Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-10
CHARCOAL BURNING A LOST Art.
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Charcoal burning hegar In New jersey In
1880 when Cornelius Board started an iron
forge at Lit:ls FsIs and it was greatly az
tended wheI. Hsenclever CAM Co this country
in f1t,: and started several forscs and furnaces
on els haronial pcssesssoEs u PAsssfr county.
IL increased rapidly as1l coAi came into use
fer iron smelling. aud SHY then !. oas gratu-
ally decreased, sc that the trees hare hzd .
chance to grow again on the deatdssi hills
In recent years nearly all Of the charcoal
made has been consumed in the csfaes, and the
consumption IN dwellings hss decreased con-
stautiy winie the factory consumption nAs
not greatly increased Charcoal Is gress
hest producer, and Is extensively used In
jewetry SHOPS sad a few other factories. but
il Is no: an economical ftsei at any price
One CT the mos: prominent hunter men IN tho
country, speaking eboas the waste caused by
charcoal burning said the other Gay.
dc You know how q rustic charcoal
burner burns coaii He kveis . psce and
stacks Up the wood on end uuri 10 makes .
pointed stack about eight feet high and ten
OF twelve feet in diameter. This he covers
with earth and sod uatl every BIT Of the
eood is concealed When the wood In this
Grads kiln Is fired I. uIss be carefully
watcsed night and day until the conversion
into charcoal Is accomplished Should it
break into a flame there would be nothing
left but ashes, 50 q mar resnatns on hand at
all times to keep tie combustion from being
too rapid and % mend the mound as breaks
appear In it When n is all done the coal
burner g~ts few bushels of charcoal for his
labor
'Let Us see what be wastex It Is known
that the manufactures OF crsosoce, scetic
acid, wood alcohol. merchant and ether chc1ni-
cal products Of wood can make q profit on
each OF these products and havS The char
coal free of cost The wood b packed in q
tight iron reoort and fire built under the
retert. The temperatc,rs is raised 10 500 or
zoe dogs, and the liquid portions of the wood
are converted into vHpor. which passes
through an iron or copper worm sneascd in q
jacket of cold water. The vapor thus con-
denses into various produces, which are after
wards separated
Georgia pine win yield by disti1latior
wood gas a small amount Of wood naphsha. a
large amount Of pyroiigreous acid twood
vinegar, large amount OF wood crcosote
oil, small amount Of tar and n great guam
THY of charcoal Nine cords Of wood will
give i6s barrels Of charcoal, fourteen barrels
Of creosots oil ten barrels Of acid and a few
gallons Of naphtha and bitunacn- The pyro-
fgneous acid alone will pay all Of the cx-
penses OF the labor, and the crcosote oil Will
more than pay for tho wood and fuel no
body but a country charcoal burner viii
assert that the coal is not n good as that
produced In the wasteful way be has bean
brought up 20 do it."
1t Is believed that charcoal burning Win
cease to be an industry anywhere IN this
country within few years Certain !, Is
that wide awake timber men are doing all
they can TO root ont tho industry N order 90
save the timber land for more valuable ard
useful purposeS-New York Mail and EI-
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