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Linge POMC gpl Ay Baste 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, September 1, 1965 7 Coal Makes A Comeback In Alberta By JANE BECKER EDMONTON (CP) --.After a 'payer slump, Alberta's coall industry is making a come- back--buoyed by the province's Soaring power needs and a export market. With reserves estimated - at five per cent of the world total, Alberta once had no trouble disposing of all the coal its mines could produce. In 1946 production reached an all-time of 8,800,000 tons, worth $33, ,000, 'Then the first Leduc of! well blew in and the railways, which had once burned more than 3,- 000,000 tons of Alberta coal an- nually, began switching to die- el fuel. Coal markets sagged. In 1960 _ coal production was only 2,000,- 000 tons, the lowest output in tore than 50 years. Today only 45 mines are op- erating, compared with 399 in one boom year in the 1920s. They employ one one-eighth the labor force in the old days, when more than 10,000 men were employed in the mines. PRODUCTION CLIMBS But production is climbing, and is expected to reach 3,700,- 000 tons this year, the highest ga since 1956. For the first time in the province's power history, more than half will go to fuelling steam power plants. Exports of 'coking coal" to Japan alone topped 600,000 tons last year, and collieries say they could ship up to 2,000,000 tons annually if freight rates were lower. Provincial officials say Al- berta's power capacity, now more than 1,000,000 kilowatts annually, is being expanded by 66 per cent every five years. A ponies amount of power is be- g supplied by coal-fired steam plants. Because of the economy of strip mining, coal is also over- taking natural gas as a steam- plant fuel. There are four large coal-fired thermal plants in Al- berta, including Calgary Pow- er's '300,000-kdlowatts plant at Wabamun, about 40 miles west of Edmonton. The provincial department of industry and development fore- casts that twice as much elec- tricity will be produced by coal as by gas by 1972. J. D. B. Brown, assistant di- rector of the provincial mines branch, forecasts a coal output; of at least 6,000,000 tons an- nually within the next six years. At least half will go to produce thermal power, he predicts... RESEARCH HELPS No one foresees a large-scale} use for coal except as a fuel in the near future, --_, the Alberta Research Council has' been experimenting with non- fuel uses for years. One experiment, a process for turning coal into activated car- bons, for use an an industrial solvent and cleansing agent, is in the proto' stage. Westcoal Carbon and micals Ltd. of Calgary plans to start produc- tion later this year. ARC plans to test a nitrogen fertilizer made from coal next year, It also is working on a process for converting coal to a water-soluble cubstanee, for pos- sible use as a drilling-mud--ad- ditive anda source of de-min- eralized carbons for carbon electrode and graphites. Dr. Norbert Berkowitz, head of ARC's coal research division, says the fertilizer market could eventually use up to 500,000 tons of coal annually. 12,000 Appeal English Paper TORONTO (CP)--More than 12,000 appeals have been re- ceived by the Ontario depart- ment of education from stu- dents who failed the June Grade 13 English examination, Alfred W. Bishop, ag registrar, said Tuesda Mr. Bishop said 1968 appeals have increased more than 30 on cent over the 7,500 received y the department in 1964. About 49,000 Ontario students wrote the exam. He attributed the increase to a recent allegation by the On- tario Secondary School Head- master's Association that poor, examination results often did not coincide with students' per- formance during the school year. Mr. Bishop said he is "com- pletely mystified" by the low marks. He said the normal pass-rate for students writing English is about 80 per cent, Mr. Bishop declined to disclose the 1965) pass-rate, but said "'after the appeals are judged we believe! it will be close to the normal rate." Mr. Bishop said the depart- ment plans to have all papers finished by Oct. 1. He said many Ontario universities are! waiting for the appeal marks to judge students' qualifications. The appeals are being marked by a staff of teachers, university professors and de- partment officials. The dead- line for students wishing to have papers re-read is Sept. 1. 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