| From the Wilmington Journal |
| August 10, 1861 |
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| Deep River Coal |
| Mr. James Browne, Coal
Merchant of Charleston, S. C., is here making arrangements for the
transportation of 30,000 tons of coal {requiring
about 3,750 car loads} from Deep River to Charleston and
Columbia. He obtains it from the Egypt shaft, where several hundred
tons have been raised to the surface. Yesterday afternoon a specimen
of about 15 or 20 tons came down by the train, and Mr. Browne informs
us that it is the most beautiful coal he ever saw. |
| At last we begin to see light,
for the Mineral Region and for our {Western} Railroad. |
| Fayetteville Observer |
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