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"Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Sat. Dec. 13, 2014 5:33 pm
by Ed.A


This is wicked cool.

Re: "Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Sat. Dec. 13, 2014 6:07 pm
by lsayre
Very cool!

Re: "Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Sat. Dec. 13, 2014 10:48 pm
by LDPosse
Awesome video!!

Re: "Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 9:45 pm
by StokerDon
Very interesting story.

At the time of the film 65% of the product went into home heating.

The smaller sizes were stored because there was no demand for them. Must have been before household stoker boilers were popular.

-Don

Re: "Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 10:40 pm
by 2001Sierra
I think some of those piles are being mined for us stoker customers today.

Re: "Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Fri. Dec. 26, 2014 5:25 am
by Rob R.
Very nice. After watching it I found another video about anthracite mining:

Re: "Black Sunlight" Silent Film About Anthracite Circa 1920's

Posted: Fri. Dec. 26, 2014 4:07 pm
by freetown fred
Outstanding posts guys:) Thanx!