. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. but few springs, â¢11 nd under half les in thiclcness, been worked at J shafts in from I the market for uality is found, Pottery clay ia idvantages poa- iging reports as showing returns J, and 20 in an- 70 bushels per ers speak of 33 1 23 bushels of els per acre of lich speak vol- 3oon be able to iuch returns. named after a county is 648 reponderate to and Missouri, l
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. but few springs, â¢11 nd under half les in thiclcness, been worked at J shafts in from I the market for uality is found, Pottery clay ia idvantages poa- iging reports as showing returns J, and 20 in an- 70 bushels per ers speak of 33 1 23 bushels of els per acre of lich speak vol- 3oon be able to iuch returns. named after a county is 648 reponderate to and Missouri, lation. There re per cent ia les and manu- ;om land, and iluable kinds, from Topeka, â¢f the Neosho d, which has and there are it; a national J which cost a capital of J^ater power, the county a. iiii,rwii|M»'liwyfW' Couyrr Sketches. m steam saw mill in Hampden township ; a steam flouring mill, a water flouring mill, a steam saw mill and a brewery in Leroy township, and a water power saw mill at Strawn. The water l)()wers of the Neosho have not been one tithe developed. Bur- lington is a handsome village laid out with great regularity, with unbounded space for expansion. The Neosho is the principal stream in Coffey county, and its tributary creeks are Spring, Long, Wolf, Turkey, Big, Rock, Lebo, Crooked and Crow. The Potta- watomie and other small, streams completely drain the and give abundant water for all purposes. Well water of ex oUent quality can be found at a depth of about twenty feet. Coal is re- ported as underiying the whole county with a thickness of about fifteen inches, and at depths varying from the surface to 100 feet below. The quality of the vein is highly praised, but up to this time it has been mainly used in the locality, although some has been shipped by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. The quarries of building stone near Buriington are good, and deposits of gypsum abound in the northern part of the county. Cheese and butter are largely
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