Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-12-28
PROVED By TEST.
Successful Test Of the Wilton Coal Is
Made by ~Interested Persons IT
Grand Forks.

What The Test Shows Regarding the
Quality Of the Coal asa
S Money Saver.
GRAND Forks Herald: For the past
week or more q. 3. Cooley has been
conducting "a test OF the Ignite coal
from the Washburn mines all Wilton,
forty miles north OF Bismarck. This
coal has been used in Fargo B some
time past, bud it has never been tested
IN this city before. An effort was
made last fail to get a few carloads for
test. but it wasimpossible to secure
It owing to the limited capacity ofthe
mines, at that thine there being but
one shaft with capacity OF but 100
g day.. Recently, however, the
newselectrfc shaft was put insoperation.
.It has acapacity of25O tons PEI day,
giving the mines total capacity DC
$50 tons per day. A carload OF the
Wilton coal was received III the city
last week by Mr.. Cooley. Nor the
purpose OF asithoroughstest he had Ia
tons OF 1t taken to the Grand Forks.
WOODEN mills, where 1T Was used excll1
isivpely for q period of i've days. The
test there proved more satisfactory in
every way than was anticipated, not
W~ithstanding the fact that the test was
not made under the most favorable
circumstances, as the engineer, Mr..
TRoddy, Was not used to firing with5the
Ignite coal and therefore could not
handle 1T to as good advantage as
would be the a after he has had
sone experience. #
There are q great many different
kinds of Ignite coal, some good, some
bad and some Indifferent. The viii
ton coal, however, proved to be in the
former class. as will be seen from the
following figures
On an average i'll, the past M has
taken 1871 cords Of wood to supply the.
woolen mills five days. his cannot
he secured for ess than 8 per cord
and if IT is shipped in 1t cannot be se
cured at that price. This would
amount to SD. rs for the five days rum
The fourteen tons of coal at 1925
WOULD cost 4 30, showing net sa7
Ing in favor Of the coal Of $10..25,S
which i'm the course Of Al year would
foot up to q pretty neat sum. In adj
dition to the usual amount OF power;
required Ave new looms have recently
been started, and they require about
~ additional electric lights, and TAX
ing this into consideration the result
of The coal testis even more satisfac-
tory than appears atAthe first glance.
The Wilton Ignite burns without
sclinker and IS there is no sulphur ia
it, it burns without giving forth amy,
disagreeabae smell and can therefore
he used In open CRATES Ito advantage.
Another point gTeatly in its favor Is
the fact that Athe smoke made is about
the same that comes from the burn
ing wood, and Hhere Is none OF the
heavy black souty smoke that comes
from ordinary soft coal. 1t burns
very freely and when used in the wool
en- mills eyeTys#damper in the furnace
was closed. Small quantities from
the a received were also sent to sew
eral of the private houses In the city
and used N cook stoves ranges and
freplaces and furnaces with such good
results that several carloads Of 1t has
been ordered for these purposes, and
it Is expected that Within a short time
large quantities will be used in Grand
Forks for all purposes. Another
point that is claimed IS greatly in its
faYor. is that lit is far o compact
than most Ignite coal. Mr.. Cooley
says that it compares veryfaYorably
with the Youghioghany coal, and the
price lis but littae over half the price
OF the eastern coal.
Severaltons OF the Wilton coal were
sent to the university and q scientific
test OF its quantities as compared with
other coal and fuel Will be made there
shortly by Prof. Babcock, and The ne
suit Of this test will be awaited with q
great deal on Interest It IS expected
that from this time forward the supply
win be large enough to meet all de-
mands, q additional shafts VIII be
sunk as b b as they + necessary.The
industry bids fair to soon become one
of The most important In the state,
which will effectually solve the fuel
Question.
If THE BABY rs CUTTING TEETH.
BE sure to use that old and we'll
tried remedy, Mrs. WinsloW.s Sooth-
lsnm cxn.,, SfnS- ohs1 do.npstookh A@I If