 | Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1846 - 216 pagina’s
...stone. " I was truly astonished," observes Mr. Lyell in his " Travels in North America," " now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...with the primeval forest, and manufacturing industry in its infancy, when the full value of this inexhaustible supply of cheap fuel can be appreciated ;... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1847 - 434 pagina’s
...truly astonished," continnes Mr. Lyell, " now that I had entered the hydrographical (water-formed) basin of the Ohio, at beholding the richness of the seams of coal, which appear every where on the flanks of the hills, and at the bottom of the valleys ; and which are accessible... | |
 | Archibald Prentice - 1849 - 268 pagina’s
...as those mare bent and curved beds at Frostburg, before described. I was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio, at beholding the riches of the seams of coal, which appear everywhere on the flanks of the hills and at the bottoms... | |
 | Neville B. Craig - 1851 - 322 pagina’s
...richness of the seams of coal, which appear every where on the flanks of the hills, and at the boty* torn of the valleys, and which are accessible in a degree...with the primeval forest, and manufacturing industry in its infancy, when the full value of this inexhaustible supply of cheap fuel can be appreciated ;... | |
 | Neville B. Craig - 1851 - 330 pagina’s
...as those more bent and curved beds at Frostburg before described. I was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...beholding the richness of the seams of coal, which appear every where on the flanks of the hills, and at the botT* torn of the valleys, and which are accessible... | |
 | 1854 - 798 pagina’s
...Brownsville, on the Monongahela, where the country consista of coal measures. / was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...everywhere on the flanks of the hills, and at the bottoms of the valleys, and which are accessible in a degree which I never witnessed elsewhere. The... | |
 | 1854 - 816 pagina’s
...Brownsville, on the Monongahela, where the country consists of coal measures. I was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...coal, which appear everywhere on the flanks of the hub, and at the bottoms of the valleys, and which are accessible in a degree which I never witnessed... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 304 pagina’s
...as those more bent and curved beds at Frostburg before described. I was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...primeval forest, and manufacturing industry To face Vol. II. p. 3 I I in its infancy, when the full value of this inexhaustible supply of cheap fuel can... | |
 | George Henry Thurston - 1870 - 322 pagina’s
...the eminent English geologist, says in his travels in North America: "I was truly astonished now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...beholding the richness of the seams of coal which appeared everywhere on the flanks of the hills and at the bottoms of the valleys, and which are accessible... | |
 | John Newton Boucher - 1908 - 564 pagina’s
...his discoveries in this region are most expressive of its wealth. "I was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio,...beholding the richness of the seams of coal which appeared everywhere on the flanks of the hills and at the bottom of the valleys, and which are accessible... | |
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I was truly astonished, now that I had entered the hydrographical basin of the Ohio, at beholding the richness of the seams of coal, which appear everywhere on the flanks of the hills and at the bottom of the valleys, and which are accessible in a degree... 
