Show COAL VEIN 40 FEET THICK lucky str ke made eighteen miles from evanston wyoming according to a special from evans ton wyoming joseph acoca s has made public the story of probably the greatest coal discovery ever made in the western states mr acocks says that about echt e years ago while p prospecting r for quartz some eighteen m ralles i le northeast of evanston he tefick tuck his prospecting pick through a thin stratum of sandstone which roie away uncovering a coal vein there being no great marl marlet et tor for coal ut tit that time he he covered up his pros hect awaiting an opportune time to ipen it up this summer the union pacific coal company sent its pros pecking gang into the country with a diamond drill to locate if possible tho the east dip of the cumberland and the spring valley coal veins mr acocks watched their movements closely until they were within two miles of his hidden treasure and then procured a force of men and commenced to open up the vein his 1 greatest expectations were more than realized for a vein was exposed for ty feet in thickness and has already been uncovered 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 su quality being ibe the true cumber land stratum which Is the fox hill formation unbroken and in place and much cleaner than the original cum beiland vein A good water supply and excellent Kail railroad road facilities are close at hand the land this coal was discovered on is gove ament property and mr acocks has applied for a pat ent on all the surrounding country he ile will make no statement as to what disposition he will make of his great discovery beyond saying he has been 0 offered a good figure by prominent concerns |