The Meeker Herald
125 years ago
• Another valuable commodity added to our vast crude resources. The discovery, which was purely accidental, made this week. And now it is anthracite coal in addition to the limitless bodies of the bituminous article which we already possess. A. Burnham, who owns a ranch east of town, when up Sulphur creek some time ago and commenced filling his wagon from the first exposed vein of coal he ran…