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of any other state in the Union, fol
none has been so generously endowed
by nature in exhaustible coal beds.
Her hills are veritable storehouses Of
Ignite coal. unexcelled for steam-pro.
ducing power. for the GAS generated
from it and for the operating of gas
engines. q coal that is being shipped
from it's mines at Dickinson east as fal
as Fargo and Minnesota points. and
west 10 Glendive, Mont. The wholesale
| price at the mines is $1.35 per ton,
with freight charges added, varying
from 80 cents to 81. Is per ton. according
to the railway haul. This coal. from
a fuel testing plant Of. the United States
geological survey, as compared with
other Goals, costing three and one halt
times as much as Ignite vas follows
IA part of the plant was equipped
with approved steam boilers and steam
engines, another part with gas producer
and gas engine, with engines working
under identical loads of 500 electrical
horse power. The question of utiliza-
ton of this Ignite seemed to be hope
less, but tests were conducted, the re-
suits of which were so astonishing that
immediate check tests were run and
the previous results corroborated. The
following figures taken from the ad-
vance sheet show: With the best oper-
alton of steam engines. it requires 1859
pounds of dry coal to produce one
electrical horsepower, while by the use
of gas producer and gas engine operated
with this Ignite. figured on the basis
of dry coal, /. Is pounds were required
and 2.91 of the coal was fired. An
alyzed, this means that with eastern
coal at Sc a ton, n horsepower de-
veloped through a steam engine would
cost IL cents and by the use of Ignite
at 81 a ton the same power would cost
or cent. With a plant developing
1. 900 horsepower per hour, this would
mean a saving of $210 per day." The
above extract from the United States
government report proves ~conclusively
that North Dakota Ignite is, after all.
the cheapest and best coal, in a class
all by itself for fuel, steam power and
gas power purposes.
This fuel. in addition to its high
efficiency, is very compact and clean.
The consumption is not rapid, and
from all standpoints makes an ideal
domestic fuel. 1t is only a question of
time when this coal will be %briquetted.
This accomplished it will have a
national sale, the same as anthracite.
and in addition, the by-product. creos0te,
will be taken care of and should return
a sufficient profit to operate the briduet-
ting process. The standard economical
fuel for all purposes then is Ignite. 1t
is easy to foresee the day. which means
tomorrow, when this whole territory
will become a great manufacturing
community, owing to the cheapness
and efficiency of Ignite coal. Then also
will its public utilities be operated at
minimum cost, through the same re-
sources. One of the sources of Dickin-
son. progress is the Consolidated Coal
Mining company. established in 1907,
that mines 60, 900 tons annually from
its mines LehiRh, that comprises 1,92O
acres. having a IA foot vein. 100, feet
below the surface, a mine that is oper-
ated by electricity, employing 120
miners New Salem, !, 280 acres, with a
working vein Of 6 feet, 80 feet deep,
where Is to so miners are employed.
Both mines are located on the North
ern Pacific railroad. The Scranton
mine is on the Milwaukee road and
contains 4, 26O acres. the vein of which
is % feet and go feet below the surface,
working 20 to so miners. The coal from
these mines, is known as white Ash
Ignite" The home office of the Con-
solidated Coal Co. is Dickinson with
A. P. Peake. president, and j. F.
Brodie, general manager, q man of push
and enterprise, who has done much to
develop the Ignite coal interests of
this state.