The age-herald., 1902-03-13

dated has acquired many properties of great value. It now owns in addition to those already named the Mary Lee mines and coke ovens, brown ore mines at Attalla and extensive ore mines in Georgla.
 The brown ore mines at Ironaton are reckoned among the richest in the south.
 Colonel Bush, in his last aInua1 report, said regarding mining coal operations:
 "As far as practicable, the mines at Brookwood, Searles and Milldale have been in constant operation during the fiscal year. Many interruptions occurres, which always attend the opening of new mines and the construction and putting in operation of new coke ovens. These troubles were accentuated by scarcity ol new coke oven labor in the district. We were endeavoring during the year to maintain our usual number or miners ana coke oven men, and at the same time, under the necessity of having to secure additional labor as the output or the new mine increased and new coke ovens were put in operation. 1 am pleased to report however, that the output of the new or Searles mine gradually increased from about 5000 tons per month, November l. 1900, to more than 12,0Q0 tons, making the total output for the mines at Brookwobd Searles and Milldale 307,374C0 tons. The capacity of these mines as at present de- veloped is about 36O,O 900 tons per annum." The company is now opening a new | mine on the Grove seam.
 Mary Lee.
 | The Mary Lee property, which was acquired under the title of the Jefferson
 Coal and Railway Company, comprises about 22OO acres of coal land within six
 miles of Birmingham, underlaid by what
 is known as the Big Seam, seven feet
 in thickness, and the Black Creek Seam,
 about three feet thick-the latter espe-
 cially noted for it's excellent quality | The property also includes 13O coke ovens,
 miners houses, six miles of standard
 gauge railroad, locomotive, cars, etc. The Graves-Johnston and Milner prop | critics. which immediately adjoin the | Jefferson Coal and Railway, embrace 76O | acres of coal land. and these two prop critics together contain in the big seam alone, it is estimated, 2S,00O000 tons of | coal.
 Of the Gate City property, which was taken over at the organization, Colonel ! Bush in his report, said: This property comprises about 1900 acres of land, located about six miles from the city of Bir- mingham, traversed by the Southern. Alabama Great Southern, Central of Georgia and Louisville and Nashville Railroads It contains a large quantity of valuable red fossiliferous ore, esti- mated by a well known expert to aggre- gate in quantity about 100000 tons, an- alyzing from 39 per cent to 42 per cent metallic iron. It also contains a large quantity of limestone and dolomite for fluxing purposes, brownstone, sand stone, glass sand, chert, fire clay, moulding sand and terra cotta. This property also has an abundant supply of water from arte- sian wells and springs, with a flow of about 1,50O,000 gallons per day. It is stated by experts that this quantity can be | largely increased.
 | The Mary Pratt furnace on First ave
 nue in this city has never been utilized | by the company. It is too small for prof | itable operation, but as a real estate
 proposition it has high value.