New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-16
Oar .sssc Southern Coal.


MILL the construction of short railway the building
boats and harges and the purchase Of tug offer one
shares OF their capital stock for sale highly
70 the purchasers The Secretary Company
Mr.J. T. Warrington, al No. Isl Canal street
In submitting The following TO the public respecting
this enterprise II further particulars shall be desired II viii
give me pleasure to communicate personally any information
may nave can usually be found No. 81 St, Charles street,
the Eagle Cotton Gin Depot during my stay this city
The lands Of the Company embracing two thousand one hun
dred and forty acres paid for neubance
the Company is free Indebtedness.
entry preliminary to working entry recently made
into our ven and five thousand coal
TAKEN out win only one miner employed thus giving the
upon which 10 estimate the our lands There
are not less than hundred millions Of upper
coal sea which, royalty OF per buhel in the
mine give double the value Of capital provision
LOT drainage has been necessary the entry being perfectly
none Tor ventilation, the air Is very
little artificial support is required the roofing tough clay
slate mpcmeable TO water and Astounding metallic sub
stance known TO miners sulphur rock, being
| found in the coal.
Our mines situated upou Ouacha river four hun.
dred miles from the mouth of Yer at which point We
reach onr market The Oaaehiia affords beautiful navigation
Of seven eight months in the year and illustration Of Inc
facilities of this river transportation only enuerae
among many transient boats regular steamers the Caa
honla Paul Jones' Mcae Peerless the superb Lizzie sim
mons built expressly for this trade carrying four thousand
bales Of cotton. and running miles above Inc mines
Our coal Of dull brownish appearance hardly distinguish
the most valuable in the world The chemical analysis
practical experiments which been Subjected ar
cord with the opinion Of Dr. j. L. Ridde city there
IL but shade Of difference between them remarkable fen
tnre Of coal Is that abonu in ambcr sometimes
IN humps sometimes in veins bur in all perving
in minute PARTICLES and microscope Ii would seem ta
80 per cent Of the Of the this rich
resnnus material Another peculiar coal fl tha
after emitting at least equal volume Of an canal
amount Of heat with the best Pisbnrg continues 10 burn
If
I'll II gradually falls away per ash and even the
ashes falling through the CRATE tile evenings Gre arprs
ing as i may SEEM found the morning af an
inch from the surface live and glowing cnders sufficiently 10
roast a pototo or broil a steak
Another singular characteristic this IT, that being
gited it goes any condition always
ceptine however plentiful infusion Of parts OF OK
aud Ill 81 hydrogen in composition.
The lghtne of coal should be overlooked ms IT
weighs only fftysx pounds bns,el 2s cubic Inches
being much lighter than Pittsburga fact that will readily
appreciated " thc owners and officers Of river steamboats,
hut espeeiall, those Of our steamers
Among the practical our coal has been annlied
will advert several burned it III saw and gr
mill for five hous When introduced the they were grind
ing at the rate of twelve bushels hour, twenty-five min
nes after the furnace had been supplied with
grinding had increased twenty bushels hour head of
steam such that the doors Of The furnace had opened
ard the coal to be put in with much moderation Mr. Harmon
proprietor Of The mills Pigeon Hill on the onacita de-
claes il to be The best fuel for generating ever
known.
has been burned in the lade and geaiemens Of
oaachia stcnner from the mines Camden tins
city, during the very experienced nout
month giving perfect satisfaction indeed the heat was
intense that usually the door Of had 10 be left
open
1t has been burned recently in the oTen CRATE the gentle
mems paror AT the St Charles Hotel for four days
Witnessed the beautiful and glowing fires to an
y at least with the best Pittsbg while longer
rabiy, il preferable the English Camel After becomes
well igned, it burns without smoke emitting bright clear
flame, with sparks cracking swapping no running to-
geher no clinkers.
the propeller c. Moser for four hours engaged
In her legitimate business and Captain Hopper gives
cided preference coal in the market Aside
Of Its aud it's better adaptation generating steam
he called attention especially 10 the superiority
Psbrg Coa in being free fram the dense of black
smoke which sInut and soil the sails Of vessels
the advantage II has wood from the the latter
produces sparks, which often set the sails FIRE.
pleasure excursion the occur which
gentlemen of the Towoat Association will be present
to witness the exemption of Coal from smoke
feature which unless be the masters of
sells, appreciate 50 highly themselves.
The heating apparatus the Varieties was COMPLETED
just In lime Saturday evening to admit kindne fires with
Coal and the atmospheric rushing into the
from the hotar chamber intensely luminous
flame that goed forth opening stove doors were ,es
nonials better than words the beautiful the Coal
this admirable Improvement for warming the Varieties The
ater
with Coal in thu furnace indeed the only used
under the boiler, from IA NJ. ti9P.M.
make suggestion TO the Messrs this city, agents of
the Novelty IRON Works Of New York their steam fire
engine snex appearance be worked with Southern
Coal In the furnace
The suoning paragraph referring this Enterprise il from
the report OF special committee the New Orleans Academy
Of sciences appointed to investigate and report upon the sub
eet of Geological lind Scientific Survey of Io
with view bringing the Legislature Of
the state at the commencement OF the ensuing session.
Immediately adjoining the northern boundary the State
hut within the limits Of Arkansas haa discovered variety
Of mineral coal known Ignite which appears identical
with the celebrated Torbane Hill In resin
resembling amber, which adRpS purposes not
usually available In other gnte and It has by
experiment 10 be equal fnclpound poandio the
Pitburg coal willie the precious products obianabe
kerosene parne napha and other hydrocarbons rival
Of the breckenridge and other similar conls There doubt
that the deposit 10 be found within
discovery of that fact alone wond The pecuniary
surveying many States such Louisiana Report PIP.
In conclusion coafor generating for sugar boil
ing of gas eantans, for burning In the
stove or open CRATE oil mannaeture-s prepared TO
challenge comparison in price in quality in exhaustess
SOURCES with all foreign and domestic coats that find
this market. -
HENRY COTTON MORRIS,
First U. o.C&M.c C.
New Orleans january II, 1850. jlI6 2pt
The Ltst for. the iSirfh Year
WILL. CLOSE ON THE slsr JANUARY.