The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-14

baas to - made fronting On ths Lad owned " ~
New Creek Company. From the mines to shs prs~
sent terminus Of the canal (ssy twenty-five niss)
Descending grade Of ten feet 70 tbs mile whon enabss
the railroad transport to the canal much larger bus
than be carried the uDduating road east
Of that point BY their charter the Baltimore sad Ohio
Railroad Company required to transport freight over
that part their road Of the present terminus
the canal at the average rate charged for trsnsperAtoa
east Of Cumberland that hould the New Creek Conn
psny wish TO the canal before IL Ia finished to Pied
mont they do but II s the purpose Of the Bati-
more and Ohio Railroad Company to increase their
motive power aud II necessary the number OF tracks ~
to meet any demand for transportation As that comps-
ny and will compete with the canal and Baltimore
will be greatly benefited By atng the coal trade
at Baltimore the New Creek Company may conddsatly
rely transportation for all the coal which they oso
mine. The railroad company In anticipation Of the
supplies from this district have contracted forty
locomotives In addition to 90 In use and for 900
cars In addition to 800 nov In These Locomotives
from $50 to 500 TONS and the take from
eight to ten tens each.
The central situation OF the New Creek mines gives
the pany advantages not possessed BY those in the
FIosburg district and there 10 doubt but that suf
Acent will be rent to market the first year to net
fair dividend Tho ten thousand Of land 10 repre-
scented BY two hundred thousand shares OF ten doars
eech Of which fifty thousand shares equal to five hum
bred thousand dollars have been appropriated to be SOLD
account Of the company to create working capital
This will provide ample for most extensive opera
tions and the facilities with which the principal veins
be worked such to warrant the most favorable
in mediate results The quality Of this coal 10 OF such
character that 1t will command tho highest prices and
instantsp sale II Is semi btuminous with spe-
cifc CAVITY Of 50; that Of English coal being
l2s 1t IL therefore about 81 lbs heavier to the bushs
than English and runs twenty six heapsd bushels to
the ton 1t has fat gsten to ts black coat and ig-
mites and burns with all the freedom and with greater
heat and beauty Of fame than Liverpool, while NO
traos Of sulphur be discovered BY smelling 1t in the
CRATE the stove the coke bed more than hun
drsdth per cent II any, by whatever test. 1t is muoh
cleaner than Liverpool makes no cnksr nor soot ana
leaves residum but about IA per cont Of clean white
ashes equal to the best WEIGH il richly adapted
for making gas and fuel for lime burning while foe
purposes has been tested and found 80 cent
better than Newcastle In anthracite locomotive engines
has teted and found 40 per cent better than an
thraets and three and half times better than pine
wood In 1t has been found double the value
Of either Richmond or anthracite
The New Creek Coal Mining Company has been organ.
lied by the election Of Alfred Ashhed, Esq President
Robert Lyon d. Green, Samuel 7. JONES' and Caleb ).
O. williams Esq., who is Of the oldest and most ntea
gent practical miners In the country. Under his drss
tons much progress has been made IN opening the
mines that tho company will commence delivering Its oo
in Baltimore by the 1st Of January proximo.