Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-12
w. VA. COAL FIELDS.
The Immense Industries Of the IA
Rawha Valley.
The Coming Coal Centre Of the Country
Mill Matters and Industrial lnfor-
nation Gathered Here
and There.

and There.
A Pennsylvania correspondent writes an
interesting letter from Coal Valley, West
Virginia, describing some OF the gigantic
coal enterprises of the Kanawha Valley.
He begins with
THE FAULKNER NINE.
The mine is located a short distance
above the Crescent mine, and is owned and
operated BY Mr.. Frederick Faulkner. 1t is
the side of the mountain. About ITO men
are employed. Mr.. Faulkner has also built
8 fine large tipple. 1t was planned and
built BY Mr.. J. A. Powell, of Mt Elizabeth,
Pa. This tipple is " feet high, 20 feet wide
and 240 feet long, all enclosed. IL is set on
two river piers in deep water. Lump coal
barges are placed on the outside OF one
pier and the inside Of the others and the
Slack boat between the two, so that from
the two tips above two kinds OF coal can be
loaded at the same time and the slack run
together The railroad portion of the tip
pie is built in the same manner. Each tip
has capacity for dumping 800 tons daily.
An opening has also been made into Eagle
seam and another incline com 0leted to the
iipple. Capt. GeOrke, OF the j. b. Taylor.
brought up the first barges ever brought
above Cannelton on Tuesday last and put
them under this tipple.
THE EAGLE COAL AND COKE WORKS.
These large works were opened several
wears ago at Eagle, two miles above Coal
Valley, by Wyant & Stone, from Mckees-
port, Pa. A little over year ago MI. Stone
retired from the firm, Mr.. VIM. Wyant
purchasing his interest and becoming sole
proprietor. The openings up here were
made into what has become known as the
Eagle vein, 100 feet below the gas seam. 1t
is a very rich bituminoaS coal, adapted es-
pecially for iron works and steam purposes,
and manufactures into first-class coke. The
coal averages five feet in thickness, contain
! ing slate two feet from the top, on which
the mining is done. He has two openings
made, one for running coal down to the
| shipping tipple, and the other for running
| the coal to the bin tor the coke ovens. AT
! the foot of the mountain "a bee hive coke
! ovens have been in blast for over a year,
| but at present twelve of them are out for
repairs. These works are all under the
personal supervision of Mr.. Wyant, and
| have probably run steadier during the
| entire year than any other In this
| district. From 800 to $50 tons OF coal are
! daily sent down the hill, that to the large
| coke ovens bin, coming down the noun
| tain in long tubular iron pipe from the
mouth of the mine. From lT5 TO 200 men
are constantly employed about these works.
A number Of new houses have been built
during the past year. They have the finest
store rooms, warehouse and private ONCE
of any works in the region. The output OF
coke when all the ovens are IN blast Is
about 800 bushels daily, which is all ship
Tho norton of the
coa.is shipped East by the CheSapeake.and
Ohio railroad.
THE ST. CLAIR COKE COMPANY.
This is a large new work opened during
the past year short distance above the
Eagle, also under the supervision OF Mr..
| Vim. Wyant. The company is composed
| principally of Ashland, KY, iron manufac-
| iurers 4 fine opening was made INTO the
Eagle seam 250 feet up on the side OF the
! mountain. The mine in charge of Mr.. Thos.
| Lloyd has been opened and is being success
| fully worked. At the foot Of the mountain
! 3Ofine coke ovens have been in blast for some
| time, using all the product Of the mine
manufacturing coke and shipping it to the
| furnace of the Norton iron company at
! Ashland, ny. The ovens and yard are in
! charge of Mr.. W. q. Mason, an old Monon-
| gahela City miner A large bin holding
| II OOO bushels of coal has been built above
the ovens, inside Of which is battery for
washing the coal. The coal is tipped at
the mouth of the mine and run down the
mountain in a tubular iron pipe, two
feet in diameter and go feet long. 1t
strikes the battery in the bin, washing the
coal as fine as is desired for feeding the
ovens. The Larry is run to the bin loaded
and then run out over the coke ovens.
This is the speediest, cheapest and most
simple IL cans Of feeding the coke ovens We
have met with. About - men are en-
ployed by this company. The miners both
in this and the Eagle mines receive two
cents per bushel for run Ol mine coal. The
CompanY have built a number OF houses
and will build more this spring. They
are also contemplating building more coke
ovens.
THRGREAT KANAwAA eOLLIEEY CO., LIMITED.
This is a company OF English capitalists
who have Just located and commenced ac'
tive operations at Mt Carbon, one mile
above the 81. Clair works, where they have
5000 acres of mineral property. The affairs
of the company are under the general man
ayemeut of Mr. 5 &. Phillips, who has So.
lected MIR VIM. Tamplin, for a number OF
wears superintendent of the Cannelton
works. to superintend the openings and
buildings over one hundred workmen are
actively at work putting up buildings,
making openings into both the Gas ana
Eagle Seams, building tram roads and a
long incline plane up the mountai in side.
A large tipple will be built along the rail-
road and long siding put in. Tney are
also preparing to build fifty OF the ina
proved Coppce coke ovens for coking the
Eagle seam coal. They propose buying
| the output of these mines up to l,O9O tons
daily. The Company is made up of a
| portion OF the stockholders in the Hawks
| Nest, AuSted and Goshen, Virginia com.
| panirs, and if what they have done is any
criterion to Judge by, they mean all they
| say.