New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-12

RnllCns crude % and d UU SAons oi fehseu au" orc
n anufacturipg at the rate Of 600 gals. per week
Tie accumulation OF crude oil is occa-rued by the
want Of the s Is detaIed 9, onisv!le by low water.
When these stills arrive, and the remaining eghsee1
retorts are brought into use, the product OF the Oon
paDy viii b. Is go gals. Grade or 1890 gals
refined oil per week. This would give 80 600
gals. or 10, 900 bbls. per annun. The sub,tan zee
obtined by the dstistion of eech tuu of this coal
are, burning and luhrice.1g ops, benzole, naphtha,
parafne and residium Of asraatum. The coke left
after the operation il used sor fuel under the reors
and stills and is ample for that purpose Every tun OF
coal produces 20 gallons of crude, or 20 gallons of
refined OIL TIE burneg oil i used in lamps for all il
Illuminating purposes. Its merits ore cheapness, bril-
hancy snd entire ab-ence of danger Of explosion, which
mskts the use Of camphene so hazardous. Its illu-
ninatiug power ind duration Of combustion are equal
10 the best sperm, while it costs only half
as mach. The lubrics;ng product has been
tested upon machinery end found to be equal
TO sperm for hat purpose. As It can be sold at ABOUT
onc-haf the price, the saving to railroads, macnine
shope, &c, must be very great. The benzoe Is used
for the manufacture Of gas in portable gas machines
These are much used IL isolated buildings and in the
country where gas companies mo- yet an institution
be as solvent fer India-rubber and gutta percha
The parafine is product exactly resembling wax,
and is used for making candles The amount obtained
Of This product is come 900 b om 100 tuns of coal
This substance has been found very valuable in the
dressing of tanned .knsputting on the fine face aud
-oftness which e. aracteze the French dressed skins
At present, On account of the impossblity Of ship.
pirg the products on the Ohio River the Company
% tha n
small quantities but as soon as the river is at
boating stage--and the wster is now risng-they will
be receiving s. GOO or s,GOC gallons per week Speci-
of all the products be seen at the office of
the Company, No 90 Broadway.
AS an expkcation Of the national Importance Of this
enterprise, We have made computation Of its compar-
alive results with those Of the whaling fleet, by which
il will be seen that the product is in view of
the capital number OF men and time employed. In
1855 there were engaged in the whale fishery Cos ves
sells Of all sizes, with an aggregate of about 2OOO 900
tuns and employing in all departments some $1,000
men and slO, 900 COO capital. The product OF the
fishery was - 6i9 bbls. sperm and siOi5 bbls. right
whale oil. The average time employed to produce this
result was 40 months for the sperm whalers, and 80
months for the right vhalers, making general aver
age of 36 months. The sperm oil cold at an
average Of Al Il 2l0 gallon, and tho whale at
II 3-ls 1t these prices the aggregate sales of the
entire product realized in round numbers ten and
half millions of dollars. The present prodsct of the
Breckenridge works is with 3Omen say 60 600 gallons
annually. The same lumber of men and the same
amount of capital as the whale fishery requires en-
ployed in the production of oil from Breckenridge COAL
would produce in twelve months the enormous amount
of s275 GEO. instead of $40 500 O00 above. The
whalebope in tho one case, and the products other
than oil in The other omitted from the calculation
OF course this comparison is only made as curiosity
for its wonderful resus. No supposes that whale
fishing will be abandoned as long as whales can be
found in the remotest portions OF the great deep
to reward the courage and enterprise of our hardy
whalers. But lock to the Breckenridge Oil Com
pany as valuable auxiliary to supply the vacusm
caused by the annually decreasing NUMBER of whales
killed and to keep down the prices of Illuminating and
lubricang oils within the Of labOrng and me-
chanca classes. And in this light take a warm in
serest in its success and desire to aid it by all tie
means in our power.
The quantity of Flour, Wheat Corn and Barley left
tide wntor during the first week in November in the
wears 1855 and 1856, has been follows:
Flour bbs Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. Bs-ley bu.
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