Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-28
TRINIDAD COAL.
The Price at Which II Gan DO Laid Down at
Fort Worth

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Fort Worth
Waco Examiner
In view Of the fact that Texas will
within the next sixty days be come ctet
with Colorado, 8. Trinidad, by the com
pletion and union Of the For,
| Worth and Denver and the Der
yer, Texas and Fort Worth railroads
some facts concerning the coal field OF
Trinidad m y interest those who now, OF
may hereafter, have occasion to
use coal either for domestic OF
manufacturing purposes. The Trini-
dad Gazette ef late date contains q
world Of information about that won
derful country, and encloses a beautiful
"birds-eye view' of the city, its promi-
nent buildings and its surroundings
a we'll written article in the Gazatte,
by Delos a. Chappell, elaborates the
subject and furnishes in detail al de-
velopment and apparent facts con-
corning the maTvelsus coal deposits
in the immediate vicinity of the city.
The fields cover an approximate area
of 600 square miles, upon which three
we'll defined workable veins are located.
The veins are generally horizon
tai, with dip towards the northwest,
OF enc foot in every 100 feet; and some Of
the mines are so located that the main
entry has slight descent from the in
terror, towards the pit mouth, and the
loaded pit cars are brought from the very
point where they are loaded to the tipple,
by force of gravity. In it's estimate of
these stupendOus coal beds the Gazette
saws:
According to Hayden the area OF coal
lauds III the vicinity of Trinidad embraces
1000 square miles, or GAO, 900 acres. Ac-
cordlpg to The estimate each acre contains
IL, 600 TONS OF coal, msking the enormous
amount Of S, $50, $40 900 tons of coal.
As TO the immediate demand TO be sup
piled, the country between the Platte and
Canadian rivers comprises an area of
240, 900 square miles Of ernble land caps
bic Of sustaining at least eight families to
the square mile, or 100000 families.
Computing the coal consumed by each
family st five tons per year, it will require
the amount Of 100000 tons per annum.
Manufacturing and the cities, in this dis
trict st a fair estimate will consume the
same amount, or total Of IL. 200, 900
tons or 80 600 tons per day.
To transport this amount 1t Will re-
Quire 5000 cars at ten tons esch. It
would therefore require fourteen roads
TO supply the above district with the
necessary amount Of coal upon the gen.
er.l estimate that each road could trans
port twenty-five trains OF fifteen cars
each per day.
In addition to the abtvs country to be
S 1pp led from our felds, large portion OF
Kansas and 8 greater portion OF Nebraska
will be dependent upon Us. Texas also
will have to depend upon this place tor
the fuel necessary to supply the northern
and western portion Of that great country.
Never fear but that Trinidad will be
eousl to the demand, for st the rate Of
81, 600 tons output per day, we have
enough coal TO last Us over $50 years, or
enough to supply the present demand of
the world for period OF forty years"
This coal is dug from the pit st 80 cents
per ton, and is equal TO the Pit.sburg coal. |
It can be put upon trains for Texas at |
81 so per ton, and the railroad csn we'll |
.ford to hsul it to Fort Worth for 50 so |
per ton. The present managers of the |
ruad declare they will be able to lay IL |
DOWN stFort Worth at S. per ton, and to |
BRING enough to supply the whole state Of
Texas.