Frostburg mining journal., 1895-08-03

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old W;thnr ,;,' 'ir r''a, W w." Il 10 a,le
it, ,4a;ll 900 p9 p''"9 P.'Pc
that nort;on nf ! on,ta;,';no. ,l,a D.; W
Snapl ,bnrn hos boan ,"'m,nS ,,,;nod ine ht '
% 400 tn,,l IL ,,,i4 ini,D,.t ,' s,'o'.I
ob,Uv show L % i u Of
Sno" inaa 'lG't h th - 'oae VI th's el.soiy
ovnorts havo hao, j., ,bn hah;t % nf r,'n,,s
inp Il credit fnr Tho nronarty % "a ;6ins
tbe Rnrdan and New York n,;ninn
comnanies, nronartIes Thn r''II ~.
cIav vain tbat was st,,ck IN thn ia
onc,;rc, hos hoon cr, th,o,nh and ~ ~"
saon, ;Ss;Ja i g foot th;,I. a,d ,f
GOOD . nnalitv of co.I 49, ,hara i, -
the region all' ronorts to rho on,+,.arr,
notwifL stauding Tho reornt in,nrn,'o.
ments consist of an ;nclino nlnma IVA
tram.road and a oInde fnr u Slim ~, ~
connect with tbn 6 & p railroaJ tbo
material for which is awaiting tho
nlnasure of the railroad comn.nv to
iav the switch There is enonoL tinD
her for mining nurnoses ON tho nrnn-
ertv TO suppIv if for wears TO cnmn
The location IS all that can he desirod
for bnildinp nurnoses In tbe nnay
future. in conjunction with otLer do.
veIonments that will he made a LARGO
mining town will spriuU nm.
The same comnanv owns ! OoO ,cre.
of coal and timber land ir Garrett
county. located along the CasscIman
river.
The New York Minirg comnanv
property of 200 acres. $50 acres Of
which is underlaid by the same scam
of coal. has had ONLY + 100 TONS of IT'S
product shipped to market If i tha
| same quality AS mined in the old Etna
mine. near Eckhart which always
stood high in the market.
| have heard a great deal of idle
gossip about the iuferioritv of this coal
at this end of the basin. owino 70 tba
stratum of slate that rms thr0uoh the
breast coal. All the diffe-ence tba+
ever | could observe was that the
breast coal is not as thick as in the
mines southwest of Frosthuro The
Old Allegany mines. one side of Now
Hope slope. old Borden mines tha
same in one side of Eckhart slone--all
have this slate in the breast, To nse
a miners term. if was called ..tha
double breast. :" and larpe nnmhers of
miners in the early davs of mining
here preferred TO work if as thaT
claimed it was not as danoerous as
where the breast coal was nor go so
divided. The history of fatal accidents
in those mines from falls of brnast
coal proves that they we're corrnct
1t stands to reason. for the miner is
not required to undermine 81 deon
He onlv cnts if mn to the sI,ta nart;nr
taking ont the bottom first when that
is loaded he takes down rho sIata and
throws it INTO the gob then tha ton
mart has to be emf and often n wad ,e
is not needed to brine This dow,
But If there is any of tbn Rio Scam
of coal in the basin that hoe no otr,t5
of slate runninU tbrourb soma nar+ T
have never seen if
There is a great deal of fauIt- Gndino
among consumers for the nnr,nsa If
oettino if reduced in nr;ce ne tboro ;s
little or no coal mined thar has no inn
nurit,es in if Wharn thero arc sIatns
TO contend with if only tal,ae caro on
the part of the miner fo keen i rlaan
enonoh for All 0enpral rse and # bo
doesn't do this there is , system IN al
coal REGIONS called ..docli3n y or ~, sns- ,'s-
pension for some lenrth Of t;mo tha+
soon educates him m TO the careful
point.
understand that this nronartv &c
now controlled bv fine Union MI9in%
company. which is composed Of the
well known coal men. Black She,;dan
Wilson and Lowndes. At one time ali
were residents of the county and dis
tingmshrd for business into%r;tv ana
energy, As they are ahont to davnlon
if no one Who knows them viii 5nnhtt t
that they will make if a sncrass mo
Alleranv mine in the Cumberland rolI-