Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-12

MINES AND MINERS.

The Dayton Coal and Iron Co., of Day
ton, Tenn, is opening up 4 new mine, the
coal from which will be cokcd.
The coal works at Mt Carbon. W. Va,
are running very regularly. The COM
pany will erect more cOke-oycns in the
near future. They will soon have COM
plctcd a new incline from the bank mouth,
which will be quite an improvement over
the present one.
Nine weeks ago the strike at the Penns-
ville Coke Works, Scottdale, Pa, bagnn.
Last Saturday Peter Wise, OF the Knights
of Labor Board, effected a settlement, and
the men go TO work, having all their de-
mands conceded.
\ grave responsibility rests upon the op-
orators of coal mines who neglect any pre-
caution looking to the safety of their men,
and yet ninc-tcnths of the accidents which
occur in mining regions are due to such
neglect or to that familiarity with danger
on the part of the workmcn which breeds
contempt. t.-fhiid. Record.
The report of work in the mines Of the
Georges Creek coal region for the week
ending Wednesday, September ], is as
follows: Hoffman, EckEart, New Hope,
Ocean, Kingsland, New DctmOld and Po-
tomac, full time; Borden, = days;
Allegheny. ) days; Miller, 4 days;
Koontz, , days; Swanton, little over half
time; Phrnix, Franklin and Hampshire
about full time.-LOnac0niHg Rerie'C.
A notice in the Saturday Press Of OF
tumwa, Iowa, announces the incorporation
of the Hawkcye Coal and Mining Co, with
a capital stock limited TO $3.50, 900. Place
of business, Ottumwa; object TO prospect
for and mine coal, sell stock, lease, buy
and sell real estate, etc The officers are
Hon. James Dooley, OF What Cheer, Presi-
dent; 5. kirkpatrick, Vice President; +.
Kcsslar, Secretary, and ID. A. Pool, Treas
urer. They have about 300 acres Of land
leased, fronting on about mile OF the L.
NJ. & st. J.. Railroad.
Coke is in full request at top prices, and
there is nothing in the outlook 10 warrant
any decline in the number OF ovens fired or
hours worked. Prices for September will
he the same as they have been in August
and the several preceding months, as fol-
lows: Blast furnace. $l.5O, (. o. b. cars at
the ovens; foundry, Sl.75; crushed, 81. -.
Philadelphia reports orders in full num-
Der; Chicago reports a larger quantity on
hand, and St. Louis shows receipts aggre-
eating three times the quantity received
last yc1r.-.SdTdrd's Journal.
An attachc of the Kansas Labor Com
missioner office who went on tour Of in
spectiOn through the different coal fields
of Kansas, for the purpose Of ascertaining
the exact condition Of those employed in
the mines, and whether or not their condi.
tiOn could be bettered, reports that at some
of the mines the past month the earnings
of the miners have not exceeded $50 per
month. and have been as low a. 3, or an
average Of about Sll per month, while
their expenses overTun their wages from
Si.3j to $13.
The Union Pacific Company have opened
another mine in Almy, Wyoming. known
rs No. :. Instead Of playing out, the pros
pcct for the Almy mines grows more fat
tering each year. The Fife mine and alsu
mines No ) and produce a superior
quality Of coal TO those first operated. In
addition, the new mines are less troubled
with water, and the dip Of the veins is seY'
! cral degrees less than those Of the old
workings, which greatly facilitates the re,
moval Of the coal from the interior Of ths
| mines. .-!SdnGTfs Journal.