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TABLE III-A-9 <br /> C .F . & I . MINING OPERATIONS <br /> Coal <br /> Year Extracted <br /> (tons) <br /> 1900 1 CIO 0 <br /> 1901 81 , 698 <br /> 1902 189 , 391 <br /> 1903 162 , 380 <br /> 1904 139 , 868 <br /> 1905 126 , 307 <br /> 1906 105 , 755 <br /> 1907 121 , 066 <br /> 1908 81 , 145 <br /> Total : 1 , 009 , 100 <br /> The original mining operation by Colorado Fuel & <br /> Iron Co. (C . F . &. I . ) utilized underground methods of extrac- <br /> tion. The coal seam was drilled , then blasted . Coal was <br /> loaded by hard on cars which were then Dulled by mules to <br /> the main "trip" , a conveyance which hauled the coal from the <br /> mine to the surface . <br /> The coal was then loaded onto railroad cars and <br /> transported over a narrow gauge railroad line to the town of <br /> Redstone , some eight miles away . At Redstone, the coal was <br /> turned into coke . The original "bee-hive" coking ovens can <br /> still be seen. They stand beside Colorado State Highway 133 <br /> on the *nest side of the Crystal River , near the present-day <br /> Redstone . <br /> Coal was extracted from the "Coal Basin Seam, <br /> also known as the "B Bed . " The C . F . & I . operation extracted <br /> around 8 ' of the top of the seam. <br /> 2,9 <br />