The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-11
COAL MINES.
a Tnlp A1OxG THE OHIO RIVER.
The TuscaFawas Valley and wheeling
RaiIFuAd-UpepiBE Of New Mines
Prosperity Of h Hinea along
the EiIIAbuFEh aud CleVe.
land kAIIFOAd.
Correspondence ct the Tlt.SpuA T.4sraps.

Correspondence tf the Tlt'IbuRh TSigraph.
BRlDaEPuRT, ONO, JAuuaIy6.
The extension, during The past year, OF
the Tuscprawas Valley & Wheeling Rail
foad to the Ohio River, at this point is
detained no doubt, at some day in the near
future, 10 bring the already prosperous
village Of Bridgeport prominent 40 q
manufacturing aud railroad city,
TuscARAwAs VALLEY 4 wHRGLISG RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Under the efficient management Of MI,
Oscar T%ownsapd, the General Manager,
this company has finally, after overcom'
ing many difficulties, opened up and
equipped a fist Glars railway from the
Lakes to the OHIO TlVer, passing through
the iuest coal fields in the State, The
I've dped IL we'll built the bridges OF the
best, aud The entire line laid with sleel
rails. II is equipped with au abun.
dance oil the best rolling stock, and has
been doing an immense business, espeC'
ally III the transmission oil coal from the
great IusCarawas Valley TO their hne har'
Dor at Black river, ~ we'll Rs sending il
over other lines to the West. At Black
river they have fine haTb0r facilities OF
both sides Of the river, where lake ores,
lumber, ETC., are received and transported
10 Bridgeport, where the ores are loaded
into baJRes and delivered TO the d'Ae'enI
WOn works along the Ohio river. lite a
Ialge buriness Of this kind will, no doubt,
bs done by this company alter the open
ing up Of navigation 10 the spring. They
Alsn have sidipVs into nearly all The large
mines in the Massillon region, including
uuss Ol the Silver Greek UUal Company,
Rhodes Coal Company, MasSillOn CITY
,tsl Company, sippO Coal Company,
Greve mine, Warrington mine, Pigeon
Run mine, Camp Greek mine, the Canal
Dover furnace, The Pike Run mines near
%UhTiChsyills, and last, but not least, their
own new mine Two mllea from bridgeport,
70 be known I'd tho
WHEELING GREEK COAL WORKS.
At this point the company owns one
mile square Of coal territory, and have
made two openings into the hills. In one
Of these, now being operated, they have
from a Ave to q ave and o hall loot ,eln OF
coal, and just across the hollow where the
Olher opening WAS made the coal will run
from ak and aLd = half tO seven feet. Mr..
James Patterson, formerly Of the Patler-
son mine, New SiraiIsville, Is the general
manager Of these works, with Mr.. j. +
Waters, toiHerly Of the DuQuesue Works,
near your city, superintendent Of the
mines. Tho opening up oil theae works Ia
being pushed IS rapidly as possible, about
100 men now being emplOye ed, chipping
,nlrty cars daily. They wish to BIZ
able 10 ship 100 cars daily this
spring. There has been some local truu.
BILE with thOir miners, butthis has all been
satisfactorily settled and 200 more miners
are ADVERTISE for. The terms 10 the men
are seventy. Aye cents per ton for 1900
pounds Of screened coal, cash monthly
pays. One Of the drawbacks has been the
Wspt Of hOnses for tnelr men. They have
built a large boarding house together With
q large lodging room, In when one hun.
dIed men can be accommodated. A neat
little ylllsge has been laid out and some
twenty five comfortable houses, Of three
rOoms each, plasteted aud painted through.
out, have been built, but not quite ia.
IBhed, and Others will be erected In the
spriug. Mr. Patterson proposes setting out
uhadG trees along the fronts Of these
houses, aud will make them as desira.
Die homes for his men % possible. No
expense Is being spared to make the sur-
fUundings comfortable. They expect To
tnu the works steady the year round, and
give their men good work, A new tipple
viii BIZ built at the Big vein opening NJ
once. 1t will likely BIZ one Of the Mitchell
tipples, like those In use IL the Hooking
Valley, undoubtedly the spevdieSt and
nest tippls III usO NJ ninps Rhere 8 large
output u coal 10 wanted. One other ADJ
vantage the company will have here will
BIZ the Use u the fats aiter unloading ore;
lumber, &c, at tue river, thereby utilizing
them running both ways. The company
will build q number II coke ovens al these
mines IN the spring aud manufacture the
sack into coke.