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STATISTICS OF THE SCIiUyLKILL GOAL kEGloN =


The Ilners' Journal furnishes some interesting


,eis IN connection with the coal operations IN


tlat county. 1t says, few persons ont OF that
,egion are acquainted with the necessity which
.Ilss in many instances, for mining below The
water level, and the consequently enormous out
ays for steam engines and machinery. and the
isavy expenses constantly occurring Tor raising
the coal and draining the Mines. There are al


.sady % CoilieIies below the water Level, aud Al
ngines employed in pumping, raising and break


az coal, with an aggregate horse power oi 1919.
horse power is calculated as equivalent to the


aenglh of eight ablc-bodied men-a man ord,-
ir!ly abois but 0 hours i'll The "a; but the en-
gaes can, and some OF them do, run day aud
aght; consequently they can perform, for each
osa power, an amount OF weik equal 10 the
Ator OF 6 men. and au aggregate of work equal
slhe labor of 20,448 men every 81 hours The
ust of these engines, pumps, and the necessary
nachnery, will not tsll n.ucf saortof $3.50 QUO,


nd the consumption of coal Will amount 10
1900 tons per annum. The whole consump-


on OF coal in this region, during the last year,
ESTIMATED al 100000 tons.


The TWO SOUTHERN CoMsTs-I'he new comet
ssn IN the Gulf ot Mexico, aud the Mau"als So
ad comet, were both observed last night by fro'
tsor Kendall and his assistants, OF the Hign
(Shool Observatory. The new comet IS about ~
H. South OF the cou=t=latiou of the Whale. II is
Nw moving about d, :. +. n T. IL IS visible 10
. naked eve after tri.ieh; III the evening "s
nt white cloud in the ) ). W., about fifteen de-
Icses high. 1t differs from all oileI comets on re-
lsd. except that OF 1929 in having two tails, enc
lsching from the comet towards the sun, anc Inc
Aer in an opposite direction, They may be seen
1S good seaman night glass. [Pbil. Ledger.