St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-23
NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE.
6UED REEVE DiLA7ES UPON IT At
SOME LENGTH
oDoRLEss as ANTHRACITE.

One Man Who Ran Sixteen Coal
Stoves Cold Month for
Little More Than Twenty-Five
DoiIars-Minnesota and North
Dakota Need No Longer Pay
Tribute to Pennsylvania.
MINoT, n. d.. April 6.-My Dear
Readers: Changes in life beiEg changes
in thought; changes in thought being
new or changed conclusions, or confirm
US more firmly in old and established
ways. there is suDlimity about life and
all its surroundings. No matter Where
we are or what we are surrounded with
it is sublime aud beautiful to know that
when a real condition Of need arises
that nature and the forces that support
and operate natural law always stand
ready to answer demands of need. 1t is
a knowledge of this condition that in
spires US with confidence and ever fills
the heart with hope.
When through misfortune our bones
are broken, nature stands ready to help
unite them, and is active and strong In
doing it. Let us take the Great North
ern road at Grand Forks and 90 west to
Minot. The whole distance is abso-
lutely treeless. aud for many miles be-
yOnd. But here, as everywhere, the
resources OF nature and the provisions
made for the needs of man are wonder
full. The cold open prairie of North
Dakota stands as grand Illustration OF
the care of Providence over the people.
The country around Minot is hilly; it
has no agricultural fields or grain ele
vators. Still the people are in state
of prosperity, and are looking forward
to wealth and happiness. Nature has
not forgotten to scatter gifts and plant
here seed for time of need.
1t is true the country around Minot is
hiIly, and not adapted to agriculture,
but it has double value-stock graZes
on Top of the hills. while inside they are
1illed with coal. Just think of this cold,
barren country having such a value.
I he surface of the hills is a pasture, the
inside storehOuSe where there is fuel
enough to supply the surrounding
country for ages. Instead of hav
ing forest on top of the ground, the
Creator put it benz ath, SO the surface
could be used for something else. SO
man could pasture his cattle and raise
a living on top, then dig down few
feet and help himself to coal to keep
warm without having to travel miles to
a wood lot. This is composite country
if not a compact one. Undoubtedly the
best coal in North Dakota is in the vi
cinity of Minot. Being al the extreme
north end of the state, it seems to be
more OF q No. hard nature than that
farther south. Coal is divided into
three principal varieties. anthracite, btu
minous and Ignite. Anthracite coal is
hard mineral variety that burns with
out flame, smoke or odOr. 1t is the
highest grade of coal known for stove
and heating purposes. There are many
varieties of bituminous coal, some being
harder and softer than others, but it is
all or pilchy, smoky nature, and burns
with flame like wood, and gives out
all odor you can smell for greater or
less distance.
Lignlte coal is of mineral nature.
retaining the texture OF the wood from
which it was formed, and burns with a
flame. Ii is of more recent origin than
the anthracite and btuminous of the
proper coal series.
The Ignite coal of the North Dakota
coal company at Minot, of which State
Senator Charles E. Gregory is president.
aud Ii. +. Salyards. of the First Ma
tional bank, is treasurer, is as high
grade of Ignite coal as has yet been
found or offered to the public
from this state. 1t is free
from smoke and clnders, and can
be used for nearly all purposes.
1t is as odoriess as anthracite, and only
2 per cent of it is ashes after burning.
The proprietor of the Leland house,
Allen TompkinS, the mayor of Minot,
who is a good-looking man with All
honest expression, showed me his ex-
pense account for fuel for the month OF
February last, and it only cost him a
tritie over SO TO run sixteen coal stoves
and heat d house of fifty-nne rooms for
a month, and a very cold month, too.
North Dakota is anything but warm
climate III winter.
Another man OF good reputation and
business standing informs me that the
ignite coal here Is so free from SCOT that
after burning stove steadily for two
years without taking the pipe down he
looked 10 see if his Stoveppe did not
need cleaning: and when he examined
it there was not enough dust or SCOT
in it 10 soil white handker-
chief. While Maj. Fleming is in
st. Paul working with the cham
Der OF commerce and jobbers' union,
talking up his Dickinson coal. Messrs.
Gregory and Saiyards and the people of
Alinut are just smiling all over. They
know if the major succeeds in proving
the value Of his coal to the manufact-
urerS and people of the Twin Cities,
that they have sure thing Without any
trouble or expense. While the major
is talking about a firm III St. Paul man
ufacturing stoves to use his coal, and
predicting the sale of thousands of these
new-fashloned stoves to North Dakota
alone next season, Col. Plummer is
sitting back in MinOt with broad
smile on his face, burning coal from a
Ninot mine i'll an ordinary Seif-feeder.
In addition to having high grade of
coal. it is much nearer the market than
any other, and not only has the advan-
tage of d shorter haul. but the advan-
fage of two railroads to ship ON. The
Great Northern runs directly over the
mines of Messrs. Gregory and Sat
yards, and it can be reached by
the 500 by short siding. The
people OF Minot are not jealous, but are
anxious to hear of the success of Maj.
H.