Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-17
Coshocton C0nntr Coal Mines.

interested in the coal mines OF Co
shOctOn county, in this State, We
give place to the following very full
description of those mines, published
in the CoShocton Democrat. 1t will
be seen that Mr.. ALBERT CHRIsTY
formerly of this county, enjoys the
credit of developing on a very ex-
tensive scale the coal resources of
COshocton county. The article is as
! follows:
That directly underneath a very
large portion OF the surface of Co
shOctOn County were inexhaustible
deposits of a superior quality of
Bituminous Coal, has for long time
been an admitted fact patent not
only to old inhabitants but even tC
the casual observer. 1t has required
no geological information and specu-
latiOns to establish that fact, for
ocular demonstration every where
proved it; thick veins of this rich
mineral cropping out from river
bluff, ravine and hillside, attested
our possession of an area of hundreds
if not. thousands of square miles of
undevelOped wealth, ready to make
Cr9sus of whoever would bring to
bear that enterprise requisite to its
development. Strange as it may
seem, old residents of COshOctOn,
with ample means at command, suff-
cred decade after decade of years to
pass by, and no effort put forth to
bring to light and turn to ready cash
this millions of dollars worth of
buried treasure. Two years ago only
three banks were being operated and
these on such limited scale that the
few tons used for fuel in and around
COshOcton consumed nearly the entire
amount mined. Scarcely two and
half years ago, ALBERT CHRISrY,
Esq, then q resident OF Trumbull
County, moved with his family, to
COshOcton, purchased and leased
several hundred acres of coal land,
and commenced operations on more
extended scale than had heretofore
been employed. At that time a man
of moderate means, but with that
enterprise and public spiritedness
which alone can secure success, and
to any great extent benefit either
self or communities, he persevered in
his purpose, overcoming the OppOsi-
ton of many OF our citizens OF even
greater means than he possessed, by
bringing the elements of success from
abroad in the persons OF more than a
score of new residents attracted here
from other parts of the State, he to-
day has the proud satisfaction of
knowing that he is master of the
situation, achieved q triumph over
the opposition of crOakers, stands at
the head of five different Companies,
which ship, in the aggregate, from
the different banks, over 10000 BUSH
els Of coal per day, and from which,
as he richly deserves, has realized n
handsome fortune.
As above stated, Mr.. CHRIsTY has
incorporated and put in operation five
different Companies, he himself
maintaining chief supervision over
each of them, which are now realiz-
! ing such dividends to the stockholders
as to awaken from the Rip Vanwin-
kle sleep in which old citizens have
been indulging, and stimulating a
general inquiry and ''casting about
to ascertain if there are yet any un-
occupied ground for coal operations,
seeing as they now do. that by their
timidity, clOse-fistedness and old
fOgyism they have let strangers come
among us and fence in for themselves
the avenues to immense fortunes.
Through the pOliteness of Mr..
Christy we were, a few. days since,
permitted TO visit and explore the
banks of the COshoctOn and Miami
Companies, and from observations
and reports of superintendent of all
these Companies, are enabled to pre-
sent some statistics that may enable
the general reader to form a more
accurate idea of their location, value
and capacity. The oldest OF these
Companies is the
COsHOCTON COAL COMPANY,
which was incorporated in the Fall of
1866, with capital stock of Sl25, 600.
This is known as the PrOsser bank,
is about one and a half miles north
east of COshOctOn, and three-fOurths
of a mile from the Railroad. \ rail-
way conveys the coal from the banks
to the p. {. & st. l.. Railway, at
point one mile east of town, where
the locomotives running on this road
take coal. The Company have a
lease of about ] 200 acres of land; the
vein of Coal is ~ feet thick, free from
slate and of superior quality. En-
gineers say that for Locomotives use
il is superior to any other Ohio or
PENNSYLVANIA Coal. Bringing all
their facilities into requisitiOn will
enable this Company to turn out over
5000 bushels of Coal per day and we
learned from the bank boss that the
day p-evisus To our visit they put out
$500 bushels. The roof of the bank
/ is composed of solid stone, and
underneath the bed of Coal is thick
deposit of fire-clay, which keeps the
floor dry rs sand-bank in mid-sum-
mer. \. II. SPANGLER is the business
manager of this Company, and
JAMES SOUTHERN superintendent of
the mines.
MIAMI COAL COMPANY.
This Company commenced business
/ last July, are 500 feet from their en-
trance, and have just constructed a
track OF heavy strap iron from the
of mouth the bank to the railroad, dis
antabOut600 feet, with an inclination of
. 45 degrees. This Company has lease
, OF go acres of land, with a capital Of
/ SI25, 900. The p. G. Il st. L. Railway
/ is constructing q switch which when
done will afford a shipping capacity
OF 5000 bushels per day. J. II. CAR
MAN, formerly of Miami county, is
/ the gentlemanly superintendent Of
/ this Company; WILLIAM RICHARDS
( is the bank superintendent The coal
/ from this bank is the same quality as
: that of the COshOetOn company; very
! hard and brilliant, and the vein near
/ " five feet thick. The territory of
/ this company joins that of the Gosh
octon Coal Company, the two entries
i being about half mile apart. Car
penters are Mt work constructing
. dwelling houses for the miners {;
/ twelve are to be put up at once, ma
( king a miniature town of their own.
/ NEW YORK COAL AND COKE COMPANY.
This Company, with capital stock
! of 500, 900 was incorporated last July.
/ The bank is located three-fOurths of q
mile south east of the town of Gosh
octon, one half mile east of the Rail-
road, with a new 'T" rail track run
ming to the P. c. & st. L. Railway
! This bank now turns out about 1900
bushels per day, which in short
time will be increased to 1000 per day.
Twenty miners are employed in this
bank. Colonel ROBERT YoUART is
the general superintendent, and
JOHN HOGS bank superintendent.
COALPORT COAL COMPANY.
With capital stock of Sl5O, 900 was