The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-27
TRANSITION COAL.

rJNHIS RARE AND VALUABLE GOALS va.
l. rlety not quite changed into an anthracite,
and it has only been discovered Tin large quanti-
Nes) at three places upon our globe. viz, South
Wales, Great Britain; at DonetZ, in Russia, near
the Black Sea; and at Dauphn and Lebanon coun-
ties, Pennsylvania. In the London market this
coal commands the highest price. 1t is now mined
upon the large estate (43 900 acres) of the Dau.
phin and Susquehanna Coal Company, situated in
Pennsylvania, and it is to the cities of Bal.
timorc and Washington than the coal of any other
region. For easy ignition. durability of fire.
plete combustion, easy adaptation to the temper
allure OF the weather, and its great power in gene
rating heat it ia the BEST coal in The ,coyld 1t has
the infammability of the btumnous coal, with
the cleanliness of the anthracite, and a greater
durability than either. IL burns without making
any SCOT or visible smoke, and the combustion is
complete that it tans the fire until all the coal
is consumed. Not so with the anthracitcs, cspe-
cially 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 ,raste, for
the small Goals made by handling burn as well as
ordinary coal. Al should be burnt together. If
screened at ALL the dust only should be taken out.
A very erroneous impression exists with many
persons that the heaviest Goals arc the most econo-
micai 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 Coal) the details arc given
to show that 81 pounds of free burning rcd ash
yielded more heat to a room in fifteen hours than
81 pounds Of heavy white ash coal, making the
red ash at So 80 TO be more economical than the
white ash at 81 81 per ton. Any person accus.
toned to use these heavy Goals will be astonish-
cd NJ the saving which can be made in burning the
lighter kinds, when tested by the ,rcigh and burnt
in n suitable manner.
An apprehension exists with somc that the free
burning Goals have tendency to clinker. Now,
az n general rule, no coal will clinkcr unless q
greater draught be applied to it than the coal natu-
rally requires No one would think Of applying
Ill, anil
hickory oak wood, and it would be equally as
absurd to apply blast constantly to a free burn
ing coal. But the heavy white ash anthracites
cannot be burnt without powerful draught, and
without using n larger quantity OF coal than the
temperature of the weather sometimes requires.
Various patterns OF stovcs, furnaces cooking
rengss are fnSevear EE BEEN to conquer this
sucCess. In every contrivnnce, however, which
hos been invented 10 burn coal the transition va.
ricty will make beautiful fire, and no complaint
will ever be made 60 n manufacturer or seller Of
CRATES or stoves when this coal is used. The
draught alone 10 TO b. regulated by dampcr. IL
inirud ucing this new cal for the fire, time, pre-
pared ash nov II by steam. power machinery for
domestic use, IL may give greater confidence to the
buyer 20 cay that the celebrated free burning red
AL SVins In the Peach Orchard district near Potts
vile, arc continuation Of the Dauphin veins, and
they approach the nearest in value TO the Transition
Coal.
shipments Of tho Transition coal have already
brcn pIadr ~ the District of Columbia, and Il
can De obtained ~ retail from the following
ptrsons;
WIN. 4. Dove, Washington
y. MRErudcT. do
VIM. Nardcr, do
wOodtIFd stans, do
HunsbcTgCT X Co., do
Mysrs a BaSrr, Georgetown.
OfdcEs Coz this coal by the cargo, as well az for
che scFni Ilitufnin0us aud Anthracite Goals. mined
By thr pauphin aud sasqochanna Coal Company,
sAl b. promptly executed ~
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent,
Ofice southWca, CrrucT Bait. and South ste.
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