Daily American telegraph., 1852-09-22
Transition Coal.

THIS rare and valuable Coal IL variety not quite
changed into anthracite, and II has only been dis
viz at South Wales Great Britain at Donez in Russia
the Black Sea- at Dauphn and Lebanon counties
Pennsylvania In the London market this coal commands
the highest price II Is mined upon the large estate
900 acress Dauphin and Susqushanna Coal Com.
pany situated in Pennsylvania and Is cities
Baltimore and Washington than the of any other re-
on. For easy ignition, durability Of fire. complete com.
and its great power In generating heat it Is The
the World. IL has the inhammabiity of the btuminous
coal with the cleanliness Of the anthracite md greater
drootty tnan either Ii burns without making any
or visible smoke and the combustion complete that
retains the fire until all The coal consumed Not SO with
the anthractes especially the hard heavy kinds They
do not burn up and hence the troublesome practice
OF sitting their ashes to obtain fuel In burning
Transition Coal there soase the small Goals made
by handling burn we'll ordinary COAL All should be
burned together screened at all the dust only should be
taken out.
very impression exists with many persons
that the heaviest Goals the most economical for ordinary
purposes This might be the If Goals sold by
sl7enent, but when they sold by WEIGHT. In
Taylors valuable work, Statistics of Coal the details
given TO show that 81 pounds of burning red ash yield
ed heat to in IS hours, than 81 pounds of
heavy white coal making the ash at S. 3d. to be
economical than the white ash at 81 81 per ton Any
shed at the saving which be made burning the light
kinds when tested by the aoeg and burnt in suitable
manner
apprehension exists with that the freeburning
Goals have tendency to clinker Now, general rule
oa WIN unless draught be applied than
the coal naturally requires No would think of apply
ing bellows constantly to fire made Of hickory
or oak WOOD and II would be equally absurd to apply
blast constantly to eeburning coal But the heavy white
ash cannot be burnt without powerful draft
and without using larger quantity Of coal than the tenn
peatre OF the weather sometimes requires Various pat
terms ofsoves, furnaces cooking &C., invented
annually conquer this difficulty, but it has been
done with complete In every continuance, however,
which has been invented to burn COAL the transition var
ETY. will make beautiful fire, and complaint will be
made to manufacturer seller Of CRATES stoves when
this coal Is used The draft alone Is to be regulated by
damper In introducing this coal for the first time,
prepared 1t by steam power machinery for dome
tic use 1t give greater confidence to the buyer to say
that the eeburning red ash veins in the Peach
Orchard district Potsvle continuation Of the
Ddhia ps, and they approach the nearest In value to
the Transition coal.
Shipments Of the Transition coal have already been made
to the District of Columbia and 1t be obtained retail
from the following persons:
VIM 7. Dove, Washington Woodford Stone, Washington
T. Magruder, do Hunsberger & Co., do
VIM Warder, do Myers a. Baker, Georgetown.
Orders for this coal by the cargo well for the semi
buminous and anthracite Goals mined by the Dauphn and
susquehanna Coal Company will be promptly executed by
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent,
Office southwest corner Baltimore and South sts.
BALTIMORE, Sept 10, 1862. sep le-lm