Show 0 UTILIZING OLD CULM ali an interesting feature of the production of anth anthracite meite coal in pennsylvania is the comparatively recent utilization of the smaller sizes of coal pea buckwheat rice and barley grades most of which is recovered ered by washing both from the coal as mined and also from the old abandoned culm banks since the first was constructed in 1890 the total recovery ot of useful fuel from the waste heaps or culm banks has amounted to long tons these figures include only the coal shipped and do not embrace the products sold locally or used at the of the total production of anthracite in 1913 tons consisted of the domestic sizes and tons of pea buckwheat etc As a matter of fact pea coal during the last few years has become an important factor in domestic trade is now used largely for household furnaces and probably should be included among the prepared sizes it is no longer sold below the cost of production like the other smaller sizes |