60 On the Anthracite Region, &c. of Pennsylvania. 
or seven of these boats, each laden with ten tons, are usually. 
united, and are navigated to the Delaware by four hands ; 
from thence to Trenton, five are required. Six days are com- 
monly occupied in the descent to tide water, and in the retern. 
The boats are disposed of for lumber. The construction of 
the boats, independent | of materials, costs 60 cents each. If 
formed of pine plank, they are probably disposed of without 
loss, when the navigation is completed. The boats can be— 
conducted by small steam vessels, and returned, producing 
an important saving. At present, the expense of raising and 
transmitting coal from the Lehigh beds to market, is less than 
from any part of the coal regions. It does not exceed two 
_ dollars the ton, of 28 bushels, and will be materially lessened 
ble, the price in Philadelphia should under competition be 
reduced to four or five dollars, this coal trade will still afford a 
large profit on the capital employe - ven the numerous 
canals conpochng the ine? sive coal region pS. ieemame 
waters of the sea-board shall be ac 
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plished, c ill be far the most economical fuel for our com- 
mercial towns, and parts accessible by water. In large cities, 
it will be peculiarly valuable from its safety, and may save 
considerable expense in the construction of dwellings. By 
_ adopting stove furnaces and pipes, they can dispense with 
and 
chimnies fire-places, and the removal of sgot, and ob- 
structions by sweeping w will not be required. 
In the valley of the Delaware, which in the latitude of 
Easton, has a width of thirty miles, presenting a rich soil, 
with a calcareous basis, anthracite will be of great utility 
from the low rate at which it can be afforded, superceding 
the necessity of retaining groves for fuel, now frequent om 
superior arable land, and will enable the manfacturer of lime 
to furnish that valuable manure at a very low rate. It is 
now calcined in kilns, which may be continued in blast with-_ 
out intermission, at the cost of two cents the bushel, by the 
aid of anthracite. From twenty to thirty bushels of lime can, 
in ordinary kilns be daily subtracted from below. 
he Mirtig = of Mauch Chunk is situated on the western 
bank of the Lehigh, in a deep romantic ravine, between 
rocky a that rise in esis parts preeipiioney to 800 
or 1000 feet above the s Space w i 
; a heoohiou he ibe. adjacent pra and 
ng a part of the ravine of the Mauch Vhank neck, z: 
