Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-19
MINES AND MINERS.

The miners at Elk Garden, W. Va, are
still working full time, with fair prospects.
Work is very poor at Braceyille, ILL.,, at
present.
The miners at Buyliugame, Kansas, are
scarcely averaging half time.
Three million bushels Of coal lef: Louis
Vile las, Monday for the South.
Coke is still quoted at 81 20 for furnace
and 81 10 for foundry at the ovens, with
an increasing demand.
The April output Of anthracite coal is es.
CUated by Seward Coal Trade Journal at
100000 tons.
Two hundred new coke ovens are to be
put up by Cochran, Brown II Co, near Van
deroil,, Pa at once.
The new shaft near Manor Pa, is being
pushed forward rapidly. Three shifts Of
eight hours each are working.
The Pratt mines, in Alabama, have re-
Gently placed good contract i'll Mexico
Their output has reached $500 tons Of coal
lately.
1t is claimed that a two foot vein of good
coal has been found at depth OF 30 feet at
Flint, Mich. A company is talked Of to
develop it.
The Territorial government of Dakota
has offered q reward of $4,000 for the dis
covery and development Of mine of an
thracite coal in that territory, and prospec-
tors are ousY.
At Cleveland, o., the following prices for
yjiuminous coal are quoted: Carbon Hill
and Monday Creek, $3.50; Massillon, 1855;
Palmyra lump, g 30; Briar Hill and Pitts
burg s. 90; Saineyille, 1925; Tussarawas,
$40.
The reports from Elk Lick, Pa, SAYS:
Naress. on full time at the old price; Viii
hams, one-tourth time; Flog Hill, three
iourihs; Cochrsne, only running siN men;
Shaw5, ons-fourth time; keystone, one
fourth time.
An order was issued some days ago re-
questipg the miners at the Redstoue mines
to use safety lamps The men objected be-
cause the lamps did not give good light and
about forty OF them quit rather than use
them
The total coal products Of the United
States intending bituminous, semi-bitumi-
nous and anthracite, for 1854, was, IN round
numbers, lOOOOO,O0 tons, and OF this the
Clear6eld coal region produced four millions
one twenty fifth of the entire amount or
4 per cent.-Osceola Reyille.
The Rich Hill Mo, Coal Co. shipped out
1850 cars of coal during the month OF
March. Notwithstanding, tive days OF IDLE
ness on account of the railroad strike. The
miners at No. s, of the Rich Hill Gal 20
have organized a mutual beneht associ-
alton. 10 include the entire Rich HUI coal
district.
Al 3 meeting of several hundred miners
at Streator, ILL.,, last Mondoy 1t was ueciueu
not 10 ACCEPT a reduction OF ceGtS per 'ou,
making the rate 70 cents tor the summer
and 30 cents for the winter. ne result Is
strike Of about one thousand MINERS e'u'
ploypes of the Vermiihon Coal 70.
The coal Of the Spring Grove mines ID
Fave,,a county Pa, is nearly exhausted.
The owners, James Cochran " SEus, HSI
quite body Of coal on Lhckerson NGu, Su~
are preparing 10 change their oaSe OF oPe.a
TONS across the river, where tney arg uO"
preparing 10 build 100 new COKE o'euS-
Courier. uL,.oo,,
The recent coal discovered in Whateom
county Oregon, near Lake Whatcom Is
PROVING 10 be of a better quality ana IN
larger quantities than supposed at ns't. y
number of men are at work, and the Vslu'
which Was seven feet wide at the top, mas
wideped 10 ten. This vein has been trScsu
b7 crorpipgs nearly q mile, and ruaS ~,
rec,ly into the mountain side, where tIe
Groupings are sixteen feet wide.-SS"aFd
Coal Trade Journal. L. III.
The Just completed air SHAFT AZ tn T T.T
cinnati coal works, located near MlngO
Presbyterian church, Washington county MY
Pa, is a compliment to Msssrs. Wall an ana
Hartyick, civil engineers II charge. 80 .ae
shaft is POS feet deep and when the De !, Gs,
ting heading struck the shaft bottom tom y was vas
found that the surveyors mac ut II 1851
actly. The shaft was begun October o. Ioot'
and COMPLETED March Is, 1885, The WORK,
force has been three men down, one ss at i sns
mouth and one at the engine, two shuts asS
and night except eleven weeks in single
turn.