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Cannel City Coal Resource
 
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The cannel city coal seam was the most widely mined in the Cannel City quadrangle.  Several truck mines in the Red River basin and on Sellars Fork were in operation in 1951.  The development of the cannel coal bed first began in the early 1900s when R.M. Broas core drilled and proved 2,000 acres of cannel coal of workable thickness in the vicinity of Cannel City. A map of the approximate location of the old mine works is displayed above.

 

The total estimated original reserves for all categories of the Cannel City coal bed are 59,570,000 tons. Deducting 6,624,000 tons-the estimated total that has been mined-the estimated remaining reserves as of January 1, 1952 are 52,946,000 tons.

 

The coal averages about 3 feet in thickness and includes few persistent partings of shale. The mining height can be extended to 4 to 6 feet with today’s use of continuous miners.

 

An exploratory core hole was drilled in April 2008 on the property as shown on the attached mapping as core hole C-3.  The Cannel City coal seam was encountered at a depth of 555 feet or the elevation of 728 ft MSL.  The minable seam height was 58 inches (4.8 ft). The coal height, analyzed by SGS Laboratory Pikeville, KY, was measured at 37 inches. A float-sink analysis was performed on the coal samle at a specific gravity of 1.5. The proximate laboratory analysis was conducted on composite coal sample. Generally, the coal quality has 13,800 btu/1b moisture ash free, 2% sulfur, 7% ash, and Hardgrove Grindability Index of 50.
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