Gem County ID Archives News.....Good Coal Vein May 28, 1901
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Idaho Daily Statesman May 28, 1901
Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, May 28, 1901
 
GOOD COAL VEIN
 
Depth Gives Bright Prospect Near Emmett
 
Emmett Index:  L. S. Soule brought a chunk of coal down from their claims last 
Wednesday that is about a foot wide by 18 inches long and a foot thick, being 
as large as he could bring in the buggy.  They broke the piece up so as to get 
it into the buggy, it being large enough to make four such as he brought 
away.  He says they now have 4 1/2 feet of coal above water and they think 
there is nearly 3 feet under water, the vein dipping a little and there not 
being a ditch cut low enough to run the water from the lower part of the 
vein.  There is a greater depth of earth over the coal that is being taken out 
now and the quality seems to be correspondingly better, indicating that as 
good coal as is found anywhere, will be discovered when worked back further, 
as the vein extends right into the mountain.  The fact that the vein has 
increased in thickness as followed back into the mountain is almost conclusive 
evidence of a large body.

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