Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-01-31

her. of River anu Oceah DteuulerH.
The case stands somewhat different as it regards
RUIZ ANTHRACITE GOALS. This species of coal is sup
hosed to constitute the great bulk of the Goals on
boep River. The market for this coal is not to the
South, but to New York, and the New England
States. To enable the mine owners on Deep RIVER
to compete with the arthracites of Pennsylvania.
(which are the anthracites of any amount in the u
Staes) they must be able to place their coal at new
York at as low q price the anthracites OF Fehh-
sylyania 1t is a saying, in England, when per-
son sends his goods to q market which produces an
abundance of goods of similar character 1na' ne
has sent has coal to NewcGse, which, as you Hno"
is the chief mart of the great mining D!stfc1 .!
land Pennsylvania is the great INNING region VI
tho Atlantic States. the Newcastle OF America ana
New York is contiguous to her. 4hGlr .erli'oie
ioin Their capitals are less than one hundred miles
apart and coal can be transported from tne lornier
to the latter city at sixty cents per ton ne ques-
ION then recurs can send the Goals OF Deep XIV
or 70 the vicinity of Newcastle to New York! Up
ON an accurate calculation made by intelligent and
practical men, am assured that the ANTHRACITE
COAL of Deep River may be placed alongside OF the
PENNSYLVANIA anthracites in New York market, and
sold on as favorable terms, prouded the former are
exempted from the onerouS tar OF Potage, to 1ehch
then are noac liable. The coal which go from Penn
svlyania to New York pass through the Morris and
Raritan canals and are not ected to fees for p
lotage. The Goals which pass down the Delaware
and Hudson canal, to New York are also exempt
from any charge of pilotage. Vessels coming into
the Delaware River to load with coal, also ex-
Cape Fear, over either bar, and going up to Will
mington, amount, upon vessel of one hundred tons
burthen to about forty dollars which is tax of 40
cents upon each ton of coal she may carry. If this
tax is laid upon the Goals of Deep River they will
arrive at New York taxed with duty that will dis
enable them to compete with the Goals of Pennsyl-
yania. tax of forty cents ton upon milh1n of
tons would amount to four hundred thousand dollars
and is a greater profit than any mining Company
has ever made, or hope to make. The boast that
the Slack Water Improvement OF Cape Fear and Deep
Rivers affords cheaper transit to the ocean than any
other improvement in this country of the length
and capacity, would be entirely faacous with the
burthen of piotage coal, forty cents added to
the anticipated toll of eight cents would make the
tolls greater than on the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nails, or on any of the Pennsylvania canals
Whether the vast mineral treasures of the valley of
Deep River shall be developed, depends upon the
view which the people Of North Carolina shall take
upon this momentous subject. When | consider
what Maryland and Pennsylvania have done 10 fos-
ter and cherish their great mineral interests and the
magnificent result which have followed the exercise
of that parental care cannot for moment doubt
as to the course which North Carolina will pursue
regarding her great interests. That you may have
adequate impression of the value in which the
mining interests of Maryland and Pennsylvania are
held in these CommonwealthS, | will briefly state
what each has done for their advancement.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was constructed
at expense of seventeen millions of dollars In
dvidaa exertons proving unavailable the States OF
Maryland and Virginia lent their aid by subscribing
tors. All these combined exertions proving INSULT
cient the State of Maryland waived its priority OF
lien. for the payment of its advances, and foreign
capitalists came to the and by their aid that
great work completed, and with the sole obj ect
to open path to the for the coal of the Cum
berland mountains. In Pennsy lvana. since the year
1921 than 600 miles of canal and $50 miles of
railroad have been constructed by State and indvid
ual enterprise almost entirely for the benefit of the
coal trade, and at an expense of more than thirty
eight millions of dollars. The results have shown
the wisdom of those gigantic expenditures. That as
great results will follow from the DEVELOPMENT of the
Coal mines of Deep River, we'll regulated mind
can doubt. 1t is law of philosophy, that similar
Causes will produce similar effects, and yet to
be informed that this law does not hold good to the
south we'll as to the north of Mason & Dixon's
line. If, in Pennsylvania cities have sprung up,
under the influence of the coal trade, with sudden
that reminds one of the fable in the Arabian
Nights Entertainment where palaces were built in
single night, by the mag influence of the Lamp
Of Aladdin, why may we not expect to see the Dor,
ders of Deep River, within a very few years, lnhabl
ted by dense population, and adorned with flour
fishing villages and cities, and Wilmington% with hel
increased commerce, approximate to the wealth and
splendor of Philadelphia? That similar results will
follow from the development of the mineral riches Of
Deep River, is certain as the law OF cause ana et
feet. That they will follow rapidly than they
have done IN Pennsylvania is equally certain x
Pennsylvania, at the commencement of her mineral
operations had to contend with prejudces as to the
use of her anthracte-prej JUDGES which experience
has conquered, and you will not have to overcome.
In eight years from the opening Of the Pennsylva-
MIA mines she bad sent to market less than two hun
dred and fifty thousand tons. greater amount can
be sent from Deep River in two years from the open
ing of her navigation 1t was twenty-five years be-
fore Pennsylvania had sent to market in any one
year million of tons. Deep River send that
amount within five years. If capital and enterprise
will do for North Carolina what they have done for
Pennsylvania, then will the future progress of North
Carolina be rapid than has been the past pro-
gress of Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania the soil and
climate against her, in North Carolina they are
in her favor
The navigation of Cape Fear and Deep Rivers is
never interrupted with ice. The canals of Pennsyl-
Vania are frozen up four months in the year Du-
ring that period the btumnous Goals of Deep River
can go North or seek the profitable markets OF
Charleston, Savannah Texas, Mexico and the West
India Islands. Another advantage in favor of North
Carolina, is the natural fertility of her SOIL while the
coal regions of Pennsylvania sterile and unpro-
ductive, IN agricultural products Deep River and
the adjacent country with the aid of the fertilizng
manures, Eme plaster, and guano, which will form
the return cargoes of coal vessels from the North
will become, in a few years, the NILE SOUTH
Its products will quadruple, and will find A HOME
MARKET on the spot which produces them
The Iron ore of Deep River forms important
item in this estimate. Iron of as good quality, and
in great abundance in any country is found in
North Carolina. On Deep River it is in immediate
'contiguty with the Coal On the land of Peter G.
Evans, Esq, the coal is OVERLAND by stratum of iron
ore, three feet in thickness which yields fifty per
cent of iron The coal which underes it. is six feet
thick and of that kind best adapted for the manufc-
ture of iron. The iron when manufactured, can be
transported to New York at less cost than it can