Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-11-23
COAL STRUCK At COALOALE.

by the opening up of immense
hodies of high-grade anthracite
coal at Coaldale on the Tonopah &
Goldfied railroad. Or more de-
hntely speaking as to location the
coal fields are located three miles
southeast of Coaldale.
A Pittsburg company for the
past ten months have had force
OF miners at work prospecting AID
developing their locations under
bond. About Two months ago a
vein or ledge from seven to four
teen feet wide of high-grade antra-
cite coal was opened up by an
incline shaft following the dip of
the vein down to a depth of $50
feet the bottom of the shaft.
There is opened up at SOfeet below
the surface a seven-foot vein of
solid coal that has been carefully
tested which gives heat of 2.72O
B. T. u. and contains but IL per
cent ash and has less than 2 per
cent moisture. This is certainly
some ccal.
1t has been known by a few for
the past six weeks that this high
per cent of Anthracite coal had boen
found and an independent market
for fuel consumers was to be had
at our very doors. The ledge mat
ter has been traced for q consider
able lie 9Th and at the present time
the coal in sight when mined and
ready for distribution would sup
ply the entire state of Nevada for
the next two years in fuel con-
umption both domcsic and manu-
featuring.
This statement is a truthful one
but some may doubt it; if they do
let them journey to the new coal
fields and see. for themselves.
This is not a boom article there
is 10 stock for sale-the lessee of
the property will be satisfied with
the steady revenue sream that
must flow in as soon as the rail
road spur is constructed to the
mines.
The chemical test or assay Of
this anthracite coal is far better
than the article found in Colorado,
Utah. Wyoming. Illinois and
Ohio, and in some respects excclls
the Pennsylvania coal. The new
find has been determined as semi
anthracite coal, and possesses high
cooking qualities. Yesterday at the
mine a piece of iron an inch thick
by two inches in width, was placed
in the forge fire and inside of
three minutes was brought to
white heat. The coal has been
tested for coke and satisfactory
resu!ta have oPen obtained. Tn is
last named article will give a new
impetus to the mining Of low
grade smelling ores in Southern
Nevada. and which will be reduced
at the new smelter at Thompson,
near Wabuska. With cheap coke,
means cheaper reduction charges.
And again, what may be loss to
outside smeIters will be a gain to
this section, for the new coal fields
mean the erection of a large
smelter near the coal mines.
The mining and shipping Of this
coal to Tonopah and Goldfield,
Virginia City, Carson and Reno,
solves the fuel question of the
coming winter. There is an
abundance of it and will he sold
at greatly reduced price from
what is now being paid for the
outside product, at present setting
in Tonopah for SIG per ton. In
side Il ten days a carload each
will be shipped to Tonopah and
Goldfeld for free distribution that
consumers may judge for them
selves Inside Of 20 days not a
car of coal from outside states
will be shipped into the southern
section, not even Rhyolite.
T. E. Rouvenanck has a lease