The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-02-08


the piece Of iron have brought for your IN
specijon.
Mr. Crane has two furnaces at work and
il is really astonishing TO see the anthracite
coal coming on, Of them quite uniijUrcd,
even after having been exposed for five days
10 The intense heat required for the sneI.
,,ng Of rou These two pieces ! picked
up from the scoricr, MS the iioid ran from
,he furnace, when they were red hot, and
had been five days in prssing through.
Mr., Crane has yci only one small cup0-
In furnace in which he uses anthracite cx-
clusivoiy TO, firing The other Two, he uses
IwO.ihifds ol anthracite to one third oi coke
and hv using arthrarie in his complra.
lstly small pfopor'ion he effects saving
o! Us to l3s. per lOn in the cost Of nah ing
iron, and very materially improves iJs qua-
iiy' His furnace also Yields better pro
dnce, in proportions OF 35 to 80 per cent
Its small cupoia furnace, No. 2, from
winch when using cold air and coke. he
I.rouid ubtaIH only twenty To twenty-five
tons OF cast iron pea woch, by bciug fred
with anthracite cDa alone, and blown will.
! hot mir has rrUduced,D IN an average Gf many
months. ;hrty-iiyo IONS per week, and he
| larger furnaces IA winch hc uses in prOpOr-
| ions have beiare stated, have increased,
| Tie No. from lhlgiy-lour TO thir y.i,e
tons up from iolty-ii c 20 Ior'y-nne tons ,and
! the No, =, lson My 70 Giiy.iiyc up TO Y
! ly..i,o - eighty tons per week. All Iii.
! furnaces are very small, aud his blowing
machinery not 50 good rs i. ough! 70 be-
hence bls very imHed prodlce.
The qualify Of tots IRON IS very highly
( spoken oi--Alf. Cane has received astur.
ancC5 from several puiles who have uscl !,
! 70: various purpn.t+, lhai, for bars it bad
| given ggea: satisfaction for foundry woib
! it was aIlnrablc;' iha! ia Ting, It
was found very dGd, and at the same ,imc
very strong - union oi qualities most de.
/ sratir, but rarely 10 be lne. Win
NIlh respect y the economy of lhis pro-
! cess, Mr. Crane las, on he average uf sew
eraI months. praIucci the o. Of cast Iron
with ihc beI"icGaleard 0l small quantity
! of 81 c,el. al coal, and he cnlcttaias wlth
/ gieal confidence lha, he vl be able to re-
! dure the IAluliy sui farther, say 22,cwi.
/ Ills man bed Jt au!hfacile coal Is eighteen
fee. ihirk J produce 4 sample OF !. as ob-
tanned from Iut mine.
"c are o"alie I" resist TIE temptation OF
addihg 'no eloquent conclusion OF this IN,
Ieresu"8 f'p"H, VIZ:
ihe ag9'1Eate number oi iuFnace3 IN
I blast III D0uIii " a'eS we FHVe ipand TO he
lZ2, out c! blast ]; building 81; and con
'emPiated, "; anE' allowing Toe twelve
wo'"s lha1 Nt" Zane a'i'IGes TO- as "ting
ihely to be ereclca soon, ohiY I'VE furnaces
edcil, or s!Aiy !" aii' we iiu' lini that ptoh-
ably wnii!H ~ neat NE years Tie nnmbei
oi furnaces N 'o"Hi'1 " 'ies "''. De doubled
ana 'l"n'e' %4i' A''o"'n5 an average pro-
""ce 0' e'g"'y IONS per week i"f eaIh l"l-
mace fE nave 'he t',ona"iHs 4Iah'"Y "i
4oIo9fO' o. "a T'"hd h"in'er', ''VoO'OOo
tons . ca7tif1h ff'""e'd ~ tb'S 0itH''.
alone--a qHan"ly el"" 10 'hlt ftod"eed
las. !qlt II we N''''' '' r''''' "'''''N,
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u''e' = M' "h'G '''"el'" ''l''' "r'"S'oHa,
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away NC ''u"" va, i'""'"! ana very