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Post by JRH » Sat. Dec. 12, 2015 5:20 pm

Does anyone have any info. or history on Orange Disc Anthracite?
Found some old ink blotters dated October 1944 while going through old family things.

Thanks Jim

 
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Post by Den034071 » Sat. Dec. 12, 2015 6:20 pm

Jim in my mining collection I have come across Orange Disc coal .I believe the parent company was from the Pittston Wilkes Barre area .Let me do some research . jack


 
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Post by Pauliewog » Sat. Dec. 12, 2015 10:13 pm

Den034071 wrote:Jim in my mining collection I have come across Orange Disc coal .I believe the parent company was from the Pittston Wilkes Barre area .Let me do some research . jack
You are right Jack . That was the old Payne Coal Company out of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. They had their main office in the old Miners Bank building, downtown Wilkes-Barre.

They mixed the little orange cardboard discs in their loads as a marker, similar to when Blue Coal sprayed the tops of their rail cars.

Just old time advertising, at its best.

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Post by JRH » Mon. Dec. 14, 2015 4:35 pm

Thank you for the replies. It will give me more reading to do.
Jim

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