El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-04
Gf[EAI IUKRENI I'VE AFDOO4N1 ID
BOOMING IN SOUTHERN STATES SSaHe 8a &
Are Exploited for Liquid and Gum Necessary to
Reconstruction After the World War.

{ oozes out o. the SCARED surface and runs
3 down into the boxes Every few davs
lne boxes IN MP and men come aIona
and scoop out the gum Each has 6
I key with him and enptiez the sa1 Toto
\ as he goes from tree to tree When
: MS keE Is full he puts Il into a barrel
ana IN this It Is hauled to the turpsntins
boxes Is called dipping. Il is done about
once week during the spring and sum
aaers fresh cuts being made from time
% ume at the top OF the SCARED places
70 cause more sap 70 ooze out
The scars are recut the next wear and
ne trees may be tapped five or six years
.-- proflt- The sap FOR the second wear
I no. 50 white Or transparent as that
y me ursL Il grows darker from year
70 year and at the end Of six years the
sold for lumber
It Is estimated that = tree q, f--,- --,,,-.
should yield 50 pounds OF crude turpen-
Ine' and about 80 pounds Of good rosin
ana IN addition certain other bvproducts.
Does Not Hurt Lumber.
7 an told that turpentining does not
inJure the lumber and that recent ex-
perlrnents OF the United States forestry
service show that the wood from trees
50 treated IS as strong as that from trees
that have never been boxed
i viii take eight barrels Of sap 20
Like Two barrels OF turpentine. and the
Use Distllafion.
We can tel We are nearing the dis
lllery by the aromatic smell OF the rosin-
THIS smell grows stronger as we ap-
preach the big shed which has been
knocked up in the forest not far from
the railroad Inside the shed is a furnace
over which rests q big copper kettle or
boiler and the top is shut down. Then a
1-rs Is started The gum. which is OF a
waxy. cryztaIlized nature and contains
considerable water, soon melts and begirs
10 boil A steam rises. and this Is com
posed Of the turpentine rapor and water
80 r-ar
coil OF pipes such as Is used in the
oisullation OF whisky.
The pipes are kept cool By water flow
Ing over them. and as the vzuor strikes
AGAINST the cold metal II Is condensed
and turned TO a liquid which ruus out as
t1rpentins. or. rather. turpentine and
The rosin. which is heavier than the
turpentine- IS left in the kettle From time
20 time during the process OF boiling
water Is let into the kettle to aid in
setlins the turpentine vapor out OF the
ship In Barrels
after ali the rurpentine has been taken
out. the LIQUID rosin is SKINNED. after
which Il is drawn from the kettle through
spigot at the bottom It is then
strained through wire netting Ike that
or window screen. and Is run off into
barrels. where It coois and hardenE It
IS now ready 70 be shipped 10 the mar
kets for the making OF shrauneI for
wooden ship building and for use IN soap
and other msnu1aeturers OF various kinds.
Blast Old Stumps.
The new methods Of getting turpen-
the and resin from the dead trees,
sturps and roots may be seen almost any
where between Savannah and Jackson
VIE About 50 miles from Brunswick.
Ga. there are fields near the railroad.
from where you can see them making
turpentine in this way as you ride BY on
dynzmiting tbs stumps and see clouds OF
smoke and dirt stumps. roots and even
whole trees flying into the ar.
Teams Of mules driven BY negroes
move about through the rough ground
after the explosion. and the pieces OF
wood blown up are thrown into carts
and wagons and hauled TO the side
tracks Of the railroads They are there !
loaded upon cars for shipment By train !
load TO the Brunswick dist.llery.
Process Is Secret.
The work Of getting the gum out Of
the dead wood Is done By secret proc
e-z, for which patented machinery Is used Z
Ny Information concerning it Is from ]
Albert n Smith secretary OF the board
or trade At Brunswick Ga Il IS known
IS ths 1aryan process, and Is in sue !
cessful operation in Brunswick and IN :
Gulfport, Miss There are also large
plants which use somewhat similar proc /
A Great Plant.
The establishment in Brunswick covers i
something like 50 odd acres II con- /
sists OF a power plant. ertracfors re-
-els are made. foundry and machine shops.
and many big tanks IN which the tur-
Dentine IS stored The dead pine wood
comes in by tbs trainload. and Il goes
direct to the distillery or II may be to I
the woodward. where several acres are I
piled high with the surplus stock 20 be {
used in case the trains are delayed
The wood IS thrown from the cars
onto an endless chain conveyor and
carried to the tEird story OF a build
ng- Here It is taken of BY negroes
who trim It into such shape that Il can
be thrown into the hoppers which carry 1
L 20 the hogs The boys are the grind i
nE machines. they are OF steel and are
driven BY electricity generated by steam 1
turbines They grind the wood 10 a pulp, /
50 that when II fails out below Il looks .
much Ike new breakfast food A con-
slant stream OF this stuff pours out OF /
each hog. onto belt co1veyor. which !.
-arries Il to the top OF the building. where ]
The extraction Of turpentine is done Il /
IL there dropped into great bins from /
which Il falls into enormous tanks Of /
steam. each Of which holds !.
about 100000 gallons
The tanks are bigger around than the