The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-16
TRANSITION COAL


YVNHIS RARE AND VALUABLE COAL is va
l. riety not quite changed into an anthracite
and 1t has only been discovered Tin large quanti-
ties) at three places upon our globe VIZ at south
Wales, Great Britain; at Donetz in Russia, near
the Black Seal and at Dauphin and Lebanon coun-
ties, Pennsylvania II the London market this
coal commands the highest price. 1t is now mined
upon the large estate I4aooo acres) Of the Dan,
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
plete combustion, easy adaptation to the temper
aure of the weather, and its great power in gene
rating heat, II ia the BEST coal in the trord II has
the iniammability of the bituminous coal, with
the cleanliness OF the anthracite and greater
durability than either. 1t burns without making
any SCOT or visible smoke, and the combustion 10
complete that it retains the fire until all the co0i
is consumed. Not with the anthracites, espe-
cialy the hard and heavy kinds. Theysdo 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 tonste for
the small Goals made by handling burn as well as
screened at all, the dust only should be taken out
A very erroneous impression exists with many
persons that the heaviest Goals are the most econo-
case if Goals were sold by measurement, but never
when they are sold by WEIGHT. In Taylor's valu-
able work. statistics c Coal the details are given
| TO show that 81 pounds of free burning red ash
yielded more heat to a room in fifteen hours than
| 81 pounds of heavy white ash coal, making the
| ref ash at SIS so to be more economical than the
white ash at 81 81 per ton Any person accus-
toned to these heavy Goals will be astonlsh.
ed at the saving which can be made in burning the
lighter kinds, when tested by the treight and burnt
in q suitable manner.
An apprehension exists with some that the free
burning Goals have tendency to cnker. Now,
as a general rule. no coal will cllnker unless
greater draught be applied tot than the coal natu
| rally requires. No one would think OF applying
bellows constantly to fire made OF seasoned
hickory or oak wood, and it would be equally as
| absurd to apply blast constantly to free burn
| ing coal But the heavy white ash anthracites
! cannot be burnt without a powerful draught and
without using larger quantity OF coal than the
| temperature of the weather sometimes requires.
Various patterns OF stoves, furnaces, cooking
ranges Sc, are invented annually to conquer this
difficulty, but il has been done with complete
| success. In every continuance, however, which
has been invented to burn coal, the transition va
| rety will make beautiful fire, and no complaint
| will ever be made to manufacturer or seller OF
| CRATES or stoves when this coal is used. The
dtaught alone is to be regulated by damper. Il
introd ucng this new coal for the first time, pre-
pared rs it 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
asi veins in the Peach Orchard district near Potts
vile, are continuation of the Dduphin reins, 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:
VIM. r. Dove, Washington.
F. Magruder, do
Wm WardeT, do
Woodford Stone, do
Hunsberger & Co., do
Myers & Baker, Georgetown.
Orders for this coal by the cargo, as well as for
the Semi Bituminous and Anthracite Goals, mined
by the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company,
| will be promptly executed by
Office southwest corner Bait. and South sts
BALTImoRE, September 10, 1852.
Sept 2l-lmif