IMPORTANT USE OF NATURAL

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3163, 8 April 1879, Page 1

IMPORTANT USE OF NATURAL

f'ljw i)ir.ri':['jr:i iva^Ljimi^LL .sued hS i^siiiK 1 The petrolfum pro^dtet of Pebnsylvanilt now realises the fabulous **<%&&*#

exportation rnaß,, fto, about 60,000,000. Until recently, or at least within »tew years, but little use Ims Ken made of the na.tujatl g^ U! w:hi^ £ h.9t into eithep the^jpen wr : pfcbeea hurnedisto huge torclUjghjte^rojuy^il »«H9»»i; In Bearer-falls, a manufacturing town of considerable note, located about. (!; 3P ;mile.B afeit"of Pittsburgh,©* a|Ueasps Wayne nn" Chicago jßailroaa, one jpelj w,a& put dowaj R aj»ut 16 years t agQ., n ia^ ,iU.*^^ about l.lOOff. inrdepth, whenceit poured continuously until 'abdut' tiPo years ago, when it was leased'; casfed tip audbrought iiito'ule;' 'Thjs- i^dtrced 4h¥!;H«rmo^y •Soo^tf' t<j :JMt'u^owii:- x:jnbr^ *Ifflßt* in diiJerent; locals ; (^m!n|alntj|t|) r; |ll ,wjiich.gftv^o^ .liolraljuljrfj^; j%M »» isjno^bejng^u^ed^n^peftrl^iierew/jßiaa^facturing establi I shm ) ent cr jn al j*ei t ,|6pjrn. Ahoutiv<»»*l)r:lißl^ jOE.-iWßJ.l'JWftccWed i$W lightiagG tlis; itowa iCopiet&iJtottL these wells; t it is , also^i under-thei :gAs retortrX: for-; oheating *-■ (€¥e i» in t in*mbef.^' 'Tile laf^^iSStleipy workß'ttSe it in 49 heating, furnaces; th»lfipbttery works,' lin x|t^o 1 largo, kilns and two rery large' furnaces i r ldryin|j{ ware; the shovel works in one large heat|qg farn'ace ; furnaces; the saw works in one ?ery large heating furnabej' 14ft!l6Bg by Hi wide, which is run taa high heat. It it also used in one forging furnace, Two drying kilns for seasoning ,ludb^'\ise it. And jit.is ajsp in-tfpdujße^T mtp ; dw;emng i houses, heftting furflaces, and atovei and cooking stofes, ;atidßis exelosiTely used ■ arrecti from^ the 1 Mells for lighting One forge■d-wpUttJ#. ; Other.wellstare iifcir edihg down," add everything indicates the fctoi.usiviß'd'se^bf; t^i£gas-for aU-'heitrafe, iliumitttttwig, •ad .wtttt^cturinl^tttposes. Its^ralue is .really incalculable iotworking steel. It i« 8«id,40 be fully equal to charcoal, if o^#^«or» there being no base subat^eil|^*:l«ttl^hur or other matters sd-:damaftng 't6 its quality. A remark»bl6;.;featarjß[libo)ltriit n that men work right—along in a room .filled Witbiit.'itake itiftßeljfintoi[their ,lungs,>in shorl.^fettlieitjas-thejr/do air; iaria."/it;-appeirs i ratKe* heaHKful Lilian otherwise, -whilei-'Manttfaojiredof^as^fis actfiaUyi danfg;erous AftvinhaJe.iisrThf^ilP* is clear white and giresiaor intense heat : with-ter^iittle^mctke;i iMlelpelifiittiao diminution in the supply be a liotii'tf to the<i»uppTy/>bdtsth^aViiiiiiWl probability beio^''6ons >tati«j:: SowWdeep' itfthe^artliL 5y '-k;b n; 1 'll4t