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[IllIt-situViseayto'Hitoidetalieisi»re-II fle.id'S.IIi nun i\n * Mu ,1m it* pul ih-m. of If,lt; oni A Ltfiif i'roni Prof* Sun'lou,f*iI,V iss**r,i§ rn r itAL CoLl.l i;k, *I nt\:HfA, Mo., Nov. 21, l^VK jAtl/iftr lit jjtifjfic'tu .* Your note of the 1-th iikst* 18 ut hand. V\ hen 1 lt;lt;*Hiiiucuceti the fie doeieal survey of Missouri in 3- 3, u ueyaim' my * I tit \ to determine w lie1 her the on i\ bed- of Missouri crop out and disappear towards the west and north, or dip beneath Hie surface rocks in that direction. for this object 1 made an exam inatiou of ihe lock* ah mg the riverfrom Omaha (or where Omaha nowis to Nap l« oii, w Imre the most western and hifiut «** *-il 1 cd then known on the Missouri liver dips beneath thesurface toward the west and disnp-{tears.rite farts *:bs|.-rvcd in this examination proved beyond all doubt that the rocks on tlu* river between Omahaand Nap*’]? m an* high* r in the series, and do overlie tin? rocks which contain the ei u! beds or Missouri andIowa; and that the coal beds of thoseSlates do dip beneath those higher y I rocks *m the river and to the east andes I north.It, therefore, these coal beds do not thin oif and entirely disappear toward- the northeast, I ley do certain*Iy underlie your city. It is not probs-dim‘Ci-utI.itst,al h that a coal bed will thin out towards the center of the coal basin.In accordance with these deductions, the shaft was commenced atLeavenworth, Kan.f which has resulted so successfully. I could not tellthe depth of tlie coal at Omaha with-,n out making a more careful examination *f the rocky between your city and Lea veil worth. If several cities it could join in the matter the expense •-* would he trifling, and all are etpiallv interested, for ttie facto that wouldsettle this depth for (fniuhu, wouldsettle the depth at ouch of the other•e | [daeea between, TI10 existence of these vast bed* of find beneath vnu isof great moment to all the people living in your cold prairie country; ifhrlthosewlioop. ii tin st. hei|lt; of f.nrdand make fuel cheaper, will be entitled to the gratitude ami blessing- of the jaior of this, and *1! coming generation n. Kvery lire which nffh rs a home brighter and happier will Ik* Ia shining monument tc the memoryof those who tin this good workYour obedient servanttf. C. HWALLOW.r-eite
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Brownville Nebraska Advertiser
Brownville, Nebraska, US
Thu, Dec 01, 1870
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