Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-03-03
From the Lynchburg Virgin an:
Camel Csal.

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Afr! S. III. Early, Of this city. who
| owns several thousand acres of hand
upon Coal River, in Kanawha. has
presentel MS with a specimen ofCan,
mel Coal taken from his own coal
measures. Our readers are too ia.
miliar with the Camel Coal IN Its
Ecrude state to requires description
Rof its appearance or Of the peculiarl,
tities which distinguish it from other
varieties Of Coal. But they may not
know: that chemistare now obtaining,
from the distillation of this, coal, the
most valuable light giving materials.
| 1t was not to be expected that coal
oil would eter supercede whale oil,
for use in lamps, or that coal wax
would take the place Of the sperma;;
.ceti and wax from which our best
candles are made. Yet, such is the
fact. and such are the wonders
wrought by modern sc$nce:
Coal wax is technically called Pgaz
ofne, and is describedtin the. books
rs ga substance ico Itained in the pro
ducts of the 5distiilation of the tar OF
beech wood. i is tasteless, inodo-
rous, fatty matter. fasible at 112 de-
grees, and resists the action of acids
and alkalis.. ItappeRrs tobe ahydro-
carbon. its name is compounded OF
param, little, and qfTns, akin, TO de-
note the remarkable chemical llHili-
ference whichis its characteristic ica-
tdrc." 7,4----
A specimen this :I'arqfne, ex-
hibited bx# MEEarly,, presented the
appearance of something between the
besttwax and the best spernsaceti,.
being white and translucent like the.
substances named, but feeling more
oily thar either. IarGf"e, candles
arc, saidto give a bright and Gf we
mistake not) blue light! III Llue, the,
light is objeetionable ; bat Of this we
are not certain. >.-,-r =
Of the ralue Of Camel Coal, in. a
BUSINESS point of view, our readers
mhy obtain an idea from. the follow
ing letter tothe Richmond Wig:
+ Products OF Camel Coal.
KASAwHA CHI, JAN s, 1851: =.
NGeulemen: Isend Won, enclosed,
ore oftlle productions manufactured
from the camel coal procured from
the sealn9opcned on. the lands Of Col.
Aaron Stockton, situate on the Kan
awha river about 90 miles above this
place. i am assured by'a reliable
person that the yield to the. Ton of
coal will be sixty gallons ofcrude oil,
from WHICH will be manufactured
lamp oils ofYery superior quality, a
lubricating oil for machinery une2-
qualled as itGoes not gum, and para
phine, as the substance send You is
called, AMI other valuable oils. This
county and those adjoining on, the
northeast and southwest contain THIS.
coal in enormous quantities, far exs-
ceeding as well in quantity apd quail.
ty all Of like kind hitherto discovered
in the world, a mandatory for the
oil in its crude stateAis in course of
erection atsthe Stockton bank, which
will go into operation early next
spring, with the expectation of max
ing 800 gallons daily at thelestimated
of 16eeents per gallon
Why cannot our State make her rail
road connexion wit4the Central road, !
and let the trade i'll this material go
to Richmond to be5retined and sold,
instead Of sending it to Cincinnati
and New Fork. -: !
Is not this a grand thing for our oldl
State, fused in advantage? 1t is a
business, you know, impossiblesto be
9verdone, for the demand must always
equal the supply. Willnot the whole
South, ON. own dear people, rejoice i
Tor your correspondent looks to see
the time when the whale shall have
rest from the persecution Of the Yam
kee, and the grass grow (if the soil
will permit iO in the streets of that
holG the town ofNew Bed
ford, whose people expend ali= their
wordy sympathiest for the far away
negro, and use the poor sailor, their
own kindred flesh and blood, worse
than dogs-their; symPathies ever in
their mouths, never in their hearts
and practice.
You, may rely upon-itI that the
substance here enclosed fsethe VERT.
able product of our camel coal, ex-
tracted by gentleman, : himself a
chemist, aad who of the new com
pany formed for its manufacture. AS
to the, bitaminous coal, in all its va
rieties, that of7the Kanawha valley,
its tributary rivers and
creeks, cannot be excelled, if eaualIed,
gu the whole earth. =,
I. 81 - AN OED SeBscRIgER.