Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-15
FALLS TRIBUNE.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY Il, 1888.
Semi VecEIy
OUR CO4L INDUSTRY.


As the iron is being rapidly laid on til,
Sand Coulee branch Of the Montana Cen
trail railway, we are reminded that tn,
coal industry of Great Falls and vicimt,
aware Of it almost, grow into vast magni
tude, adding greatly to the fame and pros
peEity Of the cataract city.
On the 18th instant the Tribune pub
lisllsd extracts from an advertisement
that appeared in the New York World.
Offering for sale S2,0O0,000 of Montana
concise statement Of the accomplish
ments and aims of that company was set
forth. This prospectus, if we may so
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railway
company, by James j. Hill, PRESIDENT
and with such a voucher it is safe to say
the announcements made were not wild
or in the least exaggerated. Among
other interesting facts set forth by Mr..
Hill are these:
At Sand Coulee the company owns
about 5000 acres Of lands containing a
fro 1,,c1,+- Dr 4l-I Ill
suited for coking.
On the completion Of the Sand Coulee
and Butte lines a low estimate places the
daily movement of coal alone to Helena,
Butte. Marysville and other points at 700
tons. To points on the Manitoba system
the daily movement is estimated at 1000
tons.
From another source, and the highest
direct authority we learn that these fig
ures are under rather than over the actual
there is no doubt whatever that in less
than 70 months the output of the Sand
Coulee collieries will be over 1000 tons
daily, requiring the employment, directly
and indirectly, of not less han 1000 men.
Within a few weeks, or on the compile
ton Of the railroad, coal trains will at
once commence distributing the Sand
Coulee product, and from the very begin
nlng the output will be no inconsiderable
amount. When the lines to Butte. Rimini
and Marysville are completed, and the
Great Falls reduction works are in oper
alton, $4,000 tons daily" will easily be
reached, and with the mineral develop
ment in store for Montana in the near
future the output of these mines will
reach marvellous limits.
From the same source we learn that the
working tunnel at the mines of the Nor
Central company is now between 500
and 600 feet into the plateau and that
development is exceedingly salts
There is a vein of twelve feet
Of coal and eight feet of clean. marketaE
BILE coal, unmixed with any slate, that is
not equaled in quality by any coal west of
the Missouri river. The working tests
that have been made in Colorado. New
York and Washington City show that it is
a A&gh class bitmainous coal. specially
for all domestic and industrial
purposes to which this product is nut.
Analyses of the Sand Coulee steam coal
give 3 per cent. of moisture and 70 Der
cent. of fixed carbon, results reached by
if any Of the hituininous Goals Of the
.ou.ltrr The low percentage of moist
lre is of the highest importance. as it
guarantees thar the coal will not crumbie
when exposed to the air and may be
any distance-across the sea
'ven-without stacking" or deteriorating
II the least. The unusually large per
:entage of fixed ca:bon tells at once of its
worth for steam or other industrial pur-
,oses
With practically inezhaustible quaint
Of coal of this character at Sand