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NiivciiiIht IS, lltOO.
THE ILLUSTRATED HttK.
Big Money in China--
Rich Coal Fields
fur from thu upper Yangtso, uiul there art. d munitctt
I'onl boils all along the Yungtse valley. 1 hmsikviimI tin
am tohl they uro to bo found nrar Nan- upon II an holding a iUmiiuii.
kin, Hankow ami from Chin Klang to tin1 , , . .
, , , ,, ,, . CimmI ns I'i'iiiii; miiiiIii.
borders of Thibet.
Mrs. ltishop visited a coal mine In it ou will tako your mai of China and
Slohuon. on tho Ynngtso. about L'.OOO miles look at llu province lying west of Chili Ll,
(ConyrlBht, 1W0, by Kmnk G. Carpenter.) there Is a boil Ihe feet three In. hos thick " frmti tho sea. Sho sios tho seam was boidotod on l ie north by Mongolia and on
. SIIANtillAI. Oct. :!. KiOO.-(Speclnl Corrc which could bo worked on the shares and ' ""' s of a hard bllnu.l- the west by the winding lloungho ou will
H.ondohco of The llee.)-Tho mineral re- three miles away nn.thor whbh has Just nus nature. It was reach, d by a tunnel six see tho lVnnsy Ivan la o tl u n
sources of China will form an Impoitnut been sold for $l,:,00 to tho Ccmn.hs. One tvel long. In which was a wooden tramway, pin;. It Is he v ovli.ee of M. a . s . wh eh Is
consideration In the payment of tho war In- of tho mines of this rogl..t. Is already turn- '"! "' ''""1 ""Hod out In baskets on mild to ......a In the creates, t . cl.es coal
demnlty. Thu Chinee will not stand nn In- ,ml i.oeo tew if mil exery ,lay and "heels. The mine was wc.k.,1 day and area of the globe It Is just about as big as
crease of taxation, tho reformation of tho ()ther has pr.duced o.ml to the am. unt of '""t of twelve hours, the miners Illinois, and It has four I hues as ,m ty
..,.,.. ...11,.l,.lu la n ,..l, of i-nnra ,t tl... ,l boltlU' IUl.1 II COIltS tl ll.V. Will till lllloW- people. It Is lit IHUcIl tllf Hllllll' KllllpO llfl
most of tl... moi.ev .n.ni.m.le.l will i.rolmldv Ti, i,... , a m i t...... auce of three meals of rice. The coal costs Illinois, and like Illinois lias a Meat river
.... i .... -p. ...... . ... .... ... iihnnt 10 cents a ton In Inline and n short running about Its western and southern
11,11 u iii uu ivmitii u) vuukL-DsiuiiD. tuviu mm uro omen nouei inaii I II IS, suiiiu ui --- - . , . . , ,,,.,,,, n
Is no doubt but China has enough minerals which tho Chinese have been working for distance away from the mines II was selling sides. I oniul.s Ron id . umIo no
to pay Us war debt a thousand times over. ages. In the mountains just back of Kino tw " , , V"H ." 1,1 '" V , ."' , ' , ' '
It has long been considered the richest coal Chan then, nr., thousands ..f Chinese mln- ' "1'1'er Ynngtso, near Suel.au. there p.obahly bo ihe g.oat. st n.anuf.i. lutlt.h and
country III tl... world ami the inllr.md siir- I.... rnnl Tl...... u-,.,1.- lu-..Iv.. 1 ,.r .I,.v ro coal mines III the side of a elllf. which sIcel-milMllg feci Ion ot Hie won..
inrara l.i.v.i .ll.ri.r.irml mini ,,M,I Iran ullon.l f-.,. .! ... in ...,.., 'CI,.. ,l,.l.,.r la lUlVO 1)0011 OpOllcd 1l V KIlUl'I'IcH llllllg fllUU H'lS IIIIVl.ie(
.wuiu lnnv ,t.ui..,v.v.t v.'i.i linn ii.'ii iii.iivuv ,U. I.UIII J l IV.,!..!. ..,1- .....1.... .
- i mm... ........ i .1... ..-i... i. i .. i ..i.i. ..i .... I lie tot. Willi nines of t. In ted luiniiio. I ho '
v vi ) h i.e. i-. i ne viuiiiiiins ii.t.u mum. ..ui- iiriuuiive. lilt! c.iai is ung inn un iii'ii .. ,n,. r m'i M'uin 1l utie.la nf (lin
rawhido ""nors iir.ng ine ceai oui upon me guui'iien ....... ... - -
and tl.enco slide It down in liasuets lino .iniiiiiui.e m.-.i ua ...... .......
,sitiif, senators are next
has been recently visited
lirake of th Imperial Chinese
moiids in Shan Tung and mines of gold and nnd carried from the mine in
silver nro being operated In several places sacks on the backs of men. It Is then put
tit a prollt. HUH, no one knows what Into baskets on wheelbarrows, from two to
China contains and the powers should un- four baskets being fastened on the shelves
doubtedly take advantage of the situation which Jut out on each side of the wheel,
and ib-mund a careful geological survey of It Is In such barrows, pulbd and pus'ied
the n.pii.
Suih a survey would be in by m n that tho oral Is ink- n mi the mar-
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the hunts en the Ynllgtso. relinsylvania anil estimates inai u con-
Thero are thousands of abandoned mines tains nioto than COO.OOO.OOO tons of conl.
both 'ilong the Yangtse and In other parts There Is unite as much bltutnlnouH mi
of China. One of the greatest troubles Is anthracite, and the dopoaltn of both kinds
water. The Chinese have no good pumps nro beyond description wonderful,
and as soon as the water conies Into the Shan SI Is n mountainous country with a
mines they leave them. Shafts are seldom great table land In its center rising moro
tun down more than 200 feet. 'ban a tulle above tho sea. This tablo land
In Shan Tung tho experiment of trying l niado of sandstone, shale and conglotuor-
niodorn pumps was attempted. Tho pumps ate of as many different colors as the cliffs
were -ir.lored from Knglnnd and weto of the Colorado canyon. The top of the
brought Into tho coat regions at great cost.
They were allowed to Ho there and ru.it
until thieves had stolen many of tho pints.
Then nn engineer was brought from Shang
hai to put them up, but was unable to
do so.
The old Amerlcnn llrm of Russell Co.,
when they owned tho Bloat. iois on tho
Yangtso, got all their coal from Kuklnng
tdnteau Is covered with a rich loess do
posit, a bed of clay or dirt from fiOO to
1,(100 feet deep, which Is gtllloyed with
water courses. Under the dirt there are
vast deposits of coal and Iron, exposed by
tho water. Thore Is a great deal of coal
about tho edges of tho plateau and In tho
mountains. It lies at an elevation of
about "..'.00 feet in horizontal beds, and Is
There was nn explosion from fire damp and to bo seen wherever the rivers have cut
the Chinese tin light the devil had gotten through.
Into the mine and It Is shut to this day
lion Wilier Demon I'l.iiuleil n Mine.
Another Instance ef Chin, so sup rstli.on
i ceurreil in one of the Kalpiug iniucM,
whli h lies near Ting Shan, in the Tien
Tsin-Shanhaikwan railway. These mines
are the greatest it. ( hum. They employ
Tho anthracite seams are unbroken over
nn area of more than 13,000 siiuarn
miles. They are of a thickness from
twonty-llvo to llfty foot nnd of an average
of forty feet. Tho nnthraclte gives from
S to 10 per cent of ash, and It Is but
slightly impregnated with sulphur.
The bituminous coal Holds of Shan SI have
hvhry concession mcst inclcdh a school i'or yoi no chin hsh mlninti
i:nc,ini:i:rs.
about 10.000 men and have an oulp.lt of an area of U',000 square miles, or as great
1 ..-.00 tons of coal a day. I have visited as that or .Massachusetts nun i oniieciicui.
them and can n.'iv that thev are mi to date They lie In the western part of tho prov-
In their machinery and iiicdein methods of Inco not far from tho Yellow river, and
working. nf" spotted hero nnd thero with deposits
Tho mines at Kalpiug are operated by nf petroleum or limestone nnd rich iron
Wo Scarcely Finish One Political Tight
Until W Ilnter Another.
R0SEWATEK, MERCER AND MEIKLEJ01IN
'liiese i'll.ve Norlli I'llllle VI en In1
lrenil) Nnnieil im I'no I III 1 1 1 le
mill file V iiiiiIx In' Not
ll'l lll'llxlie.l.
When a campaign for the presidency ends
Ihe people generally rest for il while, but
the politicians become more active than
ever. The loaves and tlsheH. the olllces
and emoluments attract them and tlx
eagerness of selllsh amblllon Is whetted to
a wire edge. Hence, while
'lite crime nler
is quietly musing over results, ami. If lit
party has won, Is shaking hands with him
self, Ihe active politician Is chasing rain
bows and seeking rewards for his services
The president Is republican, the state I.
republican, the legislature Ik republican and
Tin- Nct "el.nliic
will bo a republican, because the logls
lat me Is or that political faith. Who are
the lucky two? South I'lntte nnd North
I'lalto will Insist upon one apiece. Tllotnp
sou, lletiHhaw and Lindsay are talked of for
the south and Rosewater, Mercer and
.Melklejohn from (he north, with back couu
ties to hear from However,
MoKcr Wlilt'li Win,
the Hankers Reserve Life Association wll'
continue lo write the best policy In tin
world upon tho latest plan, containing the
most liberal options and opening the way
for Nebraska people to keep their savlngi
at home lo build up great financial Instltii
lions In their own midst.
II. II. Itiililsoii, I'reslilenl.
Is demonstrating to the people of the st.ite
Ihe necessity anil the advisability of
patronizing worthy home Institutions. .
the same time his corps of underwrlteiH
Is writing a prodtnhlc business. Write Mr
Roblson, MeCague Itullding. Omaha, for
terms and agency contracts
valuable to tho scientific and Industrial ket. Some of the wheelbarrows have sails,
world. Only little can be carried on a barrow, and
O . ,!. 1.1 . ..,...... ,l.n . ..,... ... II nn.tlu
o. . uiMw inu.,. u, i.u ' in. a .1 1 1- iii.i . j linn ii ..J Chinese under foreign supervision. Not or.
1 1. eill -ll v illl uiiiiiu iiuiu mu in.-- (u iu ui ins i. mil limn 1111- iiiiu. n 111 mini
volopment of China's mines. The country Chnu, a distance of seventy tulles. Coal
Is a very envo of Aladdin, which needs only worth $L25 a ton at tho mines sells for $7
the genii of modern progress to display U a ton a few miles away,
to mniiklnd. Let mo give you a faint Idea Tho (Jorinnns are now building a railroad
of Us possibilities. I have gathered In- to these mines. The roadbed Is almost
formation about It from till nvnllablo completed and the cars nro on tho way.
sources, f II ml much In the library of tho As soon as tho conditions become settled
Shanghai club, which hns papers on China It will bo put Into operation and this corn
which nr unobtainable elsewhere, nnd I will have nn outlet to the sea.
Mleli VIIiicn Ahum Ihe YhiiuImo.
A 'iiieesslini Worlli M IIII.iiin.
A part ot this rich territory has been
havo much from the mouths of Chinese olll
elals and travelers.
Some of the best geological work ever
done out here was by Raphael I'umpelly, a
Harvard professor, who was employed b
tho Chinese government as a mining en-
long ago a now mining engineer from Lon
don was brought to tako charge of them.
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surprised to llnd a large block of the best gonnicii np : ' B cap. a..lB. ......
coal In the center of one of them, llo '' "l," ot tho 1!liln '"'llcilt0-
asked why It had not been taken out. and !l, ril,,t, f,0,m l,h, "1,crori,a";1
was told that It was the homo of a water llIlv" flir,"l011 oul tlio development of their
d.mon. Cpon Inquiry he found that tho mines to tho Anglo-Itallan syndicate, which
former engineer had left It partly to please 'lalins a capital of $.!0.000,000.
the Chinese directors nnd partly because ho T'lu concessions of the Rokln syndicate
thought there might be something In the """''' ll'u r'Kllts to n" 1110 Potroloum of
The Yangtso Klang is one of the most thorny. s, to n InrRo part or its coal and
wonderful rivers of the world. It is over The now man said: "Hang the water l'- Noah Drako says they have
3.000 tulles long nnd It almost bisects China, demon. Let's get out tho coal." Tho one bed of coal which contains more than
Tho biggest ocean steamers can sail up It Chinese still protested, but, ns he Insisted, ""'0(, "l"lon tons of lluo anthracite. Ihe
Into China ns far as New York Is distant they put in n blast and llred It. When the '- iwem-i" i.-.-l mint on mo um-i
The 20th Century Beer
lllne Ribbon Is the briitid. It's up-ti.-date
In every particular.
I'.'.ITn, ..!'? TM.iUl, yca ,,"nU,l"fi ,ft front Chicago, and with Its tributaries It wall of coal fell a great stream rushed In, They have other deposits which are.
tour around tho world, and much of this
time was devoted to China. More recent
investigations nro thoso of Haron Rlcht
ofen, and, lastly, of tho engineers nnd stir-
funilshes more than 12,000 miles of mi vl- Hooding Ihe mine and shutting up access to ,'M1 nioro va.uunn.
gnblo waterways. There are vast coal do- many chambers. Since then the water In 'I'hclr concessions Ho In centrnl nnd
posits, which could easily bo made access!- that mine has not been conttolled, although southern Shan SI and extend over Into
ttl.i tit li ii 'n lining Ti Inmr 'I'll I u let on nf t ll 11 nnul 1 tllUl it tllltllltU llflV'll flflOtl ftllfftllfl uo.i Uoiian niul tho inoinitaf nous rcKlona lirlow
m . . . i.i IJ1C IU tliu llllllitnt; mtUlk. IIIIO Iii ow ui uiii li'ihuiiu im miiihi iiuiu iii.ii iihiiiiiuu.ii
iin.. I , ' , syn,1.il,iltos 'h,,h the Shan SI coal beds, which I describe fur- Tho block of coal was In reality a great Hu Yellow river. co.n,irlslng a territory
ther on. They nro tho greatest In China, pipe In which n subterraneati river llowed gwiior than tno wno.o ot .now r.nginnu
nnd n short railway will bring them to the through the mine. The coal bad been cut and running pernaps tno ricuesi col con
havo concessions from tho government.
CIiIiiu'n IniiiieiiNO Cnnt KleliN
First lake tho two great Industrial met- nnn riVcr, which Hows Into the Yangtso out about it, but the pipe had been loft cession over made.
nls, coal nnd Iron. China hns ono of tho nt Hankow. The mines of Yunnan are not intact
nest labor populations of tho globe nnd In
this ago of steel, with coal, Iron and mod
ern machinery, It will bo a factor in tho
world's manufactures. Pumpclly says It
has tho greatest coal fields on earth. There
is coal and Iron In every provlnco and
several of the provinces nro ns rich as
1'onnsylvanln In these minerals. Not far
west of I'ekln there Is a great coal bed
which extends along tho frontiers of Chlh Ll,
through tho provlnco of Shan Si, nnd thence
down through Hoiian nnd Hupeh into
another vast coal and iron district in
Hunan on tho south sldo of tho Ynngtse.
Thero nro Important coal Holds in eight
of the provinces below the Ynngtso Klang,
and especially In the provlnco of Yunnan.
Yunnan is nbout tho slzo of California.
It Is almost as big ns the combined areas
of Michigan nnd Wisconsin. It lies right
on tho border of Hurinah and will bo
reached by the railroad which Is projected
from Ilurninh to China. Tho Yangtso
river forms n part of Its norlhorn boun
dary and through It the conl enn havo ac
cess to many thousand miles of wntorways,
reaching hundreds of millions of people.
Yutinr.n has n population of moro than
11,000,000, and with Its coal, Iron, copper
and other mlnornls will probably bo u
great Industrial nnd manufacturing centor.
Tho state haB already n trado of $2,500,000
n year, a pnrt of which Is coal,
Tho mines hnve been worked for ages.
The prcvlnco Is mountainous and tho conl.
both bituminous and nnthrnclto, lies on the
edges of a grent plateau In tho centor of
Yunnan, nt nn olovntlon of a mllo above
tho son. Other beds nro near tho Yangtso
nnd Slnng rivers. They nro said to he
easily worked.
''ml In (.'eriiiiin (iiliui,
Shan Tung, which Is elnlmod by tho Or
mans, has rich coal fields. Tho mines be
gin within forty or fifty miles of Kino Chnu
bay and extend through the mountnlnniiH
regie ns line k of it. Our consul nt Chofoo
recently received n report tnndo upon some
of them by n foreign onglneor. Ho reports
a vein of coal four feet thick In Shlntnl
county, which ho says Is for nn!o. It is
eloso to nnothor mlno which Is now being
opornted nt a profit. Nenr this same mlno
until Ihe engineer ordered it
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OHINKSH MAKU MAONIFIGHNT MONU.M UNTS.
I llnd a general belief here thnt China l
rich In the precious metals, nnd tho
geological surveys mi far mado point to tho
same conclusion The Oermans sny that
thero Is plenty of gold In Shan Tung nnd that
tho Chinese thore tire wnshlng It out of the
streams. Cold Is now being mined In Mon
golia nnd In different parts of Manchuria.
The Moho Mining company is working
placer deposits not far from Mukden; It
hns nlready .p li.d mmethltig llko f 1 ,000,
000 worth of coarse gold. Thero Is gold In
Yunnan, In southwestern Ohlnn. Thoro are
placer deposits along the Han river and
also along the western highlands on tho
borders of Thibet.
l'uinpelly found silver In slxty-lhrco dif
ferent localities nnd lend In twenty-four
In Yunnan Ihe silver Is mixed with lend.
Tho provlnco hns also tin, zinc nnd iron
Lend is nlso lound In I'liklni, opposite tho
Island of Formosa, and In Kwuntutig, not a
great distance from Cnnlon.
I 'rt ii n os In Cupper.
The big dividends now being paid on cop.
per mines In tho United Slates mny nt
Mime time lie paralleled It. China Tho
copper i re Is rich nnd It Is said to exlBt In
t.ry piovlnce, It Is being mined In
.sheii si. where tho emperor has lied, and
also In Kwelcl.au, below the Ynngtso.
niiiian has n wl.l'e copper will, ll Is mixed
with tin. Iron, nickel nnd lead, and It hns
O'Plur mixed with silver, Un nnd lend.
The Yunnan copper mines nro now worked
by tin' ho companies, who have been paying
nboui 1 cent u pound royalty to the gov
(vrniiiiiii and four times that amount to tho
ow in in nf tho mines.
I knnw several Atuoiicans who are study
ing the ntoi.es of china with regard to tho
Ainirii-an market. I met a gruvestono
mini frmii Seattle at I long Kot.g two weeks
ago. He had been travelling through tho
plot un i of Kwiinluug looking up granites
find marbles. Ho told inn lie expected to
ohtnbliHh a business In Can Inn for tho mak
ing and expnitlng of inmt.stones nnd flno
building (-tones lo the United Slates. Ho
pnys the granlies and marbles of China aro
as fine. If not liner, than ours, and that
our workmen nro not so skillful ns tho
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