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.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
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...
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.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