The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-27
COAL CORP'N IS ORGANIZED FOR
 LIGNITE FIELD

oI hT14N NohI OItA l HUN flLES
 PAPERS; WILL DEVELOP MINE
 IN LIGNITE FIELD ON EAST
 SIDE OF RIVER
 After several days spent in pre- liminary preparations, the Broad Pass Coal and Development Corporation was formally launched here yester- day afternoon for the purpose of primarily developing a coal mine in the Ignite fields on the east side of the Nenana river in the Nenana coal fields proper and with it's ar ticles sufficiently broad to permit a wide scope of operations should it be desired to do so at a later date The officers of the new cor poration are R. w. Calderhead. presi- dent; Alex Fowler, vice-president and Andrew Anderson, superintendent and manager The new company is incorporated for S50.0O0.
 MT. Calderhead yesterday put thru an application for permit to develop ten acres on Lignite creek at point about one and one-quar- ter miles from the railroad. He says that the company has a vein 32 feet thick at that point and believes that it will be able to furnish a better grade of coal than has heretofore been possible Three hundred tons of coal from the vein have already been furnished to the Alaskan Engin- eering commission at Nenana and was tested by it in it's furnaces and gave perfect satisfaction In fact, Engineer-in-Charge Fred'k Browne, as a result of the 30O-ton run has given MT. Calderhead and his asso- ciates a substantial contract and work in filling this will be started at once A force of 16 men are al ready engaged in preliminary work at the scene of operations.
 Owing to the fact that there is no road to the location of the permit, it will be necessary to haul the coal by sled over the ice across the Ne mana river and store it along the line where it can be easily handled into cars for shipment to Nenana.
 MT. Calderhead said that the cor pOTation at this time cannot promise the shipment of any coal into this district as it will have it's work cut out to keep the commission contract filled. But if a good grade of coal is found within the vein that will be suitable especially for domestic con- sumption, it may be possible for shipments to be made on a small scale before the breakup of the Ne mana river next spring. 'I realize" est consumers of fuel (the mining OperatOrs) are very much interested III IIl' pI iNN Ct "lliSll Sohl S1A oC landed. I am sorry to say that can give no definite figures in this respect. Naturally, this will depend to a large extent on the amount of screening that will have to be done However, l can say positivey that in comparison with wood, we can land coal in Fairbanks and on the adja cent creeks, after We get to producing it, for less than wood has been cost ing for several years"
 There has been no test made, ac- cording to MT. Calderhead, for the purpose of ascertaining the heat units and percentage of moisture and ash in the vein that the company will start to work on. In due time, it is probable that a test will be made by officials of the bureau of mines.
 The officials in the corporation are we'll known in the interior districts. MT Calderhead is a former business man of this town and during the past two years has been engaged in farming on large scale in the Hot Springs district. Mir. Fowler, vice president of the company, is well known merchant of Nenana and was formerly at Hot Springs Andrew Anderson, who will be in charge of the actual mining operations, is practical coal miner and has had con- siderable experience He was with R. E. Burns in the latter's work at the mine recently taken over by the Healey River Coal Co.,, and has been prospecting in the Lignite creek vi- cinity for some time.
 Mr Calderhead completed his busi- ness here yesterday. He said that he had been given every possible assistance by local officials and business men who, he said, are deep ly interested in anything that will lead to the development of the in terior He will return to Nenana today and rush production as rapidly