Show ericc river coal mines the coal claims discovered some time ago by D 0 bobbins near price kiver and within a short distance of the D B G railway ere said to bp not only extensive but otherwise valuable mr bobbins and others who are interested with him havo taken up ten claims of acres each Two veins opened are respectively ively six feet and eight inches thick the former to that of the pleasant valley mines while the other is of a much superior quality being judges the best coking coal yet found in this part of the country we ha a specimen of the coke obtained from it this coal was recently assayed by mr mcvicker with the following result carbon 62 10 volatile 43 97 ash 3 47 |