Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
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TUESDAY, JULY Ps. 1857.
Tanned .coai OiI.

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Messrs. CeoSEs, PfcKETF 4 CO. have
commenced the manufacture Of Canneell
Coal Oil upon their coal property il tl h
valley, and about twenty-six miles above
Charleston. They are, at present, ma
king tro huadrsd gallons Of oa per day,
Ia 4 crude state, from game! coal.
The manner Of extracting the crude Oil
from camel coal u very simple. Tbs
coal is first broken up into small pieces
not larger III size than q hens egg thef
placed into retorts. and heat is applieit o
the sides and7top Of the retorts. At the
same time the heat is applied externally
10 the seterts, "a stream Of steam, intensely
hot, ! throEn into each retort.s This
combination Of heat partially ~lfqRyfess the
coal, and causes the oily matter Of the
coal to escape in a s~emi-ggaseous and seml-
liquid coahdtiitiion through pipes leading
from the bottom of each retorts The
billy matter thus coming from the various
| retorts is discharged into one large pipe,
which leads into a very large reservoir OF
cold water. This large pipe enters in At
The top Or the reservoir, and after making
many revolutions (still4worm like nthe
water Of the reservoir, passes out Of the
reservoir al the bottom The oily mat
tell in passing through this large pipe
becomes condensed, and Immediately af-
ter. leaving the reservoir il discharges il
sself as gas, gater and crude }oiA, into =
eii,stern. The gas then makes IFS exit
through q pipe at the top Of the oil facto-
WI; tile water, whieh.comes from the IL
Iensely, heated steam and Yapor Of the the.
coal, IS conducted off by a small tube;
and the crude oil, which rises above the
water and 10 the top Of the cistern, is
drawn off By a pipe likewise
This is tfie simple process of making
tie crude bill from camel coal.
Messrs. CooSEs. PlcKErr-& CO. have
received, lately, some very large r%etorts,
and viii, in the course Of a few weeks,
have them also in operation. WithHthiee'e
last named f~eterts, and those already ~
operation. they will make, da1f, oaef
IMoasdnd gallons Of crude ea. These
gentlemen have also made arrangements,
and will erect, next Spring, 8 very large
brick building, in which they will oPer-
ate fforty Of tile large sized retorts, which
Will enable them to make at their c%annei
coaloil factory three thousand gallons Of
crude oil daily. The market price #
this bill now ID New York is sixty ceats
per gallon. III
These gentlemen intend clarifying and
refining the crude oil at MaysviAe, ky
The uncertaintyTof navigation ii the ka
nawha river prevents them from erecting
4 refining establishment in this county
From the crude oil il obtained benzole
illuminating oii, Ilubricating oil and par
afne. BenzoleI Is an infammable liquid,
and p~paraine isHlike white wax, and well
for candles. After extracting the
oil from The Goa, there is left coke, which
is used ii 1.-THE furnaces, under the %retorts
for fuel. and answers nearly as well for
that purpose as the coal itself does. The
water that comes from the coal and is
discharged into the cistern is called am
monia u'qter, and is said 70 possess fine
manuiriing qualities. Last week upwards
OF 1900 gallons Of this oil vas shipped
10 M~aysYille, KY