Show COAL VEIN 40 FEET THICK lucky strike made eighteen miles from evanston wyoming according to a special from evanston wyoming joseph acocks has anade public the story ot of probably the greatest coal discovery ever made in the western states mr acocks says that about eight years ago while prospecting for quartz some eighteen miles northeast ol of evanston he artuck his prospecting pick through a thin stratum of sandstone which broke away uncovering a coal vein there being no great market for coal tt at that time he covered up his prospect awaiting an opportune time to open it up this summer tho the union pacific coal company sent its prospecting gang into the country with a diamond drill to locate it if possible the cast dip of the cumberland and the spring valley coal veins mr air acocks watched their movements closely until they were within two miles of 0 his hidden treasure and then procured a force of men and commenced to open up tho the vein his greatest expectations were more thin than realized for a vein was exposed forty feet in thickness and has already been uncovered tor for a distance of eight miles with apparently no end eight entries have been made into the stratum which dips on an angle of 15 or 20 degrees the coal Is of a superior quality being the true cumber land stratum which Is the fox hill formation unbroken and in place and much cleaner than the original cumberland vein A good water supply and excellent railroad facilities are close at hand the land this coal was discovered on Is government property and mr air acocks has applied for a patent on all the surrounding country ire he avill hlll make no statement as to what disposition he be will make of his great discovery beyond saying he has been offered a good figure by three prominent concerns |