Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
GEO. NJ. SHOOK & Co.'s great muslin
underwear sale this week.
ROSE CREAM keeps the skin soft.
Yves. virginia Coal and Coke.

The Virginia and Pittsburg Coal Com
pany, at o point in the Marion county
region, on the Tygarts Valley river
about three miles from Fairmont, has
something over thousand acres known
to be underlaid with the six-foot Pitts
burg seam. The mine is located on the
opposite side of the river from the
railroad, and by the erection OF wire
rope carrying syste m the coal Is carried
across the river and dumped into the
screen bins. Preparations are being
made for the erection Of coke ovens.
The French Creek and Little Kama
VIVA Railroad Company has extended It's
line four miles up from Buckhannon to
its tract OF coal land. At present the
coal used in Buckhannon has to be
hauled quite distance, and 1t Is TO
supply this trade, chiefly, that the ex-
tension has been made.
The Houston Coal and Coke Company,
at Elkhorn, has begun work on string
OF coke ovens, about nifty.
The Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Com
pany, near Elkhorn, has force OF men
at work for the erection Of a string OF
coke ovens. The Upland Coal and Coke
Company, In the same neighborhood, is
at work on twenty additional ovens.
The Elk Ridge Coal Company, at AL
gonna, has it's plant in full operation, In
Guiding fifty coke ovens. The tipple
and accompanying conveniences, such
as railway sidings, etc, are among the
most complete in the State. The Al
Coma Coal Company have been at work
on fifty new ovens. The Gillian Coal
Company, operating near Algoma, has
block OF so ovens about completed.
The II. G.. Davis Coal Company, op-
Grating at several points on the West
Virginia Central road, are making a
search for what is known as the Thomas
coal at several points In Grant county.
The geological formations indicate
that the coal will be found at about $50
feet.
The Coaldale Mining and Manufac-
turing Company, operating on the n. d
w. r. R., has opened two seams on Its
property, one ca feet and the other ~
feet thick.
The Panhandle Railroad Company
has made Golfers Station, w. Va, one
OF its chief coalibg points and has en-
tered into a contract with the Blanche
Coal Company for supply coal on that
division.
The Eureka Coal and Coke Company
has begun operations on the n. u w.
Ohio extension about two miles above
Landgraff. A. S. Lynch, formerly con-
nected with the engineering department
OF the Norfolk and Western railroad, Is
general manager. The company will
build two hundred coke ovens as soon
as possible.
The Falling Rock Camel Coal Com
pany has been chartered with prlyi-
legged capital OF Sl.250,0oO. The office
will be at Charleston, and the incorpor-
ators are Z. w. knight and four others.
The MonOugahela and KAnawha Val
| lev operators are TO have competition In
the southern Ohio and Mississippi mar
kets. Some time ago the work oil
dredging out 3 deep water landing for
boats was begun at Kenova, w. Va,
the point where the Norfolk aud West
ern railroads Ohio extension reaches
the Ohio river. This work has been
carried on with considerable progress,
and lately the force has been Increased
so that tne WndIl can oc nhiShcu AZ
Re W months at the furthest. 1t Is the
intention to ship coal to the Ohio river
and there reload or barges for shipment
70 the lower markets. The quality OF
/ the coal taken out at Elkhorn and al
several other places along the Ohio ex.
tension is such that they will stand
the reloading without serious break.
ing. It will probably cost more
TO ship coal by the combined
rail and water route than from either
| Pittsburg or the Kanawha Valley, but
there is nearly every year an extended
season when the Ohio river from below
| the Kanawha TO the headquarters Is moi
nayigsble, and ct such times the price:
| OF coal advance In the lower markets
As the Ohio is almost always navigablt
below Kenova, the Norfolk and Western
region will come in for chance at tht
market when prices are at their high
est. The plans have been prepared fol
an extensive system of tipples and load
ing machinery to be erected at Kenova
and the business will be carried on IN
der the most approved and modern con
ditionA