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this land, and from the great influx of water, a small steam en- 
gine has been put upto aid in sinking. On the southeast of 
, these mines, on the lands of Maj. Clarke, some years ago, coal 
was mined to a small extent. 
We return now to the Maidenhead pits, being the point in the 
working mines where we began, and which lie on both sides of 
the Buckingham road ; Wooldridge’ s old pits and Railey’s, the 
property of Nicholas Mills, and before mentioned as being un- 
wrought and exhausted, are directly east and adjoining, These 
mines were not abandoned until the close of the last year, having 
been for the last half dozen years worked by Mills, Reid & Co, 
Fast of these mines are the old Union pits not before named, but 
worked out, not having been wrought more than some fifteen 
years after boiiag Disnanaparks South of these, are the exhausted 
mines owned es Nicholas Mills, and known as Mills Creek pits ; 
which like the Union pits did not last working more than twelve 
or fifteen years after being discovered. South of these are 
the old Green Hole pits, before named as one of the oldest pits 
and exhausted by working. The coal raised from all these old 
mines was of very good quality. Next and immediately south, 
lie the Creek Company’s mines, discovered about four years 
ago. They were valued and sold to an incorporated company at 
$96,000. They have but one shaft in operation, about three 
hundred and eighty feet deep, worked by a steam engine on the 
ground, and mule power operating below on an incline. ~ 
sero year’s” product will be, as it has been: for the two 
re ears, age Gir two hundred and fifty to three hundred 
OE eilaceee there are: aegelnge: here about 
seventy men at to} coal is of good quality, — 
but is difficult to mine in. consequence of the field “being some- 
what troubled. This company own all the necessary machinery, 
mules, and about thirty men, witha sufficient outfit of houses, 
two coking ovens, and a branch railroad connecting their mines 
with the main coal railroad to Manchester. On the south of these 
works and immediately adjoining, are the Stonehenge pits, now 
unwrought, owned by the heirs of Martin Railey, deceased, The 
old shafts at these mines are numerous, and vary in depth from 
fifty to four hundred feet; it is supposed that the coal extends 
to the dip of the old works,—new shafts it is supposed will 
peers and axbeaaiee: gnpstations may in future be carried on, 
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