The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-07

! would say that the railroads arr not
n nn;cns 70 sell at the, government
rule below those asked Tor privnto
coal ianls In the same districts. f'r Il.
The Old Plun nnd the New.
-, an you give me an example OF tho
o 81. method OF selling in contrast 10
the present plano"
ming coal fields."l said the dircciyor
rats - Is "a sownship which at Tie Old
v.,l,,.9 o. iF9 9Iso ~ ooo to s2o per acre was
cent u ton according 10 us coal con.
tents and the value IS Just Sa,soo.ooo.
e a,seEen s5on OF s:.s4o.ooo for that
u, n wyoming the present valuation o.
the coal lands is little more than
S s;So o." h. whereas It was less than
mile OF that township had been valued
Surveying the Coal.
lust Hn what coal there is In the lande
20 they uac diamond drills and bore
No" replied the director. .rrhcv
can tell from tho outcroppings OF the
the v on me rb mountains and hills and
valleys II there is n bed OF GOAL TWEEN 4
y feet thick in one canyon ana ~,
ma bed Of the same thickness and
same Quality OF coal some distance
away Away With the other geological. cor
diiions that would show thai The re-,
were part OF one and the same bed.
o oe,, inc two contained coal Our
estimates arc carefully made and AZ
a, rule they are below rather than
aooTe the real amounts"
The Depth of Conl ned..
How deep do you TX the possibility
NE estimate that at about a.ooo
ffeet." replied the director. Il mean
abou roa one. in9 Ignite Is estimated at
How about Ignite. is Il OF great
= II vii! probably be worth far more
IN INC future than 1t is now. We have
aal1oEelher In the neighborhood Of 100
~ 30 6 square miles. containing about 800.
easily snas q igni,e whish
Oh lGnitc In Northern Dakota covered
oyer with rich farming lands. AND
t1,s are great beds in the south In
we have Ignite bed In North Dn-
s Soy, whish Is rs big as the whole
3sa,e OF south Carolina. Its contents
100000. 900 tons. Montana and New
mexico have large deposits OF Ii,.ftitr
ana there are billions OF tons OF il in
Alaska. -
Ignite Briqucttcs for the Railroads.
But have We had any prectical tests
OF Inc value of lighter" me
LII Is used largely In Europe re
piled piled The director OF the survey. Ger
annually. and in the shape Of bril-
quettes IL is consumed on mans, or
inc European railroads IL is also
employed there for domestic heating
and gas making. ma
Briqucttes have been used experi-
mentally on some of our roads. and wa
nave number OF factories which arc
now making them. The briquettcs
burn without clInkers. and have seen
i,cstimated that II they should be sub
stituted for coal on the railroads the
saving In our coal consumption would
be something like 100000 tons per
annum The Geological Survey has
neen making experiments as to brit
quctte manufacture. and we have ma
chimes which will exert pressure
forcing tho Ignite into brlouettes
without the aid of a binder. such az
pitch or some other substance. Ignite
coal can be used for gas-making. and
IL VIII In time form a large source OF
fuei supply for gas engines"
The Coal Lnndn and the Deserts.
What Will be done with the money
that the government gets from its coal
That is very Interesting feature
In connection with the revpluatIon,'
said the director. THE greater part
the States which are recIaiming the des-
erts. and this money will go to thu
reclamation fund. 1t will be used 10
make reservoirs in the mountains
dams for the rivers and canals to CARR
enormously Increase the area of irri-
gated land and will eventually result
In the creation OF thousands OF farms
So far the proceeds OF the coal lands
have all been deposited to the credit
Of the irrigation reclama ton fund.-
Copyright, 1911, by Frank c. Car
penter.)