The Hillsborough recorder., 1856-02-20

/ 0f the prUptlctOrS, aIlsi " tiie uiShus ~ en1
.oud old North STATE.
We have brcn kindly farnislcd with hand
some specimens Of this coal, which may be
seen at this office. and at the Rail Road Office,
| Ii burns brilliantly. A ton Of it was thrown
out from the sfaft in few minutes. And
! forthwith Mr.. McLain commenced its use
instead Of pine wood on the steam engine by
which the work has been operated. Two
bushels Off he found to be equal toa cord Of
the pine.
This Company has all its buildings. ma
chinery, &c, Oh an extensive scale, ready to
90 to work; and we understand that in two
months from this time they could ship 500
tones day, il there were means Of transport
Itation provided That is the objcet row to
Be accomplished. And to accomplish that
object every nerve should be strained. The
Wilmington Journal says, " Il will probably
be sometime in the summer, say MAY or June,
before the conveyance Of freight on The i'm
lprovementsoi the Cape Fearand Deep Rivers
can be calculated upon with any certainty"
We cannot hope that the Rail Road will be
IcompleieG BY May or June. but It is un,ler
way, steadily and cnergetcaily, and it only
needs that our citizens furnish the means,
promptly aud fully, to ensure IFS completion.
1t is no experiment, which fresh may dam
Iagc or destroy, bnta work every stroke upnn
which j. durable, and which, perseyered IN
faithfully, must result successfully within a
reasonable time. Courage, then, lrieEds Of
our Rail Road! The prospect is Frightening
before you, and every consideration bids you
20 an.
One of the lines cf the Rail Road survey
runs within 200 feet oi the month of the shalt
sunk By the Egypt Company, aud exactly on
a grade with il. It asu passes through the
coal region for fifteen OF twenty miles, thus
touching most Of the valuable interests IN thai
region. These facts render IL highly proba.
/ Bile that that route will be finally adopted, as
il certainly will be We think, il the owners Of
the mines will come forward and give " ma.
tera aid to tie rail road. Otherwise the
Company may be compelled, for want Of
funds. TO stop at the first point at which they
can reach coal, viz: 55 miles from this town,
and miles this side Of Deep River.
I The extent IL the Coal Fields is develop.
] ing itself gradually; and it is more and more
/ apparent That there Is enough 10 employ for
centuries the river and all the rail ruads thai
We are likely ever to have. 5 miles above
Egypt, near IIancock's Mills, coal crops oui
upwards of feet thick, passing a mile
! through Mr.. Foushee's plantation. Below
/ Egypt, il Is fnund for an extent 0i : miles.
] In this directions il is found miles from
Egypt whilst towards Chapel Hill, within !
or miles Of that place, shale, precisely 81
milar to that Of Egypt, is found. aior,,ins
,p al nf ..I
coal there. Here is region u country Is
miles wide and At least 20, miles long, in
which il is known 10 exist. THIS Is equal IL
about 5p0 square miles Of Cual lautI>, upon
which, beyond AL question, there are hun
dleds Of millions Of tons OF coal. Besides all
which there are Indications OF the existence
Of coal as fsr south as the Pc Dee. Df. john
snE, the celebrated Geologist who was EN-
plOycd by Government to examine all the
tuai fields 10 the United States, expressed
The opiaiun, in his uficIal repor,, thai all The
plain living between the Deep aud the Pc Dee
rivers IS under.aid With coal.
There il abundance of Antl.rsciie coal in
une part Of tie coal rcgion--a large seam 81
i oGt-erUppiag. Bat i i too sulphurous to
burn we'll. Ne suppose, however, that this
- ubA1 t1S Vast ~ W TIT sANAd1c OUdl, diitl
that as The sealn shall be worked at a cOn,l-
derable distance belos the surface, il will
present the usual valuable carac teristits Of
that description o. coal.
We ihins Dr.. Miiche,l has been misapprehendei
in this matter. !, has been known ior many years.
that eoal, AMI coal Of good quality existed in rat
region hut lie extent d il bal lot been tested 80
oa;.crop buI IN one sile hal been dssoyere all %
shat had been sunk. The seam might run oul Ii
short distance, the dip might be gfelt TO rem
lcr Tie raising of ,he coal unprctsblc. ID. Mitchell,
admitted that The basin might contain 81 an,aat 81
coal exceeding he aai.p.ians q thc most singunr;
but he eon;snjsl thai pralessor Eam5n, had bsaugll
fsrwsfl no test e.thpr scentif, or erlrdmenisl 10
solve tie question and hence prudence xouI seem 10
require tlai, before any gfea, outlay vas Undertaken
for the emosa of he coal he matter Should be tested
BY sinking shaft Of botns-- just What has nos horn
done rh much success al Egypt. And .lal !, has
been attended with q much sucecss. Df. ,fiebcll. ue
hare doubt, viii rejoice . heartily Il any other
North caroliniln. EplToR Rzc0RDza.
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