Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-22
OPENING THE STATE
THE REMARKABLE COAL SECTION OF THE NEW
MONONGAHELlA RIVER ROAD.
How the Iron Horse IS Praneing Through the State
What the Wset Virginia and Rttsburg
Company is Doing-How Operations are
Carried On at the New Coal Mines.
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Special Correspondence az ne Register.
FAuntoNr, April 2O.-The Iron Horse
is pranclng through the State. The
subterranean treasures within its con-
fines. for centuries unmolcStcd. are being
brought To the surface by "a system Of
railroads that are rapidly permeatng
the State For more statistical intor-
nation it may be stated that the conSol-
idation known as the West Virginia and
PittSburg Railroad Company, of which
senator j. y. Camden is President, and
DR.. A. II. Kunst is Vice President, Will
have completed in the next five or six
months, some l75 miles Of railroad,
which is is remarkable showing for
the length of time employed. Included
among the
NEW SECTIONS OPENED
is tract of some l5O, 900 acres of land
ia the Gauley district. recently purchaS-
ed by the consolidation. 4 variety Of
wood is represented in the tract includ-
ing some of the finest oak, cherry,
spruce. birch, and comparatively new
variety of pine, known as yew pine,
said To be unexcelled for certain con-
Structiyc purposes, particularly in the
line Of ear building. This tract OF tim
Der will be held and utilized by the COM
pany.
But for the richest developments TO
the every square inch the project that
is at present enliSting the attention OF
the commercial world is a branch OF the
Camden system. known as theme Mon
ongahela River Railroad, now in process
of construction between Fairmont and
ClarkSbmg. The road will be 81 miles
in it's entirety. and is opening mp the
most remarkable coal field in West Nir-
ginia. This road was commenced last
August. 10 is now graded
through to ClarkSburg. The steel
is laid for Is miles, and the
road is expected to be finished
by the 18th Of May, when it is the i'll
tenti0n of senator Camden TO arrange
am excursion over the line TO enable his
many friends TO inspect the resources
of the uewly-opened territory.
4 short distance from FairmOnt, on
the line of this new road. is settle
ment known as CamdenSburg, a town
WHICH, " as NLul ANN lMNA - = iANif anu lANN
contains obout 900 people. With the
extensive coal operations that are con-
tcmpiatcd
IT l. ESTIMATED
that I'm a years time the place will con-
tain from 1000 10 1000 people. IL is
here that the mines, already started,
are principally located. 10 is one of
the finest equipped mines i'm the world,
partly from its system of operation,
which is new and but little known TO
the people of West Virginia, or any
where else. for that matter. Ii is the
first mine i'm the United
States 20 be operated 10y electricity.
The ears are hauled. the coal
is cut. the mines are lighted the ma
chimes are drivcn-all by that mySteri-
Gus. omnipotent agent. Ii was through
the efforts OF b. ). Thompson, super
intendent of the new developments. who
visited the Hooking Valley section some
time ago aud saw one of these systems
working I'm miniature in an obscure part
of the field, that the modernized motive
power was carried into effect
He conceived the idea OF charging
the system. which is now realized, and
when generally adopted,iS likely 20 have
something of a rcvolutiOniZing effect on
the coal mining industries of the coun-
try. The general manager of the new
development is f. i. Lyon.
The introduction of electricity greatly
facilitates the work, as is shown from
THE PRESENT DAILY OUTPUT
Of nearly 1000 tons, which is not
exceeded ON this side of the water.
After the mine has been lit
tie longer established and some inn
provcmcuts made. 10 is believed
the daily output viii not be far from
5000 tons. At present there are three
holes employing an aggregate OF 400
men. and from go TO 90 working on the
railroad The dynamoS operating the
machinery are of S0-horSe power
The coal vein runs from to 10 feet,
and a well known analytical chemist OF
PENNSYLVANIA. who has examined Spcci-
mems. SAYS the material here found is
unexcelled for steam, gas and coke pur-
poses About 500 coke ovens are COM
Melted. and the scene about the little
settlement of CamdenSburg is one that
is enlivening. Another large mining
plant will be started near the
Clarksburg end of the route soon.
and new village started. The market
for this coal is principally in the West
Northwest and Southwest the company
of late having been shipping extensive
IN 10 the big lakes. So deeply and al
most inexhaustibly is the coal imbedded
in this section that it is believed that II
will hold out for century. The Won
der is. with many, that this rich field
has so long laid latent. And what's
more. the road is believed to
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