Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-02

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We clip the following from an arti-
Gle in the Bedford (Pa) Inquirer 1t was
set up for last week but crowded out j
On Wednesday oflast week an excur-
sion party left Philadelphia on spe-
cial car to visit the Huntingdon and
Broad Top Railroad and Coal field, to
pass over the new connecting road just
completed from Mt. Dallas to the State
Line, and to look over the Cumberland
Coal Field and its resources.
This party, composed of B. Andrews
Knight, Esq, President H. & B. R. r.
Co.; Messrs. Long, Cummings, Mar
shall, D'Ivilliers, Paul jerks Dever-
Tx, and Wood, Directors also, Messrs
Fox and Anspach, Directors, Penn a.
r. R. Co; Mr.. Richards, Vice Presi-
dent c. ?. r. r. Co, with other gen
tlemen interested in the progress of
railroads, arrived at Huntingdon at
$50 Thursday morning. They were
there joined by u. S. Senator Scott
]. McKillips, Esq, Supt H &. B. T.
R. R. and John Fulton, Engineer.
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At the State line the party was met
by G. Slack, Esq, Superintendent of
Cumberland & Penn a. r. r., accom-
panied by Mr. Milholland, Supt. of
Mt. Savage Iron Works, and other
gentlemen connected with the road
Crossing the State line the party was
now on p miles constructed by the
c. & p r. r. Co., to meet the Bedford
& Bridgeport Extension. Passing over
this branch, the main line of the C. &
PR R. was reached at Corrigan $
stastion, thence ascending I. pidly up
Jennings Creek Mount Savage was
reached at 10 o'clock. This town has
iron works and furnaces, ready for the
iron ores on the new r. r., and con-
tain works making a good quality of
fire brick. Pausing briefly at this
place the party moved forward up
grades of 10 feet per mile, backing
over switch backs, the increasing ele-
walton unfolding extensive views of
a mountain and vale, clothed in au-
tumnal loneliness.
Frostburg stands on the dividing wa
ter shed between Jennings and Georges
Creek, 100 feet above Cumberland,
II miles distant by rail, and 230O feet
above tide, a charming summer
village, with neat dwellings and extern
sive church spires Passing under
Frostburg in a short tunnel, we began
to descend the valley of the George S
Creek at 60 feet per mile, passing sew
eral coal mines on the way to Lonaco-
ming, At this point the party rested,
they had had a fair sample Of the re-
gion. One of the mines visited on
the return trip showed seven feet of
very good coal beng worked. The
seam Is, however, much thicker than
this, but on y the best portion Of it is
now mined indeed the thickness of
the seam is stated as from II to a feet.
The shape of the Cumberland coal
field is very like a whale, with its tail
resting at Mt. Savage, and an open
mouth apparently ready to swallow
up Piedmont and the Potomac river,
with section of the Baltimore and
Ohio r. K. The coal field has an
area Of $50 square miles Its collier
les are all working on the Pittsburg
seam, which at this ploce is less bit, =
minous than at points around Pitts
burgh.
This region began shipments in
1912 sending to market 1908 tons
Last year it sent nearly p millions
of tons to market, working only about
9 months Of the year. 1t can JoDiclly
increase It's SHIPMENTS whenever the de-
mand is presented,
Feturring to Mt. Savage the party
was invited to the residence OF Supt.
Slack, and there found sumptuous
dinner awaiting them. At its close
President Knight arose and in a ge-
NAL manner conveyed the thanks of
h. party to Mr.. Slack for his hospi-
tally and courtesy.
Returning to the State line we par
tod from our Cumberland friends.
Mr.. Fox proposed three cheers for Ma
ryland, which We're given with a will.
Mr.. Slack invited three cheers for
Pennsylvania, which were followed
with a tiger for the opening of the
new channel to market from Cumber-
land coal field
Leaving Mason and Dixon's line,
Bedford was reached at 5 o'clock, a
portion Of the party visiting the cele-
brated Bedford NJ neral Springs, AID
all ass mo mig at the Cramer Cottage.
Next no ming Saturday beakla5t at
81 o clock, in Car at 6; passing rap
idly over Broad Top r. H., the party
arrived at Hunting lon at 81 O'Clock,
very much gratifed with the prosl ects
of increasing business and the compile
ton of the road connecting Huntingdon
on the Penn Il. II. r. with Cumberland
on the B. & O. r. R., distant 81 miles
Another fact was impressed on the
party: the abundant supply of c. al
which for centuries can be obtained
from the 2O3 square miles in the Bl Dad
Top and Cumberland regions Nor
need there be any Earring in sending
both to market side by side, for, in the
infinite wisdom of the Creator, thev
have their places of usefulness in the
industrial world as unerringlv marked
as the orbits of the bodies in the celes-
tiol world. and into those thev will