The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-30
TRANSITION COAL.

THNHiS RAKE AND VALUABLE COALl va
Il riety not quite changed into an anthracite,
a nd it has only been discovered lin large quaint
ties) at three places upon our globe viz at South
Wales, Great Britain; at Donetz, in Russia, near
the Black Sea; and ut Dauphin and Lebanon coun-
ties, Pennsylvania. In the London market this
coal commands the highest price. II is now mined
upon the large estate $4,000 acres) Of the Dau
phin and Susquehanna Coal Company, situated in
Pennsylvania and it 10 nearer to the cities OF Bal
timore and Washington than the coal OF any other
region. For easy ignition, durability OF fire, COM
plee combustion, easy adaptation to the temper
ature of the weather, and it's great power in gene
rating heat, it is the BEST coal in the Uorld 1t has
the inflammablity of the bituminous coal, with
the cleanliness of the anthracite, and q greater
duyabilitp than either. II burns without making
any SCOT or visible smoke, and the combustion Is
complete that it retains the fire until all the coal
Is consumed. Not 80 with the anthracites, espe-
caliy the hard and heavy kinds. They do not
burn up, and hence the common troublesome prac-
tice of sitting their ashes to obtain more fuel. In
burning the Transition Coal there IS no toase, for
the small Goals made by handling burn as well
ordinary coal. All should be burnt together. If
screened at all the dust only should be taken out.
very erroneous impression exists with many
persons that the heaviest Goals are hemost econo-
mical for ordinary purposes This might be the
case if Goals were sold by measurement, but never
| when they sold by WEIGHT. In Taylor's valu-
able work, Statistics Of Coa) the details are given
to show that 81 pounds OF free burning red ash
yielded more heat to room in fifteen hours than
81 pounds of heavy white ash coal, making the
red ash at SIS so to be more economical than the
white ash at S. 81 per ton. Amy person accus-
toned to these heavy Goals will be astonish-
ed at the saving which can be made in burning the
lighter kinds, when tested by the ioeght and burnt
in suitable manner.
An apprehension exists with some that the free
burning Goals have tendency to cinker. Now,
as general rule, no coal will clinker unless a
greater draught be applied tot than the coal natu.
rally requires No one would think Of applying a
bellows constantly ~ fire made Of seasoned
hickory or oak wood, and it would be equally as
absurd to apply n blast constantly to free burn
ing coal. But the heavy white ash anthracites
cannot be burnt without q powerful draught, and
without using larger quantity Of coal than the
Temperature of the weather sometimes requires
Various patterns of stoves, furnaces, cooking
ranges &C., invented annually to conquer this
difficulty, Lut it has never been done with complete
success. In every continuance, however, which
has been invented to burn coal the transition va
riety will make beautiful fire, and no complaint
will ever be made to a manufacturer or seller of
CRATES or stoves when this coal is used. The
draught alone is to be regulated by damper. l..
introducing this new coal for the FIRST time' pre-
pared as il now is by steam power machinery for
domestic use it may give greater confidence to the
buyer to say that the celebrated free burning red
asl veins in the Peach Orchard district, Potts
ville are continuation of the Dduphin peins, 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 it
can be obtained at retail from the following
| persons:
F. Magruder, do
VIM. Warder, do
Woodford Stone, do
Hunsberger & Co., do
Myers Baker, Georgetown.
Orders for this coal by the cargo, well as for
the Semi Bitumnous and Anthracite Goals, mined
| by the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company,
will be promptly executed BY
Office southwest corner Bait. and South SITS.
BALTIMORE, September Is, 1852.
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