The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-13
GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS
NEW FUEL ~ pPIl
Successful Tests Made IA Manuiac-
urc of Hriquets from Ignite.

Washington. July I3 The bu-
reau of mines. through ITS expert
meuts at the piusburg testing sta
ton believes that lt has developed !
I'd fuel supply for the western part
uf the country that viii be of i'm
ueuse value II has succeeded 300 |
making briquets without the use of
"a binding material out of ignite
rom California, Texas and North
Dakota The difficulty heretofore
with the manufacture OF briQuets
has been the cost of the pitch which
is considered necessary TO hold the
coal dust together.
Ignite is a poor form OF coal
brown In color and is found in
grear abundance ln several western
states Notably. North and South pa
kcta. Montana ana Texas It's uss
has been greatly restricted because
eF s-s tendency Go slack or rUrD 90
G1s- sac~t1v after Wa5d and
a-eazE. -r clt surface Because az
-l5 great suCuur of moisture lf
contained. between See and $50 pen
ctur sac ignite hiss been difficult
To burn under boilers or ln stoves
There is said 10 be I5e.r9H square
u.5tgs oE territory urGerlalu oy Ag-
mite AuE millions 90 acres belong tC
the government The bureau OF
mines. some tjm5 age. conducted q
series of experiments at the pump
ms plant ~ the reclamation service,
sc Winston, North Dakota, and sue
oeeded ia developing a furnace that
would burn the Ignite Satisfactorily
F hut this aid not solve the problem
/ OF the transportation of the Ignite.
. Tho bureau therefore sent TO Ger
/ many. where Jhc hriauettiug of hg.
4 mite is much farther advanced and
4 obtained from that country a pow.
crful hriquettiug machine Tho VN.
/ porlmruts have gone Tar enough "a
indicate that ignite can be satista
torjly buquotted at q cost that
makes the manufacture Of briquet'
commercially possible
The results of the experiments
arc contained ia a bulletin 'HrtQun'
ting Tests of ldgnite iuat issued by
! tho bureau OF miues The author
Chnrlca H. Wright says 'rho re
suits of the huuuetlng pvcsttga.
tlous conducted by The government
are expected to prove OF consider
able value, not only TO the govern.
mcnt itself az the owner of extensive
/ ignite drpoaitb aud the largest sin
! gle purchaser of fuel but alBo To- IN,
| people in the roRions whore ignite
/ III found rho problem OF fuel sup
ply la those regions rs al peculiar IN.
I totost for many OF the ignite dopoh'
/ tW are situated long diataneos from
! fields OF hlgh grade coal The prob
| lem assumes atill larger proportions
when one realizes that the develop.
mont at manufacturing industries IN
| those rrrlons depends upon the nhil
| ity to obtain 4 rhoap and mlsfac
| tory fuel
MIR Wright gives the approximate
cost of hraueta, loaded on ears from
buquet plant located at the mines
as &2al ia Texas, 50 IS IA North
Dakota and Ia California ~ 81 "a
rhia applies 10 hruuettmR run OF
miue Ignite TO Improve ita heat
value and weather resistins proper
tics rather than 20 hriuncttinR slack
coz waste cont II ta believed ~ viii
hv possible To- make hriQuets IRON
the waste coal Witch viii reduce
tho cost materially
Copies of THIS bulletin No "a may
bee obtained hy those Interested h'
writing 10 tho director of the bureau
of mluea. Washington u G.