Show r One Of Most Modern Coal Preparation Plants In U. U S. S Erected at Utah Washed Dried Sized Blended and Waxed King Ring Coal Being Produced In Answer To Public Demand For Cleaner Coal CoalS S Utah An expenditure expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars with employment for a large force of men who would otherwise have been idle during the summer and early fall faIl has resulted in one of the most modern coal preparation plants in America being being being be be- ing ing- completed here this week by bythe bythe bythe the United States Fuel Company producer of King King- Coal and one of the West's leading leading- coal operators The modernized preparation plant plantis is now working working- at near capacity producing washed dried sized blended and waxed coal coal in in answer to the publics public's demand for cleaner coal For a number of years similar coal preparation plants have been in operation in eastern midwestern west mid ern em and northwestern sections oi of the nation but the United States Fuels Fuel's modernized plant is the first of the kind in the Utah field it was announced by the management Tho The capacity of the modernized plant is tons of coal per hour for domestic industrial and commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial use All coal under five inches in diameter passing passing- through this preparation preparation preparation prep prep- plant is now washed in a anew anew anew new type washer jig which removes rock slate bone and waste and is then sprayed with clean water Larger sizes are ara carefully hand I picked The washed coal is dried in a combination heat drier and shaker with hot gases evaporating the moisture All coal is screen screened over the newest type of equipment which gives unusually clean separation as between sizes The plant is especially designed to produce a uniformly-sized uniformly product product product prod prod- day in and day out And in inthe inthe inthe the case of slack sizes the fine coal is entirely separated from the coarse coal and then re-blended re as I I required making it possible to give the consumer a uniform percentage of fine coal in each and every carof car carof carof of slack coal shipped from the plant To further assure the public of a handling clean-handling coal the plant is being being- equipped to wax all sizes Waxing is the application of a thin film of wax to the coal It is now extensively used on eastern and midwestern mid mid- western coals providing proof dust ing ing- with the added feature of cleanliness cleanliness cleanliness clean clean- liness in that it congeals does not tend to soak through burlap 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 resulting resulting- in prosperous times for this community in Carbon County the heart of Utah's coal fields |