Excerpt from The Old and New Monongahela From different sources amid the mountains of West Vir ginia the Monongahela River arises, and running in a northerly direction at Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, it joins the Allegheny to form the Ohio. It is situated principally between 451??? and 42??? north latitude and in the 89??? degree of longitude west of Greenwich. Its water flows gently from pure mountain springs and in its course to the mouth fails to gather the malaria] poison. The valley for the most part is bordered ...
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Excerpt from The Old and New Monongahela From different sources amid the mountains of West Vir ginia the Monongahela River arises, and running in a northerly direction at Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, it joins the Allegheny to form the Ohio. It is situated principally between 451??? and 42??? north latitude and in the 89??? degree of longitude west of Greenwich. Its water flows gently from pure mountain springs and in its course to the mouth fails to gather the malaria] poison. The valley for the most part is bordered with moder ately high mountains and hills which abound in every variety of minerals, timber, and especially in bituminous coal, petro leum and natural gas. The coal formation susceptible of being mined is estimated at 400 square miles. Petroleum and nat ural gas are of recent discovery and their development into practical use of very modern date and limited extent. The soil of the valley is rich in fertility and capable of producing grain and vegetation of almost every variety. The forests originally abounded in chestnut, pine, cedar, oaks, maple, ash, walnut, hickory, poplar, beech, but of late years timber has been literally wasted to make lumber and obtain space for the productions in agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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