The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-11
800 THING FOX GpAl,Aa
,sy oonr KNOW WHAT " IS
puiot visit from some "nig itch"
s,ranger--Are They Afi"r L.nds'
Coal Mines or Railroads What
Publio upluiHH n.

lRAHAM, June L.. Correspondence j
withdrawing the great quantity OF
\, the yield OF small grain will be
lrmons, aud perfection In quality
. entire valley of the Brazos TiVer
y presents the appearance OF one
garden. Tho following Information
40 doubt closely true, and will soon
nlutionize this region into one II ex'
,tionel yigor ana rapid progress
ut Ave weeks ago Col. Il, ). Ora
a quietly contracted with a party
put down shaft near
2. since which time the
K has been vigorously prosecuted;
ut tho time the work began ana
. ,ug It's progress, at various Intervals,
raj strangers, seemingly OF separate
mess interest, have come and gnue,
.ng their visits they verb silent as
sir business, avoiding and carefully
osing any associations or converse
IS with anyone except Col. Graham
, alone accompanied them on thelr
lsions- cougenial company, no
1t, for them, IL being one OF his
-llisr charac .oTis'ics 10 Keep private
own affairs and resist
inquiry pertaining 10 MS
ste business. The presence
Uanmuvers OF tue strun GERS
~, Used the public curiosity ~ tho
nest pitch 10 show IRON whence,
no srd the business OF these pros
ore, such they were. The more
...vaut citizens restrained asking the
rel relative 10 their business. The
AIN corresponds mt, however. know
A.
Hation where privacy was at all es-
ial, but in It's absence would Voiun-
stua $, ilicient 10 satisfy ali re-
Nl inquiry, asked him whether or
thesp strangers were In fact
rr.r- sented tho ScotChmen
MI I. ysar ago proposed 20 buy
rni1 IN this and adjoining countess
!he way, are perhaps more
.syaluab!e than any other OF
Al ... age that can be tounc. me
,.n ceiyed an emphatic answer
70 nU tive, the colonel adding that
DO Of ScOtchmen were not will
year ago 10 pay what now,
sch. nding the hard times, rs only
AN 0I their real worth. So these
Iaur rhomases from bold Scotland,
1gn failure 10 close on his offer. lost
ar-.lu. Connecting all circum'
ces with what it has been
IDLE 20 learn from an 6m-
. tn the shaft spoken Of,
stJ re belief that something very
Jrtau to Graham's interests is now
AZ hand and TO the surmise that
les from abroad are arranging Tor
lsd work, probably the Kansas
norm branch of the Atchison, To.
and Santa Fe via the Indian Terri
Graham and San Antonio to the
and auntipgton's extension of the
,AhRchie branch via Fort Worth.
Graham has repeatedly said: "For
5arllest railroad fac lilies wo mu
on low and not old and existing
80 ompanies in Texas"
employe in this shaft says that they
ca n vein of coal 40 inches in thick
1rder a depth OF about 90 feet oil
rock and slate, which discovery
10 lie colonel to remark TO the
u gers. -nThis gives fultillment TO
3icf I Fave entertained for several
aatthe true basins OF coal proba-
BE- Dund In the belt which crosses
4, southwesteriv from III" Indisn
cory INTO Mexico, would be i'll
.ng ccuhty, and Oh the Rio Grande
~ ais, il equaled in desirable
nes 3 ard qualify, il not surpassed
ne Vest coal m hes OF Kansas, or
Indian Territory. And since
ca no from the coal
VI Kentucky. and is
ianii ar win tboso of Indiana, West
MIA 40 Tenn essee, and from great
-lanc., il mnst competent to determ-
ma 4. .oura, ely measure theSe coal
Vs. Many veins OF coal have here
t.I l,a.s -. ia.It,d by int Xporleuced
as, " hohave reported, claimed and
gedi double or three times its
.l thickness in coal, which veins as
,ted really included bitumineus,
aud slate. Since the discovery the
al mas contracted for another shaft
promptly sunk several miles dis
IRON. the first. He has already
go r-om the first haft two sample
reads of coal, one destined
N. Tho other for New York city. To
20 least of it, something Is in the
and as yet in the absence of a
ledge of certain facts, the more OBJ
ig citizens surmise that something
4 good is on the tapis for this sec.
II Ill this should prove true, 1t
% patenJ to every observer that
sooner the Dallas people realize
fond expectations for the yet
er groWtn, Wealtn aHu inAuohoeo Vi
g, they must cease to rely las they
July have too long and vainl.D
her natural advantages. Both the
srtty and quality OF this coal be-
~ satisfactorily and conclusively
asttaCed it will DO sheer lack of
ess foresight should the near
of Gainesville, Dallas, Fort Worth
Va6o hesitate or fail to push their
ads out here and seize hold Of
heir only reliance for the increase
II manufactures. The tribe of
% come here after their respective
q, wc eth millions of dollars, Is
Jth 10 induce immediate constrc-