Show WE HAVE PEAT TO BURN One of the most serious problems a athe at atthe atthe the present time is due to the fact thaon that tha on the average nearly 50 per cent o othe of the coal in the time mines is left either i in inor inor or at the mines and is inaccessible fo for forthe forthe the future generations For example according to Cassiers Cassier's Magazine in 1907 1901 approximately tons of coal were left in or a athe at atthe atthe the same mines from which the tons were taken To stimulate the possible use of var vari ous grades ades of fuel and safe and successful sue suc- methods of mining much material material material mate mate- rial at present left in the mine ar are some of the problems of the United States bureau of mines Problems of combustion are bein being carefully studied by bp means of station station- stationary ary bo boiler Jer plants house heating boil boil- ersi and a long combustion chamber proper pro classification and relative prices price for coals by means of specifications an and purchase contract and more economical use and utilization of fuels heretofore not regarded as adapted to such purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses b by means of cokin coking and producer gas plants Amon Among these fuels is peat samples o of which have been used in the makin making o of producer gas The use miss of peat for domestic domestic do do- purposes in European countries dates back several hundred years buthe but bu the extensive development in methods of mining and utilizing peat has been bee lar largely ely within the last ten years A Athe At Atthe Atthe the present time ime in many of the European European European Euro Euro- countries peat pat is IS a large source of power development through through the ai aid of gas g-as producer and engine and th the utilization of the peat bogs boZ's is becoming general Some idea of the extent o othis of this development may mav be had from th the statement that Russia alone mines mines annually annually an an- over oer tons of dry pea petIt pet peat It is estimated by the United States State geological ical survey that the bogs of th this country contain approximately tons of dry peat commercially available At a market value of 3 pe peton per ton for machine peat bricks this represents represents represents over The Canadian government is carrying carry carry- in ing on extensive researches relating t to the use me of peat as this fuel is found i in verv very large areas in in Canada The cost of prep preparing rin peat for th Ute time market is comparatively small Reliable Reliable Relia- Relia ble figures are aro not available for th the United States For one locality in Swe Sweden Sweden den visited in 1908 coal oal cost pe peton per ton and peat plat delivered on the opera operating operating ing floor 80 cents per ton Pittsburg Pittsburg Dispatch |