Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-07-04
READY FOR WORK.
ARRIVAL OF MANAGER ANDERSON
AND Sc ,ERAL COAL MINERS.
They Come From Spring Valley, Illinois,
to Work the Sand COulee Coal
Mines-----What the Local
Papers Say of Them.
[From Mondays Daily.1

From Mondays Daily.l
Today what might be called the ad-
vanced guard of the industrial forces that
will be employed at the Sand Coulee
coal fields arrived by the Manitoba train.
The party comes from the celebrated
Spring valley coal mines in Illinois
They have been sent here by Mr.. Charles
J. Devlin, the head of that important en-
terprise, who is also interested largely in
the Sand Coulee mines. The party is
composed Of r. Anderson, manager; Thorn
as Dwyer, construction boss; John
O'Bierne, superintendent; c. B. Egan,
mining engineer; Michael V. Clarity,
company's store; Patrick Clarity, com
pany's store; Peter Haiphan, pit boss;
John W. O'Brien, Richard O'Halloran,
james B. Murray, j. Smith, Michael
Bolton, Timothy Hartnett and Otto Wins
loft, miners; John Beisbach, carpenter;
Robert Glaister, carpenter; Thomas
Rohdi, blacksmith; Peter E. Peterson,
David Anderson and others, making about
25 in all. They are all picked, experineed
men, who are we'll qualified for their re-
spective positions. Most Of the party are
at the Milwaukee house, but they intend
to move on to Sand Coulee today and be-
gin work without delay. The mines
whence they come are 1O5 miles west Of
Chicago and produce 2,70o tons Of btu
minous coal daily.
The Spring Valley, ILL.,, Gazette of June
%, makes mention of the departure of
the party for this city. 1t speaks of the
Montana Central company as new cor
poration organized by gentlemen of Mon
tana and Minnesota, with a large capital
and having very extensive and valuable
coal field at Sand Coulee, Montana, and
adds:
The mine is what is known as drift
mine. That is, the coal crops out ON the
side of hill and the entries run straight
in from the side. The mine is situated
about twele miles from the city of Great
Falls, Montana, and will soon be filled
with Spring Valley boys.
The first to leave this city is Mr.. Ed.
Anderson, who has for the past four
years occupied the position of assistantto
Mr.. Devlin. He is now promoted to the
position of manager Of the Sand Coulee
Coal company. Mr.. Anderson, or SD
as he was familiarly known, is one of the
brightest young men in this community,
and is bound to make q mark in the
world. He has proved himself to be
thoroughly trustworthy and reliable
young man of good business ability, and
is ever found attending to his duty to the
best of his ability. Mr.. Devliu appreci-
ates young men of this stamp, and pro-
notes them as fast as opportunities offer.
We will be sorry to lose him, and he will
be greatly missed by his many friends in
this city.
Today John O'Bierne and Thomas
Dwyer leave for Sand Coulee with thirty
or forty experienced men to begin active
operations in opening up the mine.
Messrs. O'Bierne and Dryer are both
men of extensive mining experience, hay
ing been constantly engaged in it for the
past nineteen years. With these plo-
neers as mine superintendent operations
are bound to move along steadily, safely
ard regularly. Mr.. George Raban, now
book-keeper in the company office, will
act as head book keeper for the Sand
Coulee Csal company. With his many
years Of varied book keeping as a refer
ence, it is safe to entrust the book-keep-
ing to his care. Mr.. M. Garrity, cashier
for the Spring Valley Coal company, will
go and take charge Of the company store.
Mr. Clarity is another boy you can rely
on and does not need recommendation.
Archie McNiel is also going, and will act
as weighman. Archie is an industrious
young man and has a good place. We
predict success for the company, for a
better lot of men never started out to open
up coal mine. If perseverance, skill
and knowledge Of mining operations has
aught to do with their success, they ought
to succeed. The Gazette extends to you
all it's best wishes.
Coal in Great Demand.