Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-11-23

I pany.
EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM TO FOREIGN CoUN-
TRIES.
| The amount Of petroleum sent abroad
can hard be realized, although the ex-
ports are less this wear than asst. Much
OF 1t is shipped to Europe in bulk, in ships
lined with zine About sixteen mil ions
five hundred thousand gallons more have
been exported this year than in 1868
The latest reports from the London and
Liverpool markets represent the markets
to he IN a IA orab state At Antwerp
the i,apOrtations of refined and crude pc
troleum during the last eight months of
this year were 120 230 barrels refined ;
1888 barrels crude .otal, l35, ,043 bar
rels 1T Havre the sales of crude were
on Il more liberal scale than usual At
Marsei les there was good demand at
better prices. At Paris frmer improve
ment had been maintained At Rotterdam
the market was decided improved. At
Amsterdam the market was moderately
active. At Hamburg there is steady de-
mand. At Berlin sitter rates were asked
At Stettin all descriptions Of American
refined petroleum were frmer at an ad-
vance The Russian, East Indies, West
Indies, South American and Californian
markets are not reported in the official
last statement; but the demand was steady
at pre- lous accounts. An order for two
hundred thousand dol ars worth of petro-
leum lamps was late received from Rus
sia by a hnuse in New York The lamp
trade, with the required chimneys, wicks,
&c., enter largely into the commercial i'm
portance of petroleum
THE RATES AND RULING IN NEW YORK.
Our latest lme report shows that the
rates for both refined and crude are ad-
vancinE and that much firmness marks
the trade. SO extensive has the business
become in New York that regular pc
troleum board has been established at the
Mercha nts Exchange and news room, Nos
30 and % Pine street which is attended
between l. and o'clock daily bv from
four to Fl e hundred dealers The number
of companies Is increasing, the o d ones
commandin" more attention, new oil terri
tory is being brought into the market, and
science ie l-in=-;4,=7 10 powerful aid to
produce from petroleum many new and
important artc cs. all Of which are calcu-
lated to have beneficial effect upon man
kind all over the world.
Ola COMPANIES IN NEW YORK AND PENNsYL-
MA.
There are nearly two hundred and fifty
oil and oil land companies in New York
and Pennsylvania, the stock Of which is
on the market and being hawked about in
placar'ls, pamph cts and newspaper adver
tisements.
Two hundred and fifty companies ope-
rating in various parts of the country rep
resent, in the aggregate, one hundred and
forty millions of dol ars
STEAM FOR OCEAN sTEANERs-NEw USES FOR
PETROLEUM.
The subject Of the expense Of fuel for
the use OF ocean steamers has been an all
important one whenever ii line of trans.
Atlantic steamers has been proposed We
learn that an ingenious mechanic Of Mead
vile, Penn. is engaged in experimpntin.
upon a plan to pro uce from naptha or
the residuum of petro cum, an article Of
fuel that viii be used, at an immensely
reduced cost from coal for generating
steam on board steam ships traversing the
ocean.
The experiment IS being practically
tested at the Downer Refinery, in Cory,
Penn where it vas giving much satisfac-
tim. producing a heat as powerful and
regular as any ever produced from either
bituminous or anthracite coal ltmust be
remembered that this article is produced
from what was ut first rejected as the de
bris or useless resduum of petroleum, but
is now coming into market as one of its
most valuable products.
NEW CoLeRs FROM THE REsIDUUM
Among the most ft orite co!ors Tor silk
goods, ribbons, DC, IN the market, is q
co or produced from the resIdnum Of petro
l,un and manufactured at the Humboldt
refinery. hear Z ummer, in the Oil Creek
region 1t is bright and fixed cerulean
blue, or perhaps shade darker, hut still
rs Brilliant, and is called the Humboldt
co or. The process of manu lacturing it is
( kept profound secret by the discoyerers,
who are German chemists, and do not
sneak. if they understand, English Nc
stranger is allowed to enter their works
except by special permission. Its stated
rhat the Humboldt Company produces
these color. from combination Of naptha
and tar The refinery uses twentysi
still and probably three to four hundred
barrels per day wien running at full ca
paeity.
Another delicate and fashionable color
a light blue. called ''Azurene, is produce'
from petroleum, as we'll as the new famou
and popular color "Magneta, and w
hear that still another color, called tn
"Ro.ina," is in course of production fror
petroleum. Those co'ors are ascertaine