The New York herald., 1866-01-29


and only Tcqans the hassning tr~ar of the Pacific
Railroad TO enable the Mississippi valley sisie 70 take
advantage Of short crop at any season 10 California
b. NJ Mortimer and Mr. W. Jolly have became
the pronrieors of extensive and rch Nen 81 came
or Bog Head coal For the purcha!e, Development and
working Of this seam company abont form nr Known
the Great Western Kerosene Mineral COMPANY liari
ley umi,ed, with capital of $4,000 a. hsc dollars
per share The scam Is situated IN the PARISH ~ hari
ley, Cook county New South waes, and the line of
the Great Western Railway aud the uvcr Leu Ny q
paper from the United states und that fhe
Substance has been discovered arge qnaniiiics near
Parkersburg West Virginia at last irciT ~ D. the
same as the description corresponds pr,,'s"y Wth tho
specimens | have received from Mr. NUrumef OR
vein however IL much richer the article The sub
ject states that the West Virginia ffom twoniy
two inches deep 10 two hundred and ~ feet thck
ncss' that IL has been traced for about mile aud vil
yield from one hundred and any 20 hundred and
seventy gallons of oil per ton Of mineral The oniy
question is the very dubious manner OF using the work
deep and thick as noticed IN The above extract whether
the West Virginia veln from twenty two niche D. two
hundred and nifty feet in thickness twenty two inches
thick aud two hundred and fly feet in width que
tion which suggested itself when presented the count
of our own mines The "kcrcscne mineral of New
Soulh wales is very much the same - canne coal in ap
pearancc, but materially different in weight fhe
traces OF vegetable matter mixed with are very
percertibe II is tough and dcut 10 break and upon
The ignition OF small piece will burn ady, emitting
smoke very similar 10 that given out by the natural
prepared for household The win not answer
for burning In stoves in consequence Of lis explosive
character the latent upon being subjected 10 heat
causing the coal TO crack and y about In an directions
To give idea OF the New South Wales seam and
the quality OF the coal will sve an extract from the
prospectus of The company about to work it
I'm shaft sunk TO the depth OF thirty two f. - on the
southwest corner OF the land and about thirteen chains
east o. the heading where the same seam being
wo -ked by the Hartley Kerosene OIL and Parahnc Com
panv the seam of camel has boen strack, measuring
avo feet ,~y inches in thickness.
.eThe din * the seam, being about northeast
owes good grou I'D i@ anticipating that these dimensions
will ncrense and ts unusual thickness the be.
lief that the mineral extsnds The greater part II
the entire area, of ,ne "ho
nd he fiua at 1nf
hundred acres and that the yield viii be only ton
per square yard of surface, til" quantity will be coinra
FROM tests and exporimepts which have been made
This camel has been proved to proa',.. IlWh one nun
dred and forty to one hundred and i'y gallons ol yg'o
81 TO lDe ton.
The prnspecus then goes ON state tha, III
be demonstrated that the oil 10 he produced
by company wLc being greatly superior IN quality
and thereby nsuung preference, successfully and
proisby compete regards prise with the produce oi
the oil wells of America and will, therefore .naned
10 take advantage OF The markets Of the world
The oil produced from the cainei T. about tba thick.
ness and dark color o Varr.rn and ia order to make
useful Tor burning wn have TO BE- rccted II Is very
doubt ul abe whether IL viii be able outside Of Austria
a, W cthbete with American kerosene At al events,
our manufacturers are already producing at low
fgure and doubtless q keep ahead IN the market will
be able TO supply even lower
or the "mncra in question is also said il is useful
for the manufacture OF gas producing seventeen thou
equal TO any other coal the design Of the company
10 erect works capable Of producing twenty thousand
gallons of oil per week They have sent 10 the United
States for the machinery well ~ for the latest inior
nation the different methods Of extracting oils and
tor person skilled in the work 10 supernicnd learn
that the OIL be produced and canned, ready
for the market, nj thirteen pence, twenty
cents per .aIon. This rather low
figure Ifibe qpalIiy be as The expectations c the com
lany lead The pbc TO believe and can be produced at
The pdcc stated Aus alan kerosene viii be able 10 com
pe.e successfully with the American at least IN Austria
iian markets; but arg share OF allowance must be made
for the very sang nine tendencies of all companies
However the enterprise has the best OF recommend
aons to introduce H. aud TO insure much success
the industry here capable Of supporting II Is the iat
that Il has been started and will be managed by Amer-
energy.
Almost daily new announcements are being made TO
the world discoveries of ~ ds Of useful minerals
The ineyhsusble resources OF Our country in every
thing necessary 20 carry the great work o CONNER
ciai, manufacturing and agricultural enterprise wi'l al
ways give claWs to the rst rank ~ the producing
nations Of the world All We need is closer aspiration
and dc, elopmcnt Of inherent wealth larser
scac--ID,reasc thereby chcaycnng the mcsns Of com
municafon thin bsrd.t1 with every quar-
ter or me lTobe There r~asor why few cars
shond control the trade of the world The close
Of the aud the op ming MP oi new rc oDs should
give tho whole country that frecdpn N dread from
which debafred by the exclusirenra~ oi tc South
when the constitution formed reia stood ~ the
head Of the list OF states In 1867 size lar below
that station. There ~ no reason now why NTgnia
should redeem hcrcf with her bound
ess mineral wealth her fertil. valleys and mag
nuccn nvrr commGn hef rne clmnte and u Is 90
bc bored renvcnacd spirit of cnirrpfi the Old Domi
mon VIII doubt agsn li'i hei l@d among the load
ng States 81 the gresier srH more p"wet mon 81 To-
day What said Of Virginia NAV b" applied 60 si tue
States o the south whether their b. mineral
~ agricultural The world mugt have cotton. and no
where ean " be produced cquai u quality 10 our own
ha OF industry and Development s oror Tue roun
try hope, will speedily open, aud hc 'ti ed ot~ard
in proportion to means. The world Knows or
firengrh; let show u iTuc gfcs'uc.t