Show TETON BASIN COAL FIELD from time to time during the last six or eight years there have been persistent rumors that a large field of high grade coal lies southeast of st anthony idaho As the development of such a field would be of great advantage to a large tributary region re gion containing extensive mining and agricultural developments and as samples from the field seemed to corroborate the rumor regarding the quality of the coal E G woodruff of the united states geological survey made an examination of the field to determine its prospective value he found that the reports concerning the quality of the coal were substantially correct but that the beds are so broken by faults and the area known to be underlain by the beds is so small that the field will probably never supply more than the local market and can not become a factor in the development of the general region of the snake river valley his report has been published by the geological survey as bulletin 1 a copy of which may be obtained free on application to the director of the geological survey wa washington S h D C |