SReynolds Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 12.00 per 50 lb bag of PA low sulfer/low ash blacksmithing coal. I'm told from this site that is too much. I buy loads of it anyhow. It is local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I paid $100 for 480 lbs at Streat Fuel in Flint, MI. It was an eight hour drive, but I was going to visit family nearby anyway. Doesn't coke up very well, fairly high ash. Not as bad as the coal I had been using before, which was actually from an abandoned blacksmith shop (it was a rural farm, I guess he took what he could get), and not nearly as good as the coal I got at Quad State several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorsHammer82 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I got #200 for $25 so $250 a ton for Utah Bituminous here ins western WA. I want to say the price was .12 a lbs which would come out to $240 + tax per ton. I haven't used much, and it's the my first forge so I don't know if it's good or not. It gets hot enough to burn metal, not to much ash, but I've had some issues with clinkers, but that could just be user error. but it seems to be decent stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rabbit Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I picked up half a ton of coal semi locally( about and hour each way) straight from the mine in southern Illinois. $25.25 which was a way better price over what I had previously bought. $20 for 3 50 pound bags. ~The Mad Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_zxz Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 i am paying $30cdn/50lb bag of good coal, $25/bag for coke, i like the coal better... it is about a 7 hour round trip I pay 27$/100lbs of coal (bagged in 50lbs). It is south-west of Montreal. It is at H. Riendeau Inc. I think it's less than 7 hours from Norwood. Maybe you could get a try. He said that he tried almost all of the mines in USA and that he found the best quality coal now and stick with the same place. I use this coal an it is very nice. Very little clinkers and easy to control the smoke. Upper Canada Village's blacksmith shop in Morrisburg used to buy their coal from him too... at least, the last time I visited the place. Where do you take yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_zxz Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Oh well nevermind. I misread "round" trip. I just realized that round trip means back and forth... lol English is not my primary language... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Paid $42 for 300#' last Friday. It isn't premium grade coal but it works just fine. We just drive up and load as much as we want into old feed sacks and they weigh the truck on the way out. One of the side benefits of living in Kentucky.... besides the bourbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neg Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I live in florida and have to drive 3 hours to the barberville pioneer settlement to buy coal for $35 per 100lb bag. I really do wish I could find a closer supplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admanfrd Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 $45.00 for about 650# Really good bituminous coal Valley coal and firewood in UT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miner4Life Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Lmao you guys are funny I mine coal in my backyard but when I buy 50lb bags it's not even a mile away and it's $8 for the good xxxx I love my life Lol IFI does not tolerate sweating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Miner4life. Back yard coal mining. Wow We at IFI love pictures. We would like some pics of that operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 $18.50 for 50Lb bag of Pa coal, shipped to Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Just paid $25/50# for coke. If I can ever get it delivered, Kimmel's nut anthracite will be $300/ton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb S Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 There is a man near me offering stoker coal for $10/ton out of his basement. Probably going to grab some tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Grab all you can at that price! Rent a dump trailer if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 TRY IT FIRST! If it works; clear him out. 55 gallon plastic drums make good coal storage. I know one smith out here who once got tons of coal FREE; but it turned out to be such nasty stuff he ended up using it to gravel his parking area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCA Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Almost 50 euros for this bag 25kg or 50lbs, 35 + 12.90 in shipping. Actually it's less than 25kg, the post office label specified the weight and it was 23 kilos with an additional packaging box so obviously not filling them as much as he should.... But it's the sole place in Finland that sells coke in small quantities. Does the quality look good at least to the experts here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 $215/ton delivered. KY's finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 12cents/lb is what I pay. That however, is for anthracite. It's not the best coal for the forge, but if I were paying over a dollar/pound on fuel I would go broke real fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCA Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I could get .85 metric tons (a big bag that fits on a EUR pallet) for 860 euros from a place up north, supposed to be same size as the above. But at least a hundred more for shipping I gather so almost 1000 euros for .85 tons. That's 1873 lbs so around 53 euro cents per pound. But that's quite a lot for someone just starting smithing, and has no place to store that amount of coal either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jealdi Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I have no place to store large amounts of coal/coke either. Which is why I stuck to buying a 50 lb bag from CF. Now, they do offer some discounts on multiple bags. And if I want to make the 4.5ish hour drive up to their location, I can get them even cheaper ($29.99/50lb bag vs $65 after taxes for shipped). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I pay US$33 per 50 pound bag of either Pocahontas coal or coke at a farrier supply place about 100 miles away. When you live in Wyoming anything 100 miles or less is considered local. Look for farrier supply places in northern Illinois on your favorite search engine. Not all of them carry coal and coke but some do. Also, some ag supply paces, e.g. Tractor Supply, Murdock's, Big R, etc. will carry coal and coke as part of their equine/farrier supply lines. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I was just reading an oral history transcript over lunch that included mention of a receipt for coal at 75 UScents a ton back in 1910 out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Thomas: Which would be about $19.62 in 2020 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Well as the local coal has been reported as being good for smithing; I'd be willing to buy 5 tons at that rate! Unfortunately the underground mines were shut down a long time ago and local land owners are not very willing to have folks scrounge fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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