The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-02-14


cord tg any great extent. In 1885 or
6. Mr.. VIM. job. the Napoleon OF
the coal business rode horse back up
through the cornfields and swamps
Of this noted hollow, mapped out his
railroad, his mine openings started
the saw mills and proceeded to open
up what has since been the greatest
single tlpple mine in the United
States. He asked OF the rail road
1000 acres OF their coal land for a
single lease and a single mine and
they thought him crazy for wanting
so much for one mine. But he got
it and time has shown that he built
wiser than he knew. He made two
openings into the field and brought
the coal from two directions to his
single tipple. He equipped the tip
pie with the best of machinery and
hauling systems and something of
the enterprise of the company may
be learned from the statement that
four times they haye built and equip
ped hopper at this place, three
times prompted solely by the de-
mands of the trade and desire to
keep up with the new and improved
conditions of machinery, and once
on account of fire. We have not
time to go into details of a descrip-
tion of this fine coal plant, and only
time to mention the great "Banner''
pay of May 13, 1891 of which we have
all heard. 24l railroad cars were
loaded that day from one single tip
pie and the entire amount weighed
and distributed correctly to the men
by one man. The total Imp ton
mage was 1861 and total all grades
was 1885,.
These mines are equipped with the
most modern coal cutters, both of
air and electrical power. Further
up this hollow we first have the mine
of the Consolidated Coal & Mining
Co. of Cincinnati. This was small
lease at the start and it Is nearly
worked out. Next and last up the
same Brush Fork is the large mines
of the New Pittsburg Coal Co. They
too have carried out the idea of inn
mense outputs and have four large
openings leading on to two hoppers.
Two of these mines are equipped
with electrical coal cutters and two
with air machines.
From the mines of these three
companies on this SIN all creek of two
miles in length, come over two-
thirds of the entire coal traffic of the
G. II. V. &T. R'y. From practically
but single point comes the trade
and traffic which makes possible the
: great Hooking road with its magnifi-
cent equipment of 10000 coal cars
and 1876 engines.
Further up Snow Fork beyond the
mine of Murray City lies the best
field now for the future prospect OF
} Hooking county. Already Somers
Coal Co. have opened up a very eN'
tensive machine mine in this terri
tory, enough to show that the field
is good and much may be expected
of it,. -., ',.
We have missed several important
mines necessarily in general arti-
, Gle of this kind, mines which in the
} aggregate have shipped large
amounts, but as history or epoc max
ers in this business have not been
very conspicuous. The Orbistor
{, mines, Longstreth and Lost Run Goa
property are all very fine properties
Some real industries have also be ell
omitted but we must take time to
draw conclusion from, we find in a
study of these industries which to
our mind Is more important than
further description. We might cal
, this moral "what Is the matter with
J the people of Hooking county?" Did
you notice that in going over these
concerns we do not find scarcely O
name of man from Hooking county
Mr.. Jones and one or two others are
, excepted. Who are they and where
do they live? Who Is Hayden and
J Kilbourne and Adams and where do
they live? Who composes the syndi-
cate and where. are they from? Who
owns. the railroad? Who are the
Johnson brothers, and Somers and
Morris and Ellsworth and Poston
and Job. Who are Craft and Sny =
dam and Cole and Raybould and
Boardman. Residents now or ever
of Hooking county? Not bit of it.
Why is this? Does it mean any
thing? Does 1t ~tnot cast rehec :
tion on the business enterprise of our
good citizens. But some say 1t takes
capital to invest in such enterprises
and we have not moneyed men. In
one sense this is true, but as matter
of fact IT don't count for much? How
wealthy were the Johnson Bros.
when they started their brilliant ca
reer. They had nothing. Col. Nor