The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-19


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petent 20 reconcile the contradiction.
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cred al nhce tossk Prod. Mitchell whai
iRssence sn otacrop can nave On N,
quantity and quality If the coal with.r
. enal feidf Ssrpose, Cor example
that the Richrsad coal field had bul
enc oaserop. ~onid the coal within Il
be less "a quantity. than il is with tw,
outosars, or eoutcrnps upon opposite
sldesf Docs conyheare and Phillips
shs work before the Professor, when
writing communication No. s. say that
. coal field is valueless when il has but
one nutcrops This doctrine. believe,
can have no authority. except that Of
Prof. Mitchell's. Whether this con.
lecture be true or not. IL is not suppart.
ed br fact and observation. There are
valuable coal fields without sny oatcror
Al all. Some are as Fat as parlor
floor. and vet valuable. The cause OF
fauscs which produce the outcrop, Il
totally different from that which pro.
duced the coal. There are differences
both in time and in kind. and they are
wholly independent u each other. An
nuterop il Is true. facilitates discovery;
il adds 60 tlie evidence. Bur, will
Professor Mitchell dcny the correct
ness Of the position which have taken.
that where there exits series IL rocks,
which are conlormable in pos ton, con-
sisting Of ccal states, sandstones, FIRE
clay. iron stone. all contsining the fos.
sis, common the world over. to coal
field, or coal basin. and accompanied
with regular ouicrops Of coal, oiso, IN
uniform position, that all these furnish
no ground for the inference that there
Is 4 valuable deposit OF coal, thar Il
Is true coal Heldi These are the
evidences. which the best geologists
confde in and fe!y upon. When these
evidences eyist. all geologists unite in
saying that the evidence is sufficient Ia
warrant the investment &c capital, and
furthermore, that the seams Of coal are
extensive, and their extension cannot
be controlled or modified BIZ the out.
crop. In view of the foregoing posi-.
ton, which have taken, | challenge
Prof. Mitchell to cite more instances
of the failure of coal. in those coal fields
with single outcrops. than in those with
oppos te outcrops. Indeed. | will 90
farther; | challenge Prof. Mitchell to
cite, from his own knowledge, at this
tine, a single instance of failure of this
KIND. | fully believe that he is igno-
rant of a single one; because, If he had
known one. or had read Of one, be
would have fortified his position BY
stating it. We have, Ia the Chatham
and Moore coal FIELDS. an extended line
of ouicrops of the coal seams, in a dis.
tinct line Of bearing. the same seams
appearing at wide intervals, and they
are penetrated at numerous points BY
boring. Was there not a warrant, then,
in nv inference, that we might assume,
that these seams have a breadth equal
20 ono fourth of that Of the coal field !
Especially, when, in the Richmond
coal field, which has the same age, its
breadth is much greater than that.
Cpon what are all calculations based,
in coal mining. or any mining! On
observation and experience-nothing
else. Now. observation and experience
are the basis Of my calculation and,
If observation fails, It will be because
the ceal field Of Chatham is an excep.
ron to established rules.
But Prot. Mitchell declares he has
taught his classes that there are ralua-
bee al deposits in Chatham and Moore.
tie has taught this. though he has less
than half the knowledge have acquir
Ell Of this ceal field !; and yet he accus-
rs me Of holding up false lights, when
! declare the same thing WHICH he has
taught for. years!
Prof. Mitchell furthermore means
that the public shall bel eve that he was
the man who first recommended the
use Of the anger for testing the coal
field of Egypt. Mr.. MeLane. the par
~ concerned in this purchase, denies
IN toto that anv suggestion or recom>
was ever made to him Of the
k.ad. But Hr. McElennahau, long
before this purchase, used the auger .
himself with success, and il was through !
his instrumentality that the Governor .
an approRriation to carry .
the game means into eifsSt Throughout !.
.5e whole coal fields Of Chatham AMI |;
30. again, there can be no safe in.
nIf 5keapitai in Chatham. saws
because there isl no coal basin. /
Mitchell int I'd 10 saw there
lSelaA> in i nSnntry, in