Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-13
WEALTH GALORE
An ELEVEN FOOT VEIN OF COAL,
Some Railroad Pans and Projects o. Decided
Value and Interest.

Some RG..IJtl rams ana El.....H e' --s.".'
Value and Interest
| HOW WHEELING MAY Be BENEFITED,
| Iii not often that the citizens Of Wheel
| ing or Of the upper portion Of the State
have an opportunity to learn the details OF
the gigantic efforts which have been III
ausurated within the past year or two for
the development Of the wonderful natural
resources OF the extreme Southern and
Southwestern counties of this State. To be
sure, We have, at widely separated inter
va's, been given briot and unsatisfactory
yimpsc7 OF what is going on, in the way
| of Improvement in that rather remote re-
zion. but as a rule the news from there has
dweit more upon iuiractious OF the law that
upon miuing-and the Illicit still has been
mentioned "A dozen times where there has
been one chronicle OF a railroad surveying
patty or OF the prospective erection OF
,r.ag OF coke ovens. Eut the wheels OF
progress are revolving in the forests and
mountains along the Virginia aud Ken
| lucky borders, despite the fact that their
hum has been iuaudible to Us, and the
resea, return of Major !. c. Anderson from
an extensive soiourn of several weeks iu
Mere and adjoining counties affords an
Opportunity OF giving 10 the public some
valuable data concerning mining and rail
rold operations in the region through
which he passed as we'll as in tine State at
large
"I spent much of my time, " said Major
Anderson, I'm The great coal field extend
ing north from pocahontas, Virginia,
though Mercer, Mcdowell a0d Wyoming
counties. Asis well known, the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company q corpo-
ration owned almost exclusively in Puila-
delphia, has tor the past five years been
extensive miners Of coal ut PocahontRs,
where they tapped magnificent vein,
eleven feet thick. To reach this coal, the
Egilroad Company was compelled to build
about one hundred miles of road, running
from New Rive. Station, or Centre, as IL.
u~ed ~ he called, down New river to East
ciyar. in Mercer county, and along the
southern border OF that county 10 Poa-
u'H'f', M".'" ~ I"'' -. =, ~
line. Inc operations o' TINS NVl'P "uS "'N'
o-ea on a very IAiEe SC.'', "u' '"e' are
gong ahead q" 90 iHu'N better ia Tue near
ut0rc Ah,F nave J"7' ''p'"'T ~, " y ~,
mel threug" WHAT Is AhO" u "S '"' lv,p
Mountain, running 'hS l"I"e' 5'Eu'
'hJoHEh ''' corr VEN anu Uu',Sl ''''','' enc
.12. IaN-n on "''u, P'''S ,O' Tue '"7' vi
thS "oiN' AN.' wiz v"'S"'e '"'0''- " NC
.arrsd on upon a hu-n more extensive
-c1Ie tHan ever before.
Tins FRt Top coal e\tenn7 lu'O west
Virginia, down the LiS fork OF the Tug
Tor about twenty mules, and between the
forks OF Elk and Fiat Top about 1--we nun
bred to one thousand coke ovens are 10
process OF erection. The coas Is Spleh"id-
yVdapted TOR cokng purposes, and COM
mands ready sale m the western mar
SeJ. The route by which 1t" at present
shipped Is an extremely rouud-apou' ana
long one, and the Norfolk and Western
Company are actively engaged m liking
upon a route Tor a railroad tom the coal
delds direct 20 the Ohio river which il
will strike about Huntington. To reach
Cincinnati, St Louis or Chicago, the coal
now has to he shipped east to New River
Station, and thence via Knoxville and
Chattanooga, TO the North aud West.
line OF road Is now being surveyed oo"n
the Tug Fork OF the big SANDY 10 lr"ul"o'
o., distance OF 10 mues, anu nus CON-
pletiOu will shorten the roI'e e Chicago
by nearly one hundred miles, and Will at
the same tImeOpen up large section oil the
State, now almost shut out from the
world.
A great deal oil the coke from tue Ntc''el
county HELD Is no" so'uS 20 '"T .N'""''l''
iroa region ana more VIII ,, ne su.PP.n o.
the mines are 0e'eiopeu' CHlc"eO Is o."
becoming e SieA- cox lu"Ne'' ava" 9"'P
m-nls can Doe made &ll''h''Seo"'Iy ron
the lower part OF the 9'NIe "u lIt '"v "-
sandy line u completed, az ~ WI ne WIN
m the nyNt year OF SO DIS ,,ue' ",U''
from JUS '''ue Nv 81 ,DA' 'Oh''' =" .'r - ~ -"
caicuia"le A." III Ee'',u- "u' nv m
the region lu'ouES %u',p II III, -, ~
timber Is no" anu u'I l',; Va, 80 ,,,l
streams an" ,.lI'S,' 70 .',e ~, NV, w.
me most ''.u"''e "''' 80" ,'' go, A.
reached IN '''' way al" mus, d, 90 w.
advent OF I"'u. me 'o-'','y y, = ., 49,,
mountainous, o9' tue MUS arc lI'" - 1.'
/ cops, aud agriculture Is 9"S'ePl'"'y VI S"u-
siderable development. IL Useu 10 DC
great s'"'eDE country anu " veg -,
proportion OF 'heL"puItI'Cu. III e.'S vs.,
supported than'se' 'es OF tn"l ro"g. NoT'
however the S,nSehs Is ABOUT 'N",'''1'e''
and the sang "lSSe'S nave gone 60 'o-s''E
81 cannot give you any adequate l'e' Oil
/ The extent OF the cot' deposits 'I '''7 ''
| ZION. although the blg vein upeS not tN-