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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1925
Page
38
Large hotel reservations show rising interest in the National Coal Association gathering at Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago from June 17 to 19. Highlights include open forums on Open Consignment of Coal Trade Extension association work and safety, with state conferences and workshops.
The piece notes strained diplomatic bonds over gas conversion, with Germany using a substitute for wood alcohol. It reports improved coal demand in South Wales, steady prices, and rising outward shipments totaling 260000 tons from 119 vessels to 72 foreign ports, suggesting real expansion. West Virginia and Pittsburgh fields show weakness, with mine closures, union tensions, and 12,000 workers affected. The Ajax Company faces receivership after flood damage. relief comes from mule rescue. State coal data highlight Colorado, Kentucky, and West Virginia output, with anticipation of better conditions within 60 days amid rate discussions and industry consolidation led by Island Creek Coal Company.
Stockholm reports Swedish mining engineers using electrical prospecting to locate ore fields in the north. Copper arsenic zinc and traces of gold were found by methods that detect conductivity differences. Deposits were discovered under a candy plain and a frozen lake, with copper pyrite and a 7 percent copper mother lode identified. The Lundberg Nathorst and Sundberg systems rely on electrically charged wires and listening through a telephone to hear ore.
Two prospecting methods based on physical contact and electromagnetic effects have been integrated. Under Swedish mining engineers, electrical prospecting is now underway in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Finland, and Norway.
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