Publisher's Synopsis
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.
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