Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-04-01
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postmaster and to curse me for the balance Of his
life."
[From the Charleston Courier.]
FEW FACTS ON COAL AND COAL ROADS.
From report of the Western Rail Road Company
Of North Carolina Connecting Fayetteville with the
coal region on Deep River) take soI6e facts and
statements which may demand attention and further
consideration from readers of the Courier.
10 1920 the first anthracite coal S65 tens, was
sent to market In 1866 the amount exceeded
7,001, 900 TONS -,-.
This increase only shows the beginning of the ap-
plieaton of coal to locomoton on land and sea. As
to the consumption of wood, and its approaching
exhaustion along the lines Of rail road IN the older
and populous States, the Superintendent of the New
York Central reported, in 1856, one cord Of wood
for every 27a miles run.
1t being almost aemonstrable that rail roads will
be compelled to seek other fuel than wood the acil
tiles and conditions Of procuring bituminons or
seru- -bituminous coal demand consideration. Penn
sylvania yields no bituminous coal east the noun
tains.
Maryland coal has to be taken two hundred miles
to Baltimore, to find good sea ouslet
The Deep River coal of North Carolina by forty
three miles of rail road can be brought as near the
ocean as the Cumberland coal is at Baltimore and
is Of better quality. The semi btuminous. coal Of
Pennsylvania requires two hundred miles Of rail-
road transportation.
Taking into consideration the quantity; quality
and nearpess to the Atlantic, there is source of
semi-bitumnous coal which can be compared with
Deep River
We ask attention specially to the following ex-
tract from the report before us for 1853:
"No roads earn as much per mile coalroads
But for the immense cost lowing to the inaccessible
location Of coal beds) none could pay larger dvi-
dends. The Reading Road Is ninety-three miles
long and cost $4,000, 900, or 100000 per mile,
yet it earns an interest of more than six per cent"
We close these hints with an extract from re-
port from Prof E. Emmons, NJ. D., Geologist of
Norths Carolina -
The Deep River coalield possesses all the essen
tial characteristics of the better developed ones in
this country though its extent or area is compara-
lively small Its outcrop Of coal, or line upon which
it has been proved to exist is about 80 miles, This
outcrop along the course of Deep River, and is
rarely, if ever, more than mile from it. On.this
line there are eleven different places where either
shafts, slopes or pits have been sunk, and which
have severslly cut the main u six foot seam.
These coal shafts or slopes begin at Farmersville,
the lowest point upon the river where coal has been
fully disclosed. From Farmersve proceeding up
the river, we find in succession, Mclvers. Egypt
Taylors, Cult, Tyser's aud Tyson's, Carbonton,
-Bngham's Aurchison's and Fooshee's. There
is DO doubt of the existence of coal beyond the
tremes have named; but these being Immediately
as it were on the river bank, and all of them dis.
closing the existence of continuous seam of coal,
it is evident this segment Of Deep River is the most
important one upon which capitalists must rely for
their supply of this kind of fuel Viewing this coal
then, only in the extent along which it has actual
ly been developed, there seems to be no sufficient
reason why doubts should be entertained of sup
ply for long time to come. All doubts respecting
supply Of coal will, however, vanish, when it is
considered that even from one of the shafts enumS
Grated, an ample supply may now be obtained;
alude to the Egypt shaft as these works have been
more fully carried out than at any other point upon
the river. Here there is shaft 400 feet deep, and
sunk 0G0 feet within the outcrop. II gives access
to the main or six foot seam, it called though
it exceeds that amount
The quality of this coal is matter Of considers
ufe consequence. Tested in the smiths shnar 4h.
uniform opinion is, that it is cheaper for all work
at 40 cents per bushel than charcoal at CENTS
Smiths at Fayetteville have been IN the habit Of buy
ing it at that price for several years. 1t contains
large proportion Of volatile matter at the same
time it forms, during combustion, firm, hollow
coke. which makes it SO much sought for by smiths
ano within which ii furnishes anintense heat which
especially fills it for the performance Of every heavy
work. En- the next place it is gas coal. This
property having been fully tested in Boston, New
York and Philadelphia, it might be inquired wheth-
er the residuum left is valuable as fael On this
point too it is fortunate that there is much tes-
timony of the value Of its coke for it is singular
fact that the coke Of many gas ccals il OF little value
The late Professor johnson. whose investigations
in the department Of coals are 80 we'll KNOWN gave
very favorable account Of it, entertaining no doubt
Of it's high heating - NsN as reducing properties
when employed for smelling tho ores. In the re-
zion Of Deep River he coke Of the refuse coal viii
undoubtedly ~. the place Of anthracite in the fur.
The ,cesapositkn Of this coal As determined by
| johnson and jackson, is as follows:
| Fi1ed carbon = %
| Volatile matter =. eee-s.f x S4o
| Ashes - ~
Specific gravity ys,.~- Il
l. TIE coal is Also remarkably free from smuttress
or dirt, ~ veil as .snfphnr and other impurities
which inidrs mineral cc.G when employed tor heat
ing and reducing the media .srss. Having. then
had this coal under exasi II foar years pas
and hasing used it in sfseS aaa hssing observed
its action il the forge, and hasip1a3ao tsstimon.
Of competent Observers md expNime1ters as 70 1T
value for gas well - The valse efits coke ther
remains, as i conceive, not the shadow oi y sdonp
as b its value when employed for ne)ti& lscD, re
ducing its oseS q Of ITS value for all
pHpkes whese charcoal i not 'aba.lntsly required