Daily State Journal. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1873 Page: 4 of 4
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Secretary—COI F.L. RANDLE.
Tmeasurer—T. W. HOUSE.
Banker—T. W. HOUSE, EsQ., Houston.
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Gas Company Tests
The Geological Position
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Attorneys— GRAY, BOTTS & BAKER, Houston; FLOURNOY & SHERWOOD.
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the Targe dividends thatcan annually he paid upun te • "I ital ‘ ape nde 4.
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Ur. r.C.Puh er Taltimr re .re-
. Te onsondation, at Maryiand. has a enp-tat of W 250,00, Ad.payA GP4r ant. dividend.
The -Delaware ana Huson" Coal Cwupany baa a capital of 015,000000, and pays dividenda of in
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br.ar Fl •-My n n l avirg tertvpte Fb»*h $ < < n '» to 1 Gcor n mi. mine for mt e mmp • •
of your Ci al. nnd fliv verte d 11 < m hne, fnds the ) anewe: idnrabiy terrteamnfneland gae : and
frol this test I am wilir 2 and will puaruliee to a-e tren j e% ‘.c<o te n, at n 1 r <« : ot te ext <.
016 per ton. Very rerpecifully. 1 W 1!< I H . 11« tice i>< (a* < < u i al ’
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Batrozz, Sole Preprietoro
JOHN P. HENRY,
A St. Louis paper remarks: "Louisville
is going to erect a hotel by the aide of.
which all other taverns will seem a bird-
hbnses, Chicago will furnish the mam-
moth- brained clerk for the new hotel,
and Ariwoa the diamond that will deck
his bosom."
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Commodore Nathaniel Green, of the U. S.
Navy, is dead.
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Director#—T. W. PIERCE, Esq., Boston, Mass. ; PAUL N. SPOFFORD, Es S
New York; J. C.BALDWINEsQ., Houston; CAPT.N. P. TURNER,
Houston; CHAS. A. CURRIER, EsQ., Chicago, Ill.; COL.
F. L. RANDLE, Galveston ; V. G. BRODIE,
ES., Galveston; CHAS. A. ACK-
LEY, Esq., Troy. N. Y.;
GEO. COLLErsO,
Galveston.
Dr. Colleteo:
DIAR Fib—l hare been usine yeur (’ ill Ir m Fastrop comnty, givan n e for trial IT •
Jookuneb, 2sq . in our Baxter ngr, m d I Cad it tar eupi rior toeithe r the hard ‘! •u ! "pal u",
before. for the following reasone : It deea not smeke black, ner doce it etop the < ureDt di •
make* more Ateam in a borer space of uine thun any other fur I I here ever uned, and a- 1
— every vanety or coul, l iewutvedriepectruuypenortoauwag sSypra,
Engineer of Mesers. laot A H. isluta
obliged to leave a Dan-
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er to discover that the
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was healthy, however.
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“ n8saramat‛erethlte"sffroi Ee aiscovery ot ue country:and an .MOW.
Trinity Coal ana Mining Company was incorporated by the Texas Coueress in 1810, and sue-
QV6T 64,000,000 003M• w®lW • H-U- ci t * •
• ' anally only 4,000,000 tons.
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The stnte of Te"sie universal renources, and almost boundlees mineral wealth, is now, for
the nhe time being opened to tradeaidcommerce. It to net to be wondered at. therefore, thet
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Of .heae Mines Ul of the most tarorable character. The whole field eovers an iextent of 1500.6duare
iimestone rucks. with occa-tona! seam, of bitnmninous coal,containi;ns.the weu known Pecuua
only to coal ineasures, such as coalamites, etgmuarta and ledidodeudron* etc.
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With the enormous deponit, it will be inpossible to exhaurtthe minndunnK lhe.ericd
xeeua •’ • 1. ■ •••
mouths. When udditionai faciiues are granted for freizhi and tranepportat «r •
:. whin’
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F W. Hoppie aays: •Fron 11 e teste ard due <] n ents ! h: v« tute : 3 nadeorrisproi
r can’hereby"fecominnd it as one < f lie richert in liepit it.anen < Ft vairnit f..< If n till . '.I
and poesening. as It does, natural fseiitUvs. A t it t L ‘: 1 1 vatel wi .»dniv u i< "
economical development "
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. nnne: d thirty.mire feet has been cut in from the hank o the river. The fu < imeas of coal
A unHeil, alDen More of lrt» affected by the gel ion of waU r, as is always the case when a
rtwrLns trough a coal team While the quality of nil the c. al thus taken to inferior to that
’ wverarunminedtyneans of a »haft. sunk at udistance trim the river, the specimens produced prove
W 16 18U. . 10 115, steam and domeatie purposes to the Pittsburg, the abbence e. bulph
croppings and u.e tunuel,a nd con-
MunSoby Uiecovon factory, in Bastrop, exelutovsuy. for sixmontut, as wUl be seen by President
Fawcetts certideate.
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j WALKER, Propr n.n. MeDOXALDACO-
Drugzit, and Gen Agta, San FrancisczCalnt. .
and coruer U Washington Slid Chriten it*. New Yo
SOLD BY ALL DKUGGISTS AND DEALERS
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Th« tests made by the Gas Companies alno show that tuis Coal a di produce fn m 10 o‛ '
feet of Gas to the ton. while Pittebure Com will produce tidy B000 fect The Ga» i» i cl i
in quantity, but remarkably pure and of excellent quality for iinrui ativg purpotas At ..
the experiments made in Austin of th a Coal for general ng Gas. a bulltier of Gas Works Ate •
louis was preset, and pronounced the quantity a ud qoality to be pertetiy satinfaetei
with the crude apparatus used for the test.
peveralepee mens were also sent to two will known Gcologi Main Philadeiphia foren ■ -
by citizens of Austin and Ban Antonio, with special refefenee to lighting ihepe two eu
Gas. with tin* following result: They reported that th Bastrop Coal contained 2.0 f.. -
Gas to the ton of Coal than the Pittsburg, and ‘M feet mere than the beat Caune 1 Coal fa tu W > •
England
Dr Ur». In his work on the arts and aulereea. specially ucutons the lar, e tn
quality of the Gas venerate d from tins Bastrop Coal.
wiFamctdanzyuz.badazkad aectnzeanoy"tneroktngcotspsleompontortaecnpittntoe "
Orvc* ov C. W. ill at FT A ( o , Galvirzox, if xas, Sept 14,1672
(i. ColJefno, Ea.:
DKaEl—We a id im < pt the aueii y of ) onr ( oal mine d in Bart P t quntv. and euaral tee
yen to sell in our city during the winter winthe. suy tn n eepte n i u to Alureh. Metor * per menth.
and enurantee you $is eurrecy per ton of 2240 j out de . } od l ay it i us a cou minninn for te 1 a . ard
guaruntcslng, etc.. <‘lc. Youtareejeettuly C W. Ill KLEY • •
Temporary omw*—III ITCHINS HOUSE. HOUSTON.
81,000,000,
• Dr/T WitenCarrcihe timete
uma. rags 'li* La. u -t »• in ' - ihrt-
"EA jul aast etaat J. * a-c- wuh m • n vu
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Kev Dabney T-t e ti.s Dat
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TI1K SOCIAl EvIL
The chief of the Bureau of Statistics
sdapprsemctpmnmty"trsimar"
members of families, ofstatisticalo
other informntion in regard to the MiA
evil is a matter of taste on, which he does
not venture an opiwion. He iahem 45,
free to state that he did net furnishlithe
press with an extmct from a repor ma a
to the Internatioual Statistical Congres,
a translation of whieht report he
• iitted to the president of the Moral Ed,
ucation Society. Xot being a member of
that societv.or a physician, he fails to
discover the benefit likely to result from
the publication of snch matters in family
journals. ____________
Dicided into 20,COO Shares, of $50 each, ^tt lutit, 4000 Ska ret, at 82 per
Share, payable in rhen after the 4000 Shar" art all tub-
eeribed. the Steel trill be deelared fully paid up.
K. Goudmau, Eng.: , ,
DEAK Him— in cen p n »«« ml. nuriowii.l take Jfprure in leur"e ferlmony tolle
quality and yraetn at uulfiy । f thefealtakenireuyourainennadeenumtaby i» in run: ins
< utii'ii Fai tryinthetowjef FaFtep, toraperedof ex month*. W c u,< d li •• ( । •. । v ■ '3
in ruuning a exty 11 rit ; •w • r < i . 1 ».i» d tonrd it • he a < ’ and be tterrhanuny.ot; !..T fut ;
t81ned) JOHN FAW' ETT,
rresideut Nauufacturine Coru] auy, Eaeti
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BASTROP COAL COMPANY
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hnat ne rbs« flaky ttrommezd* itt
Mil hi friend* udav tanec
A *••» Drige** «i Gor:
(donevilie, V. ,my it uever hm fallel
» cire stisfaction.
; Nm“a a. McFndten, Mufree-
bome Tennessee, usait cured pimef
uneumausm when ali ele 'miind.
Romadalis anotpeecretqeack.prep
'aration ns ineredieat' ar vublshd
we every peckage. Sbowit toyyur
Pnve MB aui Se Will tell yee .11*
,-4 of tbs strougest dtnvative:
WiKi^ud to an excelleut Do *
Puriger. Did cur spa • amitwe
•mH give jou tesii.auca-*.fon
erery State in the outh and from
persna knowr to eve F A, wemaw
and «.b*U eniaer „ernd.2» -2•) zef-
utation.
Geological Report1
The following satisfactory Ri pi rt-was wade l c i . V lf< 11<) Kt , v< >v .
on behair of curt by A rthur ,. 1, i Si. } >q.. Bill >1. < < Hill. J W . < l uri 1 . 1
col. Gco. Fofrnoy. Atto: r i v . o! Ginverfor,areT W.HeupeFg,c: } r»i< •
nnd minute examination of the G< odmant’i al k’li c. si.d in Fiibn >i a hejtit ;
piee vi coal tn be forwarled, fre m t? e I’J per, Ti idd • t : <1 low • i ptrutus .
Yice-President_CAPT. N. P. TURNER.
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This Cool tected by the at ove Er cir eer. •* trim t! e ran 1 .« f i t io J . Jc hi reh, 1 * ,1y
F. w. Hoppie, of Bastrop, alluded to in U.e anzexed report
hnmountfeon: atrhoyrenent va-e of consumption, that could be arnually sod in Gt
ton and Houston „cplteea one bundled thousana tens The rorire cert or miuerk, laben r
etc., with trB3»portatlou fr<m MStiop to Houston on one bundud the"and.tn s
^nMpwtds^uH^ St! ,wr t<n. wouldcr.nsl___1* ?
or over seven§ per cgmrapPr tu paid up capital of #1,000,00.
Horerox, Te nan. May 18 167-
We, the undersgned committee, duly appointed by the ExasAtateFair Aboeiatlon. toex '
this country for fut usee, emith or rolling unit use
‛ Respectfully submitted.
(Simned"‛5 EDMUND M IVENM. N
JOMNW HH'O.
T E. BRINLEY. '.
T. F ULIETT.
GbnGE PH BUY.
the de talls of w hihi have
tain, by *r: vey. out tho -i
morteuge or Ii"p. of any
Ko Persen can take these ntteraaced,
EC to’direct ions, azd remain lomg unweil. promded thea
b hes »n not destroyed by minera poison or gther meaum
and the , tal organs wasted beyond the point of zepan:.
mdpie
,.s« Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the
Mouth, Blous Anacks, Paipitation of the Heart, vn-
eammatiom of the Uin Pais in the repons of the Kid
neva and a hundred other ptaW symptome. are ’he of:
‘ pepaa. Is these complaints it has no
equa,, and e«e betde wCl prove a Letter guarantee of U«
ments than » lengthy advertiremezt a.
For Female ceuplainta, in yqergo 6 wtor-
ried or nege, st the dwn of womanhqod. or tM tu
w , it, the* Tew Bitten display so dedidedan indluence
that a marked improvement is too perceptibie.
For inkeweutery a*4 Chvonte Rhen.
mntiam and Gcut, R.ous. Remittent and Intermit:
tent F eve Deases ef the Blood, Liver, Kideeya and
Bladder, these Bitters bars no esual. Purs—*
a.e caaled by Vitiated Eiqod, which is zenerally prod“sd
st derangemeot ef the Pigeetwo Qiyyi-
Fhey new a demel Purgcive *•won
■ rene, r we wei ng aWdw peculiar stent of setraj-ss
a rowerfu: avert is rliesieg Oto*- orlnftaromatio
0: 1 Lver and vincerai orans. and is Bihous Dineacet.
For skim Dimenseh, Erpdione, Tetter, Sak
r "eum. Botches, Spota, Pimples Pustules, Eoila, Car
Puue K. R ng O'-™. Scald-Head Sort Leet, Erysrelas
Iteh, Seur. 1collaticmao the Skin, Humons ana Din-
eases « the Skin, of whasever name or aaiure art «-
-mliycug up aud carried out of the system in a short
l me by the UM of shese Bittea
The properties of DE. Walx*a‛: Vimboab
Fitruks are Aenent, Diaphotetis and Carminatvs
Natntices, Laxtive, Duretic, Sedative. Ciunter-lr-
tant. Sudor io, Alterasive, and Anto Bi. »s*.
Grateful Thomeanda procaim VixnaA" PIT:
■vet, the mest wonderful Invigorant that eve *ustained
-----» for the nurpose of workine the neb ana convenient Coal Mine, sitnated within
hag been-grEpnAzetro PHrPwn as the Gocdman Coal Mine. The coal lie id included in thi: mine.
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which makes the supply inexhanetible.
Thefouowingtestimontaiswilonlygotocubetantiate the u an} test- t‛ at ! '* i'n
thissupenorcoa?:
• • Ae an i xainination i..’ Ur • oui
state that I rave visited • d n ade
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$1 A IF Fall I.I M : Ulot -e S. Bay IT '
This to to cc rtify that I have it n two Faxter Fe itable E i it »► at tl * i . i nrtwoda
have during this time, used as fuel the ( oul froin E. (iondmun * niine. I astep county and
Makes good fuel. fenvesno clinker, ar dgeneral j i.Mmbii* the < ani " < "A. aid, r'
the best Texas coal I have see u "Slenrd. > r.Ninl ,
T x.ngiue «r and Aii it < : J. W . 3 ckuse eh .' <
The following rixmemhrtstetileccaliuly a 111cucui) • >!: • 11 ■ .Ui * . s i .
steam purpoees: ,
Applicalionefor »harm are to Be made by fUliny op the blank fiom , Uild idu-u it h n ‘t •
ftio per than, to T. W. iloate, Euq., the Trtarttnr of ihr (ontpaay. er to it., '
Company, at the Company’a opices, 11 oat ion.
if no allotment it made, the ilr/>omt erill be rriai'ned in full, trithont tlt.tu. tiow:
. Tic memoranda, artirlrn of atroeiation, ole., may be inapected at thr ofie tf thi ' • Mfr"
trhere tainplen of Coal may be teen, and protpmltu>rt and blank fvtmt of dppicution J " ‘
ebtained.
BUM a 1 i if it 3 Me3 4 to 4
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u t, S-enlus ■ a -
nsu, W a re Be,. in
pinu s of the surtat e I ov). expomed as tistothecot tantactior if thev
i n-e Leal of a eunth-weste ra sun. makes ii fur iufe or quaity to 1l
earth.
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Anc, thto lan l . cover, with the tie st timbgr, amply sufikient for gll the purposes of the
cow- SiLLouse *it t tin- miners, props, tram -ways and raroad ties may besken beMr. m. The
Coe-wii river onwIicht.spreperty borde r» for 5300 varas, usures a full sHpPlY of water, for
Stamandtferpurpose- matke r o :o eman advantage in ta < umate - object to j ruamged
' drouth as Texas.
The Ihreetorf, in eallingattentios to the llenort a-en<ri, bro lo toy thry hare
the ttatement of faett pat forth by men of mil km van alnhly. and a tktnouyh prar 't^il l w
of Coal, beyond etatiny that they can, with the grratret ctinfilrner, rccmnu^utl th<» und • la <
licriag that it is free, from any rink, for there are not only rtrh acams of t„at in the
oitlendid epecimcme hoot been taken from the enrf aet ; and at thie mine Ik so v t t kum »
cunnty for Un yrrut worth, the Dircclort can, with mri rowfidenee, itoommrad thix a, trp
good and taft ineontment.
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i ilud th* upto r stam of Coal hes some nfty tert belaw the npper wurfure, and 1 1 a
efsom ten fret it to this seain that I veneti ib d to the depth oturtena fretet . .toclt
saluples v. hich l here abb send you Thedevelopmenttiusfar made ha* fully < i . i..
th** increasing value and superior quality of the « « al. the de-prrtherram is wnetra’e
to a second seam lying about fifteen feet below the first peain, w h a good ha ad to: e foru
lug between them.
" his second, or lower seam, to twenty feet det p. and neems a muc h older foru atio a
the town < f Bastrop.
Htming roan the banka of the rin 4 r i* a MufT ale ut si \ i t) ti . • teetiuhe -
deriuglue otthepr perty,anehowavastcroppmgnof Crui,lailbar 1) !>•
the w uters ot the < oldrado. Two scuh s of C< ul are d st n ei y i • L • tre n. t) *
It will be seen at once that the prof t eaunot be overeatimnted, as He < 3 I. i *‛ " । to • he
ex treme, while the receipts are beiow the peseut miurket pri«» ■
ef H- c : imiber, al d in pitunte d i u the Wirt i azk i: Get
of St. lying as it does below the river, prevents my muaknguny examination of it trem tht
on aceount of the water: but uv firm belief to. that by property inking a shaft from thesu '
audertueauperintendanceof a competent engineer, that thepe meamn will bothproduce an art
of Coal as Rue ns can be found in any part of the State, und a quality which will be readily inatk
etable and profitable. From the tests made of it by me, it bifns well, makiug a fine bl ti .me.
and heavily charged with gae; and for steam, ganand fuel. • thfuk it will rally anaw r a n ur
menta. Itcan be easily worked and takne outin large blocka. thereby atordiig every fa ter
a rapid development. The strata in which thin this coal lien, is sandatone mid lmnentope,u« et •
demeity entieieut to afford a safe roofing. The nnus plea wide h I send you are ali taken frem the N
upper neam. and the indioationn are very favorable to a still superior quality when taken >' <
greater depth. I have only pe narrated to a depth of a few feei. in order to obtain these • n
. from which I am of the opinion that quality and quantity are sutielent to warrant an eurty d
, opment. aud will be very profitable. From all the IndicaUouM, thia eoal deposit extenef- •
miiles, and can be found all through the county, differing in many respeeta in qualit and d :
seam only From the teste and development I have earefeliy made of this property . I r n
rerommend it aa one of the richeat in deposit, and most valnble tracta in the county, and p •
ing, aa it doea, natural facilities, both in timber and water, will aid very much to an enm
developmeut, and I feel ms a red the qoality will be vuch aa to meet with 3 our most eangut: e
tatione. - r. W. HOPPIE,
। Agent tor J. W. Jockuseh, Gulve -te
n...--, ..m nonoonet receipts per nnnmu. Tim Delaware, Uekawana and WrM,u
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85 uuyiuu:ry-c2., -iu • to be superior for gas,
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