Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1898 — Natural Coke. [ARTICLE]

Natural Coke.

In works of mineralogy It is learned that there is such a product as natural coke, but so far as known there has but one deiwsit of this commodity been found in the United States, and this was in the vicinity of Richmond, Va. Although the deposits of coal in Utah are immense in their proportions, it was never dreamed that among its commodities of trade and commerce the State could Mast of beds of this natural coke, but such is the case, however, and a short time ago a vein of this coke had been discovered in Utah and withing fifteen miles of a railroad. This deposit crops out on the surface for some distance, and a twenty-five to thirty-foot tunnel has disclosed a body of coke that is all of five feet in width, and there is every reason to believe that with depth the size of this deposit will increase. In quality the coke is all that could be desired, and at the assay offices at which it has been tested the statement is made that it is a pure article, and that it is even superior to the manufactured coke, as it is entirely free from sulphur, bitumen,and that it gives out no smoke when burned, and makes less ash than the manufactured article. The new find, which is considered as being among the most valuable that has been made in the State, is owned and controlled by ex-Mayor R. N. Baskin and several other Salt Lake gentlemen, who have located six hundred and forty acres In the immediate vicinity of the discovery.

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