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English: Coal Breaker of Virginia Anthracite Coal Company at Merrimac Mines, near Blacksburg, Virginia. Identifier: cassiersmagazi2719041newy Title: Cassier's magazine Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: Subjects: Engineering Publisher: New York Cassier Magazine Co. Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries
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Text Appearing After Image: THE COAL BREAKER OF THE VIRGINIA ANTHRACITE COAL COMPANY AT THE MERRIMAC MINESNEAR BLACKSBURG that the coals are in many cases worth-less. So far, the only paying mining hasbeen done in the Blacksburg region andin the Pulaski region on the Norfolk &Western Railroad, where the outcropcrosses the New River. The old BellHampton mine was opened and operatedten or fifteen years ago, and a numberof miles of narrow gauge railroad werebuilt to carry the coal to the Norfolk &Western Railroad. After having beenoperated for a few years the propertywas abandoned and the rails were takenup from the railroad. The mines at Dry Branch, or Kim-ball, on the Norfolk & Western, and onthe banks of the New River, have beenmined extensively, but apparently notat any great profit. This seam carriesa belt of bituminous dust 3 feet thick,which it is practically impossible to burnunder any ordinary boiler, but which is 4-5 used successfully in the smelting of zinc,and possibly could be used very suc
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