Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-05

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a mercy to give them employment Of any de.
scription, which will tend to keep them from
the streets--idloness can never reform them, and
it onlv, tends to make them worse by keeping
them confined like sheen in pen, y. ~. 5..I
Coal Oil. ...4-l -a1-
Among the numerous achievements Of mod
ern skill and science, that of transforming min
eral coal into inAammable oils and candles is
one of the most, striking and practical We
have observed d. late in our exchanges thatthis
business has become one of great Importance
in Ohio, and that already more than two mill
ions of dollars are invested in it. I1I
The Goals best fitted for this purpose are of
very little value for other uses on account of
their slaly character, and consequently their low
heating powerE EGlldJ bI
The camel beds, which are the best for oils,
are numerous in Ohio, and are not numerous in
PennsyiVania, as we are Informed They are
found, however, in Kentucky and Virginia
The Breckenridge coal is already taken from
Kentucky to New York by way of New Orleans,
at cost of $500 per ton, and is there profit
ably used for making gas, oil, etc.
As usual, our citizens are behind the rest of
the world in such enterprises. The raw mate
rial exists within striking distances in Maho-
ming, Coshocton and Licking counties.
At Canfeld according to the Sentinel, there
is one establishment in operation with twenty
retorts capable of turning out 1000 gallons OF
coal tar or crude oil per day, which yields 1000
gallons Of refined oil
The inhabitants of that region use it in their
families, and consider it cheaper at at 81 l,5Oper
gallon than sperm oil.
Another establishment of about the same
capacity is partly in operation there, and
third has been commenced, to be Immediately
completed. Each establishment costs S75 600
to 800, 900, and will turn out 1000 gallons of
refined oil, or for Garfield 5000 gallons per day,
which is takon to New York City
The yield is from soto 60 gallons of crude
oil per ton of coal The Mahoning Register
says o
One of the gentlemen who has visited and ex-
amned every camel coal deposit of Importance
in the U States informs US that he considers our
coal the best in quality, and this locality, all
things considered, the best for manufacturing
oil that he has visited.
The Progressive Age, of COshOctonr states
that there are i've companies in that county tnat
manufacture 1000 gallons per day each, an
other 500, one 1900, and another $500 gallons
per day, making $500 as the sum total. AS
usual they have the best coal in the world for
that purpose, for which the Age vouches as fol-
lows
The hest camel coal of the State is to be
found there, and the people are determined to
develop their resources in that way.
These mines, it is considered by competent
Judges, contain the best coal of any in the eoun-
try, yielding, as it does, 60 gallons of superior
light oil to the ton.
In Licking county, near Newark, there are in
operation 255 retorts, which at 80 gallons each,
should produce 49, $50 gallons per day.
In Kentucky, and at other places, the tar or
crude oil of the retorts, after passing through
one distillation is sent to refining establishments
at distance, which is probably the best mode
of treating it.
The Age says
The profits of the manufacture of this oil are
enormous. Ten cents per gallon will, 1t Is said,
cover I'll Tue bAp AptubG1 VI haiuiaStuAAhBI "HN
it finds ready sale, all over the country, ut 40
cents per gallon, leaving the nice little profit of
thirty cents per gallon.
We take it the crude oil is what is here re-
ferred to, for in impid state it brings 81 so in
the New York market.
In cities, the manufacturers have advantages
over country establishments in turning the gas
which is necessarily generated to good account
The tar and coke which forms part of the
product as in distilation for Illuminating gas,
can frequently be used in large cities It will
not be long before all the various compounds
resulting from distillaton of coal will be
brought into play and nothing be lost. Valua'
BILE dyes have already been obtained
In England aud Scotland, the business of
coal oils has already assumed large proportions