The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-25
COAL ANDLuMpnR FACTS.
Wrought Out OF q West VisGiaIN Wilderness
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 24.--Msjor L. W. S
Moore, Secretary of the West Virginia
Central & Pittsburgh Railway Company
has received from Agent Harrison, oil
Piedmont, an interesting report Of the "a
dustrieS and improvements on the line oi
the road. The report treats OF every sta.
ton on the line, beginning with the coal
interests.
At Window the Big Vein Coal Com
pany's mines, Baltimore enterprise,
have capacity OF 45O to 500 tons per day
aud employ 100 men. The Atlantic mines,
twelve miles from Piednent, operated
also by Baltimore capital, have capacity
Of 500 tons and employ l25 men. Elk
Garden, W. Va. G. 4 p. railway mines
have three openings, capacity l,S00 tons,
275 employees. The l4.ieet vein is worked
by all OF the above named.
AT Thomas the mines-eight-feet vein
recently opened by II. G. Davis & Bro,
have had their capacity increased to 200
and $50 tons per day, employing l5 to 20
men.
TIE Davis mines, two miles from Davis,
the present terminus OF the road, are
operating TIE ll-foot vein, or lower Kit.
tanning seam. They are new mines and
the present capacity is one hundred tons.
The coal is shipped principally West for
smithinH purposes, and Is an excellent
steamer coal. II. &. Davis & Bro. are the
operators and fifteen to twenty persons
arc employed.
The lumber interests are very extern
siye. The sSwmilis at Empire, owned by
D. s. Jones & Son, Phiiadephia, have
capacity Of 10000 feet day and employ
fifteen or twenty men. Near tho AtlrntiC
mine, Il. l.. Sommerville has mine with
daily capacity Of 5000 feet; fifteen 10
twenty employees. At Chailee is II. G
Davis & Bros mil, capacity 5000 feet;
fifteen to eighteen employees. At Schell
ia the shook and sawmiil q. W. Wilson;
capacity 1000 feet; employs eight TO ten
at EikIns is the sawmill of e. J. Lee;
capacity 5000 feet eight to ten employees.
Two mills, belonging TO Mccullough
Brown and Sol. Clark, respectively, are at
Bayard, and have capacity each OF 5000
feet, and eight to ten employees each.
q. W. Wilson has second mill at Cam.
den, which has capacity Of 5000 feet
and employees eight or ten men. The J. L.
RunbaFgeF Lumber Company operates
mill at Dobbln; capacity 10000 feet; 45
employees.
nj. 4. Howe has two mills at Hamble.
ton filling a contract TO cut sprdce and
hemlock for Miller K Levering. Philadel-
phie, and is turning out 20, 900 feet daily
with fifty employee. The Fairiax Forest
saw mills are at Wilson'S, with capacity
OF 10000 feet and working so men. These
mills have a planer attached and are max.
ing spruce flooring. NJ. i. Howe operates
another mill at FaiIiAx; capacity 10000
feet; 10 to 20 employees. Two miles above |
Fairfax is another mill belonging to II. G. |
Davis 4 Bro. capacity $4,000 feet; 20 10 |
2E employees. Shingles and laths are also
manuieciured here. William Evans has
two saw mills at Davis; capacity $4,000
feet; 20 employees.
At Dayis the j. l.. RumbarEer Lumber
Company is preparing to erGcsa large saw
mill Of l50 horse power with planer and
sash factory attached and will employ so
men. Fayerweather 4 Ladew arc also
making preparations to erect steam tan
merry Of the largest capacity at Davis and |
will employ 4u0 petSops, They have
bought the timber right OF 10000 acres to
supply bark and haVo contracted for 80
tenant houees TO bc finished by next Jlf'y. |
The ". Va. G. 4 ?. Il. i. have built
machine shop here l3OxO0 feet aud will
operate 1t in the OGrly spriug. They have |
sIso laid the foundation FOR a hotsl and |
will build foundry l30xGO feet.
a country road is being constructed |
from st. George, the county seat OF Tucker
county, W. Va, TO Thomas, which will
give an outlet to large and rapidIy.de-
yel0ping section Of country. There is a |
United States mali route over the railroad
to Davis, which has been extended to
other points by q county road into Ran
dolph county, giving daily mail to a
large section OF country heretofore served
only weekly, and the road has also given
a natural channel 10 market ior an exteu-
awe grazing country, and large number
OF sheep and cattle have already been
shipped East and West from Davis.