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<br />Number 48~+~~ ~w
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<br />TribuneEdirors•; "arJ;iic~etpl iPublic'Service CoYnp>;hy's=new'
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<br />The 20th Century'lie~l~;ttutt~ei ~
<br />coal supplier with the start of the.
<br />dawned when men bcganlteittov- 'new year. They would be extract- i
<br />ing coal from a mine end settling ing coal, presumably of a higher
<br />the tiny lowhtof:C6tneo~just a quality„from xhe~same•seatn~ask
<br />mile-and-a-helf,east;of.Palisadw, that at Cameo. ?'-''
<br />Unfortunately, although,313'mil- McNab hopes that s11
<br />of Pow=~;
<br />lion tons o(:recoverable. coal ,
<br />remain: today, that Powderhorn ~,
<br />derhorn: s~45 employees wilt,~e~
<br />going to work for Grandt`Va ley:
<br />Coal Company: willanot;survive Coal. "We hope't6ey will, go:to•:#
<br />into the.2lu (,enwry;.l jN rt,j..;, .. work at the east end of the Valley `~
<br />Quaker Coal Company;~.the. ~.on a-Fridays then~bagin-wor t:
<br />mine's owner since 1997,]
<br />announced today,:Utat,minintz~ the Valley's'Westsrtdon`aM~~;
<br />day;'hesaid.l.. •.~.)ta:i'"'".~1~
<br />end. Pr631d ei~tiii'
<br />ing OfPCt: `lii~iii~
<br />"Oui cotitract'Whh'
<br />Company ends Dec
<br />the mine will be;~
<br />been operating un
<br />the past five years."
<br />ice ,ChickiR~ng~ ~rtdtit mail3
<br />ihd; :Cheirman,`CMte fEkecult 4dl~fP~~
<br />has ~ cef, and,3sol8`~tockholder:. The
<br />(or ' firm mines 14 millioq tons~oPcoal
<br />'annually is five stales and has
<br />holds under lease at Cameo is of a
<br />poor quality. "7tte coal has to be
<br />washed,".. McNab said.."That
<br />means, for example,.if~it.leoats
<br />310 a ton to:remoVe'from, the
<br />ground, once it"a weshed'halfof {t
<br />has disappeari:d;.and yourcost
<br />becomes 520 e~ton he said.r.:_
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<br />nbe~;25,?1999+:!t;;~o~tf, CrtLrCj„MITv~subscrilie;:cal1~970=464-5614
<br />nccoramg w i.amco, a wax :~; .. _ . ....
<br />- A closed or jot sa.~ sig will.raan~be joinirig_the:; No•Tretrpaniwdi argrtyottP,owderhorn,Coa(~ompanp east
<br />authored end published by John . ojPalisade. Powderhom "s owner; Quaker Coal Company,.will eerie mining operations at the site by the end
<br />Klemenic of~Palisade.in 1998,
<br />coal was'first' Aiscoveied in the of the year. The mine is officially known as "Powderhorn Roadside Mine.;' :, Tnbuna. pnoro by KNryd. eery
<br />BaoRclit~s° id` 1884. But it seas not ,Coke. Company, in; 1964 klt~tliea~'~'.;The mine has a capacity of 350 ~.' ing'assay, infoMtation about the .
<br />until-1899 that-one•George~Smith saw titherpattnerships ecqutre the'!''<atons per hour or I:5 million tons a ~Cameo•.rtiina':ma be of interest:,
<br />discDvered the,veirratCameo., ~PropettykWdtilt'i~ii7lediitYthe,~yeer:TlirsitehAea'storllgi~„{T~ldi~lrjFt`,~6llb`•~ercalit;~/~h„11
<br />The:Cameo:minq°Rtiw(itsucas~ _Fiends,of;the-gisttG~en¢od~{Coaly,r:;ity•pf120,000 cldan3ons6:f2i~Zfi SAS ~~ierCeM~o~9tiFER:'34;~r:rcenty_
<br />:t..,...,r .trt~arn nareerq until -Company, which sold it to Quak- ;". To those with a coal mining' BTU '10 800-1 1.700: AFTr -
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