Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-05
AMERICAN COAL EXHIBIT
Unprecedented Display Being
Prepared For Paris Fair.
MANY FINE SAMPLES COLLECTED.
One Is "a Section of n Coal Vein Over
Twelve Feet HiGh-Statistics of the
Industry as Well MS Many Photo
graphs VIII BE shown.

! Twelve Feet High-Statistics of the
| Industry as Well MS Many Photo
| graphs VIII BE shown.
One of the most interesting as well
as the most extensive Of the min
eral exhibits ct the Paris exposition
will be that of coal and coke, collected
/ by +. T. Saward. honorary special
agent of the department of mining
and metallurgy says the New York
Times. This exhibit will be In the
United States building, in the center
under the rotunda, In cases specially
provided. There have been fully 1870
samples of coal and coke collected,
weighing from pounds up to 500
| pounds, and there is one sample that
will weigh much more, as it is a sec
| ton of a coal vein found in West Vir-
ginia and is about - feet high.
| 1t was at first very difficult to con.
vince the producers Of coal in the Unit.
ed States that any result would be OBJ
tanned from such an exhibit, as they
thought there was but little prospect
of the shipment of American coal
abroad. and it was only after consider
| able effort had been expended and
their patriotic instincts had been invok-
ed that they were persuaded to do so.
The difficulty was particularly great in
procuring an exhibit from those states
distant from the coast, and the pro-
ducers of the Ignite Goals were entirely
averse to anything like showing. as
from the nature of the fuel it would
slack" long before the time of its ap-
pearance in the exposition.
In connection with each sample of
coal shown there is an analysis of the
coal appended, so that the foreigner
can judge of the component parts of
the American Goals, and this ranges
all the way from the very excellent
and hard Goals of Pennsylvania to the
| lighter Goals of Washington. Samples
have been secured from Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Ohio Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Alabama, Michigan. Kan
sas Indian Territory, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Colo
RADIO, California and Washington.
This is so far as the bituminous coal
of the United States is concerned, and
the anthracite is represented by dis
play that will attract the attention Of
every visitor to the exposition, for
| there are samples of eight siZes-name
ly, broken, egg. stove, nut, pea, buck
| wheat rice and birdseye. Each of
these is in a handsome glass case to-
gether with an analysis thereof, the
samples being of sufficient size to show
what is done in the United States in
/ the anthracite coal regions in the prep
/ aration of the coal after it has been
mined.
statement in regard to the production
of coal in the United States. and natu-
rally Pennsylvania stands at the head
with its 10000 600 tons of bituminous
coal and about 60,000,000 tons of an
thracite, the tons here named being
those of 1000 pounds. The business of
each of the carrying companies is also
shown. and there is a statement as to
the county in which the coal was pro-
the various portions of the country, to-
gether with some interesting facts re-
garding the export trade up to the end
of 1899.
! In addition to the samples of coal
which will be shown. there are many
| photographs collected, which will be
/ framed and mounted above the cases,
| which have bearing upon the trade,
! showing the mining of the coal, the
| carrying of it, the cars and engines
| used in the trade and the method of
| shipment. There are photographs show
! ing the air compressors used in coal
/ mines and views of a train of steel
cars of 100000 pounds capacity, such
! as are used in the transportation of BIZ
luminous coal from the Pittsburg dis
! trict to the shipping points on Lake
Erie
/ There are also photographs showing
/ seagoing tug, with two or three of
/ the large coal barges, such as are used
on the Atlantic coast to carry coal from
/ Baltimore TO places in New England,
! and photographs of air coal mining ma
/ chimes, such as are used in the btumi-
nous plants of the United States and Il
view of the largest bituminous coal
shipping port on the Atlantic coast. at
which over 100000 tons of coal were
loaded into vessels for the coast and
foreign trade last year
Then there are photographs illustrat-
ing electric and other mining machines
in use in the bituminous coal mines in
the United States, views illustrating
the steel head frames at the anthracite
collieries in Pennsylvania, view
showing an anthracite coal loading
station, such as are found along the
Hudson and Delaware rivers; photo
graphs showing electric chain mining
machines in use in the Dituminous
mines of Pennsylvania, Illinois, ETC.;
views illustrating the methods of ham
ding coal on its receipt at one of the
Lake Superior coal docks, where rec
ord of 5000 tons day is a matter of
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