To: Texas Eagle
I find it remarkable that there are so many types and qualities of coal.
I mined Illinois Basin coal in the 70s. The same coal seams are found (with different names) in West Kentucky. East Kentucky is apparently older, with mostly lower sulfur and higher BTUs.
Illinois Basin includes coals from Iowa (three or four different seams) Missouri and Indiana. Some is strip. Some is deep.
Western coal from Wyoming and Montana has come to dominate the power biz. Near Gillette, the coal in 100 feet deep and 100 feet thick.
20 posted on
12/31/2019 6:10:05 AM PST by
Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Do you ever watch this show called Alaska: The Last Frontier? It's about a family of homesteaders in Alaska. On a recent episode, they showed them going down to the beach on a tractor and filling up a trailer with coal that's just lying on the beach. I'm talking huge chunks of coal.
The earth just keeps squeezing that stuff up.
22 posted on
12/31/2019 6:21:15 AM PST by
Texas Eagle
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