[TheForge] Pocahontas Coal

Fri Apr 19 22:04:00 2002

Only difference I saw between Cumberland Elkhorn and Pocahontas was that the CE
seemed to be a bit more smoky. Otherwise I have them even.
I was actually surprised there wasn't a big difference (my opinion), having
heard all the praises of Pocahontas. Maybe my expectations about the Pocahontas
were higher than they should have been, but I felt better having just purchased
1/2 ton of CE in Louisville that I didn't make the trip to Brazil.
Take away the extra smoke from the CE and I don't know if I could tell the
difference.

Bob

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Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Pocahontas Coal

Centaur Forge does have coal, but it's expensive at $22/50# bag.  I asked
them what kind of coal it was and they told me that it was Cumberland
Elkhorn.  But when I watch it burn at the UMBA annual membership meetings
held there in November, it burns more like Pocahontas than Elkhorn.  In
otherworlds I know what they told me but I'm not sure if it was so.

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But then again, your getting Pocahontas #3 which, in my not so
humble opinion, beats the snot out of Cumberland Elkhorn as a premium
blacksmithing coal.

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