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Show Peat Beds In Minnesota. H 'Peat bricks, tegarded in many quar- H tcrs as tho coming fuel of tho north- H west, may be manufactured in SL ' H Petor, Minn., it tho planB of a number 1 of local men mature. They aro inter- H estlng theniEelvcs in tho project nnd J havo engaged an expert, Bernard C. H S t i 7. . of Cincinnati, O., to analyze sum- . plo3 of peat taken from mardios near H this city. It it ran be shown that tho B peat Is of good quality they intend to H organlzo a company with homo capital, H erect a factory and develop the bogs. H Nicollet county peats deposits aro regarded as among the richest in tho B state. They aro found principally near pBfl Swan and Timber lakes, nnd extend HHVJ over several hundred acres. The peat JAg In them la from ten to 12 feet In depth, BJJH and It Is claimed that tho supply Is H . practically Incxhaustllilc. Thero is a cm.iller bog near this city, but tho H peat Is not of as good quality us that ' ' taken from tho marshes near Oshawa, lpBa ' from tho fact that tho bog onco furruod BVJ the bed of tho Minnesota river and HJJH that tho formation contains qulto a flHVJ ! heavy perccntago of sand. Mlnncapo- H its Journal. BH |