The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Pilkington, L.
issued: 2022-07-05
issued: 1920-09-10
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note: THE PRINCETON nan r -~* 21st Year No. 43 PRINCEJON, B m FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1920. PBR YEAR : $3.50 Cosh Single Copy sc. Bituminous Coal From Coalmont Daily Shipments by Mid-October 250 Tons—1000 Tons Before Wlnterrelffe Commencing about the middle of October, daily shipments of a very- high grade of bituminous coal will be m?.le from Coalmont to Vancouver for household and industrial consumption. Announcement to this effect is made by Mr. W. J. Blake Wilson, president of tile* Coalmont Collieries Limited, .y-^ators of whai?, it id predicted, will '-evesfcSslly be one ot tne larSest Producing properties in the West, InEitjial shpmient Will Approximate 250 tons daily, but as the tonnage increases at the mine tne shipments to the Coast will be enlarged until, before the winter sets in, U^-is" expected at least 1000 tons will/Be rolling into the city every twenty/our hours. By ne:i.t spring it is planned to develop an output of several thousand ton^ in the three shifts/ -IBS With the g^Wtjl of coal consumption and'the. possibility of a lessened production from the mines, which have supplied the requirements of V%ucottver in the past, the announce- r ment of the new supply will be welcomed, especially when it is. known i.ha-c at coalmont there is a reserve of coal already blocked out which will guarantee a continuance of the mine for an indefinite number of yea,rs- nni §1*11 The coal is declared by experts to be superior to any mined in the prov- ■ is a metamorphosed bituminous coal extremely rich in resin, m^K.ng it valuable as«a steam coal, anA profitable for domestic use, burning as it does with but little ash. It is free from shale and rock, being- mined from the centre of a seam averaging ab-.fut ten feet in thickness. This is only one of the many rich seams in the property. Engineers have estimated that between the lower seam, in which operations are now being carried on and the surface there is a thickness of more than 200 feet of coal in seams of . unusual thic…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0416136
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
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