Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14
HALF Of Total OUTPUT
IN STATE MINED HERE
Washburn Ignite Company Incorporated
and Succeeded Gen. Washburn
Coal Mined in Burleigtl County Finds Ready
Market in Every Section of North Dakota

machines, five chain breast and one
long wall machine being in operation.
1t is hauled to the surface by electric
locomotives.
Present Officials
December "a, 1902, the Washburn
Ignite Coal Company was incorpor-
ated and succeeded W. D. Washburn
in the ownership and management
OF the Wilton mine. The present Off
GERS of the organization are:
President-W. D. Wasaburn, Min
neapolis.
Vice President-William de la Barre
OF Minneapolis.
Secretary Treasurer-W. H. Keller,
of Minneapolis.
Manager-W. p. Macomber of Will
ton.
Mine Superintendent and Auditor
P. J. Cahill. of Wilton.
F. NJ. Pettigrove is purchasing ag-
ent for the company at the Wilton
mine; David Wilson Sr., is pit fore
man; Clarence Hilton is surface FORE
man; l. G. Iverson has charge of the
heat, light and power plant, and E.
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Increase in Production.
When the mine was first operated
! the only entrance or exit was an in
cline and the methods employed were
necessarily crude, less than 10000
| tons being the output for the first
year, large crews of men being en-
| gagged in the construction work on
| the buildings. The second year the
| output was over forty thousand tons.
From 1902 to 1906 the average annual
production appropriated $4,000 tons,
while during the years 1906, 1907 and
! 1908, the production averaged 100000
tons per year. In 1909 $4,000 tons
were mined and $4,000 tons was the
total production for 1910. Last year
10000 tons of coal were produced
and this coming year it is believed
that nearly quarter of a million
tons Of Ignite will be taken from the
bowels OF the earth.
Analysis Of Coal
F; Coal from the Wilton mine SUBJ
jected to analysis by State Chemist
E. F. Ladd Of Fargo, mas tested bet
ter than any other North Dakota lig-
mite. An average sample of Wilton
coal has shown 69.8 per cent dry mat
ter and 30.2 per ct. water. An analy-
sis of the dry matter shows 5O.53 per
cent fixed carbon (that which actually
burns), 44.30 per cent volatile carbon
! (worthless), and only SIT per cent
ash. The per centage of fixed carbon
is the highest of any coal in the state.
This same test showed $3.50 calories,
or heat units, higher than shown by
| coal from any other North Dakota
mine. An analysis by the Russell-Mil-
ler Milling company year ago upon
several samples showed Wilton lig-
mite to test from 7107 to 1859 British
thermal, or heat, units while samples
submitted by other mines all averaged
less than 1000 B. T. us. Hence the
Wilton coal, produced in Burleig1
county, is not only mined more extern
| sively than coal in any other section
of the state but it is also a much
higher grade of fuel.
Pay Roll and Employees
When the mine was being operated
! during the busy season last winter
ATS miners and laborers were en-
; ployed. the largest monthly payroll
approximating $4,000. In the sum-
mer or the dull season, the number
of laborers is diminished to about
$50 or 100 and the pay roll does not
exceed $4,000 or $4,000 per month.
Corporation Owns Farm.
The corporation owns a large farm
r..
erintendent is employed together with
a number Of farm hands. This year
there have been 100 acres sOwn to
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