Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-06-28
New Process of Making Tar, Pitch and
TUrpentine from Pine Wood.

The following account from the New Or
leans Crescent of a new process of manufac-
turing tar, turpentine, and rosin, will be
of interest to our neighbors in the old
North State
BY invitation of the parties connected
with the new works on ST. Peter street for
distilling pine wood, we visited them q few
days since, and, thinking it matter of no
little Importance to our citizens especially
those who reside at distance, we have
concluded to give them the benefit of our
investigation. The works we saw are ca
pable only of dlstilling one cord per day,
being erected merely to show the process
and the amount of products that could be
realized from given quantity of wood
They were in full operation when we ar
rived, and we will briefly state what we saw
and learned from the owner of the patents,
who was present
The retort which contained tho wood is
enclosed with brick, the top and bottom
being alone exposed. From pipe con-
nected with the bottom OF the retort. n
stream Of pitch was constantly exuding,
While from q condenser connected by
larger pipe with the top of the retort, the
crude turpentlne and pyroligenous acids
were running in quite large stream.-
These, allowed to settle in q receiver, sepa-
ratethemselves, and the turpentine is drawn
OFT and introduced into still. From con-
denser connected with the still, the clear,
pure spirits of turpentine was collected in
a receiver ready for market. A good arti
| Gle OF roSln was also taken from the still
We never saw finer article of turpentine,
and among the number present was an old
| manufacturer, who pronounced the process
complete success, and that there was no
doubt it would entirely supercede the old
way OF manufacturing. After all the crude
material has passed from the retort 60 the
| condenser, the connection between the two
Is closed--the fire increased and the wood
| charred.
The whole thing is simple and yet COM
plete, and we should Judge the works could
be had at u small expense. The patentee
informed us that he has already disposed of
quite a number of rights, ard that the par
ties purchasing were busily engaged in put
ting up their works, and would soon have
them IN full operation. This we were glad
to learn, as everything of the kind adds to
the future wealth of the South, and we con-
tidently believe that as soon as it is gener-
ally known this will become great and i'm
| pOrtant branch of business wherever there
is any pine wood to be found. We take
| pleasure, In connection with this matter, to
state further, that the present state of af-
fairs throughout the South and the great
scarcity Of moneyis perfectly realized, and
that, therefore, the most liberal terms are
given to those wishing to engage in the bu-
siness. The public will please bear in mind
that this process is independent of climate
and season, and may be carried on every
day throughout the year. We annex list,
as given Us, of the average yield by it from
one cord Of our fat pine wood twenty-five
gallons spirits turpentine, one hundred
gallons pyroligenous acid, cue barrel rosin,
one barrel pitch, two barrels tai, fifty bush
els charcoal