Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-03
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MosDAY, oCroBER !. 1850.
camel Coal and i'll Oils.

AEeeRs. HplIoRe The mAnulhctufc
OF coal tolls, owing 10 The brilliancy Of its
light its economy and safety, has become
matter Of general interest. By gedlog-
ical surveys, the discovery has been made
thar We have very large deposits Of can
mel coal. This IS very chsering inforr,a-
lion. The light Of oil obtained from pure
camel coal IS estimated 10 be 10 times
more brilliant and powerful than that Of
the best sperm9oil. and five times that Of
the rss Of our city. It's cost Is in the
same proportion, Or about one. nth Of that
IL CAS- while, in point Of safety i is.
perfect A lighted match dipped IN the
oil will not cause an explosion OF Set the
oilson FIRE.
There ate several spurious mixtures
thrown into tile market. and Of q highly
6 dangerous character, which have the ex-
,ernal appearance, smell, Dc, pf pure eil,
But are explosive. A small portion Ia
thimbie-fulf placed in Ian open vessel
and d match applied, will - once expose
the character Of the oil: THIS spurious
article ID cpmposed Of coal Oil, turpentlne5
and alcohol,
! There Ore at present two mines oti the
true camel coal known on,this continent.
The one is at Prince Edwards Island
the !" Prince Albert Min" the otheris
at the I Forest Hill Mine, !" in Fayette
county, VA. The nature and compost
ton of lhis latter coal u such, that when
exposed 10 the rays ofthe sun, 4 becomes.
soft /. and elastic as manufactured india
rubber, and when laid upon heated
surface, the oil ID seen 10 trickle from e
rs from a lump Of fat. II is Of q letiF
black appearance, with eonchoidal frac.
turs, ii unctious to the touch and can be-
lighted with a common match. II burns
with 1 clear bright fame. and smokes,
Large quantities of oil are now being
throma into the market, manufactured
FROM bituninous coal. This produces q.
feeble light. and insome cases, will not i.
give any.
TIE coal from Prince lAlbert Mines"
lie mainly consumed al the workso on Hun
I ter's Greek, Long Island !. that from
!. Forest Hill Mine, q is mainly consumed
by the Forest Hill Mining and Manufae Y
auring Company, whose works are situaTI
ted On the4premises, near Cannelton, ka-H
snawha county, Va, and are.under the per-
sonal charge Of Pfofessor|H. Hf EsmesS.l
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New York City. Aug. l5, 1859.
We clip the above article from the
SasatySc american, and our wonder isj
sha.lanswspaper of 10 intelligence shonld1
have allowed such al communication to1
have appeared in its columns without one
word Of comment thereon.
Certainly it is news to the people Of
this portion Of Virginia, that the eannel
coal on Armstrong creek in Fayette coun-
III, belonging to the Forest Hill Company,
contains the only true eqnnsi coal 81 this
continent. excepting The Prince Albert
camel coal ! II 4
Every one atall familiar with ibis sec
tion Of Virginia, knows that "trne canned
soa5 "is found III abundance, on the wa
ters Of Big Sandy, Guyaudoae, LiAle
Coal, Big Coal, Kanawha and Elk rivers,
that III aregion Of country il Western
Virgins, running parallel tothie AlIegha
~ mountains. for upwards Of one hun,
dted miles in length and twenty-five in
width. srue camel coal" can be and is
found. ii
AT present, several oil factories On the
Kanawha and EIk+fiyers are making large
quantities Of oil from !. true ea,tnel coal. :
At Cannelton, some IS miles above this
place (and the locality mentioned BIZ
II II. L. A, r." there is an oil factory maxi
ing at present bne thousand gallons daily
Of crude Oil from ''tr,te camel coal.
At Paint Greek. there is an oil factory.
making some SEQ gallons daily 81 Crude
oil. from 'sstrue camel eoal.l' On Elk
river there is d factory making every
week about l,5Oo gallon Of refined oil
from .ftrue camel toal." Other oil fac.
tories are in course Of erection in various
parts Of this.eounty. Oh Big Coal river
large quantities Of .'.tras camel epalo are
being mined and boated ready for ship.
Snent p Cincinnati. Pittsburg, New Or
lesns snd{elsewhere. Fl
N Iass but not least, thereiis an Oil fac
tory beihH erected % Armstrong Greek
i'm Faye:tslcpunty. \.
II We doHInet4 pretend 70 assert that any
of lIhls coal when exposed to The rays
iof The sun becomes soft and elastic. as
manufactured indiairubber." Nor do We
! ssaS that If ! lump Of it be laid upon 4
heated surface, the oil is seen TO trickle
from il d from aiump Of fat" With
these ProPertiestof camel coaltw are not
familiar. and We rather think their only
existence Is ii The brain ofsome saagaine
!, stoeEAolatr ike L. IA. r.. living il The
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II Railroad Meeting.
Tbs citizens OF Kanawha County are
requestedlte meet "sn nasssp at the