Warrior coal field of northern Alabama. — Frazer. 305 
area from the Pan Handle to Kentucky, for wherever the gas oc- 
curs the heavier fluid is not far away. How much of luxury and 
comfort this underground wealth will bring to the homes of our 
state, no man can estimate, but our future in this respect could 
not be brighter. 
With the greatest coal field in the world, giving us an ample 
supply of solid fuel for all time to come ; with this great stream 
of liquid gold coursing through our rocks, only waiting to be 
tapped ; with the largest fields of natural gas the world has ever 
seen, to bring comfort and ease to our homes, where is the com- 
monwealth whose future is brighter than ours ? All that we need 
to do is to let the world know what we have. This we must de- 
pend upon our Representatives now in session in this city to ac- 
complish. Business men pay very little attention to statements 
that do not bear official sanction. Hence it is to be hoped that in 
providing for a proper display of West Virginia's resources at the 
approaching World's Fair you will adopt a broad and liberal 
policy. And in whatever }-ou ma}- do, be sure to make provision 
for the preparation for an accurate map of the state/ The misera- 
ble caricatures that we now have that are called maps of West 
Virginia, although infinitely better than none, are a disgrace to 
the state, so that if yon do nothing else, at least provide a splen- 
did map upon which our wondrous resources in timber, in coal, in 
ore, in oil and gas can be exhibited. 
THE WARRIOR COAL FIELD OF NORTHERN ALA- 
BAMA. 
By Peksifor Frazer, Philadelphia. 
The levels above the tide of several points selected to represent 
roughly the average surface plane of northern Alabama in Cull- 
man. Blount. Walker, Winston, Lawrence, and Morgan counties, 
are thus given in the records of major Fitzhugh, consulting and 
examining engineer Louisville and Nashville railroad, to whose 
courtesy I am indebted for them : 
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. V,';;;™ 
Selena 407.00 
Pelham 135.00 
Siltfria 484.40 
Calera 504.00 
