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Excerpt from Speech of John T. Gilmore, Senator From Cumberland and Harnett, on the Bill to Aid in the Construction and Equipment of the Western Railroad From Fayetteville to the Coalfields: Delivered in the Senate of North-Carolina, December 2, 1858
Mr. Speaker: As this is the proper time to consider the objects and provisions of the bill, I would. Ask the attention of the Senate, whilst I make a few remarks in favor of -its-pas sage. This is one of the most important measures that has ever been presented to the Senate, or occupied the attention of the people of the State. It involves the great question of the extent and value of the coalfields, and whether the coal and iron ore exist in sufficient quantities to justify the passage of the bill. The coalfields on Deep river were known before the revolutionary war, and fragments of the iron then manufactured may now be seen at one of the mines. After wards the Crown issued letters patent to a company to work the mines. This company, having left the mother country, proceeded on its way to the mines and reached within some 30 or 40 miles of its destination, when the disturbances in the State occurred, and the company was compelled to return.
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