Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-13
4 GREAT DISCOVERY IN THE IN.
TERESr Of SMEGTERS.
From the salt Lake Mining Galcttc.l

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the compietion of which was only
made Yesterday morning, that is of
immense importance to mining inter-
e>ts of this Territory.
The great drawback to smelling in
Utah has been the cost Of fuel and
fiuxes. In the latter, experience has
developed the fact that a ijudicious
mixture of ores obviatcs the use of
outside fluxiny. but up To this time no
reduction in the exec ,sive cost of fuel
has been found at all practicable.
We have now the pleasure to an
nounce that Il process for purifying our
own coal, so that it is equal, If not bet
ter than the best Pittsburg coke, Eas
been thoroughly tested mt Messrs.
Carson Il BuzZo's furnaces on the
banks of the Jordan. and the result is
to their entire satisfaction.
Though the process has been known
and worked for several years by the
S,nelters and workers of iron, it has
never before been tested in smelling
lead ores.
The present cost of Pittsburg coke
i about $50 per ton. say nothing of the
waste from dirt and tine coke: the cost
of this coal v i'll not exceed fifteen dol
lars per ton. tree of waste.
In the test referred to Il pound o.:
coal WAS used in comparison with
pound of coke, bat it is claimed by the
propr;ctors of the process that 1t will
produce more heat, pound to pound.
than coke, and the men who worked
the furnace where this coal was used
are of the same opinion.
We are permitted to copya few oftlc
certiiica;e, from, IL large number re-
ceivcd from The most respectable of
our Eastern iron manufacturers, which
speak for themselves.
That it is Il great discovery and one
that will revoluiioniZe the smelling
business here, no one can deny, and we
are ready to confess that we are inn
rncn>cly gratiiicd at the result.
PIrTsHUHG, Sept. II, 1865.
ID. NJ. poUB:
Dcor Sil, :-Af.cr experimenting with
vour desulphurized coal, i'll our air
furnaces. we = i've you the following re-
suits, viz: The heat is increased from
one quarter to ont-,hirl. The amount
of ciinkers in the gra,e is decreased to
less than one half. our iron is strong
er and softer, and the time saved i'll
melting is all of one-quartcr.
BAhEMAN .S Co.
OFFICE OF .Sovrnrl Ino7s Wonss,
NEW YORK, March Il, lSo5.
Gcaficmea:-We have made the fol-
lowing experiments with bitunlinous
coal prepared under your directions,
in our smith shop.
For .ivecon*cciitivc days the amount
of coal consumed was 2i.0lI pounds.
The next succct din. five days with the
same kind ofcoal, taken from the same
heap, hut prepared H. instructed by
ll,-gI n
pounds. 70 avoid error, the pre-
pared coal was weighed i'll its natural
state, and the character of work
done in the smith shcp was II,
uniform as possible for the ten days.
Nit huugh the coal used Mas unusual
lv free from sulphur, ye; with thiS sii-
parior qualify, there was a direct ccono-
NV in quantity, of fourteen per cent;
hut the most material advantage OBJ
tanned, is in the rapidity with which
heats were obtained. the improvement
in the character of work, and increased
quantity performed, by reason of the
removal of the impurities.
w. T.. EVERETT, Supt.
l'oRr PITT Iron WORKS.
PIrrsEURG, Nov. IL, 1865.
u. NJ. HoUB-Hear Sir: Your note of
the Sth instant, making inquiry as To
the result OF our experiments With
dc>uiphurizcd coal, has been received.
\ boiling furnace working on deSul-
phuriZcd coal, turned ont as much iron
ON 27.6i1 pounds as the same furnace
worked by the same men, the week
following. yielded on 2?.:;i5 pounds of
coal in its natural state, from the same
coal bank. the difference in the favor %.
the de>nlphurized coal, being Loss
pounds. or about 81 per cent.
In using the d"sulrhurized coal, the
CRATE kept tree of clinl>er> and the fur
race worked with clear flame from
the time The coal WAS thrown In. We
think the iron much improved by
work ne the desulphnrized coal. and
that il would not be 50 hard ON the
furnaces.
our workmcn prefer il to all other
Goals they have ever used.
REESE, GRAFT AND DULL.