The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-07-13
A New Era Dawning.
The "Listie Mining and Man
ufacturing Company. OF
Somerset" Organized.
Operations Already Commenced

Operations Alresdy Commenced
o. tAe aBsh s4y Of June charter Was IS
s1ed from the slsre dsps-tua=ns aathorizing
tie incorporstioa Of The Lsstie Mining
ard Manufacturing Company, Of Somerset =
Last week The ssockholde-s net in this plses
and Ps-ssctsd an organization Simon
Eri5ts, Of DanFiile, Pa,-xas elected Presi-
dent and General Manager. Joseph Tate, OF
Bedford. Secretary and Treasurer pre- tsH-.
and Dr. A 5 smith, Of PAilasslphia. Gene
IA Agent The following gentlemen COM
pose the board Of directors- Simon Kribhs.
John 4 Geringe-. E earman, F. c Angle,
al Of Dangiils. Pa. Ex-Judse ". J. Baer,
Joha 6. OsIe, ESQ, and H L Basr. Esq- Of
SomeIset. and h D. Tate. Esl Of Bedford.
The Lisiie Company are the owners Of
i7o0 ac-gs Of mineral rights in S5meEst
township. All Of which are located in the VI
emily Of 6riEln s;aliln on the s & c. T. r
Judge Bler sbo was the prime mover II the
organization Of the I.isiie Company has lad
"a eye ea these tracis for number Of years
and would have hsd than developed years
ago had the South Penn 2. 2 keen com
pletssi- TIE South Penn right-Gf way pass
e through ! number OF the tracts bGt with
the a5an1onuent Of the work Of coEslruc-
tan On tilal rozd the w1rk Of developing
the tracts vas permitted 10 slumber-
Recently tie Judge discovered thai the
tra1is II qaesfioa are richer than anyone
had ever aatieip1ssd 4ad thss the time for
developing lhem had arrived. Two veins Of
ecal. one four aad the other seven ices, were
opened An analysis showed that the coal
Is OF the highest character and cannot be
Surpassed by aay coal in the state As a
steam coal or for iron making It is the
sane grade as the Cumberland coal which
for years past has occcpied the first place
aaong the steam predicting Goals Of the
country. The coal from the Les,ie Ccnpa-
nv has also been coks5 and aa analysis Of
the eake reveals that it Is Of as GOOD II not
superior quality to TIE conaellsyilie coke
Coal, however, Is not the 0nly mineral
substance underlying the Lestie Company :
tracts Fire clay OF the highest grade i
found there in unlimited quantity and It IS
the purpose OF the company to develop iLas
speedily as possible i Is not improbable
in fAct IL has been fully determined upon,
that IRE brick works vii Be established be-
fore the present year closes.
With the Development Of this plant new
era IS shout 70 dawn uPca the region s1T-
rounding Somerset The great wealth Of
oar mineral resources has long beer known,
butoEias to our isolated position and tie
wonderful developments that have been
made in al OF ths dj1iniag counties, they
have rot heretofore attracted the attention
OF capitalists.
But the conditions have changed during
the past year ortEo aud already three OF
fsu- mines have Lesn opened in the region
north Of Somerset and are daily shipping
several hundred tons Of coal each. ThesuP-
ply Of coal underlying the hills Of this
mountzin region IS exhaustleSs and i IS be-
Eevei that the tine hAS nov arrived when
It should be brought ID the attention Of the
public
Fire clay, too. has long since attracted the
attention Of capitalists and now that II IS 50
generally being adopted lor street paving
purposes Il is certain TO be more eagerly
sought after. Almost the entire county OF
Somerset IS anderlaid win the best quality
Of ere clay and number Of large plants
have been successfully conducted along our
southern border for years.
TIE Lestie Company are fortunate in hav-
ing their eosi and IRE clay 50 conveniently
located, and With Tie great abundance aud
superior quality Of both, and their facilities
for shippi=g they are bound to prove daH-
esrous oompetito-s in both those branches OF
trade.
The General Superintendent Of the Com
pany. Mr.. Erib5s. accompanied b. bis s5n,
has been At the Plrk Hotel FOR the past ten
days. be Is q practical mining engineer
aud vii personally srPe-intsnd the opsn-
ing Of the mines and the construction ofths
coal tipples. lie has brought his team with
him and viii bzing his family 10 Somerset
in the course ola few weeks.
Superintendent; T. H. Hoibrook, Of the B.
< O., visited someFset Saturday and accom-
panied NJ. KTibbs 20 GrtHn, where arrange
meats were made for putting n sidings TO
the new mines. TIE drifts viii be opened
above and very coaveaient 70 the s L C. T.
r track
Active operations VII Dc entered upon az
once ani the company fully expect 10 be
ready 10 ship coal IL the eoarse Of the next
eight weeks. They propose 70 mine from
one 10 two hundred tons daily a. the OFT
starr. This win give employment 70 i coz
siderable number Of men.
The gentlemen back Of this enterprise are
nearly al men OF large means aadthey have
entered inio this enterprise With tie fal de-
termination Of making It : success and for
he purpose Of developing what they believe
70 Be one Of the richest coal ard IRE clay
beds II western Pennsylvania