Re: Coal Question

Wade:
The CF&I Big Mine did not produce anthracite. There were other mines in the area that did: Floresta, Smith Hill, Peanut, the Pershing Mine, but the Big Mine was soft coal. D&RGW locomotives could not burn anthracite coal and the D&RGW locos took coal direclty from the CF&I Big Mine. I am writing a history of the Crested Butte branch and have been given a large collection of CF&I documents.
Following is a summary of the production at Crested Butte in 1923.
CF&I Co
Average 35 to 40 cars bituminous coal daily
Buckley Mine
Average 4 cars bituminous coal daily
Pueblo Mine
Average 4 cars bituminous coal daily
Pershing Mine
Average 6 cars semi-anthracite coal daily
Smith Hill
Average 4 cars anthracite coal daily
Horace Mine (known at the Peanut Mine)
Average 4 cars anthracite coal daily
Coke Ovens
Average 6 cars coke per week
Floresta
Average 8 cars anthracite coal per week