The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-13

location. soiar all have found homes AM
are generally satisfied with the country
There are some whoswould not be satisfied
with the Garden OF Eden, like the fellow
who went back from California In 1919 ant
pronounced 1t q humbug.
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Business Activity Iu that I.ocAIiiy-Min
Ing OH Morri, Creek.
tSaeeia! Correspondence q dc IateLt0noer.
Coal VALLEY, W. Va, June SIN .
former letter from this nlace spoke Of it
activity. To be certain I dropped into th'
Office OF Capt. J. W. Hopkins, agent OF th'
Q. & O., and sought some information
The captaiu-is genial, pleasant gentle
man from the East, and cheetiully placed
himself at my disposal. He informed M,
that be took charge Of the office in 1880
and since that time the business Of The
road at this one point has increased ovel
15O per cent. Ittakes 2l5 coal cars to rur
to their full capacity thenines in this viein
ity. Eight trains daily. are made up
for the Eastern market, and from
two to three West. These trains
carry out OF this place 5000 tons OF coal a
day, or $1,000 buahels. The coal thus
shipped is Of all grades, from gas TO camel.
FROM, here the coal is taken 10! the James
River and Newport News coal yards and
shipped by steamers and sailing vessels to
all ports on the Atlantic coast from Maine
to North Carolina, and in fewinstances
steam and cannel coal has been shipped to
Cuba. Coal only has made this town,
and the few figures given above may
furnish some idea Of the life and hustle
Tho railway company can not supply cars;
their force is now taxed to it's utmost; hut
its stock increases as it's business increases,
and as the stock increases so increases the
coal shipments ofthis region.
MINING ON NORRIS CREEK.
In my. brief description Of mines here !
have written OF all except those on Morris
creek. This stream lies one.half mile below
the town and formes part Of the dividing line
between kanawha and Fayette counties.
It flows through region full Of coal ol
various kinds, which have only been
wotked for short distance up. The G. &
O. has run side track up so the operators
dump their coal into their cars. A more
pleasant set OF gentlemen it is hard to fnd.
The Mt. Morris Coal Company is the first
as you go up the creek, aud il composed oi
VIM. Rigg and Wm. Trugden. The last
named gentleman has charge Of the mine,
the former OF the store aud Office. They
lease property OF 400 acres from the Key
stone Coal Co., as l believe do tho other
two. At present they are working the No.
gas seam, though they expect in the fall
TO open up some Of their other veins. The
vein at this place has an average thickness
OF 8 feet inches with the usual ] to 6ineh
slate. The coal isnot very hardto mine,and
when railroad cars are plenty they can run
200 tons per day. The company has been
operating since 1879. / asked the miners
their estimate OF an average days work in
this Goa, l,and they told me from 4 to tons.
They receive for this G2 cents per ton. The
air was not the purest in some places,
though as good as the average The mine,
however, was dry with butlittle water.
CARVER BROTliEHs NINE.
A short distance above here is the mine
Of those clever gentlemen, the Carver Bros
From Luzerne county, Pa, they came to
West Virginia with the intention OF stay
ing, and they are staying. They are en-
thusiastic West Virginia cosl men now.
Part Of their property lies in Kanawha
aud part in Fayette county. They are
across the creek from the Mt. Morris bank,
and have the dritst mine l have been in.
Their seam is five feet two inches thick,
and they mine gas and steam coal. They
have never paid one cent for having water
bailed, and have blasted slate but once.
They have capacity Of from 275 TO 800
tons per day. The coal Is consigned to the
@. & O., and by them shipped to lynch
bury and Staunton. There are one
hundred acres in the tract, and
these gentlemen are rushing business,
having shipped last month 10000 toms
They will soon have telephone connection
with Coal Valley. Above the Carvers and
furtherest up the creek is the mine Of NJ.
T. Davis & Co. They have Two banks and
the present has been running two and one
half years. They are working in the same
seam as tke mints below anu with about
the same thickness Of vein. Some years
ago higher up the mountain hard coal
was mined, but this has been abandoned.
Their coal Is used in the city gas works OF
Richmond. The mine is mostly dry,
though one finds water in some places.
The capacity is 800 tons daily.
In April the total output was $500 tons;
in May, $500 tons. The difference IL due
to the want Of cars. This week the railroad
company has been iurnishing all the cars
needed, aud the miners have been making
full time. In all these gas mines the same
price is paid, viz B2 cents per ton, and
Il the men could make full time each day
it would pay them and the operator better.
As 1t is, though, as in sll business, some
save money and are building themselves
homes, while others have nothing saved.
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