. 19 Doane St.
) NEW 1i1109..
'4O
Pier Nci.. 13. ' Richmond. •
, RGg.. s.. REPPLIER,
hers god:Shippers of Coal, • -
ER, MOODIE & CO'S LOCUST MOUNIAIN,
REPPI 4 LEIrs MANI*OTII VEIN. '
N COALCO'S .LEWIS VEIN, - (RED Amt.(
& • CO'. LW - MERRY.
(329 liVabint Street, Philadelphia...
111 Broadway, New York.
t 27 D'lx4fa
.Street. Bottom
'7O. '
Pier NO. 14,• North Port Richmond.
H. EASTWICK di. CO.,
EIIIPPERS OF . ,
rttr, Asli COAL.
228 hook St.. Philadelphia.
(No: 19 Dcsa.pc htreet,lloston.
Bed Ash, I -
• •
Shamokin White Ash.
Loch .it Mountain White Ash COAL,
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1, '7O k.
I'lcr 14, South.
11A, KELLER & NUTTIN G ,
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Ors and , . Shippers H of Coil, '.
.EITIOR GREENWOOD,
I.7A•Sr.FE- ' .' . ,'' . - -
L'S'ESEI
_,E. .• - ' -
ECKER LORREPAII7,-, -
. . NORTH: FHA:N.:KEAN rap ASH, '
,
BLACK .11EAITI,
- ' BID RUN. LOCUCT SIT. ' '
. GARRETSOS. GERArdiVILLE.
142 1 4 RIMY St.. Beaton...
~ Rearm 64 Trinity littildin ;N. T.- • ,
), set Walnut Street,' elphla. .
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•^Ma 11.-
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HORD , KELL= . ?TTUNG.
,•
Tli FRAICKLEi. WHITE ASHj
'69. •
Y;v-HUDD:ELL & CO.,
Miners &' Shippers of. Coal.
(20514 Wainni St..tlllladerphla.
111 DroadtraY. (TrloDiltullang)
Doane Street, Dosten.
as for the sale of 'the following celebrated
Coa/s:
HARLEIGIit LEHIGH
COAL CO;S HICKORY L D
DRAPER
COALS, an th
SHAMOHOR COAL. -
Pier Ne. 18• Pt. Rlchniandk.
Wit" "Mier N 0.3 Kihnalilethp't, N. J.
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Pier,....39: 19 Port Rickst._
ROMMEL, JR., &BROTHER,
•
SLR A=CTS FOR •
knits BIWA B MWS; Mit. All 6
an. bulky freu.Aftrabis Ptak Ask..
6 . ..VAEL WEBSTER Deep Sod Ash;
aninnors.:
miNct
,I,43EMEL at Elizabetl;port.
2011)6Valitat
21 Doane Street. Boston. _
Room 53; Trinity Banding; Neer tork.
alma; =stated try
'nand E. P. UPAAm. March 6.:0-10
USEN BROTHER & CO.,
Yfness anA Shippers of • .
Ca_A-11 S .
Le 1404 Lithe* 'entails, Loeser Grp,
thrlbasth, Lthl4th, lead ether
E. AHD itEO - ASH COALS.
rwicAsils H ; 1 015)% l tplit, °ndt- ''.
t i
gpi sin : tr=laWidA . . .
ba.
im ITreadVar, New Tom. P •
.6 Dome OM, Boston. , an 1,10-4.
:• NDRICL •
44 ,. .1X x g r g htat
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ners and . Shippers •of con
S' 1, AND
DOPEY; KENDRICK & CO, \
. • Z. J. Dorm -
*Sae dslsy, the tie C,*kirratei . •
bow. toiC:Plarik Cools,
f Dock
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AUDENRIED. NORTON & CO.,
' Miners and . I . Appers of
FIRST CLASS COAL,
1.091 , 31' MOCNTALii.
From our two large. nd celebrated Golllcrie3
"HAZEL DELL,7 .......... ..............C. F. NORTON CO
"CONTINENTAL," GOODRIDGE & AFDFSRIED
LORBERHY.
Free Burning Red A:03, - , and-Splendid Vieparation.
COLKETT COLLIERY, & Co.
MIDDLE CREEK COLLIERY. C. Conceit, Prest.
SHAMdRIN
•
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ENTERPRD3F.COLLIERY I . T. Ituumgardner,Prest.
- Loe - ust Itountaln and Lotberry, also via Setiuylklll
Canal ; to all points neee3sll.)l(::by brats. - .
32S Walnut Street, .Plllladelphla.. .
°Sleet: 4111 Belinda - ay, New. 'Work. :
-27 Deane Street, Donlon. ' .
J/T. At7DENRI ED. ' ' C. F. 'NORM'S; ."
CHAS. D. NORTON, IL QORRFLL,
.
Jan. I, 10. : • • 1— -
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+ .4 • pier No. 3, Port ItlelunontL
HAAS & - BRENIZER
Miners and Shippers of.
.THE SUPERIOR
TURKEY 'kU
37 N'•COA
•
• , • . goLE. ADENT6
Lee, Grant & C 0 . ,. Celebrated
pLi4.NK RIDG.E
21S Wilnut St.. Philadelphia.
Ofliceif SI Trinity Building, New work,
) 11111oanti , St., Boston.
Erb • -
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littu Med.
bIiATIDSO.I4, YOUNG& CO.
, • WTIOLESALZ DEALERS . • -
LOCITST 3101iNTAIN, STIAMOKIN, LEHIGH;
CUMBERLAN . SC I RANTON & WILKESBARRE
• COALS.
ROOM No. 16, TRINITY BUILDING, NEW YORK.
WIL - M,DAVIDSON; formerly of Tyler ct Co.
SA M' LB. YOUNG formerly of Cald GuKdou &Cu
ftimERT K. BUCkMAN.
Jan . 42-13-
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WHITE, 'FOWLER & SNOW,
03acceisars toJohu White ig C 0.,)
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SHIPPERS OF
LEHIGH, ' •
LOCI; ST' SIT.,
. .
iVILKESBARRE,
• SCRAN'EtiIi and
• ' C7 , 24BERI:AND
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Office—No. 73 Trtully Baiding, 11 Broadvray.N.
April ;.1, - • 1:.-1);
4 1_3P. JO : • SON & trOBOKEN.
i: COAT,.
VAN WICIZTM &. STOLTT
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~,,.:9 AND sruPrEas OF TUE e
am
Celebrated "Fulton" & "Stout'qLehigh) Coals,
Prow the Ebervale and the Stout Collieries, near
liazletqn, Pa. Delivered direct from mines on '
bccird Vessels at Pr. JOUNSON, HOEONEN, and NEw
Dnusswielt.N. , J.
44 & 40 Trinity Bolldinc,
Offices: 111 firoadway, New York.
Ma 16, tra
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Teporary at 119 Broadway.)
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VF4I PLANCK &ATWOOD,
,WIIOi.ESALE DEALERS fit
LEHIGH,
SCITKYLKILL. •
WILKESRATULF.,•
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- - SCRAZ. TON .and
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, _ SIiA.NI()KIN
C, 0_ A_ L ,
Office f 5pr.,77 Trinity Bui 111 Broadyray,
ep- Turk,
P.'W..VERPLANK,
Jan 8..70
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CAiDWELL, CONANT & •IWESTON,
NO. 111 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
(itonmi 35 and 36 Trinity Building.)
'WHOLESALE DEALERS I'S
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LEIIIOII, WILKEMBAR_BE.
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PITTSTON, RED 41.511 - . .
• - MAIIANOY, sell-11+:70N.
. • • • LOCUsT 5101 - NTAIN,
CUMBERLAND, BROAD TOP, ETC., '
COA.ES,
OLE AGENTS for New York and thet North of
tr the celebrated COUNCIL RIDGE FREE i3L-RN
NG LEHIGH COAL.* _TILE PRIMROSE, THE
OWELTGN SemfdAtumlnons and other first'-.rate
Collierleg, . '. 7 . .
JAMES W. CALDWELL. C. B. CONANT, '
WALTER WESTON:
1 ', 414
April 3,
OFFICTE THE . NIAGARA ELEVAT
ING CO:, it COMNEECIA L OLOt.E., Bo FFA LO,
.
- COAL. 1 - COAL- ' COAL.,
'ThE NIAGARA. ELEVATING CO., having a
lairgCanrplas of Lot and Lockage, will he prepared
at the opening of navigation to receive from the Erie
Railway, elllllit, or Lake, noy quantity of COAL thr
storage or transhipment to any place Faust by Canal
or west by the Lakes upon al favorable terms as any.
parties im Buffalo. Their lot is well located for a
general city bilalneaa. . •
' t ifkli.US CLARKE, Vice-President..
l'sfltrch 27, '0- ~. I:I—I f
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Schnithill Tonntq.
A, ES C 0 NL A R
3llner!aud Shipper of lb; Celebrated .
tr :
LOCUST' MOUNTAIN _ COAL.
• • porpsyiLLE, SCHUYLKILL co., PA.
Jan 1,
HILL & HARRIS.
Best and Purest Coal in' the Market.
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."E have Ina& extensive traprovernenti during
the past sismn, which will largely.istereasetlis pro
oetion hert4after. Every effort will be used to
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,VAEP UP THE STANDARD OF PREPARATION.
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Especial attention will be givenlo , iiizes for mann
aletlFen: PlirPoiies.. . •
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COALslipped bs itself slid tot
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initximi Fre lterpted.' • • .
SOLE ' AGENTS;
fro N4aso all orders slionld be addressed)
JOHN ROMMEL, Jr., &
202 N Ramat SC.. rhthiaii.
OSTICS* 21 Mims St-. Baotou.
Jan 22,71 T:
A l t7 lll. 11: - .P2 XdfUra
CrIMD wr
Ytkient Or Now York.
AU Stun Tidit orVii r eeentres, Wed or pilaw,
Tlae Rope niatku this firm are c onsidered
4 ,,, a11 e 'pesiles'iming them the best and handsomest.
madein the World, made Invariably trom vire'
Ws held re e lron. The largest ships
la Ste ln Wr i leirrrano sritE - Wire - Ropes made
kr ALM.= Samples Rope ean Damien with,
and Indere Lake anti all inhumation liven, and
ord4 rs prcoaptit in andeireek-_
;Fs ftenushed --- : EASON
_cgipoelle ere' .35111Joimallhstir,
Jan L¢c "IS
WPOTTClll.—Rattalketarets sad mess at Steam
.1.11 Pampa, amp hereby maalcmed 'Amami the mem-
Stamm; tale, oe me elf say Pampa _Mat are an la
slalom:teat will
Patest& dated 34.
al Mei be Peameateld to Pee= CC
RialMter.
I Mime auresay emmoneneeasidtavetalpar
ilea, and edipmeseate all Mbar lattlasets.
Papet Carimm;AprOfi, VW. ROST. ALLISON.'
Pstrtlaaltierasealtlaat mem*
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ITlulluP 2 .l l P3 4, WiligikrottllOX 6 " •
Jais.l64ltl
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JOHN W. ATWOOD,
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4-4 m
Ilhitabtipbia,l4e.
.SPELTYLICITI4 NAVIGATION.
Sl4ppirui likirres far arnuuctrx,cou. Grewlei,
• . Delaware Leer, fildbellabada• •
i 4 LEWIS AUD ; &
.no=rrs "'mince Ls Osrine •
•WoU' (Yea Diamond Coal • Co, Mama Bed risd
Stark Batt Wm. cook.
906
OFFWIES :1110 IVolairt St reet ,, Wer York. elPlllll.
•• , 14 /My Start, Boston. 4 , •
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, Wharf' No. . •
• RkPPLIER* ERO.,
01 E. ow. W'n,llLta Fourth 11 . 14, -
1 . OFFIC.: 4 35 Pine Street, New York. Phila .
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I.lleretuants' Bank r . roeidenee.
DAVIS PEAMAON, PHILA. EMAIOLILL BAST,ASIILANCL.
;DAVIS PEARSON At CO..'
• )(MEM ANT) 8111711:E8 . 01+111E
culiquTED Loma mourru3 warts AAR
SPOIDIVELN
R 1 ED ASH COAL..
(No: Mt watuka. Street. Philadelphia.
oFFic ..6 l , No.llkliroakisfy, Room No. 9, Trinity
13u uding, New 1 ork;
iNo. 11 Doeme•Fitreet, Boston.
GREENWICH, DELAWARE AVENUE •WHARF.
Jan. 1. '6 9-1-
SNYDER & 'SHOEMAKER,
Shippers and Dealers in
COAL,
SOLE AilENTi r FOR G. W.. SIOEDEE'S WELL' KNOWN . '
'PIN E _ --FOREST' COAL
, 763 TELNIEIC BUILD . LNG,
PILLL.ADA. . NEW VOILE:
LOI.7I. , ISNYDER„ C. B. SHOEMAKEII.*
Jan 41 .0 . •. 1,17
THONAWCAIN. • MORAN lIAOCEIL JEStIK - K. COOK.
CAIN, HACKFR, & COOK.
. . ; SHIPPERS OF
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LOCUST', 'GAP, ' LOCUST MOUNTAIN,- BLACK
; - IiF.ATH. - • •
AL.sd,iliEA LEDS IN tiTHER Fl T QUALITIES OF
White- and Red Ash Coals,
No. 214 Walnut Street. Philadelphia. and; Wood
, land liVharves;SchayUtlit River.
, -- .11 - HIN ii. STRYKER. -
• SIIIPPEII AND ACIA3T,
Jan. 1, '70.-1 ~. Netuyikill Haven, Pa. -
THOMAS' C. RARIIISH; ,
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SHIPPER 1.5 D DEALEII-13
Schny4.ll.l ap.dkitaminous
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*Cons4nMents on Corrarqsaton'Solicitett and taken
on favorage Terms. . •
0111841 Walnut St.. Phlladelphki; , •
May 1039.'.
Votbtrrii Cruk.
EAST FRANKLIN LORBERRY VEIN COAL.
Y EAST FRANKLIN LORBREIRY.COAL
ix-now sold exclusively by Messrs. CALDWELL,
GORDON &CO., who' re my sole Agents.. Parties
ordering from them may always depend, upon get
ting a pure article. •
1. I No. 112 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
OFFICES :4 No. t 5 Plne St:, New York. • '
.So. 141 State Si:, Boston. •
Jan 1, 1 . 03 7 -1- . 1 FIRNWP-HEIL.•
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alining ac. jinenj,
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TO COAL O!EILATOB,S i
Screen - . Manufactory-
SNELL &:CO.
:REAR ,• OF POTTSVILLE 1/10ESE, COAL
Screen llanufacturers,hre - iow prepared -to malts
all kindS of Screens for Coal Operators, and will gua
rantee plvfeet satisfaction in; all work and prices:
Coal Operators will consult their interests by giving
us a call lin!' trying os. . . . .
Also, Iron' ,Railing deacriptions. manufac
tured byidsion the 1/1 i.st reasonable terms. • '
August 7.1"' . —tf
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HEs BLTSINEM.
I'ETRI KENDRICK'S
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'.X.itERICAN CHAIN CABLE WORKS,
ii ''' Ttma - roN; NEW JERSTrt.
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The undersigned who p 3 a practlatl Chain Mann;
facturer, informs C oal ,Operators and °theta that he
1t prepared to make Fiat or Crane Chains otavery.
size at 'short notice. Particular attentlon.given 1.,,
lat chain for slopes, Fur further information bend
-for circular. Feb. 1.5,'68--;—lf
SquOr. ROD AND WIRE BCRDENS.
1.A1713 EN STEIN. 1
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SQUARE, ROD ANp WIRE SCREENS.
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PA.KENTEDA , EIIRVARY 15111-,
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.T 111•:: StaILARF. ROD SCREENS, ON. ACCOUNT
of their-, sap erior strength unditurablitty, are
pfeferred , to all others. wherever tried .. Car Bolts
mann fact erred to ordPr. :4.-reen Bridta4lll sizes, always
on hand. ".4 irdery promptly tilled at moderato prices.
May 1.1),"(ZI, •
MANORA.C7OURTIS OF COAL EICV.V.ENEI.
HoTirx.
TaAIi,}3F—N,STEIN t
L. LATJBENSTEM., & CO.,
:ISuccest3ors to John IL Dlihnt,
Mantifacturer of Coal Screens,
Of the ,Lateit and Most Appioved Styles.
The 'undersigned who aro -pradtical Semen Manu
facturer*, 'lnforms Coal Operators and others, that
t hey are manufacturing anew COAL SCREEN, pat.
tented June t i ,. bidi, and another patented August
isn3 hey guarantee that the stEilit willaiways retahl
its oilginni size until entirely worn out.
Second-Ladd • Screens and: Segments always on
harld.\
enllcit a continuance of the patron
so liberally bestowed. CO.,L LAVBENSTEIN & .
it., ,rear of 'Estarirs Hardware Store,
Pottsville, la.
DEALERS, 'GAB COMPANIES.
The &C.
T undersigned lisNing succeeded Focht it War
ren to the. : sule tnanntacture of Focht's 'celebrated
Patent. :
J'••*-: ••• 7,11.; ... 4
RCOOP IIIrCRETti, il. - L;::•41 7 1 - a f 'At. , .
!vs!) •- . /-IF , ' - st , et'.4lC-*
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IRON . liolt3TF.s.:G IILOCRS, I" — L'7,:f , -,.zi . : ."-Vsi.'•'r
for wilnedtharcial, Ore, Sand, /‘ -- -
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du, lice. ' , ' am. •
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Also, in the manufacture of:
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140. N: cAu.5...,.. . 4,. •
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SELF-DUIPING,
BOISTq , I9, .
IRON BOX WHEELBARROWS,
Are prepared' to 1111 all 'orders with promptness and
disjiatch. J • - , -
I.CrTICE.-.-Belng the -sole, owners of - the Patent
111ght for the Self Dumping, Hoisting, Snoop Bucket
and Dock Block, we caution all persons agai nst man
ufacturing dr Purchasing the same from-any except
ourselves or our agents. as we will prosecute to
the utmost ;limit any infringement on the Letters
Patent. • • Itespectftilly.
• 1 ADLL3D,N WARRMT. Reading 'Pa.
February 8,, , so • fly
DFMION-13 COAL HOISTING KA
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Talented A •ril MAL
AtaretbaaHl2oo of our - HOHM24l6llAtin2rjig we
now to use. -I'holf.firo datable-atm ma -or
opmstion, hence Utelaro iktunber sold; d db per
ked sattitectagn Wen. senator tlinstrat
dontainingsimsdnices end testimonials trom eli Virs
using them: also ecednicing WWI Daf, 411-gur, w o a d ,
and ism Cur Iron Tubs-sad, lElarrown, Hoek and
Hook Blocks, i tc ~ • else cordidning much Inkerna
tion men' Mum merchants:
P. K. DEDERICK *6l,
AthatyArloatursi A Machin , * Worio4Altaay,
Jan 114tm-ly
LC 00AL , 0PX1111.4.T08,8,' itINTAIS AND
_ITIZNAIMIES, , -. • • - • - : I
. Glatir a morci, tocoumpiii.saniiirs, . 1
•• _ I.llCl3xAcrz nazis, PR ii z. asaisi mg i i Oti, a 1
1 74 efintw ould atl o gr okes ir .attentlan % T S/C ost.
4said „ ,
work.andllar any :Implied guageefroad
_slam. ,
ass carves, wAticoacltr Within, team •MD 1
o Tat
• gross bud i , - - - • - , r- , - •. 4 ::-..; .' - I
Ravin:devloped In Iptsth Antkaietta.an4,ll .o
iimninaas ry. at Iblo== . '
ilia newt poiliabe ix
I w o i c t o r m w r - itl „ v ft
e IVAtI th
Q uei ri.ral‘
110ima01mts=o1cr1710saief1t,t Csti
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ship and girsli_t 1
owngion : eseverstt., ai
wars sass
trliL`tAMt llirs r
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try,,1= 1 " ..117 ,0
Ferrara! iintria, is insssaireMscut •
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POTT§VI4LE, S/,TUrt.bAY, JvIORNING, PEaktiARY
uni) UADY-kait =no,
*EIGHT of ihe l STYL.E.
41. -- EIE OP
.TEABLY flisa D.
• no okiiit of Ow chaos,: ete,iet &obi s =stab.
' Inhume li to timeitid a etrii of Readreado Mathias
superior td anything that insinuated:on bees ad/arid
to di• POW; duly the ilia nOntull ars Used. ' aid
r tint beet triennia" and these are aga bp the Send
*Mil and iirtierie natant, aid ludo up la elaborate
and tadend sty*. >A fall stork ot malt riptides*
non in stare ; and befog sold at imbrue prioes.
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4, 11,46.,
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. No Baer vast ',14 dose la say Usecilest,Tellorbis
mow le the bug. Ito Maar grim= dome cads.
webers
tun resessnied aslvere, sari "oft paibpi Its ea&
- webers -be obtained. • I, .
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•• math OZNTS LAZO.
• Biuttiftil.• gird iSf.sriniettla *anztents.
tir zascars . 1 7 ,a;r1rilf
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pli f iAw m Aic t
October 16, '69
ANIFIZ . BOLA-ND.
' - . NO. 11 ..I.IAIDICET STREET, ' . --; .
'.. • roirsVflawftsrptA.,
~1 _
Reqpectfully an n ounces to the x.adies of. Pot taVille
Ind vicinity, that !Me hes cipened a .
NEW CLOAK iTRISIitI.N6 STORE •
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tit the above place-: Tlio...tollowing articles, with a
variety of N0t10.1114, dx.,'lrill tie kept tor =le i and are
offered at oRILITLT aroncEP rgzcss; .; ~ • : ..,
BEAVER CLOTIf VELVET BEAVER:FROSTED'
Beaver, Chinchilla, Gold-mixed and Stack Water
. proof, Opera Cloth, Wrlnges; alt ahadea, Rib-
bon Vall,;et, DittoCituipa t itc.
' TEE ABOVE WILL ALL RP- SOLD - AT COST.
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Ladies and Missea Cloaks made to order: . . .
- . New Patterns Nat received. 1 7uncl9.439—tri--I,yif
F ALL OPEINISWOI,
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DRESS
SIIA*LS, TRIMADIGS„ Ate:
Superior quality. ot BLACK SILKS. ' - '
COLORED SILKS in the new abades.
SILK AND WOOL POP, •
• _ BUFFALO ILLPACAS (hi all' mbere.)
PAISLEY BRAWLS, (Barnet and Black.) zizi .}
TABLE L'INMi'SrAN 1 FRENCH-
D NAPKINs.
A eplendld Ilae of -
F,RE cp . STRIPED SHAWL'S AND ARABS,
• -New Designs' of _
EMBROIDERED FLA.NNE.LS. ' •
WAL ING'SKITS made to order.
Sept. 1, 130
BLANKETS! ,OirE,Ul.4l:O/3!
I• • ;
•ad Ileeelreit in Tarietj at •
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j i I N . 8. z IItORRLS 4E-
_BONB,
• NO. Z 0 C:Otertir,,ST., • .
BaLtoonds, Ladles coattn t si,. - ' ' '-
Velvet and Cloth; Whi te,C,olored and •• ' -
..evl•sFlastriels r ßitawls; In varletY • '
r -Willte Goods, .I.ndii; Towels,
re t i c tinustine. Barred Cambrics.
Lace Certain!, Notintui, • , -
- Uostery, lianditerehlefißuck • • t
FuriTo_pped toed Kh_s, for :" .
Oentiand dies,,Unbrellas--Aatipaka
Otnatun, OS Cloths, , titt%, &c. , •
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Ii addition to the idreadr t It stack , ot Dry GOde,
:ptottonie, Groceries: Queenrwara. Feld 'and Provi4
atone. „ IJOUN B. MORRIS It SONS.
No. 270 Cictt*e STREET, Corner Umeicrr.
...t. ' Sept.* I—li-zifd
FRANCIS WAItILE,Tt
M'ACHJIE BOTA*3111) . 122 CHNTIOI ET, •
Ira Bawl" •Ilicsaucas Horrsa;;Porrscria.r,,
Has now opened o.4raw Stork of-Fall and Winter
Goods sultalgi far the present season. such as
IIithI_7:SHICLOTYNkVETEENG. _WATERPROOF,
IraciGlD3, Twx..wNcr . d, NOTIONS;
Has on hand a neWlot,9l' -
FALL Atip:wurrce.
Ladles Cloaks eutdetto order. " Haw - Pattarris jpa
received. . at,
micFre.rEn; CIELATAPANT O'X.
or •
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Notf% •
White t • gmbroiderieti,
Gents' Phrlishing 4190d5, Are.•
No. 601 KARIM irfttErre pnriA .
Jan 15.10
WINTME DIM...GOOD&
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FOX BROTHE •
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Dottie , to call Mention , tisibtttrerteistwo assort
meta or
1
HALL law valinza_
DRY'sjewooDs
rcpuessin g of tboi t Atoot ftles of
Foreign. & Domeigin Msx".keU!
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I Goariectsd with the cetatilshmeat, ifflrrde rare
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GEIiT'S k iI7IO6BHDIG GOODS,
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• Smut ouraystinn of Seltmeatatneetnt,
gmtleintra at • dbitattee can ante, with iertednty of
haring • good ntl false for SeOetetaltnnatent and.
samples sent by mall when requested. •
N mitre 4ILD
• Sr Centre St.; Poitsville,
1--tfdase
27$ C&NTICE, writ ET,
Ell
lit . curzaira- iia_nia tan COLill=rlolo
THE. - ;ROCKY- 310UATTA IS" COAL-
. • ,
Fouts= rttirontics—Tars soars inet,orr ma
xis's Akita OF nitr tiocwir . liftmirrata - Coitt..l4ElM
00A t, IRO'S 'MID Itxxx . isauirO TO: TIM
ratittArioir—Vgivricat. sicTralrit OF 711 To
MILD IF Kaarams—PEammir,:llitsisac, OoLtric,
Cilii"AcEOVS ASO TOM A . B T rOils.sriowt-THE
restrurnar. 160111.0414D'LTEte ArtfLACM-4-
' 00A1. - ;IFICI,D6-71.DreTITT OF TIIE C 0.41.;, EDO—OUIt
coat.-riELoa--21-gogrA.arsoir-ng Remy Mori(-
' TALI( strrsiarriore, 'ltkaliorr% IT.AvErs - sroirra
•• hLinllik, CO" -
• If a conintlt'our siatulard WOTidl on geology in
rewd,io the geoleqical formations of Xausas, and
that-great region lying : 'trait of the same parallel
and east of the Reeky „ Sfenntain.s, are trill.be inform-,
ed that title vast riegton le destitute' of true coals of
the carboniferous ere, and theirarcomPaliSing stra
ta; that the rocks forming the. WWl' on the.hanks
of the Missouri River, in Kansas, are the' sub-carbo
nlfereas limestones, antl,that the brown coal - or 11g-,
Mies of a late-era, are the only reio urcee of this vast
amain mineral ftteL Mkt recent developments and
coin paratlvelymaint geolOgical infestigatlom prove
this cancluslon to have. , been n hmty.fttiti erroni-
Irodead of this magnificent anti. fertile Countey .
being destitute Of , Lx.th limber and coal, It Is really
the greatest and most ltirrirtant coal field In the
'world S aria the moat complete la a geologi&ll sense,
of all our Amerlcsin coal-tiolds. In no other coal
geld on this dentineht do ire find the earbonlierous
polo= completed, and canoed with the strata of a
succeeding era; . but here. we find, al In the great
nettherncoal4leld of England, the l)ermlan forma
tions` ,superinctunhent ',ill 'the carlinnifen.m4. The.
ntnonesinn Ilmestane acid shale 4 of the Permian
capping the coal' Measures, and on those rest the
Trio-sale; the' Cretaceous and the Terilaq, frith the
lignites and brown cools. widen occupy so huge a
portion of. this ecoit-tield.!
The eihninee of the ,Perrolan'ang the succeeding
firmai ton of a late-Period In Kansas gnil Kebraska,
. Was puhllsbed to the scientific world in Arai tiy Prof.
Swollow., ',,llut it`roitaalori for the present writer to
offer the proOf in' regard to the extent and value of
the "Great - Rocky' Mountain Coal-field," and the
facts obtained in its practical development. To the
I Prfcient day a doubt has eXistcd in the itilims of both
the scientise and. practiCai, the, geologist and the
miner; to regard to the esti:tette°valuable or
woritable Coal;heds in the deep 'Ka basin: but'
tr c s
th — e - pit recently sunk by the writeP int. he Letiven
worth* Coal and- Marble Co., in the city of Leaven-.
worth, and 03:1, the banks of:-the Missouri,
,settles for
' ever this imp o rtant queialpo, and opettato the World
a coal-field, - Whose hmtieitsfs Propprtions are at
grand as ,they are wonderful, and'whose unlimited
'resources will, give tome; and s wealth , to the great
Central Stateewhich are now co rapidi3rgrowing up.
' The developed out-crops' otthis coal-field 'in the
'titind Smith, extend frimilitnr 31exico, through
o u r ‘ thern ,Texas and Indian Teiviory to 13.2xter's
Springs in Southern Kansas.' Tuna Crum through
Central Missouri;
..via
. /itou, tivillei, on this 3414souri
River to lies Moities'in loaris, thence to a point near
Sioux City, Bad along the high table • lands In Daco
.te, east of the Miaconri River to the British posses
sions near the '2.itti degree 'westionsitude—adistance
.of more than one thousand tunas. , . .
I®
Thewestern o9t-crops range along the foot-hills
cit'thejtoelty 'Mountain, folloWleg their course us
nit as yet:luvetitigated their entire length.
When we consider that , this'great coalfield kills
maxintunt breadth of front 600 to 700 miles, and au
average breadth of about r/JO miles, we may approx
imate Its area, bat tor the; fiekt - thoustindYears, we
shall acarcefy apprealate the Lanaetisityof its value.
flut , the area thus iaarked Out does not include one
the'extent of this great rocky mountain coal-
There is abiindant evidence existing to prove
that Itrans p4rallel with ItockYthe Mountalns.LXO
miles further to the north," even't4the sheies of
the Arctic. Of.;can, The total length Wing fully
2,:5.03 =llea,: with perhaps an tivernge breadth of z o o
?dies:embracing a coal field 1,250 . ,000 square miles
in'exteni! Though we are abstained in this state-
Meat by numeral 3 facts,and may reasonably come'
to this conclusion, yet we have no i per so n a l k ilow l_
edge of this peal-field north of the United States
line, and will therefore confine oarself to; that por
tion' of the coal-field, which is V, - Ithin the national
'boundary. 1•
To trite more detailed statement Of the. extent
and lue . alitYof tlni 'lucky Mountain iyail field, we
will'euninera e the &itatf.a In which It exists, giving
their entire ar nud the area whleh coal es.hts.
In some instances he coal area is approximated, but
we thluit our estintate entirely within the actual ex
tent. in nuthy cars the !Tertiary fornuttleg . with
Its lignite wood coal, clovers thousands of square
mile fact U. Taylor In his statistics of coat esti
mates ;;this .Tert4.ry forum* to Ibe fully -tithe Co
square lanes in extent., audnoloubt he wasialti.tivd
in thlblAntdinent by the facts mesclitrxl. But as 'tin.
Tertiary formation covers' only a small portion of
OAS field along ltd deep ers'Yflcilmil axis, by far the
larger 'Portion lies. east. ,, of Loth T i bet Xertiary told the.
Peruipaat.: The arect tboye.:l4te , formations
along the Mot tit hit or the itecitY Mountains, islitttriL:
limited' and narrow, bectiase fil l that direction the .
strata it highly inclined. and its. narrow 'edited .only
presinfeddt the stub:tea,.
ARKA. us. cOAL FIE.CD
Tlf.r:LTKiTel) SLITISi.i
Tblat .4 re. t 4.1
=PO eq mil
tto
L'Atkat
se,ooo, do
, 47,0011 chi
.84,00) do
do
- -trtor do
lix,tan do
liectno dd
.150,000 do
Texas...
Indian '"erric'ory
New 510cleo
Kal33llA.: t
31.1seoutf . ...
lowa '
Wyoming
.........
Slooktona
Listxtraoarea iT.: 61.300kY
Area (I%h Aipaak Ica ? uppruiinsated ~,, 737 OW
Tot. 4 area Itock.i Bit, (...Y.01.. field
. •
In ' • Coal, Iron and Cil,': pawl 88; we giVi. a thew
of die Mocity Mountain ,crallotinatlous which pruyes
to be correct, and i - fain on -page la; we hrate gi , ie./1
en illustration or the great Basin or Valley frOm the
mat of thestilegiumies to the }Welty Mountains, and
, on lts Western end along the base or Toot hills of th
' Reeky Mountains, we represeuted.ti comic's-Mil..
deep basin Of - cold torniatlon, trout the few facts g -'
creel coneerningthe lithologhollstructure of th for- .
matlaniin 'that then -unexplored' ragicaL lint. 'our
views were eseeedragly, !hutted, and the basic repro
rented le lnaignlficrattly ssuall ...when conspired with
the tieltiairectii. 11440 of a thhi and unp'rednet(s - e
cold. inniratlon, We, find weonl-flelit of martreleati di:
ratiruiloreisid. unlimited matiiess, extending' Bran
central Missouri to the base *Elbe Beelii• Mountains,
ardfrom Telas to the Arctic OCemtli),hrough which
1 the gredie4 ricer 'tithe world, the Misiourl, rolls 14
• turbid !Rotel-11'mila Tallest •while the Maekenzles and
, . .
ofriser.utighty tic* drain it to the raorth, unequal
,11 4atice in 'Pictr meandering courses.. - . ..
The - aecarapanying geisleocal section Or pluralists.
correct ffotrithe base to, the top of 11w Leavens
Shaft. ' The overlying forraralons ere apprizi;nau.,l;
butlre.- thing -CuMelently'reliable for present f....-
P 0440. 4 ' :. !. ";...' ' • .... •-, - : - I , .*
- ytacraco.i...b.r.Ctii:M. OR 'c o : l •rlarr T gatogekili Tai
itikklr- for . :ii:Ln; Coll.-Fin:o tx KANCI , M,..-
Tertiary, tbittnesa unknown. W1110:41141, -
• of brown coal pc jignito......:-...;--X........ t' i
Crttacloui? sandstones„ . lerruigeniOus tr ,
aind,yi n ............ .........„....„ . ~.,::,.:...,. .
Politic not t identilter.L......* .. - ~,,,.• . ~ ... , '
TrisaidC f on,' lictourunm - salaitotl 7: 7
.. -=l.lclialpslapt 11001:11t4. thabli o lie, With 111 i
'thiolieds of:impure coal.:900
Permian arnazikin, cOmPoicid tikalagne+ ma -.-•
• gap, limestones, xnaria, altales e d q...- ...1
Base.... 1111 2700 Base Of Paradodi fortuation,^an commaa.
We saes lona, marls, ah/45;11.ta dim go .
and thin coat-Dodo - -...•,....,...._
Top of the ogal meaan.tei.,'..4..:-. : .. .... ._. . ! .1..:.. - i ii - -%-
Limestrase; orailes. d 4-,. wlth: -mar.e o- !. 111 . 1 u
Llineatonea,
~akalus, Ito,- Wi ' ii ' k oii oll 4. II ..„,i
; --- ' ' -:.
Sod, t 09.01 2,CaVea .
ttOrtn, 140.,...i.,... -
-....... ' 1.11 ?
Ltmestottek.shales,.doi......-:.--A.---r.:.-.. °lmo 12
fritliumaistak,44c.-..,...-.,_.. : . . .. ~..;.-... ..... „...:,,...... . 4 .._ lll . l luo '
L 1939999461, 6161146,- etc....„..1..,:,...'...-44....: 2 ..-- Ed..
hiaestvematesionee._ . - , - ' 4 - 14 0
Leavanwoith marble, - iiiiiid - 1 - iiiiii - ;iiiiit: , - 1 .... • •
able And beaut1fu1......,......--,--,.. 4 1•1 ' 40
Shales and elutes • - • •' ' - ' t .• ~. .• :.•.' ...• .. 40
Limestones,- shale*. fira•clay aild - alate4.. ' bp
abanuat i ktrones,.llre4clays and tttin = :......
. LoserraTt3;,. 7.iisialatie. _.
Ilicaceosweatones, talamites:- .. . . :-..: - ,
tas-alaistgoitiong and acitid:-.., . . ~.- ... , • ....,,"
COAIL-ch.tatiooturandaaally n 0.144 2, a. e -
B andatci4T,Z77tc47.c., .;..........,..:...- , Ito
wig, • " - • -,.... 1 - - - 6
les t .20.4,......-°1 • 20
; shales, 4e. 60
WWII, it9..'—:.--'4.............“-..... 100
Mlearasitect_srandatope- . • - ' ' ' 40
COAl,,,rtabeda,ot l lcidner And band iron /,' - 5
4 131 )11 1a1eatei; ii:.
•-.. • ' 1 12 i
. BO
Illilidtine ErturAimaro4 4 -•'. , 10
ilubugbonifanris /Intjaitt.- ~..,-. - /Xi i
,_
..
,if tiO4 - b‘timie; - tolrep4rlr.lial t. ihe: Orainseins"
-seraswitsis tisane Billy kleatthaii - . Ifhtstiptipeatthat 1
-- Zenerataetkittietraciiretba thrli, a
In *Raj*. 41t4 souse itrAPatiFialratete 102 -!tiCgi!'J
have positively stated 211144pachot-the Agazae or
• haperfecthpazibede ofitorphiaiThliziiinhallia may be
*dared, to the oeittterverhastehr aratOttrjbat mod'
piths Hatithia otithi - 31Q -l autezil its waters =win
thel..."" ~ . - • . .'_ ;• .....:
- - its Tastlary - iioi . revei 4 :_ s e t : f o u ndon' ii•
bad inapi or the mai*/ Sad her ' ' weshpra, agao7_
liatkaiiigitahhio4.l4li et tha 7 -14iiiritaitialea- -
I.ii nil* balitabielteasit Cierbahlaitise shwa:aka
their lorate,a3a!Amd. reaasmiar la 4 0 1 r 1 141.:!!../4. 14 7.•,:
hzektnetVa4oo/44,04,41aillaahteiiiii.
' ima li' °r •b' 1 4-; '4•91 60 # 4 “. -:.* 11. #-!# , .0 4 : - . I *'''
F,
1 'ltteraW ....:I. ko.°!#,.• ,
iladt. "0 21 . 1 . k • .. . . . 11 ... - ' ._ , 16 - 14 . 4311 aut.
-gale ..LT • • . • ' • Maga.* *
atala wsi . 4 oU l ool 7:: . ? i l i smiumuf . .• _ '*"sll..tawk:;-11,11*-.lciairP
;#s*.iitiwe't '' • 7001 :4F9PiaPirtikt.P:44%
.-ww.tosisiiffliki e *vi tut „
$0
..thais s .o44
..,..... .
~.:Tioeisch*oc cgaze- t u itor ivo-„,(4001—_,...*
arw
.914 , 0441 „
th•Atithillw i v i„tii
.I,4l44.o4iiitigrilltii*theik r eb*Pt. _ Ikx*.
litatigkietil - 40Zilia0alak 'iiillistbill=Mw
lILI
HMO
'4l-po- ,
, t
lamed tar and the Rocky Mc - mondialk 7 . ' Seth a
_
1 titieWould plainl y a milipt4l l ooolol 4 l, • WOO-
Witty is WA the "Gent Western coal-Fleldll wilibe.,
found to' ekiit mneb nearer , tin Picini than the
, Atlantic. c , . • 1 --
The Appalachian ond-dcblicare lappbsedtonseled*
all Pie Easilrn coal i fonnstions PAt iht.lll4
the late deposits - in largials sad Izorth . Una, the.
A alitrul te oi 11N:46'1sta:1d and, braSinch ion awl
bkwit
Chit coal fields of tbd British lfrffrlllem „,......"-'
In like manner the Buhl" hicamlahl 11 " . " . .",
may include'manyilsianis not Ocsometel_ with" lam
inupense tick which tre Imre been demi-
t rite. Put
as the' Anth raeite bash* of Vainsylvan are not
esaiected with the 4tllectietWdimedtals=hol
ere. pert of die acme Great ortgatat east i lona
appropriately named the Appalachian._ 1 -.'° •° -
llireinow that manylmtall basins of coat exist In
the midst of the Beni &funning, not &reedy anti-'
fleeted with re l:reast-theld eksig ita liaise
and we am Whew ear day that Otthea;.
basins contain Anthracite coal., • f
In fact, we/have banal itedeselite of ei mile 4i
aoiern
elan that they haver teen speehaens 'Of Antbruiter
whleh bad
. t t fba d r - n l l*u.lidbi e• weatert •
b'
ut;-,ieros.;
-o f
the ...30rutalli9015410111, d: Ourpreseatdatalolo details of t-thlreat
cent fled are 31 m I te4, - liiit"*.i Ilaireli few oeneritificta
of muckehreiseanee, l weleiti tinillie us ton tarry
formerlyl imago:stet: that As desis.of tbls Becky
Mountain regalia had their origin Ppm a Western
source, as. MO costa of the Appalachia t iUmt de
tied ;thoue tence front in eastern sou
The coal- lirthe letter diminish fro east to
'west, while osanf the ioniser appear -43 delpresiste i
b r it*.
front west tO east: The coal-beds of the) Itaclty
Monatain field are thin on their eastern onpa in
Minoan and Iowa), but gradually- thick and In
crease in number of ploductive beds as ey alp
fzirci
rah .theinwestern oat semis through then - )
Kati4a4 and dm IndlenTerritory. i ...-.
But little Isiknown of the western out-crops In the .
foot=hills of the Bony slowitalns, but w ir her n e sss t h ese .
beds have been fonned on tire liner of the sl, Pa.
,eitic Itannwss, they are lean .5 to ii feet •
ale,Unt
emaUtute a ;total thickness of 50„ on the a therlry,
of the °Moen of the line, ' 1 •
She ma x imum - of the coal-beds thicku In the
- East; In Mistourl and lowa is lb tut, the to minium
of li - enable Crud often
.Ito 5 feet, , It there an
pelts to be positive that the source of th Rocky
iltnititain coals was from the We whilat 6 mate.-
nal tilling thithaal as andfOrming theatre", tithes*
i ra
coal. mcasnns, must have been derivefi .Pial WI.
sams bourse. - ;,... _ •
- Illi he Baal. Ctr.ti - Goidriatinistor - lallillarai most east
ern basinslo4A* finer exist la thelatistern depoa-
I t)l,-t be sand Stiattes'predetnlnate in thlitirst ; while
the, limestones and ahalechtre In excess in l i elatter...
But lice) we find a ohmage; -the couseaffseappre
ciate in thickness and coarseness of pain wards
thellockey Mountains, and deptectate"as hey - re...
c ..
cede In their eastward rike. '° ' '
r a
.In lowa nnd Missirnin the great lower . tone
of coal measures , commonly . carted : then
"mica.
noin sandstOne," Is from; 10 to 30 feet thick impuni
ty, but In southern Kansas It is from GO to 100 feet ill
lilieklleliel. , 1
asu 4 storm.
With the enrol= Of the inloadsmus
nearly all the antes in ttbe easter n pot of greet
coal-field ark almost tra*pablo in textuire. The
silleiates areas tine as near and the clays an per
feetirplasticetnd withonegrit. Mach'of t e lime
stone is tabulas , * te' marble, salt 4eme of 1 of the
i e
matt excellent quality. .• , .•
• But ha the eastern portion of the Rocky M ountain
coal-field,'Much of the carbon - and the Rumen,
triad' probahly forms cad narer the base, .so in
timately inled with taluierous beds-of blaiminoils
shalem.aat tie upper portion of the coal measures
are almost d stitptitgte of pure cool beds. This, is 4'
remarkable feature of the' Kanto; coal measures.—
No 'reliable and permanent beds of Worica le coal
exist shove the lower cord series, which ' in the
4)
ndeaccous asndatnnes, thebase of the coal measures.
All the lurge,; reliable coalibeds developed long the
Eastern and douthern outlerops are sound .
Yet 'ilotwitastanding an apparent difference) of.
union and direction In the formation of.fsur coal
moasares, the eastern existing in maximum thick
ness in the east and depreciating towards tae West,
while' the wdstern eaten. in moan:aunt in the west
and /I4llllTlllill lillekllVls ill the east, we find a close
rehilloriship "between the east and coal muinres of
. _
. ,
the Ibiicky Aiountain.s, and those . of. the 4,irtiodehlan
formations, ` , 'l'ha ecnigloriierate • or mill-s ne grit
and tlie subiarbonifironi;form the bed - of the ores
1
is thek•do al the other. Both arise' from t e same
. .,.
farinaiiona.l ~. - - . 2 ... • , I ,
' The tientity• of the inner l inNibbrds ill kk it ) . lf:ralii - '
tions ere poaOivoand , eyniglete„ Befit II to be
everyirliere tfludlar. , Its principles dr gene &lir
acteristie foatores are the same both east aid west;
while the 'OeriYitlit llihnidooOs saaditen4. Is the
“hnekwltent 'riock'l near itialeton. The water sand
stone with ite.ralca spangles' in the great Kanawha
and tb'e'"mieazeou_s sandstone'? in Illinois, Stissotirl
and Kansas 1 • •, • - '. - ' • .
It is p Win !hod iverwhere, sometimesonl y divi
ded by! an' alititist I inperceptab le statoor re-Clim•
but often b 2) to inn , feet: of slates,,., s fite-
I!' Is the i 4E* west .4 the !Ain and o only
elnpw, sic.
ii l s,
prod initi ve o o, In its t Ingle Oedouble timid tion In
lied A.,..hoskever t Minims. te be A larger lathe
it*ky: Sloyntain tp:tiiii geld, het. lt is 'net y t auffi,
eiently+ develeped tri e*h lint Its trqg choracttr. l't IS
not often workable In the east , fur: evert to he 'COSI
it eposlts of tiiituds, _ ' •.- •:, • -,
We have brletly described the extent. and ocotios
of the ttocky Mountain coal lied, givlig Dolores at
513,000 Oquare t rolies in the Ifni ted - Statelywi tli a much
laripar,thoul t ilesa expiored area; lts British lAnteti
ca... The "s. c" of the Out-crops nano para ll el with
the gni6t moMitain chat! (rpm which , it. 4eilvea Its
name, hem .iew itexico tq . the Artie Oman. ' Tbe
entire length! being about MOO miles; with du aver
age breadth Of III) .mile 4, and a total Mei of I,Mil„.
01. q square tulles I -' : - - . !
,- -
• -
-la our work on c oal, page ill, ire glee the y area of,
- our Americati coal-gelds within the Uni Eititei
att.)o,X4 squOre miles, Including 74,000 sq miles
,of the Rocky Mountain formation In tow* 11.0141.
Nebrtioicti,lMasao, the Indian Territory, Texas.
f Tit If. #oulAil leave LAM square mile* in theAppal
achian nod Great Central* Ilelds,i Lucia Idtclii
gun', and Arkansas, since we-cannot Maid the Mt
ter" with thei Rocky: Mountain format - If ire•
now add the iireaeof oar coati/tilde costa t' Becky'
- Monntalns in the tlulte,l Ettates„wa And th total to
COW
be equate miles! . •
T
tThe total area of the known or eXplOreil u:sd-eeldt
In the,civilixed wortd, independent of our Alnertein
I 'coal-fields, are lass than. 40 00 .0411taremIti4 When
compared with the imm ense anise and extant of the
. latter. how sMali and liniigniiiilant, the toter al-
PectrV ' !
The metals regions the Rocky Mountains,' I
bordering on and parental° the !great coal-41d as.
- der Aiscumaloti, appears to be of equal extent,lnump*
licence and richness. - •.- . 4 • - : ,
The gold anti silver mines otthe explored - fortlOns
'ere already faXnous for these productions,wiille
per, lead and iron, though abandant on . ersehrliand,-
Pare hithkrto t vea IPtit,llitleitttentkm. sines
tthe -Mansura On of.the new or railroad , - pa ti!,,
fii
'Vest, its vasi, deposits ot Iron tires are acti ng' g.
tnerttedeitentlon; anti we end both.the engineer Mid
.thigeolsoit inticing:the "mountoins! or Maisiareem •
- cis oteome prehable tapirs velue!.-:We„sire.„ 40.,.pre.,, ,
- 024, but, we co not hesitate to predict thief*, Utile
is aft far In future; when the • triinuhnittiant of"
:metals' I nth, West, or teal* talkie great centre of :
our toottnes:Nwurazoood those of tikeltosta . .' L: -
- The location ettlis.oltY- 91 'Lear*,rth:Liguiss,.
on the western Make of the, vet, be
considered 411/o, *aired rtit. 4 mite . fa .. ,If not t insiy
'the Anierlean, , eouttnent.- It oceoptera Vivid'
'central position In slew alba great which
Pill" 41V.12,37 now - :from seat to west aiiiifyigg
:Terms. Of he sites to the li r liwourl Valtry.ttits is
preeminent' . , tko most avaihtuciaa i trade centre or
Thik th- -t; frproihe gulf to Mealco sclid_ainill
t0.044 4331 a..1, 1 0 natarlilli :WO. lb e nellTee, and
=tad Divinable route to Chicago and-theand
north-emit Mils 'way: liii!e through Lea* ' 'worth , .
while the hair:iodine*, ww. ti zonriN, -nu
t
der eotuallon;iins. - toadd nut iplatair.*lls*
to the trade d Onrel;widelcasidta Al way: to the
room of the north a*. 'The trade of
4wad,.
seeking St+ls and the hedoest is tr
10rae IN * will most 4st . ;kfi
wiped! - 'reach
tie deettiattou alstseta leaven-.
'4tht by wer9f4w Meet' art Stier and AM 'wand _
either batik. _
• I#4o l rfUrc 4 o cePtri. ,Leivelivc 4 * - anti' one at
the Most' !reiterant tithe IlattedStaterehd iteart
isee 3 fiettil St 4 T- 41 (4 Ctilailrb • br- MOM
g
aie tillroeo , ..heeettektheltti'S ' et -
ChAntala
Which all except: rture•lts now ei th er t
..-wr:
- 14 6091 . 5 e of ichdatitictleit - :lllotWialkeak lines ilvi '.
dlem tetnitthis cheittistrwW*Wi - iWatid ,
evesilow Likvaik.*** Is bap iit taCribisiteinfib..:.
lliaMid •..loxiiitit4.:.o4,2VZ APO. 1110, .014441 t.: As.,
,Lottikaskitlitilft-all•th0 I V/ 3 * /11140- 15V O rl i i
ocuti*Ottilt lidltlief•li OW
.., ,
the Miwiiiiiii 3 .trilled; 1 •-; A ''' litnaallii W.' -'
:g* .. ct,„4Klose;„: , 5uic...,::,-:..:•.:-.:, ; ,,....:(:. : ...,,, , ,K- ;: t..
t , " . ' 4 - -.... ' - •-=
inarts
.: ,-. -A--z . .:Li t tl--
I°.l/CiPOSiZOP .) ROOlfrOlr .. 61 ,
. '1" •.'2 4 4:poilL4olloriiillele is : : ;:-
_,....
-11 1 - ...;„ .......,.... 1. , • • - . - .*• 1 14"•.i- -,, i' ' • - -- -
- "" , ' l ' -'
' P . OI4S*U.LEi Us: 20th f 1870: --
' -11,12gate. - VDITOIrl:IW rstedhoruettlztany of
Coai 4,•ea.
at,thx)
4v,tmli
, 11),outt
:Immo
4 ,21,u0u
Bi,otX)
24,UtN)
.3ioklo
at,uuu
t 74,0u0
10%000
'1
• „
'assit rillar.^ - ' plan a few exceptional
case*is Perber'%•theelliYislin that can be Proti 7
Wily, ado . • 'l,
speaking however, it is the very
*Mot* :
•
massy. reasons; a few of which X
,V iz uw ig le' • \
th
e Natemonh Vein it iisttally
pears in this region, Varying in thickness from
dßeen to sixty ftd. it often (secure that„some of
the bencheis of coal are soft and ahelly. _Whore
this: vein pitches •sufficieitt
,for. coal to run on
the-dip-of -of velnoschntes are opened at' right
eagles to the .gangWayz and driven. uplrom
seven.to ten yard's, and then croaa.headed from
one to the other , ' the coal between: two of these
sciArtea is *ass pities..3 s and . the space fr om One
- of OOP to the ne x t is opened' out as theitreast,.
those breasts .2 generally ' worked about ten
yards wideorhi the pillars vary. from livoto
,eight yards at bottom. The tsreast is con
tinued up the pith to , within front teuto twenty
yards of the upper'-lelel, or the surthee ,of the
Sint . • . -
Now, whertr,the - Vein is very thick and; some
of the benches shelly,, and full of sl ips, it fre
quently happens that the breast wilt run iii on
the miner*, iteSpite, of their boat e ff orts to , pre
vent it ; and So provide . = egaltut such &cadent,
the bresekK - ene , frequently' narrowed down to
six or eight yards wide, and , the coal only ta
ken down ?,up to the. dividing data,' abotit half.
of the vein as rOof to. the , bredit ; by
this plan most of the breasts are driven up to
the deiired point, and the 'coal over head, and
in.the *ands, es many suppose, - tesllii - y to
be mined skatty time the operator- wishes the
Mal; but experience tesehes us that. this *only
delusion, although four-Was of the coil re
mains standing apparently'Tessity to be had
when wanted; that but a very small portion of
it ean.be taken out, and that at the risk, linight
say almost certainty of bringing down the, sur
face water; as :well •as brio on a general
equeezenn the gangwa 'endangering the
mine • tint this is the .tsse any- mining engineer
who has paltr.-attosition to the vorkings in this County will - bear teniniony. . Now, to make
clear to the reader 'we will draW a section of
vein, hroutet and.its pillars looking up the pitch
, .
Thaireectlon ilhows that about One-eiztkof the
is mined* by the ties** ; to this tuust be
added - whatt* 'takivnoitt of the headingtirfrom
one tireast . to the othei,,aleo, coal tbatlreeituint
ly falls from the wlngsvphe. pi/kir*, tu:d , trom
the top benthei.; )3ut on the other hand ittoo
often that wheff the wings of a pillar
rant the Sop of the - b reast falls with tholcoal„
bUrYing withillate and rock the coal that has
been' eat and in tile breaatv. rte.:latent
lyiusiortinir the , safety•oLthe adjoining bnnists
of coal. •
_
A'remedy for this wasteful „triode of mlning
has-been soughtfor by some few , brit the
iiittl
eulty 'ormalting . ..changes in the established
modes of mining Wet operated as a check , to the
succiiseful application of any new plan, as any
material change involves considerable outlay
Of eaPitaii besides
.requiring some time to ,get
the mining bosses to understand the 'pllat4 as
well as the -trouble to get men to.do the:work
according tog Itystern - MO, they have not seen
triad before. ' •
Therefore thy. object in.writing' ia'Fiper is
first to Waal- the attentioo cf th th e
°wars of
lands and collieriesto this, great loss, and that
the minitig bosses of, the county may - have an
Opportunity to discuss the pater -fully before
any alai se of "mode §f.itlining is shade. : That
any one plan °rafting. can be made to work
equally well in, all , cams, the writer does not
pretend to say, can be ndopted; he proposes' to
I lay befoge the bosses • and owners of mules a
,series of. plans suggested
.for the Mammoth and
other v e ins,_ va t ied. seeppling to pitch of vein,
thickneept 4 21 that and °kind 'of roofs; above or
below water level, changing the mode 'always"
suit I the peculiarities of the ' Vein. Before
giving the plan I would say that it is no inven
tion of mine, or. the. plan of any Articular
writer on the sulateet,. tuft they are ideas col
lected final Ma reports - of skillful mining engi
neers .ofEnglanti,• France and Prussia, and
from personal observations matte 'at different
collieries in this County dorieg the pat thirty
five years, - - - •
To work. the 3fammoth yein Where it is of its'
nasal thickness, 'and pitching at an_angle of
from 16° to 45°, afteesinking the .slope or shaft
to the 'vein, open ont..the gangways and air
coursea on. the phut prhseut adopt t 4 but
instead of opening out •It kielutte every -eight or
ten-yards *thug . the course .of,the gangway, I
would reominothd the driving up a manway
say at the flinger thieltness of pillar, from slope
or shaft, (thickness. to be according-to solidi 2
bt coat,) and at : a distsince,f •say fifty
froth this manway drive up at -right . - angis=
the gangway, if the piteltheAlndar 45 4 ', a schthe
of from ALM ten that.wide, to the uppor level
or masa of the mine,. and make this achute
the centre •of a panel of work, 'and at thti its
lance of another-fi ft y yards' drive uIM pp anot her
ImulwitY, completing - the„ panel. T centre
schwa to be de to run coal freely , -; , , as to
iload - coal from t With the smallest porMble
This achute should hate atravelling-way along
\*ldel so-that the ,WorWl‘ell eltnzheiVe easy access
1411
'to their Work, .down by the scikute. At
right angles to tnis centre actuate, right and left,
Small headings in the bottom' , bench °teal
should be driven - tothe nuniway,. beginning at
the desired thickness of pillar between the gang
way and the coal to be mined, say seven yards,
Ind at every' ten yards op .t his centre KIM°,
p ddrive similar headings parallel to the first, con
_eetb4,llolft W he il the ‘tan way . Bee diagram.
When all tae lugs are driven the panel is
ready to commence mining frOm, and if-skill
ful miners are.employed no coal nelild be lost,
s
exoepting_verY ll etetlape Of., Stip neat tbe
imitate. wo bring this coal out.or these head
ings it Would be advisable to lay a light road in
them, and, use bung wagon bolding about
1500 pounds of coal; this aiseef wagou could, be
tasily,handledby one malt. • To begin Alinisg.
the
mate r WOUld first 0M14:41t et the end of his
heeding in bluest fashion tip to the surface or
thelevel aborts; and open . wide enough so that
when the-:coal was taken out, the oat Oil by,
;kip off the solid, would hring, doter' the-top,
thns'fortning a sort of natural -elepe or actinic
for the next 611 of mat thalide down to where the
laborer could load it in safety, into his buggy,
Tbe" minent .would always have ifaafe retreat
Into the heading when fall of coal or rock was
abinft to take plithe. Tho *labor of mining tioal
tom a loose-end weed be very light; whlbithe
babes, of loading the coal ..lutet the bw . and
upping It into the sOlzulo would be ' l 2U.s' com
nsated by th e saving of expense In lmoadiniggwity
e 004 from the main-is:bate in the g,
stead of, tbe,usnal pbgt :now adopted of load
ing by hand. The_distatioe. :of ten yards be
tween the paralha blowup might visly scant
ing Jo eirmunstancea,girlime Memel was strong
and roof good, and the pitch enough 'for coal to
411441 On the bottom rock; wenty yards might
be wrought to ell advantage this-point would
be settled by a skillful' minicihoes. This;roug
Of th a tch will convey to a" boa boss an
idea - • -,
••• , ,
ME
.
Thit
_tarot - - ,Alltirtillt .bOtr Ila itafer7
I .*JaWk 20)Ter1119/1114 - Boas the visitor
so dbatprOprt, tow lortretho *solos and
.- .Id so -1110ro:Loo, atop -ti2 -Asltior
t.in g soli to - WI lOU* Ittlort4 Ithitre
A4 . 2E1 . 11_6, nroist-orroodo' 4s* iiiin
• Amelia* it* *am to • Mk c:
or
7 . 121770 - frest tioottoh-ortittroctuitotrookt
. Oxitetol el; tottototior thantionsorrotW.
a an that - tho..molotte eight oot
. itititilitlool olotapitte got w kr • Atm 1 .
ti
*taw mai ;Ns mwto 05 . ., °f the .
W ll"siredo t umftgaia.' °°lll. I _____ "Irrrt /
weeltit,,_rigisdr,uae_ a 4.w a5 . .,-*lpbom. 1
idejalte=rufrtvitri
be -3 ortranurba tttittwOrk: Akira*
, triiii.per tont. toorttoool ooloot be toit
_iiithottitot, tooldootbi rook to otitot
riass i thaiNimmilikieadol l sileirlo* •
mtienionxdit lo 4-0. la* httte
•• ' • littglirlOrpollik SW*
. . .
... . ,
SINPLE COPIES: CiNTS:
,
'would be no such thing as a seittert,. from
fact that - the would' be allowed 10.601tIo
down gradn,ally the tioal,.triusextracted from
the loose, end next the.falledroc.k, alias..
coat. wa.l taken down- to-tad gungwippfttai;
yrbere Meilen - en rock • and slate,7tould ekes In
and settle,sts that ot spy letup,- time thetanginty-.T.
pillar comprising about onc.tenth of the mrsol--•
able coal of the lilt could be..mined. Mit before - ,
thelift was abandoned, dins :securing" from 80 7,
WS 90 per cent. of the coal; inttesi:: I-of from Le ;
30 per cent. by the present mOsitt of Edith*
3fammotli vein. - • —.
• ailNiiiNDO.Uld
• •
SCRANTON AUCTION SALES.
TESsRS. W. D. CRANE ik CQ: have'
..OVI compiled a very! valuable• atitiatleit'c •
'table,' giving the auction_ prices at wbleh
Scranton coal sold fOr.thei' last two
We find thatit Wirers sillitlei:liorn • !
our. average pritNi: but from the facilitiesi
the, gentlemen had; 'we have .40 - 41cOthitit....
what, it it.mote •ierreet. We (3.3tiderise
this atatenient the. follinC ing.averaging prices.
for the tWooyeata when they hekl
• 1888. Get( &owe
• • — 1 ' '
___,.
January_ 8 ...--/ 83 all sa ea, sa Go, is skli
_., -- - 121...,1 ... :1 3631 3 C/2.0 378; 410
February. 2d.......:: ,, 3 45/ 380 4': o 4 !1,2
March M ...... ...,....:! s 3 71, •3 33' 3 33 p 3 08,
Aprll 11) . • • / 3 - .70: • 3 Itll 3 £43k l 4'13
liU4y 2:1 1 ig 7Si - 3 84 41a ; 4n)
June 24... . . ... J ;of. 3 801 4•12 i 4XI
_ _ ... ..... 4
~ _ _
July 1.14'... ..... ........1 417!
„,4 3:.:, 4 70'- 454
August 26.....».e..: 14 aii 4 92, 5 151 .535
September 30...-1 5 211 550! 6 091 03t
October L,S-_,.. ....... 1 . 5 78, 5.86: .6 40, 780
November 2 .:
5 42' 6 081 - 5 991 003
PeCember 30_.:...' 4 62 , 4:811 4 d® l 4_65
, • . -- _l—L--....---:—
Average ' . 4 I.b 4 49. 460 475
18S). 1 1 ' f .
Jaraum727.,.......-1, 4 3u, - 4 70 ; 4 79, , 400
February 24____1„ 4 371 4-T2! 4 35" 424
Mardi 31 ; 433 1 4451 440'402
April Z4,—. -.—..,...1 4 7:1 4 631 4 671 (4-76
September 1 ...... ..: 8 301 691
October 27_ , ... ..., 538 5.33; a 52, 1 085
li riecern ;em b be er ris:"....i.:.:.:! l , 4547.1.
4.4t45 13 3 4 4. 6 27:2 9 1:5 5 6 , 6 ... 25 . 11' 1
--, • •• I
Average__ 4 tO; 480: 5 65: - '5 48.
•
There were no. auctign;#M.,,aq-iwtoP.:,
"nary, duly and august,
The average price:TV Itin'Sfit kinds of boa
O*boitird • ,
I*llB6B - ql;;;s k s1 pteitellA
111;1809 for.B montlig ' A
The average price on .board yes4elslat Phila.
delphla 'la - 1868, - was
1866 • - • ' :A5:,3,-7r!'-
Bitt for a large lxirtion - the. •-
retie of , freight on coat - shipped' t a r7iin
dolphin was SO emits a ton higher tlituithb' 4
year before; which would give _the averaver - 3'
at 414).62u:tie rate of freight as in 14.18--s4
against $3 80 in 1888; This statement which -
is taken froii the official r e port, will ithOw
.our readers that the briOs of .toal `were not
so 'very high put on board at-the principal
shipping porta on the,aeaboard. ;,
Vire ling the frillexiirig tube compiled , in
the,UNITED STATiS3 RA4LftOAD AND MININ.O.- ;
REGISTER, which wilt boirseful - lbr reference,
and! Raves ns the trouble of • empillig 'odr - -
selves :
- , .
4,g Ail z::i 1 z° ll s . i....t.ti 1 4 .A" . : 41 4 1'
. 11-itial . 4 476 . f . E 1 ,1,0 ~4a :
....: , ,
T2t_onls.l, 7b
.__u,lF
Tv..0...i52. I ,
Tons,
To_ .. ms ,.
Tons
.:d
Tons
- 2 3 0 1 ~ 10,04 , . „. t 16,2:0 1 a,i ..
37.855; 140.1711 '• ' 20,9:811,352 '
33,039 - 1 35;137 ; ...,....:21,514.38,41a
4447 , 43,03. `..?/9,064110,125
i -
lin
Feter.
6
5i.M'.....-1 1
39.b-t.....,..:11,954ivae,
46,417. „ .... ~,i42,79, 15,716;5,7 o
Arzi ......... '42,6511 _ 1 17,07,300 ..
f 43,13 5 1 .. 29,860 '14,164 '' 0511 ...
65,86 d -, ......, I
r, lot'l
_I
15:N0 , ,14,08i ...,
It. r2.753,.........180:791........ 18,x104277
11 76,-L1:,: ....... 38,612 15,76,36,487
14 3,6 8 5 1 .......' 1 0. 1 01,.....1- 1 ,47.590 30,8011 1 .....-.1
: I I 1 f ow l, 1
26,54.48,1011 8,318,10,616 41 10,410
,21,530 122,021..a3.694 13,:i..1 38,378 21,760
Ara - 417,3011 =mil 16,271141,Z 99 47,740
21,974 70,372 34518 45,759 46,12 1 50,25 u
li 1 1
A 387173,337 26,51.417,M:44,494 .53, •
'16,673:65,112 29,613,22,896,48.42147
1 1,110110,(.44 L 5,105 124 . 9.10i36,2111 43,7 .
7...7 1 2 .2 ntl- 1, 11 2 112 4 1,15,
1• i ' , i '
~., 1,507 1 517 , ' 421,:. 14,77.
7 . .„I toll; 847 E - 437 1..--. 4 2,'
, i4s',:a; 6.tou. , - .13 950 38,
;37,0'121,014 1 4,977 10,948....,,,, Op/
18,60213,9951 e i ra 14,(42. 1
, I
,
36,241 : 51,'973 17,490'15,051 'lll,lllO
V 33,1431774 : 17 36,1173 24,1461._„ .. W e an
1
i :44.131 77, , 6 34.487 4 7 90' 1 211 . 1 0
, 32,8171061/1:151614136,A476., ' i tli
i t t
1kT10 : = 12 3 t 4, 4 41 2 5 1 21, 1 5 1 5 4 9 31 7.,:11 7 4: 9 4 2 :4 )
g.twaria.e.o 37,:h6 21 4 43 .. -7.1/3./.5t
4,66.5 56036 27,t0d 29,917 1 Au
t 44 6 1
2 . 507 AW*,Z 9 21 , 47,877 13,446
1W,45,33741,2415,010'19,430,124,
17,13g4 . 43,406 . 23,1413 12,945 39,917146,607
1Aw 7,40,444 1 3 1,0761/ 1 ,X 11 1!6,376rA11t
, 1 , ,
F 1 7,374 2',215,2_,..• 778 10,61747,357 42,112
, 546'6 ) 40,52W 1,510 1 , 6;92 71 25,2017,5 '
15,022,81,271._., 3140043,410 4,06
13864133,076 , ~„„,, 3 0,102,46; 3 1141774
19.8111 1 4/6 0. ...-...334.2,435/70,59,96
1 l' 1 •l l
zr.isA4, - 4 447 1 _ , 31,4.77 OA'S' 51,861
1 23 ,31r0 1 1,0 15 ' 7e 0 31,;&5 1 / 4 5,2151,14t
11 33 , 4611 7 11,014"A1,t 17 0.45,209 511,311
19,t...N 00,549 6,45 s 3,,,c07 , 40,231 53,53:.
I I , ,- I
116,616 41,7671 6,2;6'33,491 4%178 43,111
4,13
1100 . ,24, Cr42l 24064
_57731 V,574 , 7,46,1
_ ,11 v4-.,.... 1X,95138,537l
13=1
Aprif
3
,1 9809
[1102,434
lutkuin.
i tOU,tl/2 1
99,675
47,627
11% m6l
684
9,10.)
M a i
I
E 122
Septir
4
Oct T
F:Mil2
175,906
L2b l" 08Z 3
,129,15/i
27
Deer.
4
11
Is
86,0 e
57,01.4
32,141
*The weekly siiipinenta by the Reading Railroad
end BChuylkitl Quial are for week ending.on"rhum•-•
day incitisive: and. therefore. Include four carrying
days subsequ e nt to the Saturday's .date given in the
iTheafticial week of the throe - 4ahlgla linos
sol the three Lackawanna companies ending- on
Adidurskty. it. was deemed laic atyte forunifermify. te
Put Etaftudars date in the tabulation. , .
COAL TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN.,
Striataaryotthe'ooal product '4f the Unitrid
gluiplom for the years 1807 aud,lBBB :
Cbwaties. mrT.
Tons.
. 21,867,411 z - 24,391.1117
1,512051 i 1, MAO
0,Y 0 , 510
411,VIr•ighl
Itortbumberlaud & Durham
Cumberland- -
Yorkshire
..-• .....
Nott,thirtuirwsklre ' . 1,575,0 W A r iestkpo
re.. ~,' •:... I, k) • Weida.
W ckahlre - • .... 00,550 13211.431)
abbe.. ...... ........................,12,01,551 ' 780
117
..
v ..... ..
-.1. ' . • 120 1 4 60 0 Wi 1 .45 0 0
Gloci rilare awl bowerse:- '''.-
”..' ' ' • 4.9 15 • 000 .4280.000...
Kortizuitiumire•••,' ' 44 , 811.3U0 - VrA,44O • ".• '
Soul" Wa115....- • .—;....-„. %WAY , 8,11500011, .„ .
North Wales 2,471,Z).2,305,000
50uitinit1.,„....:—....... .. ... ~..........1.02.54.1 : . 0.1%101111 ,
• ..... 12.7;000 . Mal)
...... 1.-..i. - .-101,i.m,ttO 10414410
' . ' Itr.i,til,LW - • . ._•
I. t •
Tot's! pri:Once
lIIEI
,
.. . . I,arshn
Of this quantity about 10,000,0p0 tone
exported in each year, leaving the balance'
, .
for home consumption.
In 1857 theiliuntbet :of Collieries wall 2,904, -
ladle itie7,4,822, giving an increase 'of
ten years. The product of thfso ,
England.. in .1899, averaged' 5,300 tens pet
colliery. The average in the Anthracite
coal - regions of Pennsylvania. per
world be greater than the above: .;
Coal Trade' of the United Kingdom of .
Great Britain."
• •
The folloWhig pit:stones:a exhibits the
quantity of opal mined in, and expertedfternq
Great Britain since 1654:, -
" • ; Ittittireisid ' Ciobrapiorken
' rear. _ Tone. - noes.
1856 VAMIDO 4,1000,0Uu
3830., ...... •-• fAlAttlia
(15,31.0),000 • 6"M
...... EZ,M,quo 1,61/000 •
• 11.9^00 0 TAWAW
IlikasMo -- OW)
• as,sxkuao . 7.104x0,
386
sktemuu - 7,stuome.
88,1000 0 D 7 . 1500 . 060
....... 01,1430,400 a,uutwoo
3 B' . . ..... - peon
tehot49l Vel•ourj-. '
/01,600013 U ' • Ailfejta
Jan. itchleklAs 7 *AVMS
The, rdllo - .0( ttle,P3al mined _ 4869
647 en 40§1.0,#41,leThiewsvrttioi - It!uw,
traOsPort#Ydn:- - . 4L„
Tiniqvuttitt , niined Win Hee has riet yee:.
how delleetiod.
Ramat OaAt IniumOritts.swor:
titY At 6 1 0 14, 10*914 ,M. 11 • as:P ll -
laws •• • - . -• . 1 *
In Thee % w7i4441 . 2 I, l *
/nlOll7 ,12,7114
U/1367 thieotumnp4on of :Coil), in B4ium ,
_4 4 olo3Aiht toils-4ttebalane. U:88 el_tpltted.. "
An lees abbot 711:1,000
144, iotuarniptkia of 'coil in WO=
n 18500etasSyr S t sl2,Bot , torti.Of the tic
oltithoiar-of OF____ 43 a4Aum i B aik-gor 4::.;
951 tons *tent to Fraoki.„ . _ •
TABLE FOR REFERENCE.
ME
BEE
CZE
A
CM
illii
ME
95 Xi
4 V 7
5 17
4 95
• 4 6 7 '
4 67
548'
6 84
9 13
7 172,'
$3 611
3 it
11.96
a 18
$
4 GO
Od s7
03
6 57
5 74
• 4.'
OE!
468 '
379
• df
449
em.
559
ti
44104
449 j
488
4 93
6 14
41
7
d
8 18
7 IS
lEra
ie
4 - S ~I
MEM
, 19,211
14111kA '.
113,0/7 I
AMU
12,448
14.811t1
AL%
12.11017
9,095
And
3 lb
LOU
i Atm
J 0,918
itMA7
17,113
14,172
AYH
I 21,W*
awe
i8.91G
AIM - . •
M
11).422 .
/Ma
MOO
172011
gOte
Am
ASV •
CS:3
1Z1,798
i ttj I •
141,7 W
* AVM
4,6511
0,963
315..,w5, AIN
'40,764 •
14,056
11,766
11,154
1111