Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-05-05
FROSTBURG, MD,



1t is said that w. B. Wilson depre-
ciates the magnitude of the Poca-
hontas coal region.
The JOURNAL regrets that it has not
Mr.. Wilson's exact words, but it can
give him few accurate figures show
ing that he is greatly mistaken.
The Pocahontas coal territory is a
trinity of coal regions
|, The Flat Top field =;
=, The Middle, or c. & O. field,
and
3, The Gauey river field.
1t is opened along the Big Sandy
river, New river and Gauley river,
covering an area of 900 square miles.
One of the regions the Flat Top,
has issued leases to operators which,
five months ago, covered 81 ,0l6 acres,
or over 5000 acres more than are with
in the outcrop line of our Big Vein.
OF the territory leased 200 acres have
been worked out, leaving over ri 900
acres to mine. 1t has taken - years
to work out the LOO acres-over
100000 tons, averaging S,SlS tons
per acre.
Within years the annual increase
of output has been over % per cent.
At the same ratio our Big Vein will
be exhausted and almost forgotten 100
years before Flat Top begins to think
about giving up the ghost
In this connection it ought to be
stated that mining began in 1852 in
the Flat Top region-the year of our
memorable surrender to such sophistry
as Wilson et al. have been purveying in
this region for several weeks past.
And that the measure Of Pocahontas
increase guages in considerable de-
gree the tonnage permanently lost by
this region in that surrender.
At that time, if mentioned at all,
Pocahontas was named with derision.
Bent only upon crucifying ourselves,
we would have no Barabbas.
The same issue has been brought to
our doors again, and we should enter
tain it with the same consideration
burned children feel for fire.
Proclamation.
The "organizer" handles an awk-
ward pencil, but it is still better than
oil No
does not believe the Reciesc would call
the JOURNAL "knavish."
1t might use the purely mechanical
compound, ''wind- jammer," if it could
think of it in time, but, like "knavish,"
the term smacks of importation con-
temporaneous with the "mum is-the-
word advent of the missionary to
everybody here except the few blather-
sixties with whom this region is poster
ed. The delegates brought their bag
gage with them. of course, and the
term, wind jammer," is doubtless a
souvenir Of keystone lingo which, they
think, memorializes the JOURNAL.
This view is strengthened by the
reference to the long obsolete State
Senate failure. The Rerie~, left to
itself, would not risk placing that
chestnut between the teeth of even a
blatherskite.
No surer symptom Of decay, there
fore overtakes an organ. especially
one aspiring to sole spokesmanship of
the blathe1skite, than surrender of
any part of its editorial space to the
oddities, crudlties aud antics of
walking delegate.
The JOURNAL, therefore, could weep
over the Recie,r's "fall from grace"
were it not for laughing at the capers
walking delegate can dash off when
he is allowed to cut the pigeon wing
in newspaper undoubtedly uncon-
scious of thus profaning its Sanctum
Slnct0rum.
''The shoemaker should stick to his
last THE manager to the RerieU, and
the delegate to his promenade.
Correction
The second-handed manner in which the
coal companv organ advises the miners NOT