The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-21
MARYLAND COAL FIELDS
Remarkable Developments PrOmis
ed for the Coming Year.
Many New Mines to Be Placed in
observation-disclosures Extension TO
Accommodate the Growth of the
Intustry-The Coke Trade to De In
troduceG in Georges Creek Region

trOGUceG in Georges Creek Region
CUMBERLAND. Nd. Nov. 21.-The mar
yelous coal development of 1900 viii be
outstripped in 1901, if the future is to be
gagged by the present activity. The coun-
try within radius of sixty miles of the
Georges Greek region viii be the scene.
| The Georges Greek operators are branch
/ ing cut in ali sections. The Georges Creek
Coal and Iron Company, the New Central
Coal Company. and the Consolidation Coal
Company. in anticipation OF a working out
| Of the product in the Maryland region, al
/ though there are no indications Of that ct
present, have acquired large holdings across
the State border. the first two In West Viz
gfnia, near Fairmont, and the latter In
| Pennsylvania, just north Of their present
field.
For some years the belief has been en-
teTtained that anthracite coal exists in Full
ton county. Pa, the only county in the
1 State without railroad Jacob A Young
and s. ". Shoupe, of Hagerstown, have Sc
cured options on a large tract OF land in
Fulton county. nine miles north OF Cherry
.
where the coal deposits are OF one side
Of a mountain of~fhe Tuscarora range,
which runs northward into the great an
thTaeite coal region OF eastern Pennsyl-
vania. The deposits are in section OF the
mountainous country rarely visited by
strangers. One or the veins of coal, it is
said. is three miles long, and at one point,
where two veins meet in ravine, where
the hnttnm of the vein can be seen, IL is
about seventeen feet wide.
For some time past there mas beSs
movement on foot to build branch OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from either
Hancock or Cherry Run through Fulton
county to McConaeIlsDUrg. the county seat.
( This week preliminary survey Tor tie
line was begun from Hancock j. ]. Van
Horne OF New York who Is interested. be-
Iieves the road viii be. built in year. It
would traverse an undeEeioped section rich
I IN minerals and timber Representatives
I of q syndicate have been examining coal
/ deposits near DickeyS. Mountain. Tono-
] ioway Baptist Church. and Sideling Hill all
/ in Fulton county. Dr. -Penniman, Mary
lands State Chemist, has analysed the sui
phur springs IN Fulton county, three miles
Ecrth Of Hancock for hotel company that
proposes to erect = sos, COO hotel at Han
cock. rs soon as the railroad is assured
The Consolidation Coal Company. the
largest operator in the Maryland region,
through J. J. HolhkzeI, of Meyersdale,
( Penn. has purchased 10000 acre coal
! tract Of Somerset county. Penn To reach
I the tract fourteen mile branch Will be
4 built from the Baltimore and Ohio at
point between HyRdman and Sand Patch.
( saving ffty mile haul TO market The
new route will avoid the Sand Patch Tun-
mel. and the Baltimore and Ohio at a
4 point between Hyndman and Sand Patch.
saving a fifty mile haul to market The
new route viii avoid the Sand Patch Tun-
mel and the Baltimore and Ohio may
/ eventually use It for their main line
/ The Baltimore ard Ohio is now double
rra.kiag its line between Cumberland and
/ lockwood, fifty miles, TO facilitate the
la -f,I,y OF the largely increasing coal
/ traffic from the Meyerstiale section 4
number Of regular crews and engines were
! assigned this week 10 handle the business
/ BET xeen lockwood and Cumberland, here
/ tofore done by extra men.
The coke industry viii be introduced in
! the George Greek mining region OF Mary
land, which IS now devoted simply to min
ing. and II is freely predicted that this
( field skill become the ConnelIsville OF Ma
! ryland. a company has been formed and
ovens are to be erected at Barton The
( small veins, are not being utilized at all
! The present mining for fuel being confined
/ 10 The large veins. The small veins. three
four, FIVE, and six feet, viii be mined for
/ eokiGg purposes exclusively. Il is be-
/ Ieved that within q year at least two
1 thousand men wiz be added TO the pres
ent force IN the region, composed of four
thousand. and that coke ovens viii be
] lighted from one end of the region te the
other, a distance Of twenty miles.
{ Many new coal mines are being opened
/ in the George Creek region. A company
Of capitalists OF Midland have leased a
! large coal tract near that place, and are
/ installing mining plant Fayerweather
/ & Ladew, of New York, are opening a
mine on their tract, near Mount Savage
! The MonteII mine, abandoned some years
! ago, is being reopened, and coal viii
] shortly be shipped.
/ About $500, coo has been paid out for
| coal territory in Somerset county Penn.
/ Immediately north OF the Maryland line
| Several surveying parties are in the field
! Several important coal branch roads OF
/ the Baltimore ard Ohio have been pro-
| jected. 1t is believed the Somerset field
viii eventually outrIyal the big Windber
/ field of which the Berwind-White Com
pany, Of Philadelphia, are the principal
! operators. The latter company is open
! ing three new mines, which viii increase
/ the output about two hundred cars a day
/ The Stuart Coal Company has founded q
| new town. to be known as Dull, in Somer-
! set county, and viii soon have in opera
| ton one of the largest coal piaEts in the
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