Un the Anthracite Region, §c. of Pennsylvania. 5% 
hollow square, bounded by lofty mural precipices of coal. 
‘Waggons are admitted by avenues that serve to discharge 
water from the mine. The coal is easily detached by picks 
and bars. From this bed, in 1825, about 750,000 bushels of 
coal were sent to Philadelphia, and it is expected that a mill- 
ion of bushels will be forwarded the current year. The ex- 
pense of raising coal is 40 cents the ton. 
This coal mountain range is reported as extending in a 
south-west direction to the Susquehanna. To the north-east, 
beyond the Lehigh, it is connected with Broad Mountain, 
the first considerable elevation west of the Blue Ridge, or 
alled. 
About ten miles of the coal mountain, the village of Mauch 
Chunk, and an extensive tract adjacent to the Lehi 
and the coal bed. The cost of transportation by this road is 
60 cents the ton; about seven tons are conveyed with ease on 
Waggons in their course. ‘ 
It is calculated that the expense of transportation on the 
rail-way will not exceed 25 cents the ton. 
. uehigh Company are endeavouring to procure coal 
2 miles from Mauch Chunk, by tunnelling 200 feet below 
the precipitous ridge, that occupies the eastern brow of the 
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