Show COAL REGIONS OF or AMERICA NEXT to bread the staff of life perhaps there is no single article that contributes more or is more necessary to the comfort and convenience ven von veni voni lence ence of the millions of europe and america than coal A good deal deai dea has been said of late years about the theo failure of the coal fields of great britain which it is well known have been the most fa famous in the world and it is generally admitted that to the development pf af her almost inexhaustible coal and iron deposits that little island islaub Is indebted for the commercial su prelacy sho she possesses over all the other nations of the earth today to day As coal coil and iron are almost levarl in van ably found in the same localities ahe the he country having the most liberal supplies of these minerals undoubtedly possesses more of the raw material necessary to ensure national prosperity than any other the richest country try in th the e world today to day in these respects as well as most if not all others so far as in mineral wealth is concerned is unquestionably tion ably the united states and any work containing an elaborate account of the coal deposits of tile tiie union can not be otherwise than interesting to a very numerous class clash pf af readers such a work is one by james macfarlane A just issued by the appleton of new york entitled the coal regions of america a copy of which we have received from the publishers it is a neatly neaty bound well minted octavo volume of nearly sarun hundred pages containing nulu nuin numerous erous capitally executed explanatory plan atory maps and illustrations and perhaps the fullest and most cem complete pleto pieto account of the topography geology and development of the coal fields of the united states and of bf the coal trade and resources of the tile world to be found in any single volume yet published the author says his work is the result of sixteen years of his own labor in connection with a large coal business during which period he visited many of the principal coal fields of the country and it also embodies all that is known on the subject that has lias been ascertained by the researches of competent persons in all parts of or tho the country and is intended as a cyclopedia of properly classified facts in relation to the commercial and economic relations topography geology arld alid development of coal the work contains thirty two chapters or divisions and an au appendix with six chapters chapter I 1 is devoted to the preliminary general survey of the tho thirty seven states of tile the union and enumerates the states which contain no coal designates the four great carboniferous coal fields the productive coal districts and and the lignite regions chapter 2 contains an account of the anthracite coalfields coal fields of pennsylvania the location and extent of the region the mountain boundaries of the basins external appearance of the fields number and size of oatlie the beds total thickness of coal total area and production etc chapter 3 tells about the a anthracite th coal regions list of mines size of beds ac in rhode island island and massachusetts massachusetts chapter 4 gives the locality sections and descriptions of the anthracite coal deposits 1 in new xii mexico Bl exico chapter 5 is devoted to foreign anthracite coal its gradation analysis number of seams total amount of and in what countries produced chapters 6 0 to 26 are devoted to bituminous coal giving first the characteristics and methods of finding nd the states in which it is contained the names of the principal districts the methods of mining the amount produced the amount wasted the quality product per acre general description of coal bearing rocks requisites of steam coal cannel coal area and boundaries of principal beds analysis total area and production and a large fund of information as to the geological peculiarities and characteristics ac ac of the various localities cali ties chapters 27 to 32 describe the triassic coal formations of virginia north carolina rocky mountains colorado and wyoming territories ies les including the vau van an dyke rock bock springs evanston and coalville alville Co coal of utah and also the depo deposits i ts on the pacific coast in the northwestern territory of the dominion of canada and in nova scatia chapter 1 of the appendix explains the geological theory of or the origin of coal and the method of its formation chapter 2 describes the rocks amo among ng which coal is found the origin 0 of petrol petroleum eurn foolish researches for coal in england 0 and elsewhere ac chapter chapters 3 the conditions of success in the coal trade chapter 4 is devoted to the combustion of coal show showing ng the tho amount of waste and vadious various var lou iou 4 methods of using it to the best advantage chapter 5 is a dissertation upon the iron iron iren ores of the coal regions chapter 6 contains statistics of coal mines with sketches of tile the english coal fields maps of the coal basins of great britain and ireland like ilke information in regard to france belgium Pl prussia alussia S bhain in and austria area of the entire coal fields of tile the united states the production of each country and in conclusion cl gives an estimate of the total coal production of tho the world the coal question is one of the most important and interesting of the day whether viewed in its social economic or r commercial aspect and all interested therein whether geologist merchant or prospector will we are convinced find the coal regions of america a work well worthy ofa of a careful and attentive perusal the work can be obtained ofik of mr r dwyer bookseller of this city fall many a turkey Is now a ghost three short weeks ago was a goblin |