Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-11

For the Worcester Spy.l
The Harvest of GOaI

/ Improvements OF the last half century, during
which time it has come into general use for
| heating, forging, melting iron, furnishing mo-
| tive power and locomotion on land and water
and power for eXtinguishing fires. Without it
the forests, which give such pleasing aspect to
the face of nature, would be in danger of being
depleted. BY its use manufacturers are not
dependent on local streams of water, that fail in
! the changing seasons; and travellers on ocean
steamers are not dependent on the slow moving
sails, nor subject TO the changing winds, it being
a compact and portable means of concentrated
| power bushel of which will run an express
| train from three TO four miles. For domestic
uses it is the most convenient fuel, being readily
| prepared and easily managed. One of the in-
vented articles, different models Of which crowd
| the patent office at Washington, is the very
useful stove many fashions OF which receive
tancilul names. They would all be cumbersome
| and rather useless furniture without the glow
| ing Goals,
The different kinds Of coal are classed under
two general heads, called anthracite and btu
minous. The eastern part Of Pennsylvania fur.
ushes anthracite, special use of it being the
melting OF the heavy metals. II breaks in irreg-
ular forms, and if it ever had the bitumnous
quality, the bitumen was extracted in ages long
past by some process of natures work, as it
an intense heating onoIitv bnt Leaves a LARGO
residnp of ashes
The coal found in the western part of Penn
sylyania aud vicinity, in the western and south
ern states the British provinces, and in England,
is of the bltuminOus or pitch like quality. The
fracture is more s0uarei and if easily crnmhlrs
TO fine coal dust. II leaves but Iiftlr rpsi1ne.
and the s.ooI[a an,its rather offerei,o Io.
is nsrd in his mart of tbe conntrv prinrinoliv
for lorrinr and mailinr steam. THE bnrnin55r
nuolti2s NJ the difFranti Of coal owe lassn
nnder four general heads. The first is fine an.
thracIte that burns withoGt flame the hardest
and unrest sptcrtnpus or which are round in tbn
Lebimb regions. The second il semi.bitumin.
Gus, which burns with some fame. and is
the best coal for cooking purnoses. the
best spccimcns of fms Is fonnd in q very
limited territory near tbe central mart Of Penn.
svyania. Thethird is mtuminouS which bnrns
with very much flame of a hrimht color and
forms the GREAT bul5 Of coal found in different
parts of the world. The tourth is an adhesive
coal of a more cubical fracture. IL has n DIM
lustre and burns with a yellow colored fierce
cracliiing flame The hest snecimens or ms
are found in FpuIand and Scotland It was
once used there rs a substitute for candle. ami
was GATED "capdle cCaI If is now called can
mel coal IT, will make steam in a short tiinr
and for this reason if is ,,snd nv tho frn d,art
menfs of some of tbe Cries in tb;s ronntry for
steam fire qnuinrs If il nspd os fpnI H.. Soma
who are yyiilino ia nav tho biWb mice ,boror5
far cool hronght acroee tba 3tlan,i - 1I to
pleasure of having what former nener5tiors on
loved from burninr wood a cheer(,I hlgga in
an omen lireplace. Inf il has fbc oI"r ,ao,ia,.
10 bIazinu coei '''''
There is a coal found in tho nro,in,a, ,,,l;oh
has a very birhlv nnIishrd lrst,e II ~ hl,
rifnl article. bnt helm" btnniinous o,'S!I.,
crumbles. '''
All tho coal of tI,a ro,.,,l,r G,,,,,.i ,,
80 't'-'''s''J a. WI
known AZ charcoal IL hh,ci H. 49, -. ''' Nv
generally known tbot tbern !; - -, NO. W
called Hanitn which ratoins tI,o +o,.to ~ ~
wood hom which If 1voe formed ,J =; VI NV
have hepn formed If = lofor ,,aiod th IT,, ~ ~
the corbonirerous agp Tbfs crol L. - - W
Bnhamio On Liab ISnd ~ =; a. = iou ~! ~
fhe Rocky Nion1Isin il, on, e. ~ slC lily VI
a coal which in tb;s oor,,,tr -; ny y
Westmoreland tbSt hoe 80, 20 fi iolou 10
MS on heinz haI,rd il rrl,drc III iH;'il'S3
onlv nscd fo iiTtin "o T'r Is hot
has also snecia Sa in 49,; ts''u ooi out
iron is nod mt stanI I' 80 S.o1i. " nth
1ooT,s +b oii,Io ~ t"o t"tv IMPROVE
the fire. h,It io.a ,,oII,r Is, ~ p'"eeu oNer
throyy, ;nsj5o e., ,l;,,o III . W -. L''ti!o 10
bic ~ ,,iiS' ~ T tIc iron,
the srefr metal is i1.n Io DJii9 70 ~, LOON at
and ,ba ,,g0yiIo'or ha,o e. 'i at '"o sun,
,rloe.as o,,o,. ~, To-, III - i:lSS N"iO'eu
Do tbe beoIer inds or 10 ",,I iIpl MolhcIs
ont cviizator roor,ires TI,n ,''em 'iie Pi ,
in coal nrodnrnd Nv b,,rni,,,r ,,Iif T.; ~ 4u"lg
and sometimes fatal. When a coal fire is built
in room and the entrance to the chimney is en-.
carn 1851 up " ualper IN inc lunneI the
the oxygen of the air and produces carbonic
acid gas. Persons sleeping in such air. heinG
supplied by it and unable TO arouse, have been
found suhocated in the morning.
Your correspondent, during the season of
summer travel, left the coal regions as seen in
Worcester and visited headquarters, the anthra-
cite regions of Pennsylvania, which are en-
braced within an area of about 400 square miles.
and the mines as at present worked are near the
different rivers aud canals. The eastern gate
way to the coal regions is at the eastern bound.
airy of the state, on the New Jersey line, and is
called the Delaware water gap. Here a lofty
mountain range is rilted down to the base with
almost perpendicular sides, only wide enough
Tor the passage of the Delaware rlYer and the
railroad. 1t is beautiful place of summer
resort, where visitors liuger at the large hotel
on the mountain side; and the entrance to the
coal regions is for the distance of two miles
through gates ajar.
On the Lackawanna river are the city of
Scranton and the nearest mines; on the Susque-