Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-05

describe the grandeur OF that scene.
Many beautiful cascades with fall Of from
ten to twenty feet In height are
To be Eeted On The Way.
The most picturesque scene on the stream
is Just below the town Of Ansted. Here
the narrow gauge railroad crosses the
stream on . nestle SIXTY feet above the
rushing water. At this point can be noted
the traditional old MIL with its huge
water wheel and cracking machinery, and
in addition to this the dam which supplies
the power to the mill. at the same time
forming beautiful cascade which lends an
additional charm 10 the scene; then mid
way between the old mill and the railroad
trestle another nanifcent natural cascade
with q fall OF twenty feet or more. a. 1t
reaches Mill creek comes rushing down the
mountain side and mingles its waters with
those OF the picturesque stream to which
the pen or brush cannot do half justice.
The grest frowning rocky cliffs which
overhsng the stream on either side at this
point, towering up tor hundreds OF feet
above the water, lends awe and beauty to
tie scene, the grandeur OF which the
writer has but family described. The
Hawks Nest coal works, briefly mentioned
above, are located about two miles beyond
the town of Anstsd, away up on the noun.
gauge railroad already mentioned, which
winds its serpentiue way up the mountain
over O grade OF sS feet to Q mile. The COM
psny own three six.ton locomotives which
climb this heavy grade with 25 empty
cars with apparent ease. This Is partly
due 10 the excellent condition OF the
road bed and track, which is kept in
thorough order by the superintendent OF
track. Captain Willis Rucker, whose thor
ough knowledge of railroadins makes him
the right man in the right place. Very
few accidents have ever occurred on this
line OF road. A few days ago . colored Ia.
borer named John Reed was severely in.
jured by piece OF ice falling on him from
one OF the rocky cliffs whsch overhang the
track Al some points along the line. The
Hawks Nest Cosl Company, who own aud
operate these mines, consists OF English
capitalists, smong whom are noted DR..
Wharton and one of the Coates Bros, the
celebrated thread manufacturers, Mr..
Stern NJ. Taylor being the present able
and popular superintendent OF
The Company = Esustne~s Here.
The coal, which is OF the soft bituminous,
is from seven to eleven feet in thickness,
and especially adapted for coke aud gas
purposes. The company have erected at
the HAWKS Nest terminus OF
their railroad eighty OF the celebrated
Csper coke ovens, the product OF
which. with the surplus production OF their
coal mines. they ship to their iron fur.
psces, located at Goshen, Virginia, whero
the company have invested over one mil.
lion dollars in blast furnaces aud coke
ovens. TIE operatives in these mines re-
ceiye forty cents per ton for mining, and
owigg 10 the soft character OF the coal. they
can make better Wspes than the operatiyes
of Ih.r mines who receive sixty.two cents
per ton. The operatives number about
80 st present The present mine Super.
intendrnt is Capt John Shea es, whose
thorough knowledge OF the business enables
him to protect the interests OF his employ.
ers The thanks OF the REGISTER corre-
spoudent are due to Capt. Sheares and
Capt. Willis Rucker, Superintendent OF
track, for fsvors rendered.