The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-03

/ sNa p~EIpess 10 always 6ourlsRsng.
/ The general o6c>s ofsthis company are Il
IN Bristol. Mr.. Geo. L. Carter Is Frr<i- /
dent Of the company. and }. Ncrmsnt
Powell IL general ccscrsi. Mr.. H. Hsrds-
way h general manager o. the company 1
aud a thorough experienced mining super
fntentent, having successfully managed \
tie Toms Greek plant for four years be- /
fore be took charge Of Crapes Nest. aud /
daring the time that he vas connected
with the Toms Creek operation he has the
d,stinstisn Of having soperintended the
many improvements Al that great opera
tios today.
Mr.. Hsrdawsy l. al,o yice-President OF
the Coeburn National Bank. Mr.. Joseph
= Kelly Is chief clerk 60 Mr.. Hardavay.
Mr.. Jerry Stone, formerly cashier OF the I
Nirgiaia Iron, Coal and Coke Company 1t
Toms Greek. is auditor and chief account
ant. Mr.. Stones alma mater is Roanoke
College, aud there IL not young man ON
Toms Greek more popular With the en-
ployees aud miners than Stone.
He always meets YOU With smile and
j. courteous and polite 10 ali the employees.
Mr.. X. W. Arthur, Of Lyuches, Va. issues
scrip; TO the Ncrkingmen. Mr.. Arthur -
thoroughly experienced Young man and
Is very popular With all the employees.
Or. l.. G. Richards, Of Richmond, l. ch,ei
physician and surgeon. DR.. Richards Is
an expert surgeon and has many calls
from nearby operations. having recently
been called TO Imam TO assist in perform
ing two very serious operations. which
~ere successful Chief engineer IL Mr.
Geo. Kent. Mr. Kent Is one Of the most
thoroughly up-io-dato engineers in the
country. Mr kcnt IL very ably assisted
10y Mes-rs. Lam 1hacker. n J. Oewei. "
r. McChce aud 4. l.. Lindsey
5. G. McCariy Is lsud agent. sam can
tell you where every io0t OF the thousands
OF acres Of company land laws and L. an
expert iu timber. Chief Of Police. Joe
Nhitloek, James Hall assistant. Boss
Carpenter, J r. Bosseii Mr. J u. Bate
msu looks after Al the blacksmith shops
and general rcraifs Tie company has
one Of the largest and best equipped COM
u'issarics In this region, having sil the
latest appliances. Mr.. s. r.. Jennings. OF
Smytho comfy, IL store manager. Mr.
icuuinrs b. n young man full 90 energy
and perseverance aud o. very popular
with the miners. Mr.. Jennings b. yer,
ahiy assisted in tho store hy the following
gentlemen. Charles Williams. Chtistisns-
burg, first assistant. b. b. Perry. OF liiil--
Vile, J.. q. MautE. Of Smythe. aud Joseph
g. Rurch. ol Wythcvilic
MIR. C.. q. Erwin e. general mining SUI
pcuntendcnt Nj. Erviu is practicable
mining man and has had six wears expert
cnco iu the mining line. Irwin stands
we'll with 80 the men. The company
operates collicrics al iolio~s.
Lee Mines.
This il one of The largest and hest
. equipped mines on Cranes Nest. having
q electric huulaccs. This mine like Sexton
mines ON Toms Greek has thc douhlc entry
system. which De- known hy experts OIL The
King -ystcm. The Dip of tine coal d. such
81 that the mines are drained comparatively
speaking hY gravity. Lee has one fncltc-
ton Westinghouse motor. paintings being
lighted hv electricity Drainage aud road
beds are good The main entry Boz this
4 miue b. driven through the mountains
distance of tuo thousand feet aad cro-s
entries are driven on from main every two
huudrcd feet The scams ST coal viIi
average nine feet and BE- comp raiircly
clean from 40 imuurtics Mr. Tom Nnsl
b. general mining iorcmau ol The da,
p shit. Mr Bush BE- thoroughly cxpcfi-
E cnccd Boz the mining lime. Mr. Nush was
connected with fhe rom- Greek Coal aud
, Coke Company for several wears and
damaged swan. "a mines very successfully.
Mr. =. ]. Howell, of North Carolina.
ha- charge of the night shift Howell Be-
a practical mining iaau and always looks
Co thc interest and safety of Do. men.
Howell i- veil liked he aN hi- men. aud b.
frff courteous sud polite.
Mine Nc. :.
Coal from No. miuc lis Used principally
for steam and domestic proposes The
ouifat from thi- mime 10 very large.
3 These mincs htre mulc haulacc and she
, drainage and road hcd. are good. M ..
, " farrur b. mining foreman. BE has
worked his way up from che pics aud
knows just What ihc miner needs Mr..
farrsri- au Old mau and his wears OF eN-
pericucc BIAS served him we'll .n thc mining
Zine.
Mine No. ..
Thus is nc,t to ihc largest opening on
Cranes Nest and gives steady employment
to ahoui teo hundred men The ycntila-
tiou and drainage BE- ali that could Doc dee
sired and che roads are good no % i-
\ we'll laid Oh, the cross entries being driven
q parallel Co The main hcadincS Ihc outrut
- from this mine b. very large. Mr. Pete
Castle i- general mining foreman. and is
also thoroughly experienced Boz the mining
20 husluess. Castle B.. a soll- made mau and
q stands we'll with lis men.
e Mine No. 3.
e The seam oi coal so NO. . is NOT qaiie
so large as 20 thc other mincs. iut viii
average six feet and IS perfectly clean.
With the execution ni ID amlnr sem, al