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Show Co.il Near the City. The following wft extract from the I't'ifi Mtr.i-j O'nzcttcot yesterday: For several ycavj past it has been the opinion of thoso who have given the subject a thought, that .coal was to be found in paying quantities in the hills northeast of this city, and especially in those altovc Iiutcherville. Several tunnels and shafts of small dimensions have been made from time to time by way of prospecting, but were finally abandoned, after several thousand dollars had been spent upon them, as unsuccessful enterprises. Some time since work was resumed in that locality on a prospect dUcovered and located by three practical coal miner?, named J, M. Makiu, Jeremiah Gibson, and Charles Trainer, Mr. Makiu being I tho principal in the concern. On bc-informal bc-informal that there wero strong indications ol a, big 6triko at hand. we visited the sue yesterday ior trie purpeve of an obtaining iho facts. On aniving at tho works wo found a tunnel tun-nel run in altout seventy-five feet, at an undo of al oat thirty degrees. At tlie bottom of the incline, where tho men are now working, there is a four loot Viin stronglv iiidicativo of a coal bid st no great disiancc. Mr.Makin. who claims to bo an expert in ecu :i:!ning, having been engaged at tl.o business from childhood, assured us he did not wish better indications thai; those Jcv?pLd yesterday in the bo::oir. .of tho incline. Bamberger Bro's hold one-half interest in the piv-ivct, and in return supply every-imiv; every-imiv; nceosnry for the prosecution of tho work. ri.ionld this enterprise prove sitive.-viful it will le of immense value to the owner, as well as incalculable incal-culable 'vnelit to the community at Since tho al-ove w:is in typo, wc vi-itvd Mr. John MoYicker, assayer, who pronounced the specimens shown him coal cropping., but in the alienee of an analytical examination examina-tion eou;d not determine how much earlmn il contained. To say the !e:it, thi- should induce the prospectors prospec-tors to continue their lalxrs and sink tho incline to a suilieient depth to thoronhly dclenninc the character of their ili.-eovcry, as it is possible that a most valuable deposit lies embedded em-bedded in the depths beneath them. |