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[Woodwackr]

Did you just assume my coal’s gender?

Manager!

Manager!

Yup only have 2 choices now.

 

[Dustin4185]

From an old coal guy Dustin. We called it crop coal. Usually near the surface, very dis colored-not black, and very low BTU.

I used to work in east TN coal country (not in coal) and I was just curious. It had a different look. I know this has been rolled around on the beach, but it definitely had a different look.

 

[3browns]

I used to work in east TN coal country (not in coal) and I was just curious. It had a different look. I know this has been rolled around on the beach, but it definitely had a different look.

Some of the pieces look like my photo but some are much larger and very angular with sharp edges and corners

There was a huge storm here a few months back with incredible tides and surf and you see a lot of that freshly broken off stuff after those storms

It hasn’t had the chance to get tumbled in the surf and rounded like beach cobbles

There have been a few attempts at coal mining here over the last 125 years but nothing ever really took off

The bay here, Kachemak Bay, supposedly means Smoky Bay in the Alutiiq language and referred to coal seam fires that burned for centuries

My son heated his dry cabin here with coal and wood for a while

 

[timg]

I still laugh at myself to this day. 40 some years ago, new kid in coal, I thought I was gonna be rich. Had this large hard piece of anthracite with the prettiest veins of fools gold. You could say my foreman laughed at me for weeks when he would see me. See @LAWN BOY, some of us have had your moments LOL.

 

[ray benson]

Anyone need any coal?

The beach here is littered with it because the bay overlays an enormous coal bed

I figured some of you might want some so you could get ahead on your Christmas shopping for @dall


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You aren't close to Homer , but -
The coal that washes up on Homer beaches comes from veins in the bluffs that line Cook Inlet and overlook town. Boulder-size sections of coal break off the cliffs, are churned up in the ocean and wash onto area beaches in smaller pieces. And Hamm needs about 9,000 pounds of coal to heat her home every winter. They said - The coal does contain a lot of sulphur, this is what smells when it burns. The sulphur combined with water can make sulphuric acid, and this will corrode regular steel over time.

 

[3browns]

You aren't close to Homer , but -
The coal that washes up on Homer beaches comes from veins in the bluffs that line Cook Inlet and overlook town. Boulder-size sections of coal break off the cliffs, are churned up in the ocean and wash onto area beaches in smaller pieces. And Hamm needs about 9,000 pounds of coal to heat her home every winter. They said - The coal does contain a lot of sulphur, this is what smells when it burns. The sulphur combined with water can make sulphuric acid, and this will corrode regular steel over time.

I’m actually in Homer now, visiting my granddaughters

The coal beds also extend into the floor of the bay in places

 

[Mastermind]

How's the ol' foredom tool hangin these days Randy?

Spinning non stop. Shipped 11 saws this week.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

FFS. So many column inches over wet salty coal.

 

[3browns]

Spinning non stop. Shipped 11 saws this week.

Ohhhhh, FOREDOM

I thought he was askin how your FORESKIN was hangin

Was thinking that was a little bit personal

Unless…