The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-02
NEW SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEALTH.

| THE ANTHAClTE FURNACE.
The most remote fears Of success the voice Of the
thousand croakers and the sage specua,ons OF those
who could have done I" so much better themselves"
stlled in reference to the Anthracite furnace
! borough Its success Is triumphant beyond the most
sangune hopes Of the most ardent OF It's well wsers
In quantity, quality and economy possesses superior
advantages and the enterprise of those who have large
| ly invested i'll what heretofore deemed expert
nent is now, we trust, TO be repaid with handsome
| profit w are but poor theorists, and practical
,roh men, but we have the authority Of Dr. George N
Eckert, whose long experience and skill in the bust
ness are known throughout the State, when assert
that this furnace has rumphed difficulties and
cIdens during the past fortnight, which would have
chilled up any charcoal works and again -
These difficulties have originated In the want OF pro-
portion III the engine, increased by defect
management Of the boilers All, however, is now in
| order, and the hearth is tapped night and morning
yielding at each time between So and 62 pigs (nearly
| tons OF as fine iron wish to
The furnace is now under the charge OF Mr.. Ben)a
! min Perry, to whose uniemtted exeftons aud atten-
ton the present is manly to be attributed. The
capacity OF this stack smaller than that Of Mr. Cranes
first anthracite furnace established in Wales, which
was thought to weld very pleantlfuly when it threw
out 80 tons each week. This has given at the rate of
35 the first week. and Mr. Perry is conden, that
mex, week the produce will be increased to 40 or AS
tons. In this furnace, compared with Mr.. Cranes, the
blast is "a to IA, being superior IN this, though
inferior IN its capacity to burden 1t is an aln-
portant fact that in charging the stack, nothing but
pure anthracite coal and iron were used. Not a
scrap Of old metal wood, charcoal was used except
for the purpose Of the first gnltion.
These results will be cheering 10 many of our dis
tant readers who have taken lively interest in their
successful termination. II is indeed to be viewed
great triumph; more important perhaps in its effects
on national resources, than any since the appca-
ton Of the seam-englne to our rivers. We shall now
soon find that all ouroad rail IRON besides the immense
quantity used for other purposes will be made at home,
without a servlle dependence on other countries; the
natural mineral treasures of land will be brought
into active operation, and not only Pennsylvania, but
our whole Union, will feel the relief and advan,ages.--
It has been reserved for louisville perfect the great
experiment Of making iron with anthracite and we
loce that the business of region likely to receive
a new impulse from the enterprise Of its citizens.
Since the above in type have had a CONVEX
sation with MIR Perry, who says the furnace Is
turning out more iron, in proportion, than Mr., Crane
averaged through the frs, year, and more than he
making when he last visited him last April year. He
also says, there power and blast enough this fur
mace feed two stacks OF the sMe.--limer's
Journal H..