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NEWS AND VIEWS OF COAL
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SPECIAL MINE OPENED AS PROVING GROUND FOR NEW MINING MACHINERY.
A prominent manufacturer of mining machinery soon will operate a mine of its own near Pittsburgh as part of a new research center devoted to the development and testing of mechanized mining equipment. From this project will come machines that will mine coal faster and more economically— further increasing the coal industry's already great productivity, which has grown 30% in the past ten years.
BIG TONNAGES OF U.S. COAL GOING OVERSEAS.
To meet the fuel deficits in Europe and other overseas lands, America's coal industry is exporting coal in increasingly greater amounts. Shipments in April alone amounted to 2,600,000 net tons— more than the entire tonnage shipped in 1950! The total overseas shipments of coal and coke this year are expected to exceed 28 million net tons. U. S. mines are now producing so efficiently that they can supply these tonnages for export and still meet all the demands of our own country and Canada for coal in a war economy.
STAINLESS STEEL CONVEYOR TO SPEED CONTINUOUS MINING.
A new continuous conveyor may well be one of the most significant developments in modern mechanized coal mining. Built much like a stainless steel tape-rule, this conveyor unwinds from a spool and can extend itself several hundred feet. It has been designed to work along with the new continuous mining machines and make possible a truly continuous flow of coal from underground seam to surface. This new conveyor holds promise of a still further increase in the rate of production in fully mechanized underground mines.
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION REPORT SHOWS COAL AS FAVORED FUEL.
The nation's electric utilities are using 27% more coal this year than last. So says a recent Federal Power Commission report— which also shows that the utilities' total consumption of all fuels is up 15%. More and more coal is being used to generate the nation's electric power. Utility men have found that coal is the most economical fuel and that it is completely dependable in supply.
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