The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-02-01

impreSSisR, sitter eaFsfally viewing The
prsmlses, that there - coal enough 60
saFfan, a snCs TIE eFvCuun VI = steam
engine d adeqpate power, With al che
machineTg fuT PampIns Hatrr aad &C.
raising a. cuai.
Ynn mas Work by tao methods,
I.1nsly. by a slope in tke pc , here the
bed dIps S0'. and By shsits and gslle-
sIes OF gznguays ehere lhe strata are
Rszrly horIzvrtsi.
Ii i probable that fhe high inrlina-
fion u the strata viii give war to the
harizontai position 80 SOON as the bed
sllains The depth VI hundred or tao
feet, anA therefore Aould advise that
tbs permanent works should be placed
where the mlne i 90 be wrought by
shafts and levels and chambers; thIs
method being always preferable when
the strata are hot highly inclined. or
when they are irregular or vary IN their
contour.
The reason for this preference will
be apparent 10 any coal miner. and the
Tact that new coal mines are now ge-
morally opened IN the manner have
described, shows that experience indi-
Gates il as the best. il Is the only me-
thvd employed in the nearly horizon.
tal coal mines Of England and France.
II 10 obvious that these mines cannot
be wrought without the expenditure Of
a considerable amount 81 money Tor the
construction Of proper machinery for
pumping water from the mine, for
raising the coal and for the most per-
REORGANIZATION OF the mine. The mine
cannot be wrought 10 any depth in a
small ways but must be won BY power.
ful machinery adequate 20 the work to
be done.
Since so much capital must be per-
manently invested ON the spot. l would
suggest that il would be advisable To
procure the land in fee and not By a
temporary lease. OF this however you
are the best judge.
There Is prospect Of a way 10 mar
ket being prepared by the spring Of
next year. when as am informed by
the Engines the slack water nayiga-
ton of Deep River is expected 10 be
completed. When this is done you
uill have a ready means Of sendlng
your coal to the sea coast BY barges on
the river to Fayetteville, and from
thence vessels will take il along the
coast. Your mines are within bali .
mile III the river that is to be made ma
,igablc b. the slack water improve
ment now IN progress. When this
work is Completed you should De ready
90 send Goals 20 market by the first
boats that run to Fayetteville.
sfser exploring the Haughton coal
mines. I visited aud examined the lay.
jor estate. where found well timber
ed slope that had been constructed un.
der the direction of DIR. McClenahan.
The great coal bed seen at iIauglllon's
is exposed in this slope where il is six
feet thick aud Of good quality. The
coal dips 5. l00, +. $50. and the slope
follows the inclination of the strata.
Owing TO the quantity Of water accu-
mulated ia the mine II was only posi-
bic for me to examine il near the SUR
face where the coal is exposed on the
side Of the slope.
The angle OF the dip will pndoubt-
sdly diminish As the coal plunges deep.
CT under cover Of IFS rooI, and the bor-
ings ROY commenced at Belmont are
made with view to the discovery Of
This same bed nf coal which certainly
piunges under the plain of the Belmont
plantation. If the coal should be
reached there before you erect perlna-
nent works on the lay lor property, The
information obtained will be- of great
value to you, since You will be able to
fix on the best location for your serti-
cal shafts. In the meanwhile it will be
well to continue the work by the slope
SO long as il presents So favorable an
angle for the extfactioa Of the Goals aud
fW drawing out the water. do not
kaow whether you will be able to keep
III. mine drained to a considerable
depth without a steam engine and
pumps. but suppose you can work
lew hundred feet employing horse pow
r. only.
II is estimated bv those conversaut ,
9Th the transportation business. that
Tour Goals may be delivered in New I
Turk at cost Of mt more than 81 or
dollars per ton. If this estimate
'roves TO be correct, YOU will realize ;
u unusual profit on the sales of your
;oals. since they will certainly COM
nand as high price as any bitumi-
'ous Goals sold in New York, and for !
many purposes the Deep River coal
rlll be preferred to that from New
'astle. 1t is especially applicable for G
as works and for FORCES, and will be I
iucl, employed in many manalactur-
y establishments. I
Trusting that your Ieutesprisc may d
ieet with the reward il merits, and that y
GU may derive benefit from mines that p
annot fail to benefit the public, | have m
le honor to be yonr obedicnt servant. "
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