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1IwU1 I!lt;*VI« III'* lt;•N III1 i •; 11 O'1 1d v aKill t I'l \X \Vn|;B i af ih • N- w V ,rfc Tr.btnf,MRdln; n''#n»it of trr» i • j»nioperation* in tl • nrtghh .rh .1 1 * rI vllle, filter Co. N. Y. ncrlt;» in extent, u ditided in tl.* i *• ilony ridge, a.I i« of an avii-ig* _ . •'. 2® Iwt! I* i« animated tjcot.u.n -m!lion tune ol |i»--pare I peat f Jl i« I • -J •, course pit» in tL ab»lc our wutcni *1-j. »- ;^ it •, wh*t !• ! loin « I'M«l f#r*» .i* r* •' • * ■ .Uni, and fifteen fuel tu depth. llw \t | station, t.i pr |arlt; I,. |x'*l for r»»-e»1 t •On a .*.«• tlt; «j|b lli« eit-M *1■ tlie jMSeil. T»o dry prrlt;u« in to I* 1I**»•'! tn ou» m tilt; « mi'.li '.hior|u ■«**•• in j re poring tin furl. l‘;-• prfi’Ci tint thoroughly work nu t »on 1 .'s the rar; j- »•. It u thlt; n taken I « * dr| r- • *, nh; I. slice and pulvcnsi it f ‘joi* I. dry in/. It lb«n drier in i* • » and M nturticd, for pmnure iuit I /*At i .ltd a* coal. Tl:lt; method ravtt ti .» t' •Iryii..-. I t- w.i-i nr- j *-t gettj- • ! r ,•ay, and nrv -spected to produce o.»f or- ;hundred tbouraad turn of peat j«*r w. .n At this rate the deposit will la.«t f-«r\ .. \Wa Uv»- iu liuihai.au County, ugl • d- |»«iU which will pr*lucc a bun lr- I tl, . «aud ti.ns of peat, or about enough to apply the •liol- county with the licit fire* |..r one y. :»r. *» .r imall U-d*, Con'ainiu/ hut a 'few thomand turn. wi.uld not u.al. t the t i J ployniet.t of marhit.riy in working then profitable, Lit the larger beds, con’ .uii./J * live thou land tons ar. I upward, could »e be worked to adiantngc hr mach -rj. The i run Her 1 !r will supply a vlt; r/ fail f-.r g. !■» kand «tiriiu(tti|tp( ;a. 1to those farmer* L'ing faraway from titular Thii matter w I I.- te.t-d n. in- or l« «»lb* r , uugbly tl.i* season. I he aggregate of |-at l belt iu this county will probably f.rni-h l‘u-l for fr.nn fcfty to one hundred y*-nr*. The *avinjr of timber and of the imports lion uf c.*al, fir which money mu»t nee*-* *lily l«e seal out of the county, will h- tru* mi use, adding greatly to our wealth an! to the uttralt;ti -in for immigration.For I he IleM.l «
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Buchanan County Bulletin And Guardian
Independence, Iowa, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1867
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