How Do You Know What You're Getting?

 
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Post by Richard S. » Thu. Jun. 12, 2008 3:28 am

coal berner wrote: They clean them out daily and dump the coal on the piles Witch are 500 to 1000 Ft. From the breaker The only differents from the breaker bin and the Piles is the coal is not as wet on the Piles as it would be from the breaker you will have rain water instead of breaker water All of the coal has been washed 2 to 3 times before it gets on the Piles
That's where they differ from Hudson, the coal doesn't go directly into a pocket. All the coal in the summer is either taken from the pile outside the sceening plant or from the stockpile and dumped into separate pockets to be washed again before it goes in the truck. All the pockets are for is loading coal and washing, once its in there the only place its going is on a truck.

Both ways have their benefits, If the coal is going right into a pocket you won't get that accumulation of fines and *censored* in the middle. On the other hand if you're getting it from a separate pocket even the stockpile coal can be washed again...
The only Vein of coal that I know off down here That will splinter or break easy is The Mammoth coal Vein witch is what Vein
Hudson is huge operation, the drop from the screening plant to the ground if there is no pile there is about 20 feet so breakge is inevitable. They make a lot of coal in day and they really need that amount of room.

 
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Post by Richard S. » Thu. Jun. 12, 2008 3:53 am

Here's an overhead view, I marked a mini van for perspective. The rice coal pile is probably about 400 ton.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q= ... iwloc=addr

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Post by coal berner » Thu. Jun. 12, 2008 4:27 am

Here is what Superior looks like from above The Office and scale is on the left side the breaker is on the right side of the road you will see the coal at the top of the Photo west of the breaker

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q= ... 01483&z=19


 
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Post by Jack Magnum » Thu. Jun. 12, 2008 9:13 am

Freddy wrote:Strange day yesterday. I phoned Superior & asked about coal. She was real pessimistic. Said they can't sell to me as stock is low, breaker is down, only selling to regulars, the feds are going to shut down the anthracite industry any day now. Poor girl! She's living on the edge of fear! She suggetsed Summit or Kimmel.
Then I called Double Run Trucking. They are happy to being me coal next week. I asked what kind & he said Superior. How do I know it's really superior? A month ago I phoned a coal mnine number & that person sold himself off as Superior, but was not! I got the number off the internet but I cannot search and find it again. Odd.
What did she mean by the feds were going to be shutting down the anthracite industry ? I bought all tyhe coal burning stuff. Stove,chimney etc. and now I won't be able to use it or get fuel for it ?

 
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Post by Matthaus » Thu. Jun. 12, 2008 9:59 am

Jack Magnum wrote:What did she mean by the feds were going to be shutting down the anthracite industry ? I bought all tyhe coal burning stuff. Stove,chimney etc. and now I won't be able to use it or get fuel for it ?
The deep mining industry is in dire straights (another mine closed the other day, only 10 or less left, although I'm sure coal berner will correct me on the number ;) ) due to the application of bituminous mining regs and general harassment by big brother, that being said strip mining in PA is running hell bent for election. Bottom line chicken little, the sky ain't falling yet. :P :lol: :)

But seriously do a search on this site regarding deep mining and you will get the true story. :)

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