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Excerpt from Extracts From the Report of Dr. David Dale Owen: On the Properties of the Saline Coal Company Located in Gallatin County, Illinois, (About 6 Miles South of Shawneetown, ) and the Martha Iron Property Located in Hardin County, (About 18 Miles South of Shawneetown)
In a vertical height of 112 feet, extending from the base of Anvil Rock to within twenty feet of high-water mark, there are embraced three workable beds of coal. Their thickness and relative distance apart will be seen by the following section. 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.
