The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
PEAT FOR FUEL
UNLIMITED QUANTITIES
IN THIS n STATE

Minnesota Will Soon Be the Greatest
:: Peat Producing State in the Union
What Peat Is and What We
Have at Our Disposal.
Peat is the name given to the decom-
posed vegetable matter, roots, shrubs,
etc.,4,which from year to year has &C
cumulated in bogs and marshy places.
The weeds, grasses, roots, etc, grow up
each year.. at the end of which time
they becomea depositoof decayed vege-
table matter. Eeclh eesl = IHeuscecssslsding se ss year
new layer of such sunatser is formed, so
that the peat beds are ti1e growth Of
hundreds Of years, averaging, in depth
from five to fifty feet. This, material
when thoroughly dried makes superior
fuel, capable Of being burned IN any
stovey CRATE or furnace, and Of giving
satisfaction equal to any grade of hard
coal when compressed into compact
blocks. Peat has been placed In the
earth for the use Of mankind, as fuel,
the same as coal has been, and in Ire
land, Germany, Russia and Australia,
peat has been used for hundreds Of
years, it being the staple fuel Of those.
near future when our coal supply will
be exhausted, and then the superior
advantages Of peat as fuel for all
purposes will be appreciated.
PEAT BETTER THAN COAL.
Peat is superior to coal, as it is abso-
lutely free from gas, sulphur and the
absence Of smoke, SCOT, dust, clinkers
and so forth. It makes a cheaper,
cleaner, more uniform and reliable fuel
for all domestic purposes, as it Is
equally serviceable for CRATES, stoves,
ranges and furnaces, giving a long,
bright flame and intense heat from the
moment Of ignition, and one thing more
than any other that appeals to every
home is it's cleanness. The housewife
may carry it to the CRATE in her white
apron without soiling the apron, so
clean is the fuel. There are no clinkers
to clog up the CRATE or to be carried
out, as the peat burns, to a white ash,
and every particle is consumed. The
fuel is recommended by all medical au-
thorities because Of its hygienic advan-
tages, rendering it the most wholesome
fire known.
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Peat az it lies in the ground is moth
ing more nor less than coal in its early
stages, coal being peat which has be-
come hardened through earth pressure
Tor years. At the present rate Of con-
sumption the visible supply of coal in
the United States will be exhausted
within few years and then what will
the nation dos Peat being coal in it's
early stages, we will be enabled with
modern machinery and methods to as
sist nature, by doing with our maehin
cry what it would take nature hundreds
of years to do-that is, to harden and
, condense the raw peat to the consis
tency Of coal. Through this process the
peat is condensed by pressure of $4,000
pounds and made into small briquets Of
various sizes, which are easily handled
In summing up the entire proposition
and question Of the manufacturing anc
stability Of peat as fuel, we simply
come down to these few questions an6
answers:
First. Is the article to be manufac
tured necessity9 Everyone knows
that fuel is necessity, and that ther,
always has been an7 always will be ,
market for good fuel Of any class
If peat were on the market in Mime
apolis and st. Paul today, one hundred
thousand tons could easily be dis
posed Of.
b Second. Have we the raw material
At Norwood, Mimi, alone are iron
ten to fifteen million tons Of the bes
peat in the world, and millions upol
millions of tons throughout the stat
are available for control. Minnesota
through her natural conditions, havin,
untold numbers of lakes and swamps, j
considered one Of the most productiv
peat states in the union, and no doub
h within the next few years this industr,
Twill be another of the gigantic opera
4iinns ich WI ill make this state famous