The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-12-17
PREDICTS FUTURE
OF uGNITE COAL
PROF. 5ATcHELoR SAYS THAT
TIME Is COMING WHEN THIS
STATE WILL QUIT USING HIGH
PRICED RITUMINous COAL IN
FAVOR OF N. D. Ignite.

THE residents of this state will soou
learn the value of the coal that lies
under it's surface. 1t viii furnish heai
for power ana other purposes fol
hundreds of years." is the assertion Of
Prof. III. Bachelor.
THE coal found In the Pittsbura
| district is considered a superior bit
luminous coal and has been used as
the basis OF figuring the value Of other
| GOALS" he continued. THE veins IN
the district are about four feet thick
on the average and are found any
where from 800 to TOO feet below the
surface.
''The cost OF opening up and equip
ping a mine having a daily output OF
1000 tons is approximately $500, 900
The mine owner has In the past figur-
ed on a mine profit OF only 10 cents
ton, a very narrow margin OF profit
THE Pittsburg Coal Operators as
sociation at a meeting held recently al
the Duquesne club, Pittsburg, took
steps 90 perfect an organisation hav-
ing for it's object the betterinR OF
market conditions for bituminous coal
The line Of work will be conducted In
much the same manner as that OF the
anthracite coal operators, who have
more than doubled the market price
of their output in the last six years.
'The days of cheap coal in the east
are numbered. Better prices will OBJ
tain. Better and safer mining sys-
TENS will be established. In this
country. The injury or loss Of life
amounts TO between 5000 and 10000
men per annum. John Hays HAM
mond, one or the nations foremost
experts, said: That 1t is one of the
gravest errors OF the people today, that
they persist in encouraging the cut
throat policies in the coal trade These
he declared, Have brought about such
an extravagant system Of mining, as
to constitute crime against the fu-
ture generations of the country"
North Dakota has never been
troubled by having cheap coal. The
railroads and the Northwestern Retail
Dealers association have seen to that.
Nowhere is the coal situation so bot
tied up as in the northwest.
BLACK Diamond In its issue OF Ocr.
Is, asks: why is 1t that the North.
western is going ahead Gardner H.
Reeves, secretary OF the association
explains: The first thing Is that we
are stopping irregular shipments into
our territory. We have less Of those
today than ever in the history OF our
association, and we are going to keep
fighting until every irregular shipper
knows the power of our right arm. and
lrw bok a. - =.
interest of the members OF our asso-
ciation.' This Is a concise statement
and WIN help the public understand
why they are paying 50 the ton more
for eastern coal than they should, or
q reasonable profit to the dealer
warrants
There are few real coal mines in
the entire state Of North Dakota not
withstanding the fact there are some
500, ,000, ,000,0 900 tons Of coal under its
surface. OF the 415,s42.6sS tons OF
coal mined In the country during the
year 1908, this state mined 2so. 435 tons.
The Pitrsburg district mined ss.000,0O0
tons.
"The Flickertails will soon cut loose
from the east in the matter OF coal
supply Mines will be opened up in
the. state and operated In the most
approved scientific methods Scien5i-
fic heating devices will dispiace the
obsolete methods now IN use the re-
suit being that ton OF Ignite win
give more heat than the average east
ern coal The householder will get
his supply ac 81 the ton or one-lalf
Of what he now pays for bituminous
coal"