The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05

| blasting in the place of dynamite. II
is claimed for the new explosive that
it generates a sharp shock which pre-
vents the breaking up of the coal and
permits of the mining of larger chunks
| than is possible with dynamite.
Through the screening system at the
tipple it is possible to get the coal into
the market without any handling from
the time it is dug out of the vein until
it reaches its destination. The Stone
Canyon company is negotiating for the
lease of property near Sixteenth and
Harrison streets in San Francisco,
where it intends to erect bunkers from
which the coal can be loaded direct
from the cars into the wagons of local
dealers.
VISITORS TAKEN UNDER GROUND
The dealers who visited the mine
were taken through the underground
galleries in parties of Is or 20 at time
, and given a chance to examine. the coal
in its natural state Though many
members of the party have been in the
coal business for more than "a quarter
OF century there were but four or
five who had ever seen the interior of
a mine, and the experience was a novel
one. i. B. Fuller, general sales agent of
the company, and c. l.. Watkins, rep
AtStHNlHS Ills IdlEtI- l. II. w dJhlltS,
president of the company, accompanied
the dealers on the special train from
San Francisco and the party was joined
at the mine by General Manager w. p.
thompson, superintendent J. S. Thomp-
son and r. S. Sumner, general manager
of the Stone Canyon Pacific railroad.
The chicken dinner served to the
guests before leaving the mine in the
afternoon was made the occasion for a
number of brief speeches. Talks were
made on the relations existing between
the new company and the local dealers
and plans We're discussed for the gen
eral Introduction of the California
mined coal into the local market. Res
olutions of thanks and encouragement
to the officers of the company were
passed by the dealers
Not an incident occurred on the trip
to mar the success OF the visit of in
spection-not even the unavoidable de-
lay occasioned by an accident at the
beginning of the return trip. The en-
gine attached to the special Pullmans
was derailed about mile from the tip
pie just after the start was made at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The main
track at this point was buried in a
landslide a few days ago. and 1t was
while passing over a new temporary
track that the derailment occurred. The
enforced delay caused no discomfort
for food was rushed down from the
mine, three miles away, and picnic
luncheon served in the sleepers An
engine with wrecking materials was
sent from the main line, but it was 2
o'clock yesterday morning before a new
start was made. The party reached the
city at noon yesterday.
GUESTS OF THE TRIP
pany who made the trip to the mine
included the following individual deal
ers and members or representatives of
local firms:
Albers & Husng H. Albert Angonnet
Brothers, Bacigalupi Brothers, l.. Briz-
zolaro & Son, A. c. Campbell Central
coal company, a. Devote. j. Dallas, G..
B. Demartina, Easton coal company. M.
W. Farrell, Z. Fiel, Jacob Fischer ID.
Ferguson, George Fritch company. G.
Graham, A. H. Greenburg, j. T. Graham.
j. S. Guerin & Co., H. A. Howes & Co.,
Harms & Co., P. Herlihy O. W. Jenson.
B. Lagan & Sons, T. Labhard. Lynch &,
Hennessy, G. Levin, Joseph Mcdonald.
Thomas Morton, NJ. Mullany G. MAJ
zera, P. c. Morton, P. Norton, H. North
up, OMeara & McCarty. L. B. OBrien.
j. H. Gilman, George N. Putney. Piembo
& Torre, 7. j. Parker, ]. c. Richardson.
Schnutenhaus Brothers. T. w. Simrllie &
Co., William Senner. Symon Brothers.
Stelling Brothers, F. Schulken, ]. r.
Quinn. Gus Swenson, w. G. Stafford &
Co., Sturdivant & Co., f. Schieck. C. l..
Stonebye, Sanford Co., John Sunni
company, San Bruno feed and fuel COM
pany, Solano & CO., c.. j. Thomson.
George Thackery, NJ. Tracey, N. C. loft.
w. II. Tiegeler, Twin Peaks company.
B. Tennyson. Underwood & Martin. Theo
Thoegerson, t. White, Williams & Bar
ron, E. Wheal, G. B. Nudge 8. B. AL
len, Percy Boydt, A. e. Kaufman. Hy
Schossler, T. II. Ryan and w. H. Camp-
bell Jr.. secretary of the Retail coal
dealers association.