The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-12

u Kept in activity tlfiern thousand miners.
and sustained mining population a. Sc
senly thousand souls. WHO snnnally con-
sumed upwards of lwa MILLIONS worth cf
agricultural prosluruons. and more Than
three aud a half millions uorh "f mercl,sh-
dizr.
TO Pennsylsanis (ssys Professor Tsy.
lor) the almost exclusive possession of tbs
species Of rombnsiible lsnlhrseiiel wahtnA
reasonable distance Of The sea-hosrd. rs y.
boon Of ineslimahle price. which, plarss~
her in position of ensiable superiority,
and bsffies speculation as To the point 10
whlrh "a may ultimately elevate her. If
sueh then have been The magnificent re-
suIls. from The development of the coql
fields Of Great Britain snd Pennsylvania.
and such The anlicipaIinns as 81 The future.
The question occurs what is the value OF
the coal fields OF North Cardinal
Their value d. pends upon their extent.
npon the thickness Of the beds. the quail.
~ of The coal. and facilities and cheapness
Of transportation 10 tide water aud thrnre
IN a market. As 10 their extent. ou
heard lasi evening the statement of Pro-
fessor Johnson, Than whom no one stands
higher in his profession. He had recently
lseiurned from tour Of several weeks ex-
animation in the valley Of Deep River. He
stated that his own observations satisfied
him that The coal measure OF Deep River
extended fifteen miles. aud that he had re-
liable au,hoii,y Cor their extension fifteen
1 miles farther. He did moi STATE The width
of the measures, as he had mol time /, ex.
anime, except in one place. where he had
traced the beds on both sides Of the river,
and where they were from three and a
half to four miles wide. From other
sources OF information. have no doubt of
their greater extension. both IN length and
width. But if we take The length 10 be
bat 80 miles. and the mean width al three
and half miles, we have an area OF one
hundred and five square miles.
The thickness of several Of the veins,
the learned Professor stated None that
, he examined were less than six feet Some
were Of gIea,er thickness. and. in some
localities, iwo or three. veins were found
,f underlying each other. Now il we esii-
]. mate the area To he underlaid with only
d one vein, and that vein to be only six feet
a thick. this estimate would give for The
/, solid cubic quantity in The ground six mil.
Il lions OF tons To the square mile. Making
9 allowance Of one iiih for waste and fanlIs.
,r the whole available amnunt would be
J. FIVE Millions Of tons 10 the square mile, or
!. 622 millions Of tons for The entire coal
! area Of Deep River. The coal is Of three
! kinds. The highly biluminous, the semi-
9 bilnminous. and The pure anthracite. and
8 each kind has been shown by analysis to
jbe among the best cnals Of it's class. In
" quality Of Goals the fields of Deep River
/. ave unsurpassed; in variety unequalled by
N any location in the United States; in guam
!. iiiv. as fac as regards all practical purposes,
q equal 10 any other. 10 mine the coal Of
= Deep River al The rate of two millions Of
]. ions year would occupy 262 years. and
]. al the rate Of three millions of tons year
/, l75 years. The remaining question is.
e what are the means and cost Of iransporia-
j. lion 10 market! The means of transporia.
iion are through the slack water improve
}. ment Of CapeFearand DeepRlver. The en-
Y ierprize Of a few individuals, aided by the
i liberali,y and wisdom Of your Legislature.
/. has opened pathway TO The ocean. which
. for extent aud capacity combined, surpas-
' ses any canal in this or any other ronn-
e try. and al an expense not exceeding four
!. hundred thousand dollars. Compare the
y canal. as il may wiihou, improperly be
i, called, with The great canals which have
g been constructed with view to benefit the
> coal trade Of Maryland and Pennsylvania.
j. The cost Of The Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. was upwards Of seventeen millions
d OF dollars. il is about the extent of the
!. Cape Fear and Deep Rivers-is sky
d feet wide. and six feei deep. with locks ol
N Is feet ia width and 100 feet long. Your
d canal averages $50 feet in width. The
,e water in The pools is usually from ten TO
5. fifteen feet in depth. The locks are Is
e feet wide and Is feet in length. Il re.
j. qures IA days 10 go from Cumberland, al
!. the head Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
d canal, 10 Alexandria, and return. not in
i cluding the time occupied in loading and
d unloading the harges. A steamboat with
u her tow Of barges can 90 from the mines
Of on Deep River TO Wilmington. and reluln
in in days, making difference ten days
rs in one trip.
r The expenses Of transportation are grea
as ter in other respects. as well as in III,
IN saving of time, as il regards these two i'm
s. provemen,s. On the Maryland canal, ami
u. NAL power is used 10 draw the coal barges
IN on the Cape Fear ind Deep River i'm
provemen,s. steam power will be uset
in From the relative cost Of the two improy,
Lr. menis. and the means Of transportation
" ibe used on them, there can he scarcely
in comparison, as TO the relative amount
W toll, or the expenses Of transpor,alio
lu- When at tide wafer, at Wilmington. d
ns coal can be sen, To New York. at as lt
dd expense as from Alexandra. sAs far. lhs
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