528 Notice of the Anthracite Region, <^c. 



XIV. Mr, Hurlberf shed 2 miles south from Wilkesbarre. 



1. Earth. — 2. Slate. — 3. Broken coal, 15 in. — 4. Firm slate, 

 2 ft. — Good coal, about 12 ft. — 6. Firm slate, thickness unknown. 

 Dip, 40° N. 



XV. Gen. Coheres bed 5 miles southward from Wilkesbarre, and 1| 



\ f'om the Susquehanna River. 



1. Earth. — 2. Fine broken slate. — 3. Sandstone, 30 in. — 4. 

 Loose slate, 4 ft. — 5. Broken coal, 5 in. — 6. Very excellent slate, 2 

 ft. — 7. Good coal, 4| ft. — 8. Firm slate, thickness unknown. — Dip, 

 5° W. 



There is a bed of coal, (Mr. Babb's) a furlong to the S. E. which 

 from its dip is supposed to pass under this. 



XVI. Mr. Stiver'' s bed 7 miles south from Wilkesbarre, and 2 J 



from the Susquehanna River. 



1. Soil. — 2. Sandstone. — 3. Slate. — 4. Pretty good coal, 2 ft. — 

 5. Coal of better quality, 4 ft. — 6. Good coal, thickness unknown, 

 probably 12 ft. 



General Remarks. — It will be seen from the slight notice of the 

 stratification and from reference to the map of the valley, that the 

 quantity of coal is immense. Very few of the beds are yet wrought : 

 in many places they are known only so far as they have been laid open 

 by the rapid mountain streams ; we made therefore no attempt at as- 

 certaining the quantity of coal now wrought, as it would do nothing 

 like justice to the resources of the valley. 



We could not learn that in any one case attempts had been made 

 to pierce through the firm slate beneath the coal, the inhabitants usu- 

 ally being satisfied with what is above it. In one or two instances 

 they have bored into it three or four feet : the impression generally is 

 that there is no coal beneath, but the truth of this remains yet to 

 be tested. 



Until recently it was believed that on the western side of the river, 

 the coal did not extend much more than half way up the Wyoming 

 valley ; but it is now discovered within a mile of the gap where the 

 Susquehanna enters and even in the Dial Mountain, which is on the 

 northern side of the gap : a mine was shewn us there by Mr. Rob- 

 inson, and more are known to exist. On Mr. Shoemaker's land, which 

 is on the north-west side of the valley, we saw five distinct succes- 

 sive beds as we ascended the mountain, and another was reported 

 still higher up. 



