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June 30, 1828
Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Discovery of a substantial bed of fossil coal in Twiggs County, Georgia, while sinking a well near Marion, reported as a valuable resource comparable to English coal, promising economic benefits.
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COAL IN GEORGIA.
[From the Milledgeville Statesman]
Georgia has until lately been supposed to be destitute of that valuable production, fossil coal, which is not only serviceable in certain manufactures but is essential to the comfort of the citizens generally as the forests disappear before the progress of cultivation. Though as rich in the mineral as she is acknowledged to be in the vegetable kingdom,
it is now reduced to a certainty that coal of this description is to be found in our State. In sinking a well, about four miles below Marion in Twiggs county the digger penetrated a bed of it between four and five feet in depth. The coal ignites readily and possesses the properties common to that of England. The extent not known, as the article is at present of no account in this neighborhood seldom found in small quantities, it is reasonable to suppose that it will be a fortune to the possessor. Should a bed of rich iron ore be discovered in that part calculable; but even without such an accompaniment
Indeed we hail for our State, than the discovery of the richest mines of gold or silver
[From the Milledgeville Statesman]
Georgia has until lately been supposed to be destitute of that valuable production, fossil coal, which is not only serviceable in certain manufactures but is essential to the comfort of the citizens generally as the forests disappear before the progress of cultivation. Though as rich in the mineral as she is acknowledged to be in the vegetable kingdom,
it is now reduced to a certainty that coal of this description is to be found in our State. In sinking a well, about four miles below Marion in Twiggs county the digger penetrated a bed of it between four and five feet in depth. The coal ignites readily and possesses the properties common to that of England. The extent not known, as the article is at present of no account in this neighborhood seldom found in small quantities, it is reasonable to suppose that it will be a fortune to the possessor. Should a bed of rich iron ore be discovered in that part calculable; but even without such an accompaniment
Indeed we hail for our State, than the discovery of the richest mines of gold or silver
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Coal Discovery
Fossil Coal
Twiggs County
Georgia Minerals
Economic Resource
Where did it happen?
Twiggs County, Georgia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Twiggs County, Georgia
Outcome
discovery of a 4-5 foot deep coal bed; potential economic fortune for possessor, especially if iron ore also found
Event Details
While sinking a well about four miles below Marion in Twiggs county, a bed of fossil coal between four and five feet in depth was penetrated. The coal ignites readily and has properties common to English coal. Extent unknown, but expected to be valuable.