Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-17

A Rich "Black Diamond" Deposit IN
Parker County.
Its Quality Most Excellent and Supply
Inexhnustible.
Mining Operations in Full Blast.
lWcatherrora SIM 4,

q
u experience and observations on tina
Visit we are now more sanguine In ON
$ former convictions than ever that. II
: use popular phrase az regards The
eventual result of this Important
: enterprise, there is millions in IL
And this is by no means random
, statement, made upon mere superf-
: cial observation or Imaginary speculn.
ton, but the settled conclusion arrived
at after thorough personal investira.
ton OF every item and feature pertain.
ing 10 the practical operation of the
mine in its present state of deyelop-
ment.
IMPROVEMENTS.
What first stikes q visitor TO the new
mine 10 the number and variety of i'm.
provements already made in comparn-
lively SO short u period of time. com.
| pfisinS quite respectable vii
iage oi cottages for the use
! OF miners and other en-
pioyes, forge, carpenter shop. super-
intondents office and we'll now in
process Of construction while nor
ton OF the material for the Immediate
erection of large boarding house il
already on the ground. The mine is
provided With Il iirst-class double-cape
SHAFT, u good pumpand all ether neces. !
sary. machinery for expeditions
mining operations.
DOWN IN a COAL MINE.r
Having letter of introduction TO
Mr.. j. Il. Lloyd, the new superin
tsh6eht, we round him not ONLY n
thorough geologist and an experienced
practical miner, but perfect
gentleman withal. Mr.. Iloyd,s
ti'irty years experience as Il practical
luiner ana meteorological sci
enllst IS co-eNtensive with the broad
eNpahse OF all the mining sections
TINS whole country, from
Mexico to British Columbia, and from
Maine to California. Besides ~
Lloyd we found Mr.. Murphy. the late ,,
superintendent, and I'LL the miners and
other employees imtcligent and cour- I
locus gentlemen. After q cursorv
sur fey OF the exterior surroundipgs.of
me premises we accepted an invita- :
ION on The part Of Mr.. LLOYD TO ac- @
him and Engineer Carroll in !,
descent into the mine, and thus il II
vas that, thanks to the courtesy of The 7
we were afforded the
cceplable opportunity OF realizing the
an import of those beautiful liue,:
Down in coal miue,n or words TO DE-,
hat effect. II
THICKNESS or THE VEIN. X
Upon reaching the bottom of The II
hatt we followed Mr.. Lloyd to the
Of the main entrance, a dis
'lre oi abont thlrfy-three yards. and
'uhd The bottom rs level rs Il plank
COR ana the roof rs smooth as The 10
.lllhS al n room. As stated in pre-. NJ
ious article in the sun, the depth OF II
ne shait is oni y twenty-cight feet from th
ie surface OF the ground, and the ev
Ilckhess ei the coal stratum at the
GINNING of the main entrance is ONLY
,Veiiteeh Inches, which, however in
eases unti at its present terminus
Is fully twenty-siX inches twenty. X,
ur inches of which being pnTe in
III solid coal. And as this arr
crease is gradual and continuous SOY
JUS iar, II is reasonable To infer that be-
VIII stIii continue until perhaps TIL:
'uOle the present thickness of The hil
IN is attained. The same is truo in as
terehce to the coal strata in the two POI
one diverging obliouelv col
I'M The main entrance in a nortle,st. Ge
" erection and the other fectupc,I- NE
~ south. AS To the area OF the co.l
d, M'ssts. Lloyd and Carroll think
at us extent is illimitable and the
post IneNh; u5tible. And even ut {
Z present thickness OF the vein, with Ne
any iurther increase, the superin arg
lUehl assures Us that the working of anC
ihlle VIII pay iuilyos well as three sle
iour-ioot veins in most ether mines bet
ing to the extreme nearncss of thn its
n bed TO the surface of the Ground Me
II consequent saving in time and to
'stlig expenses, as we'll rs the ne sub
lar ilrmness and solidity of The cou
lie ledge which forms the roof of,hp vii
'hlhers, which favorable formation and
y safely admit of the diverginp npo
'iloeIs to be made not more fhan tiur
shty ieet apart, instead of forty. as alre
re rule in nearly all the coal mines Ont
ms and other countries. spe,
EoiUVT-P PRESENT AND FUTURE.
here are at present ouly ten miners.
per, employed in tie mine, and HE
cunt OF coal taken out is of coursn r.
porllonately small, but in taj,e
nth's time at the farthest Mr. soId
yd expects 10 be able TO nut as mol,
ny as iiity miners 10 work. when i'm
y THIS augmented force lie feels won
hueht OF taxing outa hundred tors wer,
y. ms is an enormous Yield, in
4, anu may seem incredible 10
e, put MI Lloyd knows what he
= "o""ti ahu we place implicit ~,
Misses. III Tue depa
QUALITY or rItE co, pone
ne quality of the coal is superior In
mus iar found in the whole state
eHas, being of semi bitumlnous Iy
anthracite composition, and con- linr5
'uS large per cent. more carbon G5o
Tue famous bituminous Indiana Snnre
coal. This adding as IL does i Dai,'
"rllo@ately TO its specific gravity
heating Il ualities. renders il pec,;. m,
well adapted for the peneration III
cam; and lis utility for locomotive 81.
'ure, forging and all other heating oateI
oses can scarcely be oyer.esti,
u BESIDES, the coal is wholIy Ne,
'pt from slate, iron, or any other Hous
- INSTANCES. make
,''9Ar AS COAL MARKEr. chair
King into consideration the foct comm
mere Is not single coal mine the l
Suous To The great Texas q Pacific duty Z
ay west OF Weatherford. and hut To rec,
Tue state east of this point. and Variol
. very time coal is being shinned city.
hts along that railroad from, fha | rod,
n Nalion at 50 II ton, IL l. ohvis ward
apparent that the market for th.. poll n
production of the Caryon & by pis
!, |, mine must necessarily he nm where
uohaiiy good one. In fact. there while
better market, taking evervtLin~ street,
'nnsi feration, for any coal n,inee confro
ghout the whole le,,,tt n shot