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Building coal supplier list.

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Centaur Forge
Burlington, Wisconsin
Phone: 262-763-9175
Coal = $22.00 per 50 lbs. bag

or

1/4" x 3/4" inch coke = $24.00 per 50 LB bag.
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STREAT FUEL COMPANY
800 ERIE ST.
FLINT MI.

3/4 to 1 1/2 inch quite soft and breaks up easy

14 cents a lb bring your own container

RICH

Edited by IRON FIST RICH

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The Gurnsey Brothers Trucking in Schylerville NY near Saratoga Springs has blacksmithing coal for $18 per 50 lbs - they also sell normal coal you can then break down yourself for around $240 per ton - I have been told the blacksmithing coal is a hit and miss in the past - but so far it is burning very well with hardly any clinkers - I'll post after the next bag if any change.


I believe it is Garnsey. 518-695-3346.

Georgia Farrier Supply
2891 Upper Bethany Rd. /
Jasper, GA. 30143
770-735-3984

Blacksmith Coal
$16.00 per 50lb. bag

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Skei coal and salt
639 Lincoln way
Ames IA 50010
(515)232-4474
It's a steel quonset type building right next to the railroad behind a resturant.

I priced out Thak's coal from a local Home Hardware (they are distributors) for $50 in less-than-full pallet quantities.


it used to be 24 bucks a bag till he bought that fuel company... now that sucks to hear.... seems everywhere you turn theres price gouging lately...:mad:

Greg

You purchased gas for your car, purchased groceries, or purchased steel lately? Seems the cost of everything is going up.

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Hills Coal & Trucking co
Hwy 58 Galax, Virgina

Ask for Blacksmith coal.They will sell any amount that you want.
$95.00 a Ton @ 10/8/2008
About $4.75 a hundred pounds
1 (276)236-3507

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No phone #

You know I was just thinking that maybe building a list this way might be doing it backwards.

Does anyone know who the major mines selling softcoal are? (I know of Reading and Pocahontas) Contact THEM and ask them for a list of who sells their soft coal. This way you only have to get lists from 6-10 mines instead of looking for 100's of little sellers around the States.

Maysville Elevator

10583 Harrison Rd
Apple Creek, OH 44606

(330) 695-4413

Coal here is about $9.30 for 100 lbs, $4.50 for 50 lbs, and around $95 for a tonne.
:)

I found some coal at Callahan's in Austin. 50lbs for $25.00. Not sure what type, but its in real small pieces.


Callahan's General Store
501 US Highway 183 S
Austin, TX 78741
(512) 385-3452

RCS7,

I don't know how far you are from New Braunfels, but Centaur Forge there has coal for $22.00 for 50 pounds and coke for $24.00 for 50 pounds.

Texas Farrier Supply
Texas
603 S. New Hope Road
Kennedale, Texas
Toll Free (800) 777-2725

$12.00 per 50 lb bag, as of 10/10/08

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In CT and also I guess anywhere there is an Aubuchon Hardware Store, Blashcak Blacksmith Coal, 8.49/ 40lb bag, they'll special order,or the store in Putnam Stocks it.

is there anywhere for us in the north west? particularily Oregon?
there used to be a farrier supply in Monroe, but I think the fellow who sold it may well be retired.

last i heard the guy in monroe oregon is still sellin coal ... that was as of a couple of months ago...

THAK the Blacksmith
Ontario
Floradale
2282 Floradale Rd
519-669-0721
Blacksmith Supplies: Coal

70 lb bag Quality smithing coal

1-14 bags $30.00 per bag

15-29 bags $27.50 per bag

30 + bags $26.00 per bag

I priced out Thak's coal from a local Home Hardware (they are distributors) for $50 in less-than-full pallet quantities.


I attempted to go through my local Home Hardware at first and they looked at me like I had two heads when I asked them for blacksmithing coal. They did a supplier search on Thak and came up empty. According to Robb at Thak's you should have your local store contact Todd Cressmans dept in purchasing at head office in St Jacobs. Once I realized that Thak was just under an hour away, I gave up on the Home Hardware idea and just took a drive out directly. Apparently it is advisable to call or email ahead if picking up in person.

Yeah, it took 2 'reminders' before they could finally dig deep enough to find it on the suppliers list.

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Pillsbury Coal Co
155 8th Ave NW
Glen Burnie, MD 21061

(410) 766-5140‎

$8.75 for a 40 lb bag in low quantities.

Pillsbury Coal Co
155 8th Ave NW
Glen Burnie, MD 21061

(410) 766-5140‎

$8.75 for a 40 lb bag in low quantities.


This is red antracite (sp) I think, I called them some time back. Is this good for blacksmithing?

Paul, you asked if red anthracite is good for smithing. It works just fine. I am assuming the red anthracite is the same as what we call red ash anthracite here in Pa. I was told by a coal dealer that the red ash is the deep mined coal as compared to white ash anthracite which is strip mined. There is also a pink ash. I would assume that is located between the white ash and red ash veins. I have used all three types with satisfactory results. I have found the red ash to be my favorite because it gives less ash than the other two types. The only thing with anthracite, don't look for coke. It goes right from burning coal into ash. The nice thing, no smoke and no smell. Right now I am using pink ash and with the air cut back on my electric blower I am having very little clinker problems. However, when I put my larger blower on the forge to do heavy stock, it doesn't matter what coal I use, I get some dandy clinkers.

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