| From the Shreveport {La.} South-Western |
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| April 10, 1861 |
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| Ouachita Coal and Mining Company |
| We age glad to perceive that
this company is beginning to surmount the difficulties which met them in
the incipiency of their undertaking, and that now they are exhibiting
the practical evidences of vitality. On the fine steamer Twilight, which
is to leave this evening, they have shipped a steam-engine, saw-mill,
brick machine, and other machinery necessary for the construction of a
coal oil and paraffin candle manufactory, on their lands in Union
county, Arkansas. The recent discovery of the extraordinary value of
coal taken from the lands of this company, together with the fact that
the company, after a careful geological survey of the place, purchased
all the coal lands which were considered valuable in that neighborhood,
extending for miles along the river, gives to the company a position of
great importance, and has induced them to offer to the public a limited
portion of their stock to complete the works they are now commencing and
build a short railroad to the river. The development of these valuable
coal mines is one of the legitimate results of southern independence,
and we are glad to learn that the success of the company in disposing of
their stock has enabled them to commence the undertaking with the
fullest assurance of a speedy and profitable issue. |
| N. O. Mirror |
| {have found no
evidence that the works were put into operations or that the RR was
built} |
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