Show CONSUMERS MUTUAL COAL COMPANY ORDERS HUGE STEEL COAL TIPPLE the consumers consumers mutual coal company operating at Gibson mine in in the gordon creek district carbon county utah has just awarded a contract for the construction and equipment of an all steel tipple with a capacity of tons per hour the contract was made with the pittsburg boiler machine company of pittsburg kansas and calls for the completion of the plant by august 1st ast one of the outstanding features of new plant will consist of an arrangement by which it will be possible to load five separate grades or sizes of coal from the tipple direct into railroad cars at one time to meet this requirement five broad gauge yard tracks will connect with the tipple which has been designed to serve them all at once while different coal mines have similar facilities it is claimed that this will be the only installation in the state that will permit of loading five grades of coal at one time another feature of this unique mine equipment will be the installation of a complete coveyou belt haulage system that will bring the coal from both mine entries one on each side of the canyon i in n which the mines are located directly into the tipple for discharge into the loading booms of mine cars for of trains this feature will obviate the use transportation and reduce the haulage cost to a minimum have not yet been belt system for the conveyor contracts said expects to have it is award awarded but the manage management ment is the time the tipple by this novel feature in operation completed mutual coal company the mines of the consumers three coal land in which no less than 1800 acres 0 of f in comprise and in coal have been proven up excellent big seams of measurable is calculated at no less which the tonnage now which have b been een developed during than tons the past few scars mined and shipped at bjes coal now being analyses of the he carloads a day pen pending ling the permanent the rate of six or eight containing 5 per 1358 b t u 31 show nal equipment cent ash and 0 volatile per cent fixed carbon matter of the consumers mutual don onald ald E jenkins is president vice president and general coal S company A E s gib son is is and J tracy woot C barnes the in manager royal executive ces are ton KS is attorney and i secretary w judge building i |