The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-04-06

rANDir%f nus Hcle~9s WAf ~ -h'W - Il
wileax's assllies lhal u MurrhlSeu's. uA.
lrss ihrls bs IN uplih hsiwsvn lho'i
plsrrs. IS horng and FNrassiinn YER
snnrh raal llss bra f0and on ileeP kiFe'
-znd sanrh moe may yef hr .l"una
HS,ss wss unknown 10 aur ,izlh-r.. hu'
n"s aa-p-r~r ~ by ihem. We .snclr na~
hom Rrpon made % the same Bnard 81
szti-ul,urr by pru.san Olms,ed-ihr pse- !
seat very is.se'<.s-%~a p.airsssf 81 W
'inf~I Philosophy in Yale t'allrgr-'n
Nnsemhrr 1924. -In the sbsri Pl&re.
in ~Jslil,an 10 ii'r foregoing pvsnmPiiens
ihai CazI might hr issund W. ihe country
under consilsrzlnH. wr lsreii IN our
power 10 say that Cazl has sr,u.lly hssn
disrnrrrrd IN This region. and lh~i bed
al rsD<sdenhls rxirBt has hern apsn-
Ell nss Car ffam the Calf on Deep River.
d j. about ifiy years since,his coai bed
Was 6rsi discovered. Mr.. Wilrox. an
ent-fpsising eenllemsn. proprietor 81 The
Old Iroa works al the Gulf. Ink some
pains 10 have IL oprned, and 80 Inirosis~s
the rsal inlo u-s. Blarksmf,hs fr"m d,.
frrent parts af Great Britain made ,rsl
of n aud ennrnued IN prnnaanring u 10
hr Of rx-rIirnl quality. . . With re-
gard To the rx,ias 81 This. s-,al NINE J
hsss na mrans o. Judging with m. CHI rer-
lainsy.
| Oa the rad from Salem IA Fzyeiirville
hv yay al rysons Mills ON DEEP River.
The traveller rross~s Bslnh~r al ridges ri
that shrllv kind OF Black Slsie which Is
The accompaniment Of the Coal. and may
I Re considered as sympinm ri ~ wherev-
er IL arru.s. . The existence nf taal
m any given plare. lie q.al,iy and extent,
ARE asrer,ainrd by horins, The process
is performed with an anger If peculiar
construction. which brings up successive
pariions nf The strata from difIrrrn, depths.
il j. noi impr"hahIt that ether
beds ex;si IN dIiisrrai psris u the Sand
slime d,silir,. The occurrence Of Black
Slate or ~ Mill-sinue grit Al any plarc
would aiTarl some encouragement that
Coal is IN the viriniy." LEI rs now ,urn
To ihe instruction given aihe Students ol
the University. as we find il in the :. Ele-
. ment. Of Grolog, (which supplies. AZ
inca hand hook. the texts af the Pinls D
sor's TEXTURES IL this al'>impor INT study.
"a seam of luminous c.al has hecn
known To exist IL the Gulf, IN the Norlll
side 81 Deep Riv.r in Chatham couni,
fnr upward. OF .ixiy yesr,: but after lar
ing heen opened and used for some Time
u was abandoned, and alIngelher nrglet :
ted Iill within four or FIVE years pat,
when il was opened anew, and tho coal
) is now used in preference W Charcoal.
in the Blarksmiih's shops in the neigh
} horhnod 81 the mine. Two or three years
since he'd If Anihrarile coal was dis
covered on the lands NJ .yfessrs. Parish
anil t'legg. four miles down yhe river.
aud within the present year. another has
hren opened on the lands of George
Wilcox. ahnui eight miles ahnvr.
) Through nearly the whole If the noril ern
si,le of tins sandstone formation. in ihe
cruni;rs Of Chatham, Moore. and Mont
snnery, distance Of fifiv mile-, the black
shales whirh appear al the surface render
IL probable that cod may be tlisrn,c cred
and although in ihinly srnltd country,
! which iscovrrrd with faresis. and remote
: fiom water carriage. il r,n have no i'm,
; inmrdsir co nmerrial value, il ]. pleasant
in know that weIkavc resources to which
, we NAV turn. wlifh those on whirh We
J hive hitherto depended shah fail" The
J volnmc we use hears date IS2i-ihr
lecnrs accompanying il sinph,lrss sup.
plemem il fnIlv. Again we sav-ihal
prpl. Emmons was fortunate IN the Time
! of his survey. Fhe marl and coal ht
I, seems To have discovered. have been 81
late years rxplore,i-iheil beds and .eam'
Z have been revealed and ronnmtf--illrir ayr;
? cultural aud commercial values have brr,
. asrcriaincd--Ihr neetlful land and waiei
!! rarriage has hern snpplird--an,l our pc"
|. Pile were ready io seize grpedilv on VIII,
: I,al hcen offered 10 them far v.a,s. AM
hiiher,o nnnniirrsl We might .nniirs
? other point. like these, hut there il no NE
. in freiiing aver the past aud ll,r losi. lie
: ms all be ar,ive in srrnring the present. H.,
) the future he better provided fnr. INV
: VIZ know and-realixe that we h,ve Goa
: and mari. &r.,-ict u. gn 70 work aud us,
E them. T..