Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-19

w ''isA's IIN
Consolidated may have 2.oOOto3,nOO vet
unused, while the past week has not
given to- the Richmond much above
l2,t0V bushels more. so that taking
these two extremes and adding them
VIII SHOW us the small amoun on
hand as compared with last wear.
The that has been burned dur
ing the past Winter is also very small.
h severity of the weather retarded
wOOd-cl0ppin-. pit making and burn
ing. one hun lrci and scventv-iivc
thousand bushels will cover about all
that l. now ready To be hauled. Let's
see what the probable consumption
would br for the next eight months,
from May I" JANUARY. suppose cigh,
OF our furnaces should run for that
period and were to consume daily for
that time an average of Loo bushels
each, we would require l3.6OO bushels
per day. 4o> ,rjO per month and 5.264,-
900 bushels for the eight months. But
since there is no furnace will make IL
run of that duration, we must allow
for stoppagcs. %c!eaning> and repairing.
say live days each or forty days alto
gethcr, i'll which 5iI. 900 bushels would
he consumed. Bcdurting this ,aSi
sum from the former we will still leave
IL residue of 2,12o.oO0 to be supplied dur
ing that period to meet the require
meHiS of smoking. To produce this
enormous amount among the hills Will
absorb for eight months the united la.
Dor af :,ilo mon. The product of each
mans Labor for II month is generally
'stiinatcti at 500 bushels. From this
estimate We can see that it will take
jN0 men pr mOn.h constantly en-
EloNeI 10 produce the 2,12O.OOU bushes
tIat will be needed. Me>srS. Reilly IL
Lockwood have no employ more
than los men at coal burning the
past Winter, while Mr.. Whislcrdld no
work more than 81 men during the
same period. These three men do no
contemplate increasing their force
more that 700 or nearly 100 altogether,
which would leave the remaining 80
men required t" be suppl 1t by the
remaining parties engaget i'll the bus
mess. With such Il state of things star
ing us in the face how can it be cX-
Ircted that re can, with any degree of
cxactitude. judge OF the amount Of coal
TO he received this season?
Me>>rs. Reilly Il Lockwood are
about to inauyurate Il new era in coal
burning. They have already let the
contraci foi the erection of several
kiiI> wherein to burn coal. whose ca
paciticS are To be 30 cords each. They
are to lie built OF stone and to be sim
liar i'll constructor to lime kilnS, only
hat instead OF being opened ut the top
similar To them, they are to have OH
zeal shaped roofs with AL aperture at
one side. through which the wood will
be pat lcnethWiSe II the kiln prcpa-
ratOry to burning. 1t is not claimed
that this process will have any ma;cri-
Ill influence in reducing the price.
though it will give o and a better
quality of coal than that produced Ivy
he old method of pit burning. The
labor dispensed with in one depart-
nient Will be required i'll another; be-
cause it is manifest that the stationary
character of the kiln> will neces>itate
the wood being hauled from ,on-er
distances to them than WAS found tobc
needed under the old system.
Having pursued this veNed question
50 far. ii will he necessary. in order to
do 1t Justice. to present some pertinent
fa.ts i'll relation to the arguments aG-
dueeu in favor of
As an article of fuel. The Dundcrbcrg
Company has ordered loo tons OF this
article, which it is ind cNpee,a; o
of receiving from the West. That ii
will 500 sup1r>ele charcoal in this
camp, Is among the certain,ics of the
future. and this not so much ON ac-
count of the price of the latter a> from
The increased scarcity of the wood
from which it is produced. Should
the charcoal II II S advance within the
next month or two, Il crisis is iInmi-
nen', for the mining slp.rintcndrnt>
are apparently not very willing to
adapt themselves to the views OK
pressed by ON coal producers, and
will. they say, should these Views be
put in practice, Immediately order
large supplies of coke from California
and elsewhere. The Pancake article
will soon be made available, o &c. Then
much of the anxiety of shelters will
be removed. Coke can he laid down
here for present Uses at so per ION.
one ton of il will reduce within Il frac-
ton of eight tons of ore. while the
same quantity of the other. containing
l25 bushels. at IL pounds per bu>!Iel,
will not sllelt more than five tons.
Coke. it is alleged, is. even with those
CAPABILITIES OF results. cheaper than
charcoal at 81 cents per bH>he'. The
cost of l25 bushels OF the latter at 80
cents per bu>hel is $50 80, while the
cost OF the same weight of coke is 80
per cent. greater; but since it will
smell to per cent. more ore than the
former. We find that il is fully as cheap
as coal at the aforesaid rate. Now.
from this showing, we can see hat
should charcoal advance to 81 cents. a.
it is claimed it will and must under the
pressure of demand. seeing there is
little or no coal on hand. the furnace
men will b~eeompelled to fall back up
on coke entirely for smelling and other
purposes. Should it, however, adj
vance to only b cents, they will >tll.
dcmur, since they claim that an adj
vance of six per cent. i'll the price
would be even more than they could
afford to pay: and if they cannot pay
six per cent they certainly will not pay
- per cent, which an advance of five
cents per bu>hcl would make it.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT received
the following dispatch last evening,
which shows that the work of building
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