The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18

ma. and IS furnished in these states al
from Is to IS cents per thousand This.
with the cheap oil furnished by the
Standard on company from their re-
finery at Kansas City. has affected the
coal business of these states 70 such
an extent that Mr.. Durkee came to
salt Lake, having in mind the erection
Of a briquette plant in connection with
the opening Of coal properties in this
section.
To Acquire Coal Lands.
It is the intention Of the new com
pany TO acquire suitable coal lands in
Utah, and in connection with mining
of coal build d briquette plant. They
have already acquired a property CON
sisting Of one mine and 300 acres Of
coal land They viii use the Renfrow
press in their bTiQuette plant
II was the RenfrOw press that took
the gold medal over all competing
briquette machines at the jamestown
exposition, and il was fuel made by
this press By the United States geolog-
cal survey that the tests were made
on the battleships and torpedo boats
under Admiral Evans at Hampton
Roads in the fall of 1907. il IS the Rem
frow press that is used by the Rock
Island Coal company. q corporation
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company. at Hawthorn. Okla The De
troit COalette Fuel company Of Detroit,
Mich. also uses the RenfTOw press. as
does the Western C0alette Fuel COM
paEy Of Kansas City. The merits OF
this press have been thoroughly proven
and. as far as known. il is the. only
successful briqUette machine now il
operation in the United States.
Process Is Simple.
The process Of briquetting coal IS
said 10 be simple. but takes powerful
machinery. The waste or slack coal is
crushed as fine as possible, mixed with
d small per cent OF a binder that tends
To hold it together. cooked under great
steam heat and pressed into molds
weighing one pound each, requiring
about 2G00 pounds pressure to the
square inch. Every piece OF fuel is the
same size and shape.
Mr.. DuTkee has visited many of the
we'll known coal camps tributary 60
salt Lake. and Il is his opinion that the
Goals of these fields are equal 10 any
for briqUett:ng purposes The new
company proposes to make salt Lake
its headquarters. Mr.. Durkee controls
the sale Of the RenfrOw press in the
states of Utah, Wyoming, North ana
South Dakota, Montana. Idaho, Ore
gon. Nevada. California and Washing
ton. and thinks seriously of making
Salt Lake his permanent home anu
headquarters.
+. 5. Fisher of Salt Lake. q member
Of the newly organized company, has
for the past two years devoted much
OF his time in Investigating the
briquette proposition. and a lumber Of
salt Lake business men have visited
Mr. DuTkee's briquette plant at Kan
sas City and all are of the opinion that
the Renfrow process has solved the
problem. and the establishing of a
plant at Salt Lake will be a good thing
for the city and this entire section of
the country The company plans to be
in full operation for the fall trade.
The temporary offices are in the base
ment Of the Judge building
Articles of INCORPORATION were flied sat
urday. Capital. $4,000, in shares Of 81
each of which $4,000 shares remain IN the
treasury. J. n. Durkee is president; Go
u1er Thomas. vice president: E 5. Fisher.
secretary: W. S. Mccormick, treasurer.
These. with y. W. Clayton, ]. and W. NJ.
O'Brien are directors The company
takes over from Conner Thomas an agree
ment with Z. s. Fisher TO sell coal lands
i'm section Is township 2 north, range :
east Salt Lake meridian. near Coaivilte.
Summit county. and an agreement from
Mary Jane Williams for the purchase OF
lands IN sections 16 Il, % and Z, near
COalville.