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were found the wonderful fossil fishes al- No. 6, continued to he a favorite for- do- ready described, there was a string of drift mines all along the river front. The Groff was originally worked in No. 6, which it exposed on the hillside about seventy-five feet above the C. & P. Railroad tracks, and as it was worked out it ascended towards a plateau over the mine, back of which was a higher hill containing a vein of No. 7 fifty- two feet above No. 6 and four to five feet thick. The firm excavated to the top of the plateau and built an incline through the opening to No. 7. taking the coal therefrom down through the old workings to the rail- road, which they supplied for a number of years.
R. G. Wallace opened a drift in the Rog- ers vein thirty inches thick, which he used in brickmaking and other local industries. Wallace, Banfield & Co. penetrated the Strip vein at Irondale, six feet thick, for their tin mill, now defunct. Local banks stretch np Yellow Creek for twenty-five
mestic purposes in Steubenville, and vari- ous mines about the city turned out an ag- gregate of 8,000 to 10,000 tons a year, in- cluding the George's Run, Tweed, Hill, Miller, Bates and other mines. The Gil- christ mine above Brilliant has long done a good river business, as has also the Kelley mine, near Portland (now Rayland). The Walnut Hill Mines, three miles below Ray- land, have a drift into No. 8, 185 feet above the railroad, where the vein is five and one- half feet thick and a roof vein of two feet more. At this point the Steubenville vein, at a depth of 100 feet, is only a foot in thickness. Local banks are numerous all over the county, which supply the needs of the neighborhood in which they are located. but before proceeding to what has become the principal coal fields of the county it will be of interest to give an analysis by Prof. Wormley of coal taken from the older banks :
Specifie
Gravity. Moisture.
Anh.
Volatile Matter.
Fixed
Sulphur
No. 3. Sloane's Stalion (Toronto), bottom
1.283
2.00
34.20
34.05
5.71
No. 3. Sloane's Station (Toronto), middle
1,3#2
1,55
5.45
36.45
56.15
1.97
1.14
No. 3. Sloane's Station (Toronto), top
1.30%
1.45
9.15
32.25
57.05
1.93
.49
No. 4. Strip Vein, Irondale.
1.320
1.20
12.90
31.60
55.00
9.36
1.90
No. 4. Hammondsville
1.333
13,00
30.70
53.40
2.03
1.14
No. 5. Croxton's Run.
1.204
1.40
$.10
32.60
55.90
2.50
1.26
No. 5.
Elliottsville
1.300
1,00
7.00
31.60
60.40
2.60
1.37
No. 6.
Lower Bench, Rush Kun.
1.373
1.90
4.60
31.30
62 20
0.0G
.96
No. 6.
Upper Bench, Rush Run.
1.315
1.10
4.50
32.20
60,60
2.08
1.12
No. 6. Lower Linton,
1.253
1.50
3.00
32.30
62.30
1,23
.69
No. 6.
Upper Linton ..
1.293
1.00
3,70
35,60
59.70
2.29
1.13
No. 6. Steubenville Shaft
1.30%
1.40
1,40
30.90
15.900
.9%
.38
No. 6.
Lower Beneb, Lagrange.
1.944
1.51
3.70
39.21
53,0G
1.26
No. 6.
Upper Bench, Lagrange
1.251
1.75
1.65
38.73
51.21
.64
..
No. 7.
Sloane's (Toronto) ..
1.321
1.70
6,50
32.30
59.30
3.90
0.014
No. 7.
H. Fleming, Island Creek
1.363
1.50
7.50
31.90
50.10
5.35
3.40
No. 7.
Elliottsville
1.393
.90
7.20
31.10
60.80
5.49
9.60
No. 8.
Lagrange Lower Beneh.
1,301
1.50
4.000
37.10
56.40
1.10
No. 8.
Lagrange Upper Hunch ..
1,305
1.40
4.50
35.60
58.00
2.44
1.36
No. S.
Wintersville Lower Bench
1,373
1,90
8.40
39.50
55.20
4 42
1,46
No. 8.
Wintersville U'pper Bench
1.33%
1.00
6.10
34.60
57.40
3.3.5
1.55
No. 8.
Richmond Lower Bench.
1.109
1.30
14.70
30.30
53.80
3.93
No. 8.
Richmond Upper Bench,
1.342
1.60
6,10
33.50
No. 7.
Twenty-foot shaft. I. C. Tp
1.952
0.83
7.80
30,35
59.00
4,31
2.67
miles or more. Between Yellow Creek and Alikanna most of the mines were and are operated by connections with the various brick and fireclay works to be noticed here- after. The No. 8 coal being harder than
No. of Vein and Location.
l'arbon. Sulphur. in Coke.
We have already referred to the effect of the Lake Erie, Alliance & Southern Rail- road in developing coal lands around its termins at Nebo or Bergholz, in Spring- field Township, where the Yellow Creek
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and Co-operative Coal Companies acquired extensive holdings, and the subsequent ex- tension to Dillonvale with opening of mines along the way, especially at Amsterdam, which quickly developed from an obsenre little hamlet into quite a mining center. But the principal factor in development in the lower part of the county was the Wheeling & Lake Erie Road, which reached that see- tion in 1888, and, used as a coal road, the next year doubled the output of the county, and has since pushed it forward by leaps and bounds until it reached in 1907 the enormous figure of 4,054,845 tons, nearly one-eighth of all the coal mined in the state, and only exceeded by the counties of Athens and Belmont, which same relative position it maintained in 1908, although there was a falling off in production. The Wheeling & Lake Erie Coal Company leased over 6,000 acres of coal lands along Short Creek Valley in Mt. Pleasant, Smith- field aud Warren Townships, which they proceeded to develop by two entries at Long Run, one at Dillon and one at Laurel- ton, the latter having been worked ont. The vein is No. 8, from five to five feet four inches thick, working in good blocks and almost free from sulphur. The late Marens A. Hana was interested in the develop- ment of this territory. The MeFadden mine of the Wayne Coal Company, west of Unionport on the P., C., C. & St. L. Rail- way belongs to this period. This mine is at present in financial difficulties, which it is expected will soon be straightened out and operations resumed. Notwithstanding the continnons heavy shipments from this section, the state geological report for 1908 (Bulletin No. 9) says that thus far only a good start has been made in mining this seam, and the county will be a large pro- dueer for many years. Among other things the report says the Pittsburgh coal under- lies the whole of this township ( Mt. Pleas- ant), except the northern part, where it bas been eroded by Short Creek and Long Run. Along the latter stream in section 29 the coal disappears beneath the bed of the creek. Dillonvale, in the northeast cor-
ner of the township, is the principal mining point. In fact, it is one of the best known mining centers in eastern Ohio. This mine is reported to have been opened in 1893 and to have a daily capacity of 1,000 tons. The usual succession above the draw slate is eighteen inches of coal, three feet of fire clay or rummel and above this fire clay. The roof coal is not mined. The chemical composition and calorific value of this coal is given as follows :
ULTIMATE.
PROXIMATE.
Carbon
69.36
Moisture .. 3.10
Hydrogen
5.99
Volatile matter.
37.92
Oxygen
10.77
Fixed carbon ..
49.46
Nitrogen
1.14
Ash
9.52
Sulphur
3.53
Ash
0.59
100.00
100.00
Smithfield Township, being twice the size of Mt. Pleasant, contains a larger area of No. 8 coal, though in the latter the coal lies lower in the hills. A fine exposure of Ames limestone is found in the bed of Short Creek at Adena. The formation is highly fossiliferons and lies about 175 feet below No. 8. Short Creek crosses the southwest corner of the township, exposing the coal along its banks, and several other streams have ent deep trenches through the coal, making exposures ummerous and mining comparatively easy. Most important of these streams is Piney Fork, which crosses the township from the northwest to the southeast corner. The valleys of these streams are all narrow, and hence the quan- tity of coal removed is relatively small. Crow Hollow mine of the United States Coal Company has been in operation about six years, with a maximmn daily capacity of 2,500 tons. Analysis of coal here showed the following :
ULTIJEATE.
PROXIMATE.
Carbon .
72.43
Moisture .
4,90
Hydrogen
5.37
Volatile matter. ... 34.51
Oxygen
12.67
Fixed rurbon ...
Nitrogen
1,33
6.45
Sulphmr
1.75
Ash
6.45
100.00
100.00
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Another mine of the same company has a capacity of 1,600 tous per day and employs 350 men. It has four entries, but the coal is all handled at one tipple. Two electric motors are used to haul the coal; in fact, the patient mule has been replaced by elec- trie power in most of the Jefferson County mines. A sample here showed a little less carbon and a little more ash than the other mine. Prof. Brown, of the Geological Sur- vey, remarks: "This mine has been opened fifty-seven or fifty-eight years, and al- though in a very bad place and very poorly cared for. the roof, as far as examined, showed no signs of giving way. Many of the rooms are twenty-five to thirty feet span, and the posts have rotted away, yet the roof remains intact. What is known as the Meigs Creek coal appears in section 28. but not of workable thickness. A vein of Pomeroy or Redstone coal twelve inches thick is found in the southwestern quarter of section 15, twenty-nine feet above the bottom of No. 8. This territory promises to be an important mining district for at least fifty years or more.
Warren Township is crossed by Short Creek, which has cut a deep though rather narrow valley. While the coal dips towards the river, yet it is high in the hills on the river front, owing to the depth of the val- ley. The mine of the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company at Yorkville has a capacity of 700 tons run of mine and 400 tons of screened coal per day. The moisture in a sample from this mine indicated 3.13; vola- tile matter. 37.88; fixed carbon, 50.79; ash, 8.22. Another section gave : moisture. 4.57; volatile matter, 32.40; fixed carbon, 54.03; ash, 9. At Yorkville the seam is 192 feet above the C. & P tracks; at T'iltouville, a mile farther north, 21216 feet ; at Rayland, less than two miles above, 272 feet, and in the southeast quarter of section 8, 297 feet. Near Rayland the Ames limestone is less than a foot thick and 197 feet below No. 8 coal. Farther north it thickens and the interval between it and the coal increases, being 213 feet in Section 8.
In Wells Township the seam has suffered
more from erosion than in any of the others above mentioned. The valleys are numer- ons and deep, and the coal lies near the tops of the hills. The mine of Dewland & Cox at Brilliant supplies that town and the surrounding county with fuel. It shows 51.55 carbon and 10.46 ash. The coal rises rapidly to the north, being 343 feet above the track at Brilliant. Here the Ames lime- stone is five feet thick, and 238 feet below the coal.
No. 8 coal in Wayne Township is found in the ridges south of the P., C., C. & St. L. Railway and its principal opening is the MeFadden mine of the Wayne Coal Com- pany. The railroad company has taken most of the ontput. It varies in thickness from four feet two inches to four feet ten inches, and its analysis, from a damp sam- ple, gave moisture, 5.05; volatile matter, 35.88; fixed carbon, 51.12; ash, 7.95.
As already stated there is considerable No. 8 coal in Steubenville Township, sup- plying the local market, and small areas are found in Island Creek, Cross Creek, Salem, Springfield. Ross and Knox Town- ships.
Owing no doubt largely to their careful management, Jefferson Conuty mines have been to a remarkable extent free from those terrible disasters which at times have thrown scores of families into mourning. The worst occurred at the Rolling Mill mine July 5, 1865, not long after it was opened, when an explosion of gas killed six ont of the nine miners who went down the shaft that morning. ludividual accidents have been very rare in the Steubenville mines, but of late years more frequent in the southern section of the county, partly from falling roofs and partly from electro- ention by the machinery installed to facili- tate operations. The original miners in this section were originally English and Scotch, generally, who were intelligent and careful, while of late years the immigration from Southern Europe has brought a class of in- experienced persons, ignorant of local con- ditions and language, consequently less capable of caring for themselves. In 1907.
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out of twenty-seven fatal accidents in this county, twenty of the victims were foreign- ers, fifteen of the accidents being dne to falling roofs. The serious but not fatal accidents of that year are reported at sey- enty-one, minor at nineteen, making n grand total of 117 out of the 815 reported in the state. The total number of mine em- ployes for that year was 5,787.
Machine mining began in this county in 1897, when 28,967 tons were mined by machines out of a total of 774,790. The pro- portion rapidly increased until 1907, when out of a total of 4,648,263 tons mined, 4,054,845 were taken out by machinery. The blast and pick will not be entirely super- seded, but it is evident that they must re- main far in the rear. .
The following table, showing the number of tons of coal mined during the last thirty- five years, indicates the tremendous strides made by this industry. There has been, on the whole, a steady advance, though with some fluctuations, the first jump following the opening of the mines in the south end, when production was doubled, and the next following the introduction of mining ma- chines, of which there were 221 in the county in 1907 :
Total No. Tons Mined.
Tons Cut by Machines.
1871.
92,309
1975
109,226
1876.
166,682
1877
145,646
1978.
125,000
1879
99,492
1880
359,679
1981
198,228
1882
309,214
1883.
202.022
1884.
316,777
1895.
271,329
1987.
293,875
1888
243,175
1889
500,000*
1890.
571,909
1891
666,157
1892
$79.500
1×93
670.867
1894.
997,888
1895
861,185
1896.
670.867
1897
744.790
28,967
1898
829,526
106,703
1899
935,979
211,376
*Estimated,
1900
971,209
295,547
1901.
1,303,308
453,886
1902.
.1,789,452
971,062
1903
.2,320,419
1,245,680
1904.
2,495,375
1,914,322
1905.
.3,337,799
2,704,683
1906.
2,998,476
2,425,314
1907
4,648,263
4,054,845
1905.
.3,565,008
The leading coal mines of the county, as given in the state mine inspector's report, are as follows:
American Sewer Pipe Company, Blyth Conl Company, Bergholz Coal & Electric Light Company, Dexter Coal Company, Eastern Ohio Coal Company, East Ohio Sewer Pipe Company, Glens Run Coal Company, Jefferson Coal Company, Kanl- Oberkirch Company, Labelle Iron Works, La Grange Coal Company, Magyar Coal Company, Morris-Poston Coal Company, Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company, Roby Coal Company, Russell Coal & Mining Company, Steubenville Coal & Mining Company, W. E. Smith, James Speaks, Shannon Coal Company, Toronto Fire Clay Company, United States Coal Com- pany, Wayne Coal Company, Witch Hazel Coal Company, M. L. Williams Coal & Coke Company, Wolf Run Coal Company, W. & L. E. Coal & Mining Company, and Yonghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company.
From the same report we glean the fol- lowing partienlars regarding individual mines :
Jefferson Coal Company's mines. Owned and operated by the Jefferson Coal Com- pany. John Simpson, Piney Fork, general manager. Mines Nos. 1 and 2 located at Piney Fork, on L. E. A. & W. R. R. Mines Nos. 3 and 4 are located about three miles south of Nos. 1 and 2, on same railroad. These mines are drift openings. William Simpson superintendent of Nos. 1 and 2. William Wilson superintendent of Nos. 3 and 4. Fan ventilation. No. 1 employs 114 miners and 35 day men. Richard Wilson mine boss. No. 2 employs 100 miners and 33 day men. Albert Thorpe mine hoss. No. 3 employs 109 miners and 31 day men. Fred Aspinwall mine boss. No. 4, new mine opened opposite No. 3. Coal dumped over
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the same tipple. Employs 6 miners and 5 Campbell, superintendent, succeeded dur- day hands.
Goucher-Situated abont two miles west of Brilliant; owned and operated by the Dexter Conl Company, Pittsburgh. M. D. Gibson, superintendent ; J. G. Huddy, mine boss.
United States Mines. -- Bradley - Situ- ated in Crow Hollow. Owned and operated by the United States Coal Company, of Cleveland. H. E. Willard, Cleveland, Ohio, general manager ; William Wagner, super- intendent. All the United States mines at this point, nine in number, are drift open- ings. Transportation is provided by the W. & L. E. and L. E. A. & W. Railways. Four hundred and forty-eight miners and 165 day men are employed. Five hundred electric volts are carried in all these mines.
Edgar. No. 1. situated near Glen's Run, on the W. & L. E. R. R., owned and oper- ated by Glen's Run Coal Company. Clyde Maurer, superintendent, and Robert Nich. olson, Dillonvale, mine boss. Drift open- ing. Employs 98 miners and 24 day men.
Rush Run, No. 1, owned and operated by same company. Howard Ulrick, mperin tendent ; John Coss, mine boss. Drift open- ing. Employs 65 miners, 25 day men. Fur- nace ventilation. No. 2. three miles north of No. 1. William H. Werker, superinten- dent ; Evan Evans, mine boss, Employs 78 miners and 32 day men. No. 3. James Searfpin, boss, Employs 39 miners ; 12 day men.
United States Mines .- Plum Rnn~Lo- rated at Rhodesdale. Owned and operated by the same company as the United States mines at Bradley, same general manager. William Wagner, superintendent ; was sue- ceeded during the year by Joseph Gray. Mr. Wagner taking charge of Bradley mines. Drift openings: 341 miners and 121 day men employed. Four mines.
Connor, No. 1-Situated at Connorville. on the W. & L. E. R. R. Owned and oper- ated by the W. & L. E. Coal & Mining Com- pany. Fred Hornickel, Dillonvale, Ohio, general superintendent. Drift opening. Employs 60 miners and 26 day men. J. H.
ing the year by Fred Aspinwall. James Gray, mine boss. Connor No. 2, located opposite Connor No. 1. Owned and oper- ated by the same company, with same man- agement. Employs 86 miners and 26 day men.
La Belle, at Steubenville-P. J. Harri- gan, superintendent ; William Lafferty, boss. Employs 98 miners, 25 day men.
High Shaft, Steubenville - William Smurthwaite, superintendent; Matthew Cassner, boss. Employs 28 miners, 22 day men.
Carman No. 1-At Carman, on P., C .. (. & St. L. R. R. Owned and operated by the Wayne Coal Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. D. J. Wise, superintendent ; Andy Arrott, mine boss, Drift opening; 68 miners and 20 day men employed. Mine has resumed operations after several months' idleness, due to mine being so wet. Fan ventilation. Carman No. 2 suspended.
Jean-At Salt Run, on C. & P. R. R. Owned and operated by the Blythe Coal Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. George Van- dyke, Brilliant, Ohio, superintendent and mine boss, Drift opening; 17 miners and 5 day men employed. Furnace ventilation. Pick mine.
Russell -- At Tiltonsville. Owned and operated by the Russell Coal & Mining Company, Cleveland, Ohio. George Me- Kitrick, superintendent ; Seth Williams, mine bos4. Drift opening. Employs 64 miners and 13 day men. Furnace ventila- tion.
Kelly, owned and operated by the Lewis Coal Company, Wheeling, near Warrenton, on the C. & P. R. R. Thomas Jones, super- intendent : William Nixon, boss. Drift opening, Employs 45 miners, 19 day men.
Florence- Located at Florencedale, ou 1 .. E. A. & W. R. R. Owned and operated by the Witch Hazel Coal Company. Youngstown. D. J. Jacobs, superintendent ; Samuel Madison, mine boss. Drift open- ing. Employs 34 miners and 19 day men.
Wabash- Located at Parlette, on Wa- bash Railroad. Owned and operated by the
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Wabash Coal Company, Cleveland, Ohio. William Bates, superintendent; Thomas Rankin, mine boss. Slope opening; 54 miners and 21 day men.
Dorothy, near Rayland, on W. & L. E. Owned and operated by the M. L. Williams Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh. George M. Anderson, superintendent; . Joseph Rob- inson, boss. Drift opening. Employs 96 miners, 16 day men. Pick mine.
Lagrange, at Brilliant, owned and oper- ated by the Lagrange Coal Company. James Morgan, superintendent and mine boss. Shaft opening to No. 6 seam ; reached at a depth of 265 feet and abont 31/2 feet thick; 8 miners and 7 day men; fan ven- tilation.
Portland, near Connorsville, on W. & L. E. Railway. Owned and operated by the Rayland Coal Company. George W. Kline, superintendent; John Barth, boss. Drift opening; 29 miners and 15 day hands. Changed from pick to machine mining.
Walnut Hill, Nos. 1 and 2, near York- ville, on C. & P. R. R. Owned and oper- ated by O. & P. Coal Company, Cleveland. William Neath, superintendent; Abel Ar- mitage, mine boss. Drift openings .. Em- ploys 94 miners and 50 day hands.
Zerbe-Located at Amsterdam, on the L. E. A. & W. R. R. Operated by the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company, Cleveland, Ohio. George Wagoner, superintendent ; John Wolf, mine boss. Shaft opening, 185 feet deep, penetrating the No. 5 seam of coal. 5 feet thick. About 150 miners and 50 day men employed. The coal is all ent by electric chain machines and hauled to the shaft bottom by motors, mnles being used to gather it to the motor passways. Mine was formerly ventilated by a six-foot electric fan and a ten-foot steam fan, but these have been replaced by a twenty-foot Brazil fan, the ten-foot fan being kept in reserve. A new first motion engine was installed, which will be equipped with larger drums and a larger rope, capable of hoisting more coal, and contributing to the safety of the men while riding on the cages.
Deal-Two miles west of Bergholz, on
the L. E. A. & W. R. R. Operated by the E. Deal Coal Company, Bergholz. Idle.
X. L., at Bergholz, operated by the Berg- holz Coal & Electric Light Company. J. S. Mckeever, superintendent; John Peterson, mine boss. Slope opening to No. 6 seam three feet thick; mule and rope haulage; machine mining. Employs 65 miners, 15 day men.
Elizabeth, at Wolf Rum, on L. E. A. & W. Railroad. Operated by Wolf Run Coal Company, Cleveland. Valentine Coe, super- .intendent; James Campbell, boss. Shaft opening, penetrating No. 5 seam at a deptlı of 293 feet ; coal 4 feet 8 inches thick ; ven- tilated by a 14-foot Capell fan ; motor haul- age and machine mining; 95 miners and 45 day men. This is a model mine, equipped with the most modern machinery; has an electric hoist, steel tipple and telephone service in the mine, the equipment equal to any in the state.
West Pittsburgh-Two miles east of Bergholz, on the L. E. A. & W. Railroad. Operated by the Eastern Ohio Coal Com- pany, Cleveland. Matthew Speicher, super- intendent : Evan Griffith, mine boss. Slope opening to No. 5 seam of coal, 51/2 feet thick; fan ventilation, machine mining, motor and mule haulage, double entry sys- tem and about 160 miners and 42 day men employed.
Amsterdam, at Amsterdam, on the L. E. A. & W. R. R. Operated by the Youghio- gheny & Ohio Coal Company, Cleveland. D. J. Williams, superintendent; Edward Lee, mine boss. Shaft, 276 feet deep, pene- trating No. 5 seam, 4 feet thick. Machine mining, mule and motor haulage. fan ven- tilation ; 130 miners and 50 day men.
Diamond-Two miles east of Hammonds- ville, on the C. & P. R. R. Operated by the Diamond Coal & Clay Company, Wellsville. R. J. Borden, superintendent and mine boss. Slope opening 150 feet long to No. 3 seam, 316 feet thick. Machine mining, mule and rope haulage, fan ventilation, and about 27 miners and 9 day men.
Strip Vein, No. 4. at Irondale, operated by the East Ohio Sewer Pipe Company.
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W. E. Williams, superintendent and boss. same tipple as No. 1. Employs 70 miners Drift opening. No. 4 vein 28 inches thick. and 19 day men. Machine mining, mule haulage, fun ven- tilation. Employs 10 miners and 5 day men. Worked on the long wall system with a Morgan-Gardner machine. Creek Vein, No. 3, Edward Williams, boss; drift ; No. 3 coal 31% feet ; mule hanlage, natural venti- lation; 4 miners and 1 day man.
Dillon No. 4-Located at Herriek, on the W. & L. E. R. R. Operated by the W. & 1 .. E. Coal Mining Company. Fred Hor- nickel, superintendent; S. S. Little, mine boss. Drift, No. 8 semn, 5 feet thick ; ma- chine mining, minle and motor haulage, fan ventilation, and about 90 miners and 30 day men employed.
Long Run, at Long Run, on W. & L. F. Railroad. Operated by the W. & L. E. Coal Mining Company. Fred Hornickel, super- intendent, with several different mine bosses during the year. Worked under same conditions as the two previous mines. Ninety-six miners and 48 day men em- ployed.
Dillon No. 2-Located at Dillonvale, on the W. & L. E. R. R. Operated by the W. & I. E. Coal Mining Company. Fred Hor- nickel, superintendent; Thoburn Waite, mine boss. Drift mine, No. 8 seam. 5 feet thick. Employs 190 miners and 65 day men. Machine mining, fan ventilation, motor and mule hanlage. This is one of the oldest mines along the W. & I. E. and has several hundred acres of old works gen- erating carbonic acid gas, but fortunately all on the return airway. Having a splen- did top and practically no water with which to contend, it is an easy matter to keep the mine in good condition.
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