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Show All Coal Types, Classes Found in West Colorado By THOMAS ALLEN Chief Inspector Colorado Coal Mine Inspection Department The coal deposits of Western Colorado include practically all known kinds and classes of coal which can supply the type of solid fuel for all purposes of Industry, manufacturing and domestic demands. All coals, including those of Western Colorado are classified on comparisons of their heating value, chemical compositions and and are physical appearance named accordingly. The standard method of this arrangement is as follows: Lignite (brown coal) average 7,000 heating units per pound. (black lignite) average 10,000 heating units per pound. Bituminous average 12,000 beating units per pound. Anthracite average 14,000 heating units per pound. There are further breakdowns In these classifications, but they are not of enough importance to be considered m detail here. Western Colorado has no lignite deposits but has vast reserves of and bituminous. Anthracite is also found m Western Colorado, but the reserves of this kind of fuel are much less than those of the other coals. The coals are fuels but gengood been have only used for erally local consumption because they break up on exposure to the weather and for this reason were not suitable for shipment to markets at some distance from the mines. But there is a completely new arrangement in the use of these coals in the near future; they can be used m electric generating plants where the coal is ground into dust for more efficient burning in the combustion chambers of big steam boilers of such plants. And more important still is the fact that these coals respond very readily to hydrogenation treatment and low temperature distillation from which operations chemicals, which are very much in demand, can be produced. But by far the greatest value in coal minerals in Western Colorado is represented in the huge bituminous coal reserves of the region, because included in the free-burni- Green River May Be Hew Potash Producing Center Potash fiom the tremendous W'yomingite beds in the Leucite Hills of the Superior vicinity will probably have an important bearing upon the future of Green River, Wyoming. Reports from the Pike of producing potash through a basic interchange with process trona from Westvaco indicate that a new potash producing center is on the horizon. In fact, public statement has been made by representatives of the Westvaco people that utilization of the Pike process, when the bugs are out of the trona refining process at Westvaco, means further huge expansion expenditures at Green River, and at Superior. Understood here is that the Westvaco people bold the potash ground in the Superior area and have gone so far as to plan to rock transport the Wyomingite from the mines or quarries to the railroad at Superior by endless belt, for shipment to the proposed plant at Westvaco. Dr. Max Seaton, and then U. S. Senator J. C. OMahoney, speaking at the Westvaco plant in 1952, stated that upwards of $60,000,000 is the planned expenditure for plant and process expansion at that point Present investment at Westvaco is $20 million. River First Brought Folks to Green River The Green River, which is so important in the Wyoming towns life today, brought settlement to Green River long before the Union Paciffic railroad was constructed. The Overland Stage route, from the Missouri River to San Francisco, had a settlement on the land now occupied by Rancho addition south of the river, as early as 1861, according to the Wyoming Historical landmark commission. Here was a division point on the stage route, and here also coaches were repaired. At one time it was planned to bridge the Green at this point, but this never came to pass, and ford and ferry provided the crossing, near the present gravel and sand plant on the xxver south of town. bituminous coals are those suitable for domestic, steam, manu-fact- v ing, and coking purposes; In addition, they, too, can be used for the manufacture of chemicals. Anthracite deposits are a result of the action of subterranean heat and pressure on bituminous coal; w ithout this action there would be no anthracite. In simple words, the original coal has been baked and squeezed until all the substances m the coal which will vaporize have been driven off; this includes the moisture which is a part of all coals. This action has taken place in Western Colorado in and near places where coal existed and subsequent volcanic activity and mass movement of the coal measure rocks has taken place therefore, anthracite is only found in and near some of our mountain ranges. Anthracite Is in little demand, but there appears to be a market developing in some metallurgical and similar processes needing a strong compact fuel which gives off little smoke and gases from combustion. 2 - wx r - Ns. v. V 7 V tv1--' " 5v. W xVx ? V 1 , . f v s K WEST END OF GLADE PARR, southwest of Grand Junction, as it looks from an airplane. A considerable amount of mineral exploration has been conducted in this district and still other searches are planned. Many sections of Glade Park are used for cattle grazing, others for farm land but the search for minerals is changing all that - BRILLIANT ELKOL RAINBOW THREE GREAT WYOMING COALS Rock Springs Coal Field 15 Miles From Green River a Besides having plenty of water and gas, plus transcontinental transportation. Green River, Wyoming, is within a very shoit distance of the wests greatest supply of coal. The Rock Springs coal field is only 15 miles away, with an adequate supply, plus, of this basic fuel available for industrial use at this point. In some quarters it is pointed out that the proposed hydrogena-lo- n of Rock Springs coal could be carried out at this point because of the water supply available from the Green River. According to the U. S. Geological survey report of 1950, the Green River coal field in the Rock Springs Green River area contains 3,772 59 million tons of bituminous and 3,931 83 million tons of coal. 34 million tons of bituminous coal is reportand ed in the Hamsfork fields of the Kemmerer area. In the southern and southeastern Wyoming areas, it is estimated that some five billion tons of coal are within 30 miles of the Union Pacific railroad. Some coals from the Lincoln county area are regarded as coking coals. Coals of the area have a high BTU value, with low ashing, and a low sulphur content. Mines in the general area now can produce a total of 30,000 tons per ' & 1 V A t AV I JJ day. Reports say that coal is satisfactory for briquetting, and its quality such that it is good value for industrial use of pulverized coal. Coal from the Rock Springs field, in tests at the federal pilot plant at Louisana, Mo., was found to yield the highest liquid fuel product, in hydrogenation of any coal in the country. aafloanhifiiT&ihh l 1, iw ' " imi!si,i APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000 TONS MINED ANNUALLY Hassle May Be Developing Over Natural Gas Act A proposed amendment to the Natural Gas Act may touch off a hassle during this session of Congress, recent Washington reports indicate. x ) has made a Rep. Ikard speech in the House of Representatives in which he announced he would introduce legislation to write a specific provision into the act to exempt production and gathering of natural gas from federal control. Ikards move came following a Supreme Court decision last summer which held that the Federal Power Commission has authority over the price of all natural gas flowing into interstate commerce. Such regulation is not intended by the Natural Gas Act, independent producers contend. Ikard fears regulation of natural gas may lead the government to assert control over the (D-Te- oil industry. "Production of natural gas does not possess the attributes of a public utility and it is one of the most speculative and competitive enterprises in our whole American economy in which there exists not the slightest hint or suspicion of monopoly," Ikard said from the House floor; The Kemmerer Coal Company, Wyoming's Largest Commercial Producer, Offers You Your Choice of These Fine Coals for Industrial of Domestic Uses. 58 Years of Service years of loyal service to its customers in Wyoming and many other states is the enviable record of the Kemmerer Coal Co. Organized in 1897 it is the oldest coal company not Just in Wyoming, but in the West Service, Good Products, Fifty-eig- ht In its Lincoln county operations alone it employs over 200 persons. And in Sweetwater y Coal Co. county its affiliate. The provides employment for many more, making of the combined operation one of the states largest in any industry. Gunn-Queal- We Shall Continue Doing Our Full THE KEMMERER COAL CO. Frontier, Wyoming General Sales Office Big Supply Through sincere customer consideration, quality products, and unlimited reserves these two companies have written a history new S8 years old. Today the same solid policies upon which this concern was founded are still our foundation a foundation upon which we shall build even more. Moreover, these mines are being constantly modernized, constantly improved and new and better equipment constantly added that our products may be delivered to you at prices that, quality considered, are more than Share in Wyomings Development! GUHII-QUEAL- Y COAL CO. Queoly, Wyoming Continental Bank Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah |
