The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-12
COAL IN CELLARS
 AT S5.25 A TON
 NOW IS OFFERED
Direct to Consumers From Mines Is Business Rapidly Developing In Birmingham.
 1000 Orders Yesterday

Since The Age-Herald began it's survey of prices charged in the dis trict for domestic coal several new features have arisen and additional elements in the game have come to
 the fore.
 Survey of the retail yards showed they were retailing domestic lump coal at from S7.50 and $7.75 to $10.5Q ad S10.75 per ton, the range being about $3. The highest price is for the Montevallo coals.
 The survey then led to the fact that several mines close to Birming- ham are catering to the cellar direct from mine by means of auto trucks.
 In particular, the County Coal company, which operates new mines in the Cahaba field, 14 miles from the city, is selling it's egg, nut ana Hump coal at $6.50, that is s350 for the coal and s3 per ton for it's trans
 portation to the city, and placing in the cellar by motor truck opera tors
 Phoenix Red Ash Then another combination for tie delivery of domestic coal direct from
 mine was organized and announced by l.. Pizitz in corporation with the Phoenix Red Ash Coal mines (Shad- dick & Co.,) of Lewisburg. 1 This coal is being placed in cellar at s5.25 for lump and s4.25 for nut. It comes from the mines direct Ia
 motor trucks.
 | The mines are located on the new asphalt Lewisburg pike. so close to l it that one can throw a stone Into the mine mouth from the road, aud hauled all the way to the city over smooth and hard surface, distance of only six to seven miles. Proximity of the mines to the hard road con tributes to the economy of this moVe- ment.
 The coal company has its agents in the Pizitz establishment booking the orders About 1000 tons were order ed yesterday.
 Capacity of the Phoenix mines IS 100 tons per day. The output can be
 doubled by a night shift, which, 1t | Is understood, will be put on in case business justifies that step. | Yesterday the Birmingham Ice ana Cold Storage company, which handles several Kinds or QOmeSIlC lump Sodis, announced a good furnace coal at 70 per ton. This coal comes from the Piedmont mines near Dora in Walker county, and the dealers state the | coal for which they are asking so 1 contains from % to 30 per cent lump and is excellent for furnace purposes l in private homes. They further say
 this coal will not cliBker no matter
 how much stirred. They say 1t Will | all burn, although making more ash i than some of the fancy and choice
 grades.
 l Run of Mine | Many coal dealers have tried to Induce consumers to utilize good run of mine coal for furnaces, declaring lit gives the best results, but 1t IS
 understood to have been an uphill
 business.
 | The output of the Piedmont mines lis about 200 tons day. 1 Altogether domestic lump coal K how offered from s5.25 to $1075 with
 good run of mine for furnace per- poses at $5.
 Word is still awaited from the governor on conclusions reached as
 to prices for domestic coal from dii-
 ferent mines to various localities ahc | the reasonable allowance for operas- | ing retail coal yard. The data nave been in the hands of the governor
 representatives on the joint coal com
 infection for 10 days.