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•I • pl«lt;* U» Iw _THK PEAT atnnOM.When »i stated last winter, that a pent bed bed been discovered a few miles south of Indepcudscce, many of onr incredulous citizens were inclined to the belief thnt we bed been bndij eokl. We held onr pence, confident tbnt the nproaching spring would reward industrious search with pest discov-erous of nntoM weakk. The curfully pre* pared article given in the BcLLtn* a few weeks since, induced a general search throughout the county, resulting in the most important discoveries. The peat already discovered adds more than a million dollars to the wealth of Bnchanan Co. Probably every township contains valaaplo beds of peat The introduction of machinery to work the peat and prepare it for market will donbtless occur nt the begin ing of the nest season, by which lime the vein# of the dif event beds will have been aeertaiaed. Thenceforth the fuel problem will afford no perplexity to tbs minds of persons seeking n desirable location. Ws again advise those who have peat beds to aarftUy test the qnali-ty of these deposits. Borne beds will doubt lens he found to contain so much sand or other extraneous matter washed in from the surrounding surface, as to detract finally from their vnlne.Bince our lust report a specimen of peat of apparently good qeality has beau left at our office by Mr. Calvin. Discoveries have been made apoa the farm of Capt. D. 8. Lee, the Adams place two miles northeastfrom Qussqurion, on the Abraham Cecel i, four miles aort!farm, four miles sorth of Qnaequetoa and on the farm of Dr. Bodoll, two miles sooth of Wiothrop. Ws also hear of discoveries in Pnirbnnk'and Sam net townships Mr. J. C. Orpnt meently discovsrwd a salable bed at Dry Creek, a little west of Win^n shall swnit other reports with inter-•st
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Buchanan County Bulletin And Guardian
Independence, Iowa, US
Fri, Jun 07, 1867
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