Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-11-13
Transition Coal.

NHIs and valuable Coal Is variety not quite
changed into anthracite, and IL has only been dis
covered I'm large quanes at three places our globe
viz: at South Wales Great Britain Donsb In Russia,
the Black Sea- and at Dauphn and Lebanon counties
Pennsyyana In the London market this coal commands
the hghet price 1t Is mined the large estate
$4,000 acreSs) Of the Dauphin susquehanna Coal Com
pany situated in and It Ia nearer TO the cities
of Baltimore and Washington than the coal other
gon For easy gnton durability Of fire, complete com
buson adaptation 20 the temperature OF the weather.
and ts great power generating hss IL the coal
NE World II has the nnammabily OF the btuminous
COAL with the cleanliness OF the anthracite and greater
dTobg than either IL burns without making any SCOT
visible smoke and the combustion Is complete that IL
the anthracite especially the hard and heavy kinds They
do not burn and hence the common practice
of sitting their ashes 10 obtain fuel In burning the
Transition Coal there odSte for the small GOALS made
by handling, burn we'll ordinary coal AL should be
burned together II screened at all the da only should be
takon out
A very erroneous impression exists with many persons
that the heav Goals the most economical for ordinary
purposes This might be tho case Goals sold by
Sureneit, but when they sold by WEIGHT. In
rayors valuable work. Statistics OF coal the details
given that 81 pounds burning red ash yield
cd heat to in 10 hours than 81 pounds Of
heavy white ash COAL making the red ash at 50 CO. to be
more economical than the white ash at "a 81 per ton Any
accustomed TO these heavy Goals will be aston
hed at the saving which made In burning the light
or kinds, when tested by the 0g and burnt In suitable
manner
An apprehension cxiss with that the freeburnng
GOALS have tendency to clinker Now general rule no
coal will cnker unless greater raught BIO applied TO than
the coal naturally requires No would think OF apply
ing bellows constantly TO fro made of seasoned hickory
aa constantly to free burning coal Bnt the heavy white
ash anthraetes 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 stoves furnaces cooking &C., invented
annually conquer this difficulty but it has been
done with complete nevery contrvance, however,
which has been invented to burn COAL the Transition var
city will make beautiful fire. and complaint will be
made manufacturer seller Of CRATES stoves when
this coal Ia used The draft alone Is to be regulated by
damper In introducing this coal for the first time
prepared il by steam power machinery for domes
tic USE 1t may give greater eondenne TO the buyer TO
that the celebrated eeburnng red ash veins in the Peach
Orchard district, Pottsvie, continuation Of the
Dlupi ueS and they approach the nearest in value to
the Transition COAL
Shipments the Transition coal have already been made
to the District of Columbia and be obtained at retail
from the following persons:
VIM. 4. Dove Washington. Woodtord Stone Washington.
+. Magruder, do Hunsberger Co.. do
VIM. Warder do Myers Baker, Georgetown.
Orders for this coal by the cargo well for the semi
btumnous anthracite GOALS mined by the Dauphin and
susquehanna Coal Company will be promptly executed by
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent,
Office southwest corner Baltimore and South sts
BALTIMORE, Sept. 49, 1852. sep 16-lm