Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-05-12

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NV some .cf & burned, snisting : brilliant flame
Tbs ors IS I dry looking substance from which 10
extract oil but Prof 4 informs us that 1t contains
great deal Of volate matter. and Is highly valuable
Tor the purpose Of furnishing oil. Weake pleasure
u publishing the following article:
$780, RAIRlGH, MAY 6, 1853
To tbs Editors Of tie Standard: s7s}ss s. =
AS promised, propose now to furnish you with
the results Of analyses of the Shales and Black
band Ore Of Deep river. These analyses were un-
dertaken With the view Of determining whether the
shales and blackband ore may be probably en-
ployed for the extraction of oil. - = ..lss,s :.
e Iascertaned in March that the slate contained
upon an average twenty per cent of volatile matter.
This volatile matter consists of two kinds, one con-
densable and the other entirely volatile. All the
matter, disengaged burns with q very white fame,
showing the presence of an oleaiginous body.
Whether the materials sufficiently rich to make
profitable business depends upon variety of cir
cumstances As my apparatus was small, deemed
It necessary to have the shale and iron tested at the
Gas Works in New York. and therefore forwarded
box Of the materials for that purpose to my friend
DR.. Gesner, who has had charge of the Columbia
Oil Works from the time they were established.
From him I have received the following note res
pectng their value -
"16 BEDFORD AVENUE BROOKLYN N. Y.,l
May 9th, 1885,
Il have extracted from the q very fine oil.
sample Of which / will send by Mr.. Mallett if he
has not returned to your State already. From the
shale l obtained 20 per cent Of volatile matter.
The ore contains less. am of the opinion that the
manufacture Of oil may be successfully carried on
with the manufacture of ron and coking the coal.
But in these operations the most careful calculations
and the soundest practical skill will be requisite.
By my mode Of condensing, rendered very nearly
all the volatile matter into oil. I have given what
time could spare to the samples you sent, and
trust that the production of oil from iron ore will
be satisfactory.
Very truly yours,
Dr. E. EMMoNs."
His opinion is as favorable for employing those
materials for oil as I expected. In my hands, the
shaes have yielded at the rate Of Is gals per ton of
crude oil, and my examination Of the oil from the
Blackband, comedies with that of DR.. Gesner. The
oil obtained in the first part of the distilaton is
very fine material, and the volatile matter is nearly
all condensable. In the manufacture Of iron from
this ore, it will be very easy matter to obtain its
oil, it has to be first roasted: and when deprived
of its oil, it may be reduced at once into blooms in
the forge. 1t is almost impossible to calculate the
amount of oil locked up in the shales coal and iron
of the valley of Deep river In the aggregate
they not less than 100 feet thick, and if they
contain more than Is gals. per ton the amount
is enormous. This subject is interesting in another
point of view-and We may enquire where did all
this oil come from?
Truly yours,
E. EMMONS,