I Need Something Answered Please

harrynstevensmom · Post by **harrynstevensmom** » Fri. Jan. 05, 2007 10:05 pm

My husband and I have been going back and forth on coal terms. Is there anything larger than a vein of coal? I know seams are smaller, but as for anything larger, I thought the vein was the largest run of coal. Please help us solve this!! thanks!!!!

Post by **coaledsweat** » Fri. Jan. 05, 2007 10:49 pm

Anything bigger than a vein of anthracite would be a gold mine right now!

Berlin · Post by **Berlin** » Fri. Jan. 05, 2007 11:34 pm

a few feet, for anthricite perhaps, but prb coal like that at the black thunder mine in wyoming @ 300+ ft. thick and hundereds of square miles, i'd say thats bigger.

coal seam/bed are used pretty interchangably in coal industry speech, vein is rarely heard.

Post by **coaledsweat** » Fri. Jan. 05, 2007 11:46 pm

You leave that 300' thick Wyoming Bituminous alone for another 150 million years and you'll have 30' of Anthracite!