Reports of the Mines and Properties of the Logan County Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Virginia (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Logan County Mining Manufacturing Co
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334348716
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Excerpt from Reports of the Mines and Properties of the Logan County Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Virginia In the whole of the north-west portion of this region, the rocks are chie y of a decidedly silicious character, consisting of sand-stone of various textures, from the finest grit to the coarsest conglomerate, generally containing a considerable amount of mica. Associated with these are layers of lime-stone. Numer ous beds of slate also occur, of the character with which coal seams are usually associated, and in and adjoining them, as well as contiguous to the layer of lime-stone, are bands of iron ore. Near the highest strata of the formations north of your tracts, little or no coal is met with, but among the beds next beneath. Occur several coal seams of great value, as well on account of the usually good quality, as the abundance and continuity of the coal. Having thus acquired an accurate acquaintance with the general rocky strata, with their included coal seams and other deposits, we proceeded to trace the several beds com-posing the upper and lower series of the tract, with a view of identifying particular seams, and, at the same time, the bands of iron ore \and lime-stone accompanying the coal. As followed in a south west direction, these beds exhibit a small amount of slaty strata, though fortunately unaccompanied by any diminution in the thickness, or deterioration in the quality of the coal seams so admirably exposed for long distances continuously in the Guy andotte river hills, whence it can be expeditiously shipped. As the explorations of these beds were continued into the richest part of the coal measures lying towards the southern portion of the Company's tract, the quantity of coal was found to be enormously great, a most striking constancy being remarked in the position, quality and compactness of that portion of the de posits. At almost every pointwhere we examined, the stratum appears in a slightly undulating band, rising and extending in an irregular direction to the west, without in the least, becoming impaired of its richness. From the peculiar uniformity of posi tion and character of these beds, I have no doubt that a gene ral expansion of them would be found spreading themselves away from the most westerly point at which we examined them, still further westward beneath the more elevated section of the Company's tract, In which no Openings have yet been made. I cannot, however. Leave this topic without suggesting the expedi ency of making openings in various places throughout the western part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."