Show One A Of Af If Iff Most Modern BIT Coal loal I t Preparation Plants In U. U S. S i 1 1 Erected at Utah Washed Dried Sized Blended Blend cd and Waxed King Coal Being Produced In Answer To Public Demand For Cleaner Coal KINGl Utah Uh U h An expenditure expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars doll rs with employment for a a. large force of men who would otherwise have been idle during the summer and early fall has resulted in one of the most modern modem coal preparation plants in America be be- be being being ing completed here this week by tho the United States S tes Fuel Company producer of King Coal and one of the tho West's Vests leading le ding coal operators The modernized preparation plant is now working working- at near capacity producing washed dried sized blended and waxed wax d coal coal in in to the publics public's demand for cleaner coal For a number years of-years of of years similar coal preparation plants have been in operation in eastern west mid midwestern ern em and northwestern sections oi ol the nation but the United States Fuels Fuel's modernized plant is the first of tho the kind in the Utah U h field it was announced by the management The Tho capacity of the modernized plant is tons of coal per hour for domestic industrial and com corn commercial commercial mercial use All coal under five inches in diameter passing through this prep prep- preparation preparation preparation is now washed in a anew anew anew new type jig asher which removes rock slate bone and waste and is then sprayed with clean cle m water Larger sizes aro carefully hand picked The washed coal is dried in a combination heat drier and shaker with hot gases evaporating the tho moisture All coal is screened over the newest type of equipment which gives unusually clean separation as between sizes The plant is especially designed to produce a a. uniformly-sized uniformly prod prod- product product net day in and day out And in the case of slack sizes the tho fine coal is entirely separated from the tho coarse coal coa and then re-blended re as required making it possible to give the consumer a uniform uni orm percentage of fine coal in each and every car carof carof carof of slack coal shipped from the plant To further assure the public of a a. handling clean-handling coal the tho plant is being equipped to WAX all sizes Waxing is the application of a thin film ilm of wax to the coal It is now now extensively used on eastern and mid mid- midwestern midwestern western coals providing proof dust ing with the added feature of clean clean- cleanliness cleanliness liness in that it congeals does not tend to soak through burlap bur ap sacks nor even through paper bags It is anticipated that the coal tonnage at this mine and tipple plant will be the greatest in years J resulting in prosperous times for this community jn Carbon County the heart of Utah's coal fields y |