Show THE FUL FUEL QUESTION IN UTAH laje tribune lo 10 6 a previous communication i I 1 benj der delored ored to draw attention to the expediency ency lency sea necessity of cully converting tho the billic n prodo produced ced in this territory ioto useful manufactured artches artic lct I 1 iq the present paper I 1 propose co idi I 1 log those features featured estate a c edg here oo on a permanent perman bai basia iiii J first among these is m undoubtedly the question tion of foel feel supply to zo nol tb observer can it be doubtful but that our resource char chari occil i iq ii at beit beat 4 A fuel is 19 needed which shall bo be efficient as well as easily accessible pure and relatively at t least IMS cheap but the problem is is a complex one it re jupt bet only the study of its froni the technical but ut equally as much from the economical side bide the superiority ol of a material as 18 fuel fad does doce not dot by all 11 means ita absolute As aa data entering into the bc L of olibia this question here berc must mast he be r considered llie calorific clin lic effect of the linds of fuel both and absolute the amount and ami nature or of impurities contained the cost coat of pro shipment ment and deterioration in r the relative rela tiTo I 1 3 positions tiona or of the place of production of ore tied and fuel and aal various other points in booling around for a substitute io in lieu lien of the precarious and ex peeve i supply of charcoal 0 w would mot most naturally be led to consider neider co the bituminous coalby co albedi s of orden in KOBO and weber canyons and farther up op at bitter creek the qualities of the first named localities local itice need ho be discussed 1 here sideri Dg that their inapplicability for coling coking and their general impurities parities im seem to be sufficiently well established but bat with tho the coal from bitter creek aleek springs tie elo it is is different this thib is a highly bituminous richly coal ad admirably adapted lor for refi ocoa alag ios tal processes lo la degara to its calorific power amoust and nature of impurities however abaly tests are sadly adly tit at variance the cause of this seems to have been as 13 much lack of care jo a sampling samp lio as aa the extremely Tui vari eblo nature of the lie in material a aerial but whatever practical have been beca mado made bylo by cam cartful ral and 0 aper i fenced shelters smelters Bin sm eltera elters in t ibis is territory tedla to demonstrate I 1 first that thac eual equal res W is are arc at bained in abo by amounts in m weight weighton of either cither or cham charcoal second that the difficulties pl r rian bcd io in sm eiting raw coal sire arc du duel not 0 so o much to is ali the amodol as ai to abe 4 quality of or matter contained I 1 I 1 alterations io in flo dodo of III mcdo cat aid construction of furnaces fur respectively respect iveli used will no DO doubt jbv n ate thebe fligh regard to the tha arst it will bo be borne in lh ahat at a ton of truckee by the carload cannot bo be laid down ia Sall Lake fity city fur for loss less than abai 5 bat ion tollef if coal costs cost oduliO tred bredin a same place from 8 to 10 the pound of fair average charcoal baroo ol 01 a develops deve lopa eab iries 11 pounds ou tie fie average a cubic foot hut but the jho foot fool of fair idalis Kog lisl coke boko weighs pounds the cubid cubia root foot of charcoal therefore so n anover said i collar calor ies lee iud the cubic foot of bf colo 32 2 cali cairins ries now ss iii the carload of charcoal or cubic feet costs coslo deliver eol from truckee hotbo to the ci tyGO I 1 for freight aud and 00 ore ins ibal I 1 cost or total tic the fmc outlay would bring over here bore 00 line dred weight of best virgillia Vir gitlia gas colt coke which put at the th very high figure of tle 15 per ton loa would iring up be total expense this time for cubic feet to ditto GOgO kut but it is clearly to tie be remarked that that sine dho abo unity or of charcoal by volumes volume as dem above abor and as by bj multiplied is ia irk in calorific value with regard to coke coka only as d alil 0 4 4 1 or is As 0 15 A therefore llie he cubic feet feel would LIE irn leot lent not to cubic feet of charcoal is is virtually shipped but to cubic ket het the difference between which and the aforesaid number grovr dubi fact edg i a clear gain in 0 o favor of coke but to revert to the case in point it acin bu eing aa umed that the yield of the bitter creek colo cat above too referred re re r red to is by coln i e 95 05 per cent ortho coal or that i a too ton of coke requires the con now p tion of ij tons of coal that the cosof jho coal as delivered at the mouth of the pit ii ig sa 3 per ton rod and the cole thus produced presen tsan 0 o average of say bay 12 per cent of aphes then the calorific calo effect of such coke will il be calories per III ib and inq il calorific calori fio money value even if cenal weights were taken of nine and ebar char coal agal would be to sale onit as li IG 25 or an aj bog it deed bow however evere be horrid borne iti ia mazid that par paramount to the chemical or atey fuel aro are to be its physical properties viso tit in is power of c carrying B burden fuel that aill crumble tremble tib the tint will by flying 1 before baving attained the zone of I 1 it aioo sion offer to the RAC coding column lulan of gak bases a vastly greater than the larger pieces ong wally d juel 11 greatly the ope operatic ratio of the be emdur another defect is id the high percentage of incombustible matter 1 arlim 1 i though figures on jt sub eject have not been obtained att at 1 ii it would ild appear that certain portions or 1 alio llio I e beds are arc more impregnated ith only and earthy matters than A purification cf tag coal oal bt at tho the pits pila and a coking under p arth tire might bo be timely flugg the fact of using raw nw coal for lead silver sm smelting smelling elting io in certain parts ol 01 of europe as for lUb tance in silesia li not dot absolute abao lale proof of the ores iq in barnowitz ore exceedingly C loan toil and well dressel arid and the lignite there employed as far as aa is ie known to the writer ii a very fair article arti cli or combustion the question above alluded to or of shipping the tha oro to tho the fuel or tho the fool to 0 o the ore trill bill hardly need aay commons what has been already the honio home tiro 0 of f a superior which cannot be delayed long and tho tb of new nc fields fielda think of shipping wen area which cannot bo be concentrated through dressing A As far as aa ship shipping to the lumber regions is concer concerned it it w will i I 1 to be remembered that 10 the lo average charge of if fuel lor for sm smelling smelting elting doe one torl ton or ores ore cn in be laid aown own at sandy for 11 II it if th ho cast coat of hauling bauling the ore the solve distance in a reversed direction being B at least leant sia r it los bar been hitherto assumed iliac the only way bayot of producing lent heat is in by lapo exposing edg fuel t w mhd action of e a air T thia his is ia by no mesas means all various devi devilla cLa and among these a greatel many ingenious lis ones onca hf have been put forward to effect a more ron and ad though much had bad been dooe done IQ in this field inore diore tomain to be don done A favorite device arid and one which has met with almost universal his been beca to offer tho the fuel ri 4 c e the carton carbon io in gage 0 us form a to the he action of the air dad then though gh a variety arie of more or less ingenious ge i us has baa been put for forward a to ne t this IS tu act the he of 1 f their th el relative incila or I 1 Is or demerits does doca not enter into the province of the writer 0 suffice it here to have live drawn the attention ol of the interested sotere sted reader to a feature which cannot fail to bo be of large value to the profession in the territory Dry another more brilliant and truly trinal original discovery in this lino line has been co the invention of mestre it A storer of boston their pro achs as economical as aa it n highly efficient consists cousis ts in to ev erting the refuse of common coal blackinton blac kinto in an impalpable powder billich vil lich being fed on to a fireplace along with a proportionate supply of oxygen creates an absolute and most intenzo combustion easy to be regulated and varying from a dull red to a most moat unbearable white while heat masses iron have been readily molten in the open beach by this process A distram ng this innovation iu in on exhibition at john ble vider a assay office to conclude it may not dot be amiss amu to give a comparative of the relative costs of tin illing Ling beadi 01 ol 1 vl toreiv the ide blast furn co by reppe clive acly I 1 y pit CO coal al and I 1 ellard coal or near the railroad furnace ten too of ore day t t abor par 21 haars hoars i Itra oA 11 ll i ann till ju S N qz car and calr axi jkr day st sla total or per ton of am or 20 PIT choju co furna worl working 09 to acir as rot I 1 e 11 d allty 1 babor ar aa rr 70 rn toa clr do ra I 1 huew I 1 f wor an anil d ter r SIO sl I 1 7 t 1 I 1 l 1111 ll 11 TT 1 L a I 1 W M 0 or pet per ton lin 1250 so that thai tho the smelter would ie be eua bled to lo return for rodoro ore assaying fifty two per cent lead and twenty five dollars silver arter deducting ducting Jc a re rea I 1 conable mirgia margin and interest ini croat in the first case say twenty two dollari dd llari and inthe ID iho second case twenty eight doli dol i lars lara per ton of ore purchased to tho the mine ower J T B |