Iowa Winter and Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal

Buck47 · Post by **Buck47** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 4:49 pm

Forcast:

Snow, mainly before 1am. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -10. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible

Ya can't change Iowa weather, but you can be warm from a coal fire in a 1940's coal stove. Fresh coffee, corn feed Iowa beef and Bags of Pennsylvania Anthracite coal --- friends to convers with at coalpail.com.

Life is good.

Thanks fellow members, wishing all a Happy New Year, and a warm rest of the winter.

Thanks for all your help and kindness.

Regards: john

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 5:31 pm

Indeed my friend

Same back at ya John.

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 5:38 pm

You sure do a nice looking job restoring on those stoves. Enjoy

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 5:46 pm

The stove looks great John, and glad it is working out for you as well.

Randy

Edit: Temps are 13° and getting colder here too. We got a foot of snow last night and today and calling for another foot tonight...gotta love that lake effect snow.

Eb426 · Post by **Eb426** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 6:07 pm

Happy new year to everyone.
I couldn't agree with you more john.
Here in Pennsylvania we are finally getting down into the teens and even single digits.
My old house is nice and toasty thanks to my chubby stove.
We just had grass fed beef from a local farmer for dinner.
And on tomorrow's menu is some back strap cooked on the grill.
We had a very productive white tail season this year!!

Best wishes to everyone.
Eric

KingCoal · Post by **KingCoal** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 7:00 pm

well John, that turned out to be an exercise in the mastery of simple elegance !!

if the stove is heating on a par with it's restoration and setting you have every right to be very proud indeed.

Happy and satisfied New Year to you too.

steve

lzaharis · Post by **lzaharis** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 7:13 pm

Makes me wonder if they might
reopen the old Iowa bituminous mines
in the near future with modern machinery
with all the weather we are being blessed with??

Iowa coal is Narrow Seam Bituminous coal that
would have to be mined with skippers-short width coal
cutting machines that stay in one place but are advanced
into the coal face making narrow tunnels and many small
pillars in a room and pillar mining operation.

Buck47 · Post by **Buck47** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 9:02 pm

KingCoal wrote:well John, that turned out to be an exercise in the mastery of simple elegance !!

if the stove is heating on a par with it's restoration and setting you have every right to be very proud indeed.

Happy and satisfied New Year to you too.

steve

Thanks Steve:

I'm finding it's a remarkable designed stove. It can be idled down for long periods of time and revived simply by shaking and leaving the bottom door open to liven the fire.

Tonight - Infrared Laser gun shows temps readings of 533 F (six inches above the ash door) 181 F (six inches above the stove top and the black pipe) and one can place a hand on the pipe as it goes into the chimney and hold it there as the temp is 102 F.

I'm pleased I've had a chance to spend the first winter burning coal with this stove. It's a perfect beginners coal burner, readily available, easy to repair, inexpensive to purchase and easy to burn.

Regards: john

biggerpatterson · Post by **biggerpatterson** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 9:26 pm

Reopen a coal mine ?? Try getting that past Obama's EPA

buck24 · Post by **buck24** » Mon. Jan. 05, 2015 10:11 pm

From one buck to another...... You did a fine job on the Warm Morning. She looks really good. Stay warm.

Iowa Winter and Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal

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