The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-01
How to Burn Dakota
4 Ignite Successfully
KIND OF STOVE AND FURNACE
AND CONDITIONS OF FUEL
GIVING BEST RESULTS.
,ga.&. BY Herbert A. Hard IA ss

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& BY Herbert A. Hard !, JAW
A vastly greter amount Of Ignite
would be in demand, LIST, if stoves and
boiler CRATES were on the market
which were better adapted to Ignite;
End, mining companies would put their
coal on the market in more ustble
sized Jumps without much slack. How
ever there is a large and growing a.
mount of Ignite being used in this
state, Montana, Wyoming, South Da-
kota and other northwestern as we'll
as southern Ignite producing states.
The deposits are so extensive, not on
ly in this but other states, that it is
destined to become the most used fuel
in these regions within few years.
AS to stoves and furnaces; the con-
sumner of Ignite goes to local dealer
for stove and is sold one adapted to
Soft coaI-the only one on the market.
Poor results follow and Ignite be-
comes unpopular for no real reason. A
slightly modified stove and boiler crate
will help make Ignite more popular
when once the mining companies can
be induced to put the coal on the mar
ket in LIST, seasoned Il. e. dried) form
and End, uniform small size. If lig-
mite is broken to Jumps form to 3
inches in diameter, when green, 1t
dries without badly stacking and is
then light and convenient for consum-
er. The present commercial Jumps of
from 20 to so pounds mingled with
slack, are of unpopular size. A coal
crusher must be operated at every
mine to yield salable economic size
of lump. Once the coal company will
sell 'unslacked' Ignite ii. e. Ignite
that has lost its 2O-4O per cent of wat
er without crumbling badly of con-
venient sized lump, creating demand
for the product, the stove works will
gladly construct the right crate to
burn it on. In fact the author has al
ready been interviewed by representa-
tives of one of the leading stove COM
panies of the United States for speci-
fications for a stove and boiler crate
especially adapted to Ignite.
AS to the type of construction re-
quifed by this fuel, we have found
that simple stove is satisfactory.
A good draft is requisite; as Ignite is
a 'flashy' fuel, like wood, good dam
pers should be put in the pipe to con-
troll draft when fuel is we'll started.
A crate, somewhat closer than that
used with other coal, is required to
prevent the sitting thru of fine I'M
burned coal, withthe ash. Ignite
,crumbles greatly when it burns and
much will be lost If crate is of coarse
mesh. Thus rocking crate, which Is
we'll adapted to this fuel, should not
be shaken too hard when shaking down
ashes. This is usually all that Is nee.
essary as Ignite ashes are light and
fluffy, relatively small in amount, and
do not clinker very readily.
Ignite requires fire-box large
enough to permit large body of coal,
this insures economy by complete com
bustion of. gases and, with two good
hampers the fire can be shut down as
desired. The rocking crate and for
ced hot air draft are found effective
in boiler firing. Here too the coal
Jumps should be of small size in order
to give sufficient surface for combus'
ton. Fifty pound Jumps do not give
as hot fire.
Many farmers in western North Da-
kota use the Ignite because they own
it or can buy it very cheaply, but the
consumption in the eastern part OF the
state has remained relatively small for
above stated reasons that it has been
put on the market as slack or enor-.
nous Jumps, to be used in poorly adap-
ted fire.box, or at excessive transport
ton cost. !
Big business is just beginning to real
lie the scientists we'll established fact
that Ignite produces gas as an econ.
omical fuel for brick, tile and pottery
making, for milling and general steam