| Show POSTER ITYS PROSPECTS FOB eor COAL if 11 the coal beds of the earth should ever become exhausted it is possible that these sources of supply may be replaced by new beds beda rising from the rile bottom of toe beas seas indeed something of the kind is now actually oc occurring c wring the island of newfoundland which contains square balles and has a population of Is jolted by banks orb ora or boals shoals much larger arger trian the island itself it is on these banks that the cod fisheries are so extensively pursued the grand bank bauk is miles long by miles broad now it has been conclusively clu shown that tho the whole island la Is rising from the bea yea and in the course optime of time lime may bo be expected to join its banks which are also rising great seams of coal which are pronounced inexhaustible have been die dib discovered covered in newfoundland and there la Is no reason to doubt that these beams also extend under the banks so it appears that in oneise one okee olee at least coal beds are now coming to the surface from the depths of the ocean and it ib is not improbable that similar forces may bo be producing amilar results in other parts of the horld orld orid ex jec |
