The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-26

experience near Riehmond. Virginia,
10 rot warrant TIE belief tar lhrre u
ihy rapid diminnt.on Of ti.e dip ID Chat
IAN. At least. The cater tier a. Dr..
Enmons's square miles. exFn II Il be
anderizid BY coal. probably has il AZ
such : depth. according % lis own
smaliesf Number. that Il will be az no
value either in the present o. The next
following age.
IL turns out. a. | supposed 4 would,
thar DR.. Rmmans has nothing Of the
nature Of proof 20 offer. that the coal Of
Chathaa extends 10 any particular dis
lance from the ontcrop. Tie appears Ia
have regarded IL a. safe conjecture
that il would extend. in breadth. TO one
fourth az the distance of il length.
II Is not an improbable conjecture. |
have myself said al least once. in this
series ef papers. and perhaps more than
once. that there was ground for expec-
ta,ion and hope. have ouly elsiiaed
that before any great outlay was made.
this hope should IL pass BE be converts
ed intn certainty. lie regarded Il as
anather safe conjecture. that the dip
will - dimin. 81. rs we rccede from the
ontcrDr. as to adult of our ayailing
ourselves Of that PARTON of the seam.
| Gf there IS any seam there which lies
at greater distance than one or two
miles from the northern edge of the
coal. This conjecture has less prObabi-
llity in its favor than the other.
| II he had brought these opinions oi
his forward. simply Us conjectures.
stated frankly and 50 plainly that there
|, could be 20 mistake. that such was
their character, and the facts also on
which they were founded. 50 as 20 re-
Ilieve plain men WIN know little of ge.
ology from the danger Of being deluded,
to their great injury and loss, shoald
never have taken up the pen to write
about the coal fields Of Chatham and
Moore.
| If these coniectnres shall seem 70 any
one TO furnish warrant for labor ol
90 years, with the attendant expense
for the purpose of reaching that leeT
coal at the distance Of one. two 81
, three miles, according as we use th'
r number Of Dr. 0lmsted or the smalles
Of these OF DIR. Emmons-let him g
ahead by all means. John l.. Cobb,
, shall have no further trouble from me
, lie NAV build dozen rail roads. If h
e shall see cause, and | will make no op
: position.
II, however, | may be allowed I
express an opinion in regard to VIVA
:. the public goad requires first of all t
be done it is
/ l. That an accurate map be made :
! tie whole country supposed To contall
, coal, which NAV be Autographed, S
T that each landholder there shall have
copy. Deep river. with particular re
| ference TO the openings exhibiting Goa
, upon its banks, would be the prlncip'
object, and next to this, Bliialoe, Pock
n ct, and Governors creeks, and d
. great roads.
: 9. With this map in hand, endeayo!
should be made 10 trace The out-cro
q (which is not known to be continuou
. and VIII Oh may turn out to be veI
I different from all the representation
2 which have beer made Of it. The
:. are some ugly ard suspicious lookiI
. Intervals in ahith no mineral has hit
N erto been found.
{. 5. By a careful comparison of q
& angles Of INCLINATION, or DIP, obtaine
u at different points, Or. Emmons' nun
: bers as given in the resort leave us
; most uncomfortable darkness on u
{ whole subject j and boring 10 TIL sea
$ in few places. va should know VIII
to depend upon.
5 f. MITCHELL.