| From the Raleigh Standard |
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| January 23, 1863 |
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| Deep River Coal |
| The President of the Chatham Railroad
company has furnished us with the following letter addressed to him by
Capt. Thos. R. Sharp, Superintendent of the Confederate States
Locomotive Shop in this City, testifying to the valuable quality of
the Deep River coal. The experience of Capt. Sharp is corroborated, we
learn, by the experience of the Superintendents of the Raleigh &
Gaston Railroad Company Shops in Raleigh and the N. C. Railroad Shop
at Company Shops. We hope the Chatham Railroad will be soon completed,
and this valuable coal, so essential to the public interests, be
brought into market: |
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| Office Confederate State's Locomotive Shops |
| Raleigh, Dec. 12, 1862 |
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| Kemp P. Battle, Esq. |
| President Chatham R. R. Company |
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| Sir, |
| In answer to your enquiry, as to how the
coal furnished by the Egypt pits compares with other coal, I have the
pleasure to say the Deep River coal is far superior to any that I have
ever before used. |
| For blacksmith purposes, it is fully 100
per cent. more valuable than the Clover Hill coal that we have been
using, and for foundry purposes, in the shape of coke, it answers most
admirably. |
| I am, sir, very respectfully yours, |
| Thos. R. Sharp |
| Capt. and A. Q. M. |
| Ral. City C. S. Loco. Shops |
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