What is No 9 coal?
 

Moving on to another song about mining, 16 tons, what is No 9 coal?
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What is No 9 coal?
 

It probably refers to some kind of sieve size. When I look at the steam coal used on the KWVR heritage railway it comes in quite large lumps compared to coal for domestic use as far as I can remember way back when I was a nipper.

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What is No 9 coal?
 

On 05/01/2020 12:49, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Moving on to another song about mining, 16 tons, what is No 9 coal?
Brian


It seems that in Pittsburg coal was referred to by the number of the
seam it came out of. Whether or not that is also the case here is,
however, not clear.

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What is No 9 coal?
 

Moving on to another song about mining, 16 tons, what is No 9 coal?
Brian

Perhaps it's the coal you need to start Ella Fitzgerald's "That's a
four-alarm fire, now".

Cricky, how manny writers does it take to write a popular song?

Answer, four.
Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James.

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What is No 9 coal?
 

I did wonder if it was the No 9 John Lennon was so obsessed with.
I suspect it might refer to the type of coal though, but have never been
able to find it out.
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Moving on to another song about mining, 16 tons, what is No 9 coal?
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Perhaps it's the coal you need to start Ella Fitzgerald's "That's a
four-alarm fire, now".

Cricky, how manny writers does it take to write a popular song?

Answer, four.
Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James.

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Moving on to another song about mining, 16 tons, what is No 9 coal?
Brian

It seems to be a US mine naming convention - here are two
examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington_Mine_disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NxPOHtBTvo

(The second link is to a video, Brian but, apart from the
pictures, every thing you need to know is in the accompanying
dialogue)

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