Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-22
MINES AND MINERS.

Coal has been discovered near Manhat-
tan, Kansas, at a depth of 20 feet. The
vein is said to be 10 inches in thickness.
The Parsons (Kansas) Coal Company
have struck new 4-fOOt vein of coal ut 4
coal at a depth of 50 feet, on tract OF land
recently purchased by them between Weir
City and Cherokee.
One hundred coke ovens are to be added
to Brown 4 COchran'S works ut Dawson.
This brings the total of new ovens In the
Connellsville region this year up to GOO, OF
which the syndicate has 26O only.
The coIliery at WilliamstOwn, Dauphin
county, the largest in the State, when mas
been idle more than six months, VIII re-
sumo operations next week. Over 2,No
men will be employed.
The Cleariield Consolidated Coal Com
pany have Just added another colllery to
their list of operations, which now embrl-
ces eight, tO-wit: Cambria, Chevinston,
Bum. Kittaning, MoshannOn and Mt.
Vernon Nos. /. > and 3. The addition Is
the celebrated Stineman COlliery, ut South
Fork, purchased on the Sd inst.-OsceOtd
RcriHe.
The report of work in the mines of the
Georges Creek coal region for the week end
ing Wednesay. August II, rs reported to
this paper Only, is rs follows: Hoffman, .
days; Eckhart, Ocean, Miller, Kingsland.
Detmold. Potomac, full time; KOOntz, Old
'Conev. New 'Coney, g days, including
extra time; Swanton, half time; Franklin,
81 DAYS. -LORdeORiRg RcrieT.
The mines ut Rock Springs, Wyoming
Territory, are doing heavier business no"
than they have done for many months,
They are turning out about 700 cars OIL coai
per week. They are also finding an IN
creaSing sale for their slack and nut coai.
4 large number of white men have lately
been hired and the prospects are that they
will have booming camp this winter:
The miners and other employees OF the
West I.eisenrig, Pa, company to the NUM-
her of $50 are out on q strike. The trouble
i said to have arisen from the efforts OF the
fire boss to Supplant the pit boss, ana IL Is
understood that the strikers are IN Sympa-
thy with the latter 4 further reason ior
the lockout is said TO be the refusal Oh tne
firm to change the hours for working 10
between a. IN. > p. M.
At Cincinnati the demand is light ana
prices unchanged. PittSburg ahoat Is
quoted at Gle per bushel for second pool;
Kanawha River, 5@a6c, and Ohio River, DC
per pushed. Prices to consumers are as
follows. delivered: PittSburg, &c per ouShel
or s.. 80 per ton; Kanawha River, o4e per
busbel. or $3.50 per ton; Ohio River, &c
per bushel, OF $1.94 per ton; Anthracite
Sc so per ton. ,,.or
In the report of the State Mine Inspector
of Kansas we find the following: Inc out
nut of coal in 1884 was p, 900, 900 bushels
and for 1856 it was SO,OOO,OOO During
ISS5 the miners employed numbered ], Sg ~:
In the beginning Of 1884 there were 80 80
mines in the State. In January, leSo,
there were less than 200. Although the
number has fallen off the production mas
increased. Much dissatisfaction exists
among the men in regard to the coal Delns
screened before it is credited to them, some
claiming that they can do better at = cents
per ton the year around and not nave II
Screened than 81 cents screened.