Ah......... for the good old day of heating the house with coal!
Myron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Ohrnell" <wohrnell@s...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Green Marked Coal
> I remember when growing up in Chicago the neighbors 2 doors from us used
coal to heat. The coal truck would pull up out front and the driver & helper
would carry what looked like canvas sacks over their shoulder and take them
to the basement. Could have been 1 bushel sacks?
>
> While on the subject we had a three story apartment building on the other
side of us. The coal was delivered in a Mack truck (chain driven) and was
conveyed into the coal room through steel doors in the walls.
>
> And last I almost killed myself one night working the 3rd trick at
Fairfield, IA. I went down and shook the grates and pulled the clinkers. I
had so much ash flying around and ingested it I could hardly breathe for a
couple of hours.
>
> Lenny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Myron & Lois Dudenbostel
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Green Marked Coal
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> Thanks John now I know what a bushel of coal is!
> Which Old Ben Mine did you work in? And did they mine #6 or #5 coal vain
or
> both?
> Myron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Green Marked Coal
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> > 55 Lb.= 1 bushel of coal. The oldtime retail yards in
> > the big cities sold coal by the bushel.
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