[Rockhounds] Coal

[J Bryan Kramer]

There should be a local wood burning stove store. Some of those will burn
coal or wood and I'd guess they know of a local supplier. Check the Yellow
pages. I was going to suggest the RR track outside a coal burning power
plant, but maybe not a good idea.

BK

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 22:24, Tim Jokela Jr. <tjokela at execulink.com> wrote:

> Any local blacksmiths? They buy it by the railcar load and I'd bet would be
> happy to help. Arts colleges teaching blacksmithing are another possibility.
> There's a big blacksmiths guild, google it up and find out who's doing what
> in snowy Michigan.
>
> T
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kreigh Tomaszewski" <
> Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
> To: "'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors'"
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> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:49 PM
> Subject: [Rockhounds] Coal
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>
>  I was contacted on behalf of the Railroad Club in Traverse City today.
>> Their clubhouse is a refurbished caboose with a coal burning pot belly
>> stove. They are looking for a supplier of coal willing to sell bushel basket
>> to pickup truck loads so they can keep it warm for meetings.
>>
>> Long story of how they connected to me in Grand Rapids (it is a small
>> world), but I would like to help them out. I found one supplier, but their
>> minimum quantity is a railroad car load, and the club can't afford it (or
>> store it).
>>
>> Coal used to be a heading in the yellow pages. I remember visiting
>> relatives as a child and helping stoke their coal furnace in the basement.
>> My elementary school had a coal fired boiler. There were several dealers in
>> town. It was common.
>>
>> My fireplace was designed for coal, and my house was heated by it 80 years
>> ago (my basement office is in the old coal bin). I've still got a
>> wheelbarrow full of Anthracite in the garage, but use it sparingly these
>> days; I have not been able to find it locally for at least ten years (since
>> the dealer seven blocks away closed up shop).
>>
>> Does anyone know where I could buy coal in small lots? The railroad club
>> has given me a new reason to look for a supplier in Michigan.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kreigh
>>
>>
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