. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . works of the Harrisburg Gas the improvement of the grounds, and the cultivation of the garden,it is expected that much assistance will be derived from the patientsthemselves—out-door exercise of this character being part of thesystem of treatment resorted to whenever the patients can be per-suaded thus to employ themselves, and generally attended with grati-fying results. The institution is open to visitors under certain judi-cious restrictions. A few
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . works of the Harrisburg Gas the improvement of the grounds, and the cultivation of the garden,it is expected that much assistance will be derived from the patientsthemselves—out-door exercise of this character being part of thesystem of treatment resorted to whenever the patients can be per-suaded thus to employ themselves, and generally attended with grati-fying results. The institution is open to visitors under certain judi-cious restrictions. A few miles above the hospital we cross the Susquehanna on oneof the finest structures in the country, and amidst a scene of unrivalledpicturesqueness and beauty. The Susquehanna has here forced itsway through a range of abrupt mountains, which constitute thewestern termination of the great anthracite coal region of SchuylkillCounty. We have already devoted a separate chapter to the conside-ration of this wonderful region, touching upon all its leading features,and including a description of the processes of mining, &c. We can. THE COVE. 81 only, in tins connection, refer the reader to the article alluded to,■which comprises Part II. of Off-hand Sketches. The coal veins, asthey approach tlie Susquehanna, are flattened out, while the coalitself is soft and of a semi-bituminous character. The region, fromits proximity to the Susquehanna, is favorably situated; but th« posi-tion of the coal strata is such that mining operations can never beprosecuted with much success, or to any great extent. An immenseamount of money has already been spent in gigantic improvements todevelop a comparatively small and imperfect coal district. The otherfork, called the Lykens Valley, is better developed in coal, and thestrata lie in a position more favorable for mining purposes. A softcoal never can he proJUahly mined, because much of it is lost in theprocess of excavation, and much more in the subs
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