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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

We have coal on our land.  Part of it is a reclaimed mine and at one end I 
see outcrops of coal we could mine.  but we have about 100 aces of woods to 
thin anyway so coal looks like more trouble than it is worth.  We might dig a 
little for blacksmithing but this is soft coal and last time we tried it was 
way too smoky for an asthmatic to use.  Turning it into coke would be 
something to try but I'm sure more work that it warrents.
Van Dell

--- On Fri, 12/4/09, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

> From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Coal
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:17 PM
> 
> 
> > >What's up with burning coal on the homestead, is
> it politically 
> > incorrect? I
> > sure can't find coal for sale anywhere.
> > 
> 
> Coal is plentiful here being near the Va coal fields. 
> We keep a little of 
> it every winter.  A couple of lumps of coal in the big
> Franklin stove and 
> you can add whatever fuel on top of that you like, damp,
> green, whatever and 
> it burns completely.
> 
> Can't use the ash on the garden though.  It is added
> to the road surface.  
> 
> Anyone who thinks coal is to un-PC to use had better pull
> the breaker on 
> their box and be done with it.
> 
> 
> James
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