The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-04
THEiCOUNTRY OFC0AL
HlLLsFlLLEowlrA BLACK DIAMONDS.
Coal VALLEY aud yleIAlty-rhs Qaall.J Of III:
COal-Ths Ka,awha aad unIOa cOnpAnIs
nIass-rhs Demand for the Fasi-EI.
tsn,Ivs Improvements GOlar On.

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tsa,ivS Inprovsmsnts Goiag on.
Correspondence erAe LnteiiOasear.
Coal VALLEY, W. Va, May SO.-A gen;
tleman put it in rather homely way, the
other day, when he said that down here
they used to sell the bottom lands and
throw in the hills. Just turn this around
and you have what it is to oday. The name
Of the place should be changed, and II
ought to be known as Coal Hills. In TACT, as
Mr.. Love, the mine boss Of the Kanawha
Mining Company said, the hills arenothine
but solid coal. The @. & o. Railway
keeps two engines busy running cars 70
the various mines around here and the
'shiiters," as they are called, at their best
can't keep up with the demand. The out
pnt therefore, has TO be regulated by the
means OF transportation, and not by the
demand. The demand for this coal is
daily. growing. ! find good onumber Of
Psnnsylyanians down here, and thisafter-
noon asked one, who formerly lived in
the heart OF the coal region in that State,
his opinion as to the quality ofthel two
Goals: his answer was characteristic: "They
think they have the best; we think
we are ahead. II is only question oil
time, though, ill the superiority OF ours 10
acknowledged"
f3, THE KANAwHA MINING co. lgi (.
This morning visited the mine Of the
Kanawha Mining Co. and found what is
claimed to be the cleanest and best coal
shipped from this valley. The company
bases its claim to this prominence on the
fact that its coal brings the highest price
Of any Kanawha coal in the market. Mr..
W. K. Truslow, OF Charleston, Is the
President Of the company and Mr.. 6. L.
Drouilard the General Superintendent.
The mine is young one, having shipped
the first coal only fourteen. months ago.
They have four feet OF clean coal, free from
sulphur. slate or other Impurities, and
nowhere through the mine could see the
least trace Of any. In appearance and
properties 1t very closely approaches the
Yonghiogheny coal. Their incline is about
900 feet long and one OF the steepest on
the river. With an output, all kinds told.
Of 1000 bushels day, they are not able
to supply the demand. Their market Is
East and West, by river or rail. The @. &
o. engines all coal here, the engineers
stating that the coal is the best for steam
purposes they have ever used. The,vein
seems to be local, and at present is only
worked by one opening, Mr.. Love, though.
is pushing another entry to daylight, and
expects soon TO build 4 tramway around
the side OF tho mountain. He thinks the
company has one OF the finest properties
on the river. lt
QUALITY or THE COAL
Mr.. Drouillasd in answerto to questions,
stated that their cokipg vein was good, but
it may be years before 1t is worked. All
up the mountain below the "Flint Ledge
and above, they have fine seams Of coal
one OF twelve to fourteen feet in thickness
or course there are layers Of slate and mig
gerhead, but he thinks there are from nine
10 ten feet Of clean COAL. Another seam of
camel coal has been found but not devel-
oped. In all they have 800 acres OF surface,
and under it lie all kinds Of gas and splint.
The spirit OF improvement has struck here
too. The store Is being painted and new
houses are being built, but It is in reality q
city on hill A quarter Of q mile above
here, and about one mile below Coal Val,
lev, Ia the Old Kanawba Mining Company's
plant, now operated by the Union Coal
Company, 9 company made up Of home
folks. 81. W. .fff W.. rs S5F..s
'.s 'f .GHoME COMPANY. bsr. ~ q
3Mr. F. J. Mats is the superintendent,
and Mr.. James Gardner the mine boss.
Under Mr.. GirdneTs care I tramped
around over their. properly the other day.
Their plane Is only 825 feet long and pos.
sesses no hair raising properties. Intro.
duced as 'drum. runner, to the young
man who was temporarily filling that posi-.
tion, l declined his kind offer to take
charge OF the "brakes". Gas coal is mined
here and consigned to the G & q iortheir
own use, and the use Of the Virginia Mid
land. The seam averages feet inches,
with inchesof splint coal on top. When
mixed this furnishes 6ne steam coal, and
Is earning quite reputation. The com.
many 10 building .ipple to the river at
cost Of about IS 600, taking into account the
new entry made necessary by this. They
expect to make river shipment In 90
days, and will run their 7steam, orlmixed
coal exclusively by this transportation. at
least till the demand for their gas coal jus.
tides them in shipping that. The land is
leased from the Keystone Coal Company,
a PENNSYLVANIA Company owning 0 large
tract is this immediate neighborhood. The
output is 225 tons day, and when running
full they work about seyentys6ye, men.
Sixty.two cents 9 ton is paid for coal here,
and at the Kanawha below. In the last
named bank / met several miners who
months run would bring them-oyer $780,
it Is a fair showing they said. AN do NOT
do this, but this shows what can be doneS
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