Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-01-09
COAL AND LUMBER FACTS.


Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Rail-
way Company, has received from
Agent Harrison, of Piedmont, an
interesting report of the industries
and improvements on the line of the
road. The report treats of every
station on the line, beginning with
the coal interests.
At Window the Big Vein Coal
Company's mines, Baltimore en-
terprise, have capacity Of 400 to
500 tons per day and employ 100
men. The Atlantic mines, twelve
miles from Piedmont, operated also
by Baltimore capital, have a capac-
ity Of 500 tons and employ 125 men.
Elk Garden, w. VIC s. P. railway
mines have three openings, capacity
1890 tons, 275 employees. The IA
feet vein is worked by all of the
above named.
At Thomas the mmes-eight-feet
vein-recently opened by H. G..
Davis & Bro, have had their ca.
pacity increased to 200 and $50 tens
per day, employing Is to 20 men.
The Davis mines, two miles from
Davis, the present terminus Of the
read, are operating the 11-foot vein,
or lower Kittanning seam. They
are new mines and the present ca
pacity is one hundred tons. The
coal is shipped principally West for
smithing purposes, and is an excel
lent steamer coal. Ell. G. Davis &
Bro, are the operators and fifteen to
twenty persons are employed.
The lumber interests are very ex-
tensive. The sawmills at Empire,
owned by d. S. Jones & Son, Phila-
delphia, have a capacity of 10000
feet day and employ fifteen or
twenty men. Near the Atlantic
mine, r. L. Somegville has a mill
with a daily capacity of 5000 feet
fifteen to twenty employees. AT
Chaffee is II. G. Davis q Bros mill,
capacity 5000 feet; fifteen to eigh-
teen employees. At Schell is the
shook and sawmlll ofG. w. Wilson
capacity 5000 feet; employees eight
to ten. AT Elkins is the sawmill OF
G. J. Lee; capacity 5000 feet; eight
to ten employees.
Two mills, belonging to McCul
Tough Brown and Sol. Clark, re
spectively, are at Bayard, and have
capacity each of 5000 feet, and
eight to ten employees each. G. w
Wilson has a second mill at Cam
den, which has capacity of 5000
feet and employees eight or ten men
The j. l.. Rumbarger Lumber Com
pany operates a mill at Dobbln; ca
pacity 10000 feet; As employees.
M. Il. Howe has two mills al
Hambleton filling contract to cut
spruce and hemlock for Miller s
lowering, Philadelphia, and is turn
ing out 10000 feet daily with fifty
employees. The Fairfax Forest saw
mills are at Wilsonia, with q capac
ity of 10000 feet and working 81
men. These mills have a planer at
tached and are making spruce floor
ing. NJ. e. Howe operates another
mill at Fairfax; capacity 10000 feet
Is to 20 employees. Two miles above
Fairfax is another mill belonging tt
FL. G. Davis & Bro. capacity 1900
feet; 20 to % employees. Shingles
and laths are also MANUFACTURED
here. William Evans has two sas
mills at Davis; capacity $4,000 feet
20 employees.
At Davis the j. l.. Rumbargel
Lumber Company is preparing tc
erect large saw mill of $50 horse
power with planer and sash factory
attached and will employ so men
Fayerweather & Ladew are also
making preparations to erect a
steam tannery of the largest capaci
ty at DAVIS and will employ 400 per
sons. They have bought the timber
right of 10000 aces to supply bark
and have contracted for 80 tenant
houses to be finished by next July
The w. Va, G. q p. r. II. have
built a machine shop here 130xGC
feet and will operate it in the early
spring. They have also laid the
foundation for a hotel and will
build foundry 130x60 feet.
A country road is being construc
ted from st. George, the county seat
of Tucker county, w. Va, to Thorn
as, which will give an outlet to a
large and rapidly-developing section
of country. There is a United States
mail route over the railroad to Davis
which has been extended to Other
points by county road into Ran
dolph county. giving daily mail tt
a large section of country hereto
fore served only weekly, and tho
road has also given a natural chan
mel to market for an extensive graz