. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. up which a party under the command of DeLong had beento search for the missing Hall expedition (this was in August. 1873)we left Upernavik and went to Disco. Being short of fuel I startedout with a half-dozen men on a minor exploration around the waigatseparating Disco from the main land. \\hen about ninety milesfrom the ship, and after I had made geological tests at several points,1 discovered evidences of coal. With torpedoes and electric batteries
. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. up which a party under the command of DeLong had beento search for the missing Hall expedition (this was in August. 1873)we left Upernavik and went to Disco. Being short of fuel I startedout with a half-dozen men on a minor exploration around the waigatseparating Disco from the main land. \\hen about ninety milesfrom the ship, and after I had made geological tests at several points,1 discovered evidences of coal. With torpedoes and electric batteriesand drills I went to work and soon disclosed two veins of what laterproved to be excellent bituminous coal. I planted the American flagthere and called the mine Eureka (I have found it). Sincethen several exploring vessels and the Esquimaux have been suppliedwith coal from this mine and Naves. Peary and others have reportedupon it. This single incident warrants me in concluding that Wood-burv has a just claim for a share in the valuable results of Arcticexplorations. United States Navy. Lieutenant Henry E. Rhoades. 24 TirK TOWX .VXD PEOPLE. Og. Sj^t^jrVi^rT^l.^. NlKW 1 \ XdKIll WooDlUm, January ii. 1864.—The ahsorljiiii^- topic at this time is the interestwe necessarily have in the late call of the President for will soon, however, l)e in a condition to iL^ive place to somethins^else, for the town has raised by sul)Scri])tion nearly tifteen hundreddollars to encourage enlistments, and has already furnished nineteenof our (|uota of twenty-three. These, with the veterans who havealready enlisted, if they are accredited to this town as expected, fillthe quota. Woodhnr}, from the tirst, has taken her place anion-;-the loyal towns, which have been a credit to the State, respondinggenerously to the calls of the countrw More than one hundred andfifty men have been furnished 1)\- this place and most of them areour own citizens. It is hoped no further call for men to def
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