Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-02-08


Our correspondent, observer, )"
furnishes an interesting history of the
progress Of the su5terranean fire near
Pompey Smash. He uses the occasion
to dig US slyly about desire to give
chronicles of local events. Still he
treats us fairly, and we are pleased to
know that our item developed the in
formation that our warning was need
less, the'authorities having already paid
attention to the matter. At the same
time, it must be said, many people,
less interested it is true, see fit to
think the danger greater than tn
management has seemed to regard it.
Go FROM HOME TO HEAR THE
NEws.-Our attention has been called
to the following paragraphs:
Frostburg, possibly, has seen its best
days. From causes beyond the control of
any preacher, it is not likely that our
church there will be again what it has been
in the near past When the Numerous coal
mines, surrounding and ever undermining
the town, were in full blast, Frostburg was
lively place, and money circulated freely
No class of men work harder for their
money or spend it more freely than miners,
but the coal supply in that region aoiU soon be
exhausted and the result must be to depon-
ulate the town is greater Or less extent
The chief trouble now is the lack of de-
mand for the dusky diamonds .-Rev. r. f.
Bishop in Methodist Record for February
Mr.. Bishop is not posted. About
three years ago we published calcu-
lation based upon official data fur
nished by Mr.. James B. Thomas, Su-
perlntendent Of the Consolidation coal
company, showing that it would take
one haSndred and eaghty-slr gears to
work out the Big Vein coal belonging
to that company. In this we allowed
literally for incidental losses, an as
sumed, per annum, the largest output
ever made in one year. If we include
an uncounted factor so enormous as
to be almost indeterminate-the low
er veins of coal, in this locality al
most untouched, we can establish
theory of healthy longevity quite
equal to the auspices of the most ia
vored place in which Mr.. Bishop ever
resided. Methodist preachers are
uniformly sanguine believers it Oman
lfest destiny and the possibilities"
on slighter material grounds frequent
y than Frostburg's bases for long,
useful and happy life. Viewed in this,
the proper light, the prospective is not
near SO dark as Mr. Bishop paints.
The following is no doubt true, but
1t ought tc be remembered that Frost
burg CHURCHES and people were not
exemT ted from the ravages Of the panic
which began in 1878:
Many Ct the most va2ab,e members of
our church have had to remove to distant
points, and of those that remain rot u few
have a lard struggle to secure the ncccsso.
ries of life.
DIR, Edwards is held in high esteem, and
his pulpit ministrations, Of the same Lipl,
ORDER here as elsewhere, find many aipre-
ciatiYe listeners. The debt is n scriors
embarrassment.
With more confidence in our re-
sources and especially more self
reliance, there is no reason under the
sun why both churches and people in
vowed in debt should not get out.
"Adverslty has already had its uses"
and horne fruit Ill the revival of eccn-
omles, almost forgotten, that prevail
ed before the war. The process of
liquidation, even during these winter
days, is slowly but surely going on,
and people are looking forward with
hope to the period of emancipation
from the calling bondage of debt.
This era will bring with it, of course
augmented valuations, Transforming
the incubus of depreciation into yokes
which are easy and burdens which
are light. No financial condition can
be conceived more unhappy than
heavy liabilities upon degraded values
Out of this we are slowly emerging
lust as it is represented the country is
eve ywhere coming up from the
slough of despond."
Beyond all this, we are seriously
thinking of experimenting our vast .
resources by making Frostburg a
summer resort more than rivaliny the
attractions Of some of her sister towns
With these grounds for expectation
we anticipate in the "better times
coming along with our much esteem t
ed brother Bishor and mankind gen.
aro ]u mona oo,,, fo,+ IL l..