MISSOURI'S COAL.
What the Geologists Have Learned
An Area ot 20,700 Square Jlilea
The Proini.ins Future.
The Washington correspondent of
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says
in tbat paper un?er date of October
2fJ:
.There was a good deal of criticism
during the World's fair upon the
failure of Missouri to emphasize her
coal resources. The geological sur
vey has recently completed a revie w
of the coal fields of the country. The
geologists report that Missouri has
26,700 square miles of coal fields.
No other western state exceeds this
supply save Illinois, which has 3G,
800 square miles. Iowa has 18,000
squre miles, Kansas has 17,000 aud
the Indian territory 20,000.
The Missouri product reached 2,
733,919 tons last year, and the value
of it was $3 3fi9,659.
The are twenty-three counties in
the state which produced coal on a
commercial scale in 1892. Of these,
two Bates and Macon, each produc
ed over half a million tons, and
their combined output was nearly 50
per cent of the state's total. Lafay
ette county produced over 300,000
tons, and Ray county exceeded 200,
000 tons. Three others. Putnam,
Randolph and Vernon, yielded each
more than 100,000 tons, while Henry
couuty fell a little less than 2,000
tous short of that amount. Only
one other couuty, Barton, had an
output exceeding 50,000 tons.
The counties having increased
production in 1892 were Adair,
Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Macon,
Montgomery, Putnam, Ray, St Clair
and Vernon. Those whose product
in 1892 fell below that of 1891 were
Audrain, Barton, Bates, Boone, Cald
well, Callaway, Grundy, Henry,
Morgan and Randolph.
In Missouri three feet is near the
average thickness of the coal beds
of the state, and beds 18 inches are
profitably mined on. a large scale.
Any bed uniformly thinner than this
can not ordinarily be considered
available About a fourth of the
annual production of the coal in the
state is from beds not over 2 feet in
thickness. Beds 3 and 4 feet thick
are of frequent occurrence, especial
ly in Macon, Randolph, Henry aud
Bates counties; but they are not so
abundant nor so widespread as to
make the 2-foot bed unworthy of
consideration. The roof over a large
portion of the coal mining area in
the state is excellent and offers no
obtacle to mining, though iu some
localities it gives trouble. This is
the case in Sullivan, Adair and Hen
ry counties: The quality and con
dition of the roof is not regional,
however, but often varies greatly
within one mining district. This is
illustrated in Macon, Randolph,
Boone, Clay and Henry counties Dis j
turbances known as "rolls," "faults,"
"squeezes," etc., are quite common
in certain coal beds, and seriously
impair the value of the coal. Tbey
are particularly noticeable in the
mines of Audraiu, Montgomery,
Boone,Caldwell, Adair, Schuyler and
Clay counties
All Missouri coals are bituminoas,
with the exception of the cannels,
which are found in local and small
deposits. The bituminous coals
have, as a rule, a high percentage
of ash; as compared with the best
- bituminous coals. They are com
paratively soft, suffering much from
excessive handling or long exposure
and they almost always carry pyrite,
- either in lenticular or nodular con
- cretions or in thin plates, between
' the joints of the coal. The last im
purity, as stated, injures them for
use in the manufacture of illuminat
ing gas, though many of the coals
have an abundance of hydro carbons
of high candle-power. Missouri
coal mines are not much troubled by
excess of water in fact, many of
the mines are so exceedingly dry
that they are actually dusty. Most
of Missouri's mines are less than
200 feet deep. The Randolph shaft
in Ray county, is 420 feet deep to
the coal and is one of the deepest.
The deepest operated, which is ex
actly speaking, within the state, is
near Hamilton, in Caldwell county,
and is about 500 feei deep. At
Leavenworth, Kan., along, the state
line, however, a coal bed of only 22
inches is extensively worked at
depths varying from 700 to 900
feet- This is, probably, near the
imit of depth at which a bed of
good coal, of this thickuess, with a
good roof, cau be profitably mined,
at 'east at the present date and with
the present condition of the coal in
dustry. As to the future of the coal min
ing iudustry in Missouri, the report
stys: "Though the rate of increase
of production of coal iu the state
during recent years has not bet u a
noticeable activity on the part of
capitalists and mine opperators in
the extension of prospecting aud in
the securing of large bodies of coin
lands. This has been the case pa:-
ticularly in the central, northern aud
southwestern portions of the state,
iu Macon and Randolph, Bates and
fleury comities. The results of re
cent developments continue to em
phasize the fact that the most pio
ductive portion of the coal measures
is along its margin; toward the
interior the beds of coal ate luateri
ally reduced in size; aud, further,the
workable beds are there encounter
ed at greater depths. Proximity to
large markets iu some cases is an
offset to these disadvantages, Thus
at Kansas City a coal bed of about
18 inches thick has been operated
at a depth of nearly 400 feet, aud
the Leavenworth bed is over 700
feet deep The beds of the north
em half of the state as represented
in Lafayette. Ray, Raudolph and
Macon "counties, are more regular
in their distribution and more con
staut in their character over large
areas than are those of other couu
ties. Here aud in portions of the
adjacent counties ol Booue, Howard,
Audrain, Adair, Sullivau, Linn and
Caldwell are undoubtedly large
bodies of, as yet, undeveloped coal
lind. Iu Putuam, Sullivau aud
Grundy couuties there is also good
promise for the futuie. In the
southwestern part of the state the
coal beds of Bates and Henry coun
ties have been large contributors to
the production of the past. The
beds here are thick and are very ac
cessible, having often so little cover
ing as to be readily stripped. These
beds, however, especially the thicker
ones, lie in somewhat limited basins
so that one portion of the same
square mile may be underlain by
workable coal, while in another poi
tion it is absent or too thiu to work.
This characteristic of these beds, of
course, adds an additional factor of
uncertainty. Concerning the un
touched areas of these and adjacent
counties, we feel, however, safe in
the prediction that much.undevelop
ed coal exist there, especially in the
eastern portion of Bates couuty,
where railroads have not penetrat
ed'
Mrs. Cleveland' Dog's.
SpringfleU Mass. Republican.
Mrs. Cleveland sends nearly all
the dogs that are sent to her as pres
ents to an uncle named Col. Harmon
who lives at Jackson Mich. So the
colonel has all sorts of dogs on his
celery farm, in fact, more than he
knows what to do with. The sur
plus are given to people who enjoy
dogs aud who are kind to them.
One dog of fine German breed he
gave to a friend in Germany, who re
cently wrote that he was taking lots
of prizes with the animal at shows
and gaining great repute as a breed
er of dogs
3Iayor For Thirty Days.
Chicago, Nov.2. At a caucus of
the Republican aldermen this after
noon, George B. Swift defeated Mar
tin B. Madden for the mayoralty
nomination until the special election
in about thirty days. The Republi
cans have control of the council and
the nomination is almost equivalent
to an election.
The launching of the armored bat -tie
ship Oregon recently gives the
Unired States three of the most for
midable fighting vessels afloat, the
other two being the Massachusetts
and the Indiana. The new navy
which we have been boasting about
has vessels which can fight as well
as run. We are 6till only ' fifth or
sixth on the list among the nations
in naval strength, but if Congress
does its duty we will gain a point or
two in the next three or four years.
Globe-Democrat.
There are men yet living in Cole
county who remember when squir
rels would swim the Missouri river
and one could take a stick and kill
hundreds.
Ad Abstml Lnw.
Lately the Tribune called atien-
tion to a most absurd law
uncfer
which the state is compelled to pny
for diseased cattle an 1 horses killed
under directiou of the authorities
This law provides that after an ani
mal afflicted with a contagious dis
ease ha? buen killed by the authori
ties its value should be ascertained
by appraisment aud the claim certi
fied to the state for payment. It is
stipulated tbat the price of any one
animal shall not exceed 50. It
seems that ouly the $50 animals
have been afflicted with contagious
diseases and of late those of less
h"ve escaped.
Several thousand doliars of these
claims have bee:i allowed lately and
they are coming in at a rate that is
truly alarming. The governor has
no option iu the matter where the
claims are properly certified, so the
treasury may be drained by this ab
surd law.
A horse afflicted withceronic glau
ders is certainly not a valuable ani
mal. No one would pay $50 nor 50
ceuts for such an animal, but such
ridiculous claims are being sent the
governor every day. Now if a stock
owner is entitled to remuneration for
the logs of a horse afflicted with
glanders why should not a farmer be
allowed full value for all the hogs he
loses by hog cholera or poultry by
some infectous disease?
The law will be repealed when
the next legislature assembles but
that will be some time in the future
arjd we suppose the raids on the
treasury will continue as long as the
mont y holds out Jefferson City
Tribu c.
Stock Fish.
In. Impendence, Mo., Nov. 1, 1893.
All persons iu the state of Mis
souri, wishing Fish, either Bass,
Crappie, or German Carp for ponds
or s' reams, can obtain them after
this date by sending one dollar for
each ean of 25 fish, to either super
intendent Philip Koppliu jr.. Forest
Park, St. Louis, Mo., or II. C. Car
sou, St. Joseph, Mo. The one that
is uio-tt accessible to applicant.
The payment of one dollar to in
sure the safe return of the can which
must be returned with express
charges pre-paid, after which the
one dollar will be refunded to thf
sender by mail. No can sent C. O.
D. No fish set-t out of the ntate.
Jso. T. Ckisp, Chairman.
N. B Citisr, Sec'y.
Farmeis Swindled.
Sedalia, Mo , Oct. 28. Recently
two men giving the names of H. A.
Todd and J. E. Gerye, agents for
St John Plow Co. of Michigan,
swindled a number of farmers
in Johnson county iu an old aud
successful way. Plows were soli
at $40 each and a coutract drawn
which stated that $20 was to be
taken in board. When collec
tions were made the latter clause
had mysteriously dwindled to $2.
The men were arrested at Warrens
burg last Wednesday, but succeed
ed in making their escape. Gerye
was arrested in Sedalia this after
noon and taken back.
Silver to-day is exactly where it
has been since 1879, aud the bullion
bounty repeal has only removed an
impediment to free coinage. The
silver dollar o: 412 grains has not
been a measure of debts since be
fore the war. No leader fit to in
struct the people will ever say that
it has been. That whole chapter of
concessions and compromises be
tween the gold standard and bullion
bounties is closed. Turn over the
leaf. Hereafter all Southern and
Western Democrats will concentrate
upon out and out free coinage of
suver upon American silver as
American standard money. If con
tinental Europe will join us the ratio
of bimetallic coinage can for all
time be fixed at 15 to 1. If not,
we can fix our own ratio at the fig
ure the relations of the metals des
ignate- Legislation gives gold and
silver their chief value. Our lecis-
lation alone can not arbitrarily set a
ratio, but we can put our icduence
in the scale and do our duty for
silver money under the conditions
which we confront. St. Louis Re
public.
In Tanney county there is evi
dence of silver in the existence of
oxide of calamine, called by: miners
"turkey fat"
STRANGE DOINGS.
A Malicious Lunct c at Work in Illinois
Griviyirds.
THE MONUMENTS DEFACED.
Wide cope of the Maniac liepretlation?
IntrriliMe Amount of l:t niter- Don
Thtor.is u t the Motie
o llrvv HhiHm r to
thi- Indiild.
Princeton-, 111., vt 7.-Mysteriotts
g-houls who desecrate cemeteries and
burn school houses have been operat
ing' in three of the mot populous coun
ties of Illinois. They haunt the rrave
yards at nig-ht. overturning stately
granite monuments, breaking urns and
tombstones and defiling tiie graves
themselves. They move in rotation
from one town to another, roin.r as
mysteriously as they come, and leaving
everywhere a trail of sacrilege and
desecration.
The list of towns iu which the ceme
teries are known to have ben devastat
ed includes, Oneida, Kewanee. York
ville, Huda and Galva. Three counties,
liureau, Henry and Knox, are covered
in the field of operations. The money
value of the monuments and tombstones
destroyed ajrsjresrates m my thousand
dollars, liut it is the unexplained spirit
of sacrilege lyin back of the vandal
ism which h is aroused the people of
these towns to desperate- measures.
In each of tluan placards h ive baen
posted announcing a reward for the
capture of the supposed maniac.
The monuments over the bodies of
old and younr. rich and poor, are
treated alike. Through each cemetery
the scourge passes in the night, leav
ing a trail of broken marble behind
and doin? an amount of work it would
take half a dozen laborers two or three
days in the daytime to accomplish.
At Kewanee they took fifty crosses
out of the Catholic cemetery, carried
them to the old Protestant cemetery
and scattered them over the graves.
Sixteen Hags that were over the graves
of old soldiers were placed in a pile at
the foot of a marble monument and
burned. The flame and smoke almost
ruined the monument. Over fifty mon
uments were overturned.
In the cemeteries at Yorkvilie and
Hilda the same vandalism was repeated.
MALICIOUS DKSTKIXTIOX AT ON'KIO.V.
Onkio.v. I1L, Oct. 27. Mayor Nash
was busy putting up reward notices
yesterday afternoon.'
Sixteen large monuments of marble
and granite were demolished. How
one man managed to topple over such
huge masses of stone is a mystery, but
the only probable theory is that only
one person committed the depreda
tions. The mayor said: "No, there is no
motive save that of a dangerous lunatic
or a malicious fiend who has picked
out cemeteries as his field for destruc
tion." The Hobbs monument was a splendid
shaft of marble with a granite pedestal.
The shaft was pushed over and broken
in halves. On top of the Uulkley mon
ument was an urn, which was knocked
from its base and the monument
broken in two piecs. The granite
shaft over the grave of James Fleming
was broken into small pieces. V. D.
Lawson's child's tombstone, a small
one, but of marble, was carried from
its place at the head of the grave to an
other small stone 20 feet distant and
broken in halves across it. The Talbot
monument was almost pulverized. The
marble urn was smashed and the mon
ument pushed over completely. The
top of the McClure monument, a mar
ble slab, was pushed off and broken.
Fits of marble and granite were strewn
about the cemetery, and the plaster
used in placing the parts of the stones
in place were trampled all over the
graves.
RriXRO MONUMENT EXHIBITS
Galena, I1L, Oct. 27. The tomb
stone vandals do not confine their
attention to graveyards. The theory
that they hare a spite against the dead
will not hold. In this town they have
shown that their enmity is directed
against the marble itself. Fred M.
Yiox is a large dealer in monuments
and stone here. His marble and gran
ite works are in a lonely part of the
town. As is usually the case, Mr.
Viox has in front of his place of busi
ness a number of completed monu
ments. Those on show repre
sented a good deal of money and
labor. One night a week ago twenty
of these fine monuments were ruined
by being chipped, hammered and
broken. Mr. Yiox has tried in vain to
efface the scars, but as they are in
every case on the highly polished sur
face the monuments are eompletely
ruined. They will have to be polished
over in order to be restored to their
original value. The theory that jour
neymen stonecutters are in any man
ner mixed up with the outrageous
piece of business is weak and malic
ious and cannot be too strongly con
demned. I believe the whole job has
been done by some insane man, who
believes he is commissioned to destroy
grave stones wherever found. The
monuments here were evidently too
heavy for him to push over, so he con
tented himself with defacing them.
Ex-Jadge MeKenna'o at Rest.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 27. Ex-Judge
William T. McKennan, of the United
States circuit court for the district of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela
ware, died at his home in the east end.
after a prolonged illness, the result of
a general breaking down. The de
ceased was "7 years old. He was ap
pointed judge of the United States cir
cuit court by President Grant m 1566
and retired in 1SS9.
An Extraordinary Verdict.
SHELBTVii.t.E. I1L, Oct 27. The jury
this morning1 in the case of the state
vs. Grant Atterberrv, charged with the
murder of his father, who proposed to
marry contrary to the wishes of his
children, returned a yerdict of not
guilty.
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