Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-14

Nai1fal gas i then 4 mixture o. The most
volatile 81 these hydrocarbons, carrying VA.
fiplia quantities Of tlse vaper Of the less vol
atile COMPOUND, thc iightest mefnl,eri
renee aiaans the products of vegetable Dc
cay Is the chief clement ~ the gas supplied
20 fltisbure IN addition 10 these hydro
gen. raFbonc acid. carbonic oxide, oxygen,
aud nitrogen are found.
a. The ga and oil sands Oh have slight
dip towards the southwest, the gas in the
southern part OF the region Is drawn from
rock strata which nfe higher 10 the geoiogi,
cal series thgn those yielding the sae III Ehe
northern part of Pennsylvenia and rev
tion msy be made with The feF data ct dis
posal, 4 appears, therefore, that the deeper
sfreta yield IN general, q gas Of higher spe
cifc gravity and illuminating power.
Analytical data covering greater aree 0i
producing territory may in the future
fhtoT important light upon the interesting
question Of the origin o. gas and oil, The
theory which traces both 70 the sea weeds Of
the ancient pevotfian see which once COW
cred Western fenasylvenia has been very
generally popular Exhalatlons Of eombust'
IDLE gas have beel frequently met with III
other countries, although nowhere In quau-
tlty comparable with The pfodlsious outflow
from the gas wells 81 Western Pennsylvania
The oil regions, are Of receit date, with a
few exceptions. The wells af Kew Cumber.
taud, West Virginia, have supplied gas ler
more than twenty years for the manufactnre
VI bricks. The East liverpool wells have
been burning twenty ave years and are stu
productive. AZ Beaver Fails natural gas has
hcpn used FOR SIX ears IN a cutlery works,
but lately the vhs has failed presumably on
account ofthe wells becoming flied up with
either .paralln wax in the pores ufthe rock,
or with an incruslaflon OF salts Of lime AMI
magnesia. a. II Is said they have never been
cleaned ontsi1ec they were drilled. At Ellie
so many wells have been drilled 70 the
stratum Of gas rock that Y has beeofne par.
tally exhausted. In the oil regions gas
well was looked on rather as curse than a
blessing and. as most Of them produce gas
es we'll as oil, and 50 many were drilled 10
the same sand OF rock. u soon exhausted the
Besides the several wells that have been
found within She municipal limits OF Pitts
burgh and Aiieyheuey City wilhiu the lasl
few months, our city has the advantage OF
being atle 70 tap three or four gas belts OF
plies spknq, Chalfant 4 co the Bull creek
or Tarentum field. which struck gas at l141
depth, aud supplies the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company, Pennsylvania Salt Man
= siaetaIIIs sss NJ Company, and viii supply
TayioI'A new glass houses, and Godfrey
4 clark'h new paper mill, the Muir
raysyille, or Turtle creek and Lyons
Run Reid. which tapped the gas at 1857 feet
4tNtut anu 1uPpttts tut lhr lHf the Acme
Gsa Company, used by the Edgar Thomson
Steel morris the Fuel Gas Company, who
furnish gus to the several mills and glass
houses on the South side: the Penn fuel
Company, who furnish the Union Iron Mills:
Park Brother & Co. limited Wilson, Walk
er & C5 HnsseY Howe & Co shoenberger
4 Co., and many other works In the same
ueighbOrh0od on the Allegheny river; the
belt or field In Washington county, IN which
s the ceiebfaieds McGuigan well, the gas
No donhi other prolific fields viii be found
TO prodncegas m the near future.
The naoIe durable wells tap the gas-prn-
duetire stfata generally at 4 greater depih
opinion among those refsed In the manage
ment Of gas wells that the outflow & subject
10 gradual dimiuuiion. tending ultimately
20 total extinction. Evidence Of this Is 90 be
found In all parts Of the gas terfitcry. where
gas wells have been long in use. In many
localities. however, there is reason 70 think
that the grsdual failing of Of the supply Of
well is due 10 the choking up OF the pipe
BY deposit Of salt or parafiin, rather than
TO the failure OF the originsl source. This Is
NOTABLY the case with the Freeportga gas wells
NATURAL gne, next to hydrogen, Is the most
powerful Of the gaseous fuels, and Il proper.
~ applied one OF the most economical. IS
very nearly rs theoretical heating power
can be utilized
Il Is used for almost sll fhe purposes to
which ccal is applied with one notable ex-
ceptl0n, viz. for smelling ores la blast fur
naees and IL is our belief thai at no distant
day It win be used for this, but not IL tue
present style of furnace.
Being so free from all delcterious Gle
meute, notably suiphnr, II makes better iron,
steel and glass than coal fuel Il makes
sfcsln more regularly as there Is no opening
Of doors, aud no blank spsees are Jeff on
the CRATE bars 70 let cold air in, aud when
properly arranged, regulates the steam pres
sure, Boilers win last longer. and there
viii he fewer explosions from unequal ex-
dfsnghiz ol air let IN on hot plates.
Gas engines ofisrge size can be built 10 be
dflyen ~ natural gss, as ia the case Of the
Otto and other styles
For domestic purposes beautiful IRE can
be made, dust, ashea and coal carriage
svolded; smoke end tie sucked ceilings and
walls .. Plttspursh my ese9ne .htegs q
Thousand cubic feet, Il Is much more costly
than coal especially II used Ia CRATES and
Stoves constructed fnr coal The Invent ion
of burners for It's more economical consump
tion ia stores must follow It's general tngro-
duc.ion Most Of is users consume Il Tn
such crude manner thHt they fail 70 get its
best results. the Difficulty being the expense
o. mixing the necessary changes ia the
bnftiue. There Il, however, one exception
where il a being used with economy Ia Sic.
mems FeReuerstive furnaces.
The committee determined experimental
" the value Of natural gas as A fuel ia com
parlson with bituminons coal, In generating
steam. One pound Of coal egaporafed nine
pounds nf wafer, and one pound of gas (2s. o
cubic feetl eyaporitod tweaty pounds OF
water. In other words. thoiisard cubic
feet d natural gas viii & sapcrafe 500 pounds
oi WeteT. and - do the same With coal re-
qnifes % pounds. or about II bushels.