New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-03
COAL AND MINING COMPANY.
TTPPER OUACHITA, COAL AND MIN
ING COMPANY
SnIendid Opportunitx for Investment.

@ in 5 and Pe h he
interrupted by the breaking out Of the and much
oe ss The
Of coal f lands on the the oSscs rSs above and
9sGw W@non in Union founy ara whch hi adon
when he water The river low The upper seam yhieh
river bed Coal been analyzed BY
chemists and proves to be extremely rich in oil and paran
and 81 feet thickness shown by exposed section in
cos Hst esf bSshes as bushels s Which at
royalty Of cent per bushe would be worth over Four Mil
% miners mining at the rate 9f 100 bushels 5 %
year-equa 600Oo0 barrels which q barrel
would yed n OF From re hs the COS, of
of $1,000 month, exclusive Of fuel
and The mines per Month twice nanbe trips
spo % Se Memphis
other steamboats, VIM fuel Ihs Osrgss 2o par
CENTS gas 6os s ss
De- ped1et De EXPENSES vD s for mining and freight 1865
Net profit. $4,000
per Cent on The whole capital s6oooo0 which
s0npdg n pordsl show the from the
ing is submitted:
ANALYSIS OF PROFESSOR j. L. RIDDELL.
This may certify that by analysis find compact dark
ae S H. SS" Mo 10 to es s lS
deprived moisture one hundred parts BY weight:
Volatile combustble matter producing pyrogenous oils
Fixed carbgn So 10
100 90
There of the great value of this COAL
can be easily mned ad hsnp Cd bsmstq @ks
Medical Department. University of La.
PROFESSOR GEsNER's ANALYSIS, ETC, OF COAL
FROM ouACHITA RIVER, ARKANSAS, FOR THE
UPPER OUACHITA COAL COMPANY.
The coal is of blacish color partially shining
ture uneven and imperfeey conchoda brittle Specific
gravity somewhat variable averaging from Looto 6e water
being 1000.
parts by weight, Yielded as average Of four ex
oils and uncondensed gas % 90
Fixed carbon 5 ~ ~
Traces Of sulphur-loss 0,sO
1000
The coal submitted dry dlstatiGn in an iron % rstSr
tile tile ssa % 5 p"Tssd I e9a c
thick and of the conence of butter when the thermom
next distilled oil treated it by method for
the production Of or lamp oil and paane The
s,snsp S E II e s. hs "S & as
gallons per ton nearly Parane gallon Or lbs l4o os to
lamp oil tested in the ordinary coal oil lamps
and in its burning % propess to a1y in the S
s dm ms nir PS ln% hn hs that of R9 E
and parafine.
Fifty pounds of coal also tried in regard to its heating
evaporang efficiency and for the production of steam Fo
these purposes equal value Goals 1t might be
Iqd Of
gave strong and durable heat.
to @ T OF each a
the fire There much flame and the flame sub
The coke from 100 lbs will continue to burr
"a hours and The ash nearly whte and chiefly com
posed of clay lime and SILICA. -.
will be seen by the foregoing that the ouacita coal
vSnpea 's ns for fuel w It ancky
be mixed other kinds of fuel when steam is required
short notice Its application to practical purposes have
ABRAHAM GEsNER, NJ. D., Chemist
"a William street. New York, Oct. II, 1850.
will be seen that ton Of this coal will produce
% IS gallons lamp oil at soc. per gallon. ;..... ~
lubricating oil at 81 per gallon Il
siOl .
Outside of production. 70
The profit tons days distillation, would
$0 which year Of three hundred working days woui
selling 600Oo0 barrels COAL would make grand total
S5O 1t be remembered also that the surface land
excellent and well wooded that two Gotten
there eighteen inches of the best parcela!I
pipe clay found the United Sates that there are
Professor Gesner who studied the petroleum qneto
more thoroughly and philosophcay than any other man
The Company propose 70 raise 600 to be devoted
the opening and practical working of the mines
s seam for fuel and to that end offer ONE
DISCOUNT OF 25 PER CENT.
me stock books will be opened Immediately at the office
E. W huntington. ESQ., at No. u Exchange Alley or of th
and in Ws hS sd0 II PSCRRb gcSn 81 P1ssssp ss
NJ. F. BI6NEY, Secretary and Treasurer