Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-29

in the county will produce coal From
eight to ten workable seams OF coal may
be found ia every mountain, while far
beneath them 10 the bowels OF the earth
there Is the same seam which Is worked
in the Flat Top field and from which
the Flat Top coke is made. Every
known kicd Of coal but anthracite Is
found 10 Logan county, and veins from
two to twenty feet are piled one above
the other until IL Is not uncommon 20
find an aggregate OF fifty feet OF coal in
3 single mountain.
Wyoming is much like Logan 10 the
character and extent Of its coal. The
same veins are found In both. Every
part Of the county IS
ABUNDANrLY SUPPLIED WITH COAL.
Every kline but anthracite is found, and
an average OF twenty feet may be found
over the entire county, beneath which
lies the Flat Top coal. Almost none OF
the timber has been cut Ia Wyoming.
But two or three years ago none had
been taken out, and nearly all the coun-
" still Is covered with about the best
and largest poplar timber 10 the State.
Crossing the Guyan mountains through
q coal vein tunnel the road would next
reach Raleigh county, where the white
pins timber several veins OF coal and
good agricultural lands await the COM
ing Of the road.
Boone county, which would be entire
ly encirclsd by the G. & o., is filled
with several kinds OF coal, the largest
deposit OF camel coal known 10 the
State and many large veins OF oitumin-
Gus and splint being found. In the
Bald Knob Mountain, in Boone county,
shere have been found eleven different
seams OF coal aggregatlng
6s FEET II INCHES IN THICKNESS.
The county is we'll covered vet with
timber, and the coal from Boone alone
would pay the entire cost many times
over Of building the entire line around
and through the county.
This is the country which the Z. x y.
IS trying 70 capture from the y. a W.,
and unless some unforeseen obstruction
is met with it will succeed,
OF IMPORTANCE TO HUNTINGTON.
The building Of the road would mean
much for Huntington. Ii would, Of
course, be the end Of the new division,
about $50 miles 10 length, and the juno
tion OF the new division and the main
lire. An increased force OF employees
would be required who would make
THAR homes In Huntington. The facil-
lilies of the G. & o. repair shops and the
number Of employees would have TO be
enlarged. New and enlarged facilities
NnrFfFnWW
would be opened up, the business OF
which would naturally come to hunt
ington, and that already prosperous
city would be given additional import
ance both as a manufacturing and
commercial city.
Knowing Of the great importance this
new road would be 10 Huntington the
lC & D. peODle have not allowed The
onnortupity for investment there &C
mass. As announced in the REGISTEF
savsral weeks ago, the agents OF the c.
q d have been endeavorlng 70 buy the
property Of the Central Land Company
1bich comprises almost all Of the city
which is not yet built upon, ana the car
shops Of
THE ENSIGN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Il has not yet been announced that the
deal has been completed for either one
of these valuable properties, but nego
tiatlons have been In progress and u no'
completed doubtless will be soon.
The @. & o. desires 20 manufacture
its own cars and II the Eosign works
ars secured Il viii keep them running
nearly an the time. The new road
would place the works In easy reach o.
fnel and timber and being under tn'
control Of the Vanderbilts most Of ta'