Show ill ELK COAL 0 COS I 1 I 1 MIN t IS A Y D h 0 N A N 1 A LARGEST VEIN OF SOLID COAL IN WYOMING I 1 coal I 1 Is fe crep burning leaves few ashes and for I 1 Dome domestic purposes 1 I 1 I 1 A A new coil coal property owned by the elk coal co mader up mostly of utah and idaho men Is being developed in uintah county wyoming the com banys veins are among the most valuable of any in that state and are certainly the largest and most extensive of any western coal field this paper has already published letters from loyal men who have visited the property and are financially interested in its development each div ing a glowing account of the valuable coal deposits found there the company intends to install sufficient machinery to ship between three and ana four thousand tons per day having already installed machinery with a ton per day capacity the corn company bany officials have proceeded in a businesslike way to ascertain just nh N what h at kind of coal they have and have shipped three c cars ars for practical tests these tests have bave proven the coal to be adapted for steam and domestic purposes A feature of the coal is its cleanliness it is practically smokeless and leaves less than 4 per cent ash the coal should become P popular as soon asit is placed on the market as the average consumer demands a coal that leaves no soot coot nor dirt behind gives good heat and burns readily A number of prominent local men also men of prominence in other localities cali calit ties les have visited the mine each one returning with an enthusiastic report among the number a few professional fess ional men including prof wm peterson geologist at the state agricultural college and prof C S jarvis of the Brig brbgham bam university at ai provo have made favorable reports the report of prof peterson was published rope recently atly prof jarvis report follows provo prove utah march 31 1908 president G H bramball Brim ball B Y university ve ver sity dear brother according to appointment ment on march 1906 1 I inspected tho the land holdings of the elk coal company near Xem kemmerer wyoming and find it as represented on the diagrams except that some v leable veins recently dl discovered covered are not shown on the sketch section in my opinion the single fifty foot vein extending under about acres is worth much more than the price of the stocks issued alpar the seventeen seven teen foot vein is the only one in which I 1 could trace any slaty material and that was a blanket layer about one foot thick separating a 5 12 1 2 and an 11 12 I 1 2 foot vein of coal jt it is easy to obtain almost perfect combustion with h this coal but nith all draughts open and fuel newly placed oty on the fire jhb demok c e is light colored and quickly dissipated I 1 examined the ashes from the operating plant at the coal mine and also from several heating beating stoves using the elk coal and there was ap sign of clinkers the residue wat was a light colored ash and the alps aups and linings were from soot from surface examination there is evidence no of fault in this immediate local locality ltv and hence the veins vein should be continuous along the line of strike the thickness of veins is maintained without much variation I 1 selected some representative specimens of coal from two tunnels at a depth of between and feet and professor C B E maw la 19 subjecting them to analysts analysis and tests very respectfully CLARENCE S JARVIS |