The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-12-19
Manufao' uro Of Coal Oh.

The Springfield Rep,6ticon publishes letter
from ONO cOrTes Tespondent, on coal otI or X no
tene, and We make the folio wing sxIssts thsrs'
fIon:
Tho oil Is not made from bitupalr Gus oos', strictly
90 CO, ej, but from tho cannd candle coal !, IA
well known that there are tars kinds Of coal tho
anthracite, osnnsl and btu ainous ,sis. Tho oil u
y ado nom cAnnol GOAL. Tee cal v Int 'rmed'sts
In haI bst the othoI two, and burns with
Q osar, white blaze, like . candle ami honos its
name. There are various quAhtss ot this co. a.
well OF other coas II = nArd, and bre AXIS with .
sonooidsi Fracture, at sast the bsst OF s doea.
Tnaoos u found all over the vs.t ooai fsid Of the
Ohio liver v.i's,. Tia bs.. that know of u found
unity Of Charleston, In ths county q K.nawh., Va.
Tho veins Of u here abSut nx scos IN thickness
and can DO worried 70 almost any extsnt. rnare arc
either separate or mixed In with the b,tu ninous
coal; but theso veins thin In comparison with
those on the waters Of the Big ksns VIA
ous oo.i, but moi In A. large 9usutittes. whSn was
st Marietta, In October, learned from Professor
AsDssws, u hahpsts college, thss he aud an assist
It's aptation for the production Of the oil; what his
success may be do not know.
Tne quantity thAt can 10 made hero In this Ohio
river ca Aad Is uuli itsd, and - yet the damand
u lily bsyond the production II p used fpr Q
lubncA'lDg Ol, - vel ~ for birning Candles are
also made OuJ oi the hard rtl ni Of Il, though do
not think they give ss br hsot lsht as tho tssr
cheaper thAt they wild com into gensIa uss for os
dlnaiy byhz, wnsre candies arc preferable 10 the
lamp.
ere cost o. the oil at pro-nnt Ia hero one dollar and
tsenIy osnis per galOn lat year at th. nms, u vas
sold AZ 81 shty cents per gallon lts coat must DO
loser than any othor material for light, wnsre s.s
cannot be had, even 1t present pros but those pr-
oas are exoIbltant waen compared sith tho actual
cost OF los uanu'aeture l sm told that it caa be
u4ads frUm the coal the Ksuivhs river, at I'd
Of thirty cents per gallon; indeed have heard esti
mates below this. Ono gallon OF Il u more than
equal 10 two 4 .llons Of the best sperm od; have
0lsd both. This being the cas, no other material
can compete with IT. and ta uss must thars'ore be-
| come general. That thsre h gros. prodt made on
Il present, II clear nom the fact that II 10 mAfe n
Boston and Nov Yerk out f osnnel osal imported
l from England.
| New York cspital Is looking up thsss Ksna~Shs
oosl banlrs, and In fsw years thsre viii groS "
an ints rest In that region In tho coal OIL mAnufss
turs, which win astoplsh ths country. u can proha
by bs psds thsrs cheaper than any who're else, ant
In quantitaes 10 whicd thsro can be no nits raer
| are also tnnumsrsbls localities b Ohio whore u
cosl msy BE- found but no whore ln such thick vein
l - On the Big Kanswsha river. rhsre soma dis
puts sui = 70 ~ use sog iubrosking puroosss son
| mginscs prssning q 10 othsr olis, while othss
nDI bstsvs y VIII ooms into gsusrL uso for thi
s ssa Ssss ssssr 81. va d :.sus @ Sas ssis rssas
/ In Q sosvsvus11ou Wtth . gsntlsman from Ne.
Yosk ci1y, hs told mo thas Il would bs ultimstsl
/ ussd = faal on ocsaa sesansss. II n oan be, n
l saving IN roon tbs fFsighs wtli bs saosmouA su
sapp1ss Of fua for long ysysgss can Be carrie
vssa oss, could aOt BE- bslasw i4 sOa wtn