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Show COAL DUST KUKUi Tho following, which we take from tho Engineering and Mining Journal will bo of iutorcst to our coat dealers and consumers, as the coal thus far mined in the Rocky mountains is subject sub-ject to disintegration from atmospheric influences in a remarkable degree: According to Mr. L. CJruuer, chief engineer of mines in France, "coal-dust "coal-dust mixed with clay has been manu-fucliircd manu-fucliircd by machinery since IStil at Tamiucs sur Sauibre and at Hum sur Sauikro, Belgium." This business was started at 'famines sur Sam ore by Mr. Simeon ifaudry, and although this gentleman uses -0 per cent, ol clay, and his fuel is subject to disintegration disinteg-ration by rain, iio has been compelled to increase his production from year to year, and now furnishes 4iK) tuns per day. Tho cost of manufacture there, according ac-cording to Mr. Loiseau, who has resided re-sided for several years in tho place, is seventy centimes, or fourteen cents per ton. For this country Mr. Loiseau estimates esti-mates the cost of his fuel (which ha.--the advantago of not suffering from ruiu) as follows: Aiir lV,l.llllt Hi till' Illllll'H - - - I'Un (7 jr I'i'iil . ) .... li i.'. IS It. "V.t'nxiuNo. !:, 'ul 1 , i-wi- II.. - o ! lu. i.louuU'M'i'iiti' .... .i in'. Tolnl i-mt l'i'L' tou i.f I'ui'l - - il The cost of solidifying coal dust here would certainly be much greater than either of the above estimate?, but making mak-ing all due allowances for the enhanced cost, it would certainly bo profitable to establish at the mines or in this city a manufactory of block coal from coal dust. |
