The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-21
URGE USE OF
LiGNITE IN
TWIN CITIES
Real Estate Board Seeks De-
vclopment of N. ID.
Coal Fields

The following analysis Of the mar
ketinc value Of Ignite coal is con-
tanned in current issue Of The
Minneapolis Realtor. publication of
the Minneapolis Real Estate Boa rd:
The preset strike situation
in The anthracite field calls
our attention again to the fact
that we have in our own terri
tory large supply Of easily avail
able fuel. namely. the Ignite coal of
North Dakota. There are two ma
jor problems in connection with the
use Of this coal and the first is its
treatment and the second is its
transportation.
Dakota coal fractures into small
pieces on drying for the removal of
moisture; it follows that for house
hold use it should be marketed in
the form OF briquets. This presents
only Il small problem. as briquets of
various forms are on the market
Such -briquets differ but little from
the Goals which go to make them. eX-
ccptifor the binder that is added for
its adhesive qualities. Dakota coal
is said to be we'll suited to the max
ing of this type Of briduet, by rea-
son of low ASH and sulphur content
and in the process Of manufacture its
only detrimental quality, that OF cx-
cessive moisture, is eliminated. Ma
terial for the required binder is said
to be available at lower cost in Da-
kota than elsewhere.
Lack Capital
1t is perhaps safe to assume that
briquets of the above type made from
Dakota coal would now be i'm the
market here, were it not for the fact
that operators and capital are in
t"nscly interested in new methods
that are being developed in Europe
and America in the carbonizing of
Goals and to which treatment Dakota
Goals respond very readily. This
method produces a product that is
fully equal to anthracite in fuel
value and of lower ash content and
is described as Carbon Residue
Semi Coke. Char and other varia-
tions of coke, to which class it be-
longs. although it partakes more of
the nature of charcoal and is used
to replace same in several industries
This product is said to be of the size
OF pea coal, with perhaps one fifth
of it in smaller sizes, which latter
reported to have ready mlrket
in paint manufacturing and other
lines.
The remaining semi-coke will nee
essarily have a high fuel value with
out briqueting, wherever it can be
used in that form, and the freight
will be- about the same as on steam
coal. Briquets. made from this ma
terial are reported fully equal to an
thracite in fuel value with consider
able less ash. They are said to be
smokeless. and free from SCOT and
clinker, and are therefore clean to
handle and the most desirable fuel
available anywhere.
Industries established in Dakota
are directly tributary to the Twin
Cities. Their gain is our gain. Prob
ably 80 per cent of the money paid
by us for Dakota products will re-
main here and if in addition we can
procure better fuel at a lower
price the industries and large COM
mercial builders of Minneapolis will
reap the benefit.
In addition there are certain by-
products in oils. etc. resulting from
the treatment Of the Goals, upon
which new industries in the Twin
Cities might be founded as the coal
fields are developed and that in the
meantime will furnish some raw ma
terlal to industries now here,