The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-04
300 WORKMEN
: WILL0PERATE
: BEULAH MINES
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Knife River Coal Company Is
= Reputed to Be Largest State
Producer
LABOR AVAIL A B L E
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Possibility of Developing
North Dakota Coal Foreseen
by E. A. Hughes


:. With North Dakota's threshinl
gradually coming to an end and la
boring men available in large mum
bcrs, the states production will soor
turn from the fields Of golden grair
70 the vast coal fields in the state
= the opinion of William T. Kraft
Bismarck, manager Of the Knife
River Coal Mining company.
The Knife River Coal Mining com.
6any owns about $500 acres Of rich
coal fields at Beulah, and is des.
cribed as the largest coal-producing
company in the state.
Only $50 miners are now employed
in the Beulah mines, but after
threshing is completed and white,
has come, the force will be increased
to between $50 and 300 men.
Last year the company mined and
shipped 275,O0O tons of North Da.
kota coal at Beulah. This is North
Dakota's record.
North Dakota, as rule, buys its
cbal in the winter time instead OF
buying in the summer in preparation
for the cold months, Kraft says. And
the Beulah mine supplies its coal
mostly in the winter.
Buys In Winter
because North Dakota buys coal
as it needs it in this way, we are
forced to give almost as great serv-
ice as retailers, but we sell only to
wholesalers. When coal buying
siumps, our shipping follows suit,
Kraft said today.
The September issue Of "Pick-
yps," magazine published in Chi
cago by the United Public Service
company and its subsidiaries, gives
q good history and description of
the Beulah mining industry.
"A few years ago, Mr.. Edmond A.
Hughes, Bismarck, saw the posi-
bilities of developing the coal indus
try in conjunction with his public
utility properties. In this, Mr..
Hughes argued, the states vast re-
sources Of Ignite could be turned
into electrical energy at the mine
and transmitted over high tension
lines to serve many communities
with power and light.
Ills arguments and reasoning
. were economically sound, as the Goa
is not only turned into power anC
light at the Beulah generating sta.
ton of the Hughes Electric com.
pany, serving many cities and towns
but is now shipped to all parts Of
North Dakota, into Minnesota anc
South Dakota. The fact that 'Beu.
lAh' coal has been given the highest
rating by the United States Depart.
naent Of Mines Geological Survey has
made it attractive to many indus.
trial consumers in the northwest
which is shown by the continually In.
creasing demand for it.
Bought Coal Property
AFTER making an extensive sur
vey of the coal resources, $500 acres
81 rich coal property were purchased
just outside of Beulah, and step.
were Immediately taken to develop
it,in the most modern and economi
c1l way. The result was that 1872;
saw the opei.ing of the Beulah Mine
which today is the largest and one
cf the finest producing coal mine,
in the state.
1.-THE seam of coal averaging 2:
feet in thickness is of blocky ma.
ture and uniform in quality. It is .
free burning coal that does not dis.
iotegrate in burning, unusual in thi,
respect from other li2nites. It aver
akes 5000 B. T. Us rs it comes from
d tie mine, contains but 4 to s pei
cont Of ash, and will not clinker.
.."Over this rich vein It coal which
extends hack into the hills, is n
average overburden Of 100 feet. Til,
shafts are tunneled into the side o,
the hill and the coal is hauled from
the mine in cars drawn by electrical
engines. From the time the coal j.
cut from the vein until it is dumped
into the Northern Pacific freigh'
cArs, the work is done by the mos
modern electrical equipment and L.
bpr saving devices. From the min,
entrance to the tipple the hauling i,
done By steam engines which handl,
arGtring Of IS to 40 cars 1t time
The tipple 10 80 arranged that tn,
c6us are eInptied by q rotary dunn
which quickly turns each car upside
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