Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-11-19
LIGNIrE COAL.
4 Mine Being Worked Within Five
Miles Of WtlliaMsport.

At last we are able to inform the peo-
pie of distant parts of Emmons County
and pon-residents who have interests
here that the fuel question has been
solved. and apparently solved for all
time. As Is known to the people of this
section. IN q region OF country few
miles southwest of town nearly every
well dug has penetrated vein of coal.
Among those who tapped vein of lig-
pite while digging for water was Mr.. =.
E. Brindle. ollr recently elected County
Treasurer. Being pushing and hard
working farmer, it was only within few
weeks that Mr.. 3. found time to begin
'in dead earnest" the work of getting
out coal.
Last Saturday the RECORD scribe went
out to the Rrindle farm for the purpose
of seeing with bis own eyes whether a
real live coal mine existed, as rumored,
within few miles of town. We found
that much more progress had been made
than we had supposed. although. as yet,
the appliances for hosting the output of
the mine are of u very simple nature.
The vein is some thirty five feet below
the surface. A shaft several feet square
has been dug. Descending u ladder made
fast to A side of the shaft, we found two
passages leading out from the bottom, in
each of which miner was at work. In
side the rooms or passages could be seen
bright and shining walls of Ignite the
vein being nearly three feet in thickness.
The coal is brought out to the shaft and
is elevated in half barrel which holds
about 100 pounds. The force is supplied
by horse. and the "powcr" mechanism
is of homemade" pattern. A bout two
and half tons per dpy have been taken
out. The present method of elevation,
however. is but temporary. Mr.. Brindle
is having frame elevator built, nearly as
large as the mouth of the shaft.
A track will run from the rooms out to
and across the elevator on which car
containing 500 pounds of coal can be
run, and both car and coal drawn up
From tic mouth of the Shaft track will
be land to the dumping place. In this
way the production of the mine will be
largely increased.
The RECORD family have been using
this coal in a veteran cook-stove in which
Sims coal was used in Bismarck IN the
winter of 1894 1t burns the Williams
port Ignite much better than it did that
from Sims, In fact, the former is of
better quality than the latter. 1t is dry,
clean, and much more resinous than lig
mite generally, Jumps OF pure resin being
frequently found.
There seems to be little reason to fear
that the coal will run out; for, as said
before. vein of about the same thick
ness at about the same depth, has been
struck at other points in the ueighbor
hood. All these well-hoes have prob
ably tapped the same vein, which most
likely extends continuously under an area
of country several miles square.
Mr.. Brindle has been put to consider.
able expense in getting ready for mining,
and at present the price of coal Mt the
mine is $3.50 per ton. But, when more
men are put at work and better hosting
facilities provided, Mr.. B. assures US that
the price of the fuel will be proportion
ately reduced.
With tie best of building stone at our
very doors, and with an exhaustless sup
ply of fuel close at hand, surely the peo-
good reason to be thankful,