Earl Wrote:
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> Technically slack is coal that has been left out
> in the elements for sometime, and has had some of
> the volatiles leached out of it by the weather.
> I've heard of old coal left in in a tender as
> being useless because it was "slacked out" and
> won't burn. Fines are the consistency of dirt
> with small pebbles of coal mixed in. Slack coal
> can be fines or small pieces up to 1".
>
> Just picking nits here........("
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Thank you Earl. You saved the day again.