The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-02

Road 20 faEefteEilte. FFsAcesN elHS
pll U:ll nat. = caarse dear that. ~ rs
aeisaf. there Il oGe tAaasaad acre. VI
caaI. for he has taught his class. Tor
MANY wears. the dactrine that there Is
4 ruluaJIs eoaf field IA Clsafh0In! Twill
make another ssppositian. Sappnse
the coal seams extend twenty mlles
along the anierop. and half . Eile with.
n the outcrop. az edge. Which = equal
in breadth TO the part Of The Richmond
field which has been proved By shafts,
making Ten sqsare miles 81 coal. In
q suuare mile. there viii be o.. 2.uOD
tons Of coal in ten square miles o..
40, 900. But the dip 81 the Rlchsnond
seams Is much sleeper than that "f
Chatham, and vet coal = obtained by
shafts sunk AZ one half mile from
The outcrop. Can the foregoing sup
position convey a ialsehood to the Lee
leislature or 10 company. 81 the value
Il ,he Chatham coal field : Can the
enterprising people Of Fayetteville say
thereafter. that my account Of the Chat
nam coal field was false. in the FACE 81
existing flcrs The Richmond coal
field. WITH all its Disadvantages. Is
worked successfully half a mile from
| its outerop. aud at the depth Of 800
feet and can the people oil Fasetie,
vile be exposed t. the hazard ot ridi-
cule, By building Railread to chat'
ham, when thousand acres Of coal Is
sufficient towarrant the building ~ the
road Il would nut be unfair 10 SAY,
that the enterprise of Fayetteville
should make this road. How much
, the interests ol the interior counties
|. demand this But | will leave otheI
sources Of revenue from the calcula
lion and say il. without fear Of ridi'
| cule on my part. for sustaining thu
, view, or Of being charged with maxim;
false representations by the public. o
! lby sensible men. - say. then. built
a this road Oh the merits Of the Goa
{ field.
r Nav, by changing the superstition
o that the cual-iield extends only halt
! mile within the outcrop, ldunnt chang
y my views, OF my belief, that It extend
\ Ithree. liza loinpauy or an individual
/. thinks my belief too great, he may TAX
:" up with a mile. or a quarter Of mil,
e IN breadth, aud twenty miles IN lengti
d For the present, either is sufficient
warrant the Investment OF all the cap
frttai which has yet been thought OF.
'c the Legislature expected Of the geo|'
IL rist al exact statement. 70 foot, OF u
amount If coal in the Chatham coa
{, field, il would have said 50, and ha,
le also furnished the means for doing !
n What the Legislature expected, an
ID what sensible men expect. IS. that
should iirs, acquire the facts which a.
IS peculiar to this coal field, aud irol
in these facts express such an opinion
II. them. and rarnish such illustrations
q, those facts, as | deem proper. or sur
AZ will furnish a correct view ct u
relations of the mass composing Y
coal.field. Ii isueli TO remember, tn
the Richmond coal field, which has Il,
u nished a coal seam one halt M
LAT within the outcrop. shOws, at that d.
at. lance, M signs Of giving out.
to Before | close. | wish to ailude on
in more TO Prof Mitchell's class teac
cy ings. lie says he has taught for yea
0f that there is valuable coal.iield
k Chatham and Muore. ] wish 70 kna
ch on what that doctrine is based. VIII
Il, does the Professor mean by cafud6ie
s. There eau be no doubt that he meal
re that the coai field has a su!iiclel
4, amount of coal to make il valuable t
'rt commercial purposes. and that y IS u
IF. luablc. IN tie face OF all the difficulty
r. and expenses attending its conyeyan'
V to market. How did the Professor a
Oh rive at sush a conclusion WI
Il, facts lad nc ascertaned which won
id warrant It.: 1t must have been d
nd libcrate opinion, in view Of certa
en- facts. II appears from his statcme
20 that his yiws really do not differ mu
". in this respect from others. they a
nd not quite 50 glowing, so jul Of pfoln's
e. vet they are still sufficiently 50 to wa
is rant the heavy expenses OF mining a.
at transportation to market, and lea
Of a supius over and abuse all these I
oh the remuneration Of enterprise; or el
lat he could not have thought the coal he
re- valuable. Now, how came the Prole
* sur to teach his classes the doctrln,
he Tor il seems that he held il pier 70 Z
Ike visitsof Professor Johnson, and, llriee
ep prior TO any important discovers
mr. which have resulted from the sinking
TOT pits and Of boring. INV. there is
he doubt Prof. Mitchell came to the co
'th cIusior, that there is = valuable ,tcpo'
IL AZ coal III Moore aud Chatham, fro
e the character Of the formation, a
IS that il was formed on grounds md
I'd pendenr of what the pick, spade al
IN anger had furnishedio FOR disclosed.
III EBENEZER ENiMONS.
NJ Davidson co.. OFT. 1883.
Lime. Mex 70 Iron, it has be-