The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-01-07
From the GrsenslsxOsgi
DEEP RIVER COG

printed in Albany. n.
presenting 4 aRepd
Lands of the Deep RI
Transportation Compal.
and Moore counties, n
With Analyses og the
Walter II. Johnson, Civ
Engineer and Chemist, d
ID. e" This report isfaIl
details, with Illustrative
diagrams.
The pamphlet likewise
!" Report Of the Directors
River Mining and Transport
pany. Albany, March, 1851.
public information on sd
great and growing importa
traaslcr this Report 70 our col
Report d m. Directors ef lie Dep
ing and frssssporfafiOa COD
The Directors o. The Dee
Mining and Transportation COM
in presenting to the Stockholders
very interesting and able report u
fessor Johnson, feel it incumbenf
them TO enter iato detailed siateV,
of The economical salae Of their poA
sions subject which did not fall "
in the province OF the learned Pra
sor particularly to examine. The
ne Of coal mine depends
quality of the coal is quantitA
cheapness with which il can be min
and the facility and cost of transport
tion TO market. All these ingredio
must combine 10 render coaL
valuable. The separate, ind
existence Of one Or two II
enough. lfthe coal is d
~, Or comparatively
brought into marked
think ofexpending ca
the quantity is insult
not be worth the unde.
expenses Of mining are
dent men would not embssS
enterprise /; and il The cost Of tran.
tation 10 market is 50 great as TO absorb
all the profits, such an undertaking, il
rashly engaged in, must Of necessity,
soon be abandoned. The questions
then which occur are, what sSihc susli.
tv Of the coal, what its q, q, A
what expense can il be ,y
! transported TO market. And Ia
to lis quality. The Report of p @
sor johnson, than whom there is Es
higher authority, places the coal Q
! Farmcrssille in the first rank ufb,tuuii
! nous Goals. !" 1t has, says the Report
upwards Of eighty per cent. Of carbon
, and eyaporates S-IO Of steam TO one 0
! coal, which proves its admirable adap
tation for steam purposes" 1t pes
4 sesses the advantage Of brisk aud bril-
!, liant combustion, which renders il
!, most desirable fuel for parlor CRATES
e and is an excellent coal for smith ) pur
. poses. 1t takes fre promptly, swell
{ sufficiently, and agglutinates its mas
: ses together SO as 10 form hollo,
D FIRE."
|. The amount of sulphur is not sue
as to prevent It's usefulness in this al
!. plicati0n; or to Interfere with its pre-
Z sersation either on ship board Or 9
i shore"
~ The freedom from any considerable I
!. dangerous amount Of sulphur in thi
e coal, always considered OF the highe,
Importance, has become doubly 50,
J view Of the recent disasters which has
e occurred 70 one English and three 4
is merican ships, which have taken fI
10 and burnt IN their attempts to rcas
d the Pacific coast. The English shi
III was loaded With English coal the !
l. merican ships, with coal from the Gun
ii berland mines.
Now when it IS considered that Il
Richmond, the Picton, and the Sydns
Goals, have always been supposed .
2. contain large quantities Of sulphur,
ie as to render the use Of these Goals dal
10 gerous on long voyages, it becomes a
\, parent that such a coal as that at Fa
d mersvile, will be sought for as q
70 best Of all others, if it is not the on
4 safe coal fit for long voyages.
10 As 10 lis quantity. The coal bed
reported BY the Professor, as being Sc
en- feet eight inches thick, with al j
y, terposing ply OF slate eighteen inchc
e, leaving SIX feet two inches Ofpurc CO;
= and coyeringan area, already discose
,n ed, Of about 500 acres. This bed
le coal, as the Professor justly rcmarks,
20 equal in thickness to Che great Pitt
q. burgh seam; not inferior to the ma
ne seam at New Castle, and Of the san
n thickness as the bed long worked
Sydney, Cape Breton. This ply
slate, on first penetrating the cutcro
at was twcnty-six inches thick, but grad
a ally diminished when the Profess
O. left, to ci,hteen iaches. Since th
or the vein has been penetrated sever
ix feet further, in all eighteen feet, Al
the ply Of slate has diminished to fol
teen inches, with every prospect ofso
n running out; while the yeis ION
II, creased to nine feet il~ta'a",, ~ a e.,
is This company, il,es'as COZ, .ns, -. ,,.,
by he'd oI the bese Sydney bed 81 ".
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