The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-07
No ANTHRACITE AFTER xos3.
lnteFesttug Mathematical Calcutta
ti0ma by AN Operator.

.'Of soisrse,' said 4 I.ackawanna Valley
coal operator, who has a turn for stats
ties. 10 New York sun representative re-
Gently. 70, WON'T make n great dsa. Of silf-
ference 10 Us what kind OF fuel people then
on earth will he nsing, but you may set IL
dow n fnr fact thai poStsrsfs Vent breil
tie chops uor tesst its shtns ~ the her,
of Anthracite coal later than the wear 3ss.
I have ssutsa II all out and know what /
am talking about.
Everybody knows or ought To know.
that there IL ne anrhracite coal worth
speaking about outside OF PennSy tvania.
aud oniy IN tails favored corner Of Penn
sylvansa. at that Nov. Inc boundaries of
the anthracite coal are defined with
such mathematical certainty tAat. baslag
my calculations on the known or esttnfa tesi
depth, dip. thickness and extent 81 fne coal
deposits am abte 20 figure cat thai he-
fcre any anthracite coat was taken from
our mines had sise neat little storage
there ~ -. oss ss tens "a draw from,
The anthracite coal trade was born IA
1870 and. the market demand being ~ en-
rs mach as one toa Say. tho busy opera
t0rs then IN the firid spnt sss tons fs@ns Car
bon eonnfy, aown the f.sh.gA and Della
ware ftxers. 10 supply tissf demand. Then.
.a isr7 SehuS lkili county began ga deluxe
TIRE country with an anthracite. ard threw
something like t..ssa tens tse market
SER t1tnal Company began tearing up the
zeal veins or the northern boundary af the
rgla Ia I-ss=sgne county. AMI sent 70 New
fefk ali Of zee tofis ia Twelve facn rs
Tawse three cSaaIses marketed ass.sa teas
IN the ensuing ten years. bat during she
tsn yssars sollowins that ,ies ada they sent
eut over Aaa0a teas. Al tas raa II shlg-
y ys@rs they had taken aUG - the mines
and Sold &.ss.Sss teas Al tire beginning 81
hsa Aszrs
tNe. removed from TIE original sepsxs,
leaving Il hsso IN the bg rile uasser ggqarA
sensatatsg GAs What "a naNess aose tn A
csaessas wcssid Ia In egsaa psFlson. pst NTH
tse ean1as az fAs war anthracite Asxar to
Naaas. sn6 in tHn wears ~ ~. sssa cons sruse
were alasi &Hsi ssl4 saan bad b~~n handled
81 al tae feEts psetsa1fes wears = tlee ira se
sis1. taen tss vstGs - zassTzsfgs csa} has
hsssn sfs generally Sn 1s3 that AZ She
close az eusiaass ia as@ 1a5 aep,ss1. aaa
heea reduced ny 800 ae*S thaa 40 sc ~.
fgszs
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fttss-saas* s0vS tass ~ started ss4ss ala
dissssas lssso iotS ~ SO a. s.A tass snes ssr
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these ses@, ~ sssNArx~e rs tAe ara
~sss.sd sssS@ fhs AS,e hssSe t~sea NssSessg4.-
esssss ssArs Ia ssAgsssg ~ sas syse So sAas
s*s@ Ssss @fsas saese lr 1sft for sus9re
sr4sssSyygsesssss AScssvsssss - saas 4 sssAa.
49, & e<Sssrg;y wVsstss * srestv wea Asea
g. aafssrazssss after All. aosesat s5s Tner~
arc ts24ss faas secstesss t@fs- a1aSeA say
~ sexestts~Esr sears as,essx. wusssI carry
antaraeisss ftssS aaswg sev 1Tgs years "a
caase. fSat wuses unasssy feg gsasssxssy
49, are sssnE mare shan ~ 80 ssst teas q
year ~ pEesest os4Fsss*e<. = pereesss axw ~
taesesssr MICA s-ssaesss ssse. assang ny eas-
esa~&esn ga nasusai eee~Mxs rs ~ The "a
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