Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-10-01
Transition Coal.

1NHIs rare and valuable Coal Is variety not quite
On large quantie at three places upon globe
viz at south Wales, Great Britain; at DoneE In Russia
near hs Black Sea- ana at Dauphn and Lebanon COUNTIES
pennsylvania In the London market this coal I'd.
the highest price II Is now mined upon the large estate
$4,000 acress ofthe Dauphin and susquehanna Coal Com
pany situated IN PennsyyRna and IL
Of Baltimore and Washington than the coal of any other re-
on For easy ignition. durability Of fire. complete com.
buston easy adaptation to the temperature weather
and is great power in generating heat 1t is The coal in
me soord IL has the inaammability Of tho buminous
COAL with the cleanliness OF the anthracite and greater
darabty than either IT burns without making an SCOT
OF visible SMOKE and the combustion ID complete that 1t
retains the nre until all the coal is consumed Not with
he especially the hard and heavy kinds They
40 o burn and hence troublesome practice
o. sng their ashes to obtain fuel In burning the
rahsion Coal there no luae for the small Goals made
BY handling burn well ordinary coal. All .hold be
burned together screened at all the dust only should be
taken out.
very impression exists with many persons
that the heGgte Goals are the most economical for ordinary
surement, but never when they sold by WEIGHT In
laylors valuable work, Statistics OF Coal the details
given to show that 81 pounds Of eeburnng yield
ed more heat to in Is hours, than 81 pounds OF
heavy white ash COAL making the red ash at So 3d. TO be
person accustomed to these heavy Goals win ba aston
ished Mt the saving which be made Ia burning the light
er kinda when tested by the lc and burnt in suitable
manner
apprehension exists with some that the freeburning
Goals have tendency TO clnker Now general rule
coal VIII cnker unless greater draught be applied to than
the coal naturally requires No would think of apply
ing bellows constantly oa fire made of seasoned hickory
~ oah Mooat ~ eqhaliy 20 apply
aH constantly to eGburnng coal But the heavy white
ash anthracites cannot be burnt without powerful draft
and without using larger quantity of coal than the tenn
perature OF the weather sometimes requires Various pat
terms ostoyes furnaces cooking ranges &c., invented
annually to conquer this difficulty but has never been
done with complete In every contrvance 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 10 used The draft alone Is to be regulated by
damper In introducing this coal for the first time
prepared ns now s by steam machinery for ome
that the celebrated red ash veins in the Peach
Orchard district Posyle continuation Of the
Dauphn res and they approach the 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 T. Dove, Washington Woodford Stone, Washington
y. Magruder, do Hunsbsrger h 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
susquehanna Coal Company will be promptly executed by
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent,
Office southwest corner Baltimore and South SITS.
BALTIMORE, Sept 10, 1862 sep 16-lm