Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-23

| mace 1Or SInelIlUg lTOH olC anu etASAS -
/ iron furnaces which have been III operation
for years using this character of fuel:
| This browncoal, mixed with hgnltl'
! coal, is used in the same vicinity for rolling
mills, steel and wrought iron production
etc The browncoal of Bohemia ana Styrl;
| is also used in the manufacture o! gas iol
| lighting purposes 1t is distilled IN retort:
| OF the usual form and the operation clner:
III nowise from that with ordinary bitumi
| nous coal except that the heated air iron
the furnace is used to evaporate the surplu:
| moisture from the raw browncoal before i
| is put in the retort. The gas coke mace
| from the browncoal in Bohemia IS sold fol
Use IN the zinc works.
In Syria browncoal similar TO that o.
| Texas is briquetted with BOND Oh stone
| coal pitch. Only the smalls are used, pc
| cause there is usually demand for all the
| lump coal that can be mined Throughout
| this whole region. and the brlquette IN
| dustry is therefore not needed. ne prl
| quotes are, notwithstanding, sold az q
| price fully equal to that of stonecoai. Inc
system used is the Coufnhal, and the ori
! ouettes are like those now IN the museum
OF the survey, which were made during my
| earlier experiments.
From these facts it will be seen that the
| browncoals of Germany and Austria are
| not only adapted for use as fuel Tor all pur
| poses, but that they are so used, and used
successfully. Moreover, the statistics SHOW
| conclusively that the browncoal industry OF
| Germany and Austria is one of very great
| magnitude and it will be shown Dy conn
parison of the statistics for twenty or thirty
wears past that the increase i'll the produc-
ton of provincial has kept fully abreast OF
that of stonecoal.
COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN AND TEXAS LIG-
MITES.
As stated in the beginning of this report,
I have compared our Texas IgnlteS with
those of Germany and Austria, and l find
that we have representatives OF the various
classes mentioned. l have personally ex-
amined the various classes of browncoal as
they occur in the deposits, as they come
from the mine. and as they are used IN the
various applications, and | have compared
them with our Texas lignites, both in their
physical character and chemical compost
ton, with the result as stated.
l have submitted average specimens OF
our Texas browncoals to the highest author
tiles on this subject in Germany and Aus
tria, and they, without exception, confirm
my statement and unite In pronounclng the
Texas browncoalS of excellent quality. fully
equal to the Bohemian and equally suitable
for use for all domestic, industrial and me-
tallurgical purposes. l have therefore the
pleasure of reiterating the statement made
several times already, and each time sup
ported by stronger evidence, that Texas
has in the immense deposits of browncoal a
cheap fuel which can be used for every pur-
pose for which fuel IS needed.
1t should, however, be plainly under
stood, in the beginning, that the browncoals
of Texas will be found to differ very widely
in quality, and ii will require analyses OF
each deposit TO tell with certainty for what
purpose il is best adapted. Deposits VIII be
found containing too large percentage OF
ash, and some, perhaps, too large percent
age of sulphur TO be OF value as fuel. al
though other uses may be found for them.
Those that are suited for briquetting with
out bond may not serve equally well for
other purposes, and some OF the varieties of
browncOal VIII not form 4 briquette at all
by the dry m thod.
1t is imposs bic, with detached basins OF
brownCoal, formed under somewhat diverse
conditions and stretching across an area
100 miles in length, that all should be equally
good. That there is an abundance of the
material that is of a most excellent quality
is shown by the examinations and analyses
already made by the survey of deposits and
specimens from all portions of the Ignite
belt, and yet other of these analyses also
prove the existence of deposits which are
comparatively worthless.
Therefore in any undertaking having
browncoal as its basis of supply, either as
fuel or raw material for manufacturing
purposes, an accurate knowledge of the
material should be obtained before opera
tions are begun.
UTILIZATION OF TEXAS BROwNCOAL.
The fact of the great fuel value of the
browncoal having been thus fully decided,
| have erdeavored to secure all possible in
formation, and when practicable the de-
tailed drawings or plans of the various
kinds of ovens, fre-boXes, CRATES and APP
planes for using browncoal. Some of
l.- hoe of +nrNrc .an,ES an,t
therefore only be used under royalty or
purchase; others, and some of these the
most important, are not patented and are
free TO all.
Through the kindness of the owners of
the iron works and rolling mills in Bohemia
and Syria, / have secured plans in detail
of the fire boxes. gas producers, and ar
engagements by means of which they use
the raw browncoal for the purposes stated.
l have also the plan of the blast furnaces
which are now in operation, using a mixed
fuel of coke and raw browncoal.
From the manufacturers of locomotives
will have detailed plans of the fire boxes
used on such locomotives as are intended
for .browncoal All of these plans and
methods are applicable for the use of our
Texas browncoal for similar purposes.
The machinery for the production of
briquettes by the dry method is manufac-
tured in Germany. the most of it under
patents. General descriptions and esti-
mates of the cost of erection are in the
Office.
Presses and machinery fer the produc-
ton of briquettes. using pitch as 4 bond,
are manufactured in Germany, France and
England. / have plans and estimates OF
the different styles and sizes of these, show
ing approximate cost of erection and oper-
alton.
Plants for the production of tar, paraf-
fine, oils, ETC., from the browncoals are OF
a much more complex nature General
plans and estimates are now In the Office,
and details will be furnished me as soon as
they can be prepared.
Some of the principal uses of our brown
coal will undoubtedly be in the manufact-
ure of brick, friedrich, drain tile, paving
tile, stoneware, pottery, glassware, cement
and lime. Plans for the construction OF
ovens especially designed for these pur-
poses and in successful use in Germany
with browucoal firing are also being pre-
pared.
All of these are. at the service of those
interested III the subject.
It can be stated now from experiments
and analyses already made, both by private
individuals and by the survey, that we
know that we have in the Texas browncoals
certain varieties that are rich in tarrV mat
ter which will serve as source of paraffne,
and that some varieties can be briquetted
with pitch as bond and others by the dry
method.
Special examinations and tests of our
Texas browncoal by the largest browncoal
manufacturing establishment in Europe, by
the various methods of briquette manufac-