Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . ONE OF THE COUNTRY DRIVEWAYS 102 KANSAS. LEAVENWORTH. The oldest as well as the most historic city in the State. Population,22,991. Leavenworth is becoming a very important manufacturing city,having a great abundance of coal lying beneath the city to feed herfurnaces and make cheap power. There are now three large minesin operation there, and a fourth very near completion, also four veinsof good coal, the first a 22-inch vein at a depth of 713 feet;

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Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . ONE OF THE COUNTRY DRIVEWAYS 102 KANSAS. LEAVENWORTH. The oldest as well as the most historic city in the State. Population,22,991. Leavenworth is becoming a very important manufacturing city,having a great abundance of coal lying beneath the city to feed herfurnaces and make cheap power. There are now three large minesin operation there, and a fourth very near completion, also four veinsof good coal, the first a 22-inch vein at a depth of 713 feet; thesecond a 24-inch vein at a depth of 738 feet; the third a 26-inchvein at a depth of 998 feet, and the fourth 28 inches thick at adeptk of 1,030 feet. The top vein is the one being used. It seemsto be inexhaustible, and from actual tests it is found to cover anarea of at least 200 square miles, and contains 2,000,000 tons of coal does not have to be shipped into the city, it is cheap,and factories operating in Leavenworth have a decided advantage. BEAUTIFUL BOULEVARD, FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. 103

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