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Re: (erielack) Notes on the Types and sizes of Anthracite



> Thanks for the down home explanation of who burned what.  I had  thought 
> with
> all this historical research going on that such simple questions  would 
> have
> been a snap to answer.

Bob,

Of course the answer to teh question as to what sizes would have been 
produced the most varies with time. Early on, theaimwas lump and the larger 
sizes.Later in the idustry' history, the smaller sizes became more popular.

The early culm piles **were** in fact mostly small sizes that were deemed 
unsaleable. Starting in the 1890s, washeries were built to reclaim this 
anthracite,and ship it after all.

But it's grteat to her from people who used it or had families that used 
it -- becasue the first person accounts tell more than the statistics.

Cheers,
Jim


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