The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
PANTHER RUN MINES.
Well Equipped Modern Plant--Pardus is
Meme of the Mining Town.


Coal Company plant at Pardus, which
is located on the Peter Cox farm In
Washington township, about three
miles north of Reynoldsville and within
a mile and quarter of Sandy Valley.
The plant was built last year by Ridg-
way and New York City capitalists and
Is substantial and modern coal plant.
Henry Redding, superintendent of the
mines, who resides at Rcynoldsvillc,
kindly escorted THE STAR representa-
tive over the PANT.
The Panther Run Coal Co. began
operating these new mines last Septem-
Der. There are two openings in the
hillside, Nos. | and 2, with 2,200 acres
OF coal land lying back OF these open
ings. The coal Is hauled from mine so
tipple by two electric locomotives. The
large tipple is equipped with Philips
automatic dump. One hundred and
ifty miners and ten coal cutting
machines are employed in the mines
and the shipment Of coal is 800 tons
daily. During the present year more
men will be employed and the output
of coal will be moro than double the
present daily shipment. The coal is of a
good quality. The company has a
branch railroad about one mile and a
half in length, which connects with the
r. II. Il. near Sandy Valley.
The power house Is 40 by 140 feet and
Is fire proof. being built of tiling and
steel, with slate roof and brick floors.
In this building there is one 325-horse
power dynamo which furnishes power
for the electric locomotives and lights
for store, offices and other buildings,
large compressor with capacity of
twenty coal cutting machines, and four
150-horse power boilers, making total
of 600-horse power.
Pardus is nice looking mining town
of fifty-two company houses and large
company store. About fifty new houses
| will be erected there during the present
year. The houses are all neat dwellings
OF five rooms each, excepting one large
boarding house. They are set on stone
foundations, well pastered and are not
all painted the same color, as Is usually
the case in coal mining towns. The
town has water works, the supply
being pumped to reservoir on the hill
side from we'll 125 feet deep, near the
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drants for use Of the citizens and five
| fire plugs. The town has hose cart
and 600 feet Of hose to fight fire, II it Is
ever necessary.
The company store is 46 by 90 feet,
two, stories high with cement floor
basement and cellar. 1t Is well plan
ned building and has all the modern
comforts, heated with steam, lighted
with electricity, hot and cold water,
bath room and closets. In rear of store
is large general Office. On the second
floor is Supt Redding's office, Engineer
Hirst's drafting room, two bed rooms,
II clothing department and furniture
department. The company did not
only build their plant and town in a
a substantial, up-to-date manner, with
the evident belief that cheapness is not
economy, and with an eye to the comfort
and contentment Of men, but they have
filed all the important positions with
men of ability and geniality.
Henry Redding is superintendent,
John G. Hirst chief engineer, w. +.
Copp general bookkeeper, T.. p. New
ton pay roll bookkeeper, j. f.. Logan
general manager OF the store and bis
assistants are T.. II. Newton, A. j.
Postlethwait and John S. Schult2e,
B. =. Mercer has charge of the meat
market, Henry j. Haggerty is watch
man and general all around man, A. w.
Cable deliveryman.
James Flynn and ]. Harvey are engi.
neers on the electric locomotives, John
and James Stewart are brakemen on
the mining car trains, George Beatty Is
engineer at the power house, James
Phillips weighmaster, w. A. Stewart
check weighman, John and Robert
Carlson blacksmiths.
John G. Hirst, OF Reynoldsville, chieI
engineer OF this company's different
works, prospected and surveyed the
Panther Run mines, made the plans foI
the plant and town and superintendent
the erection Of the same, Mr.. Hirst Ii
an experienced man in his profession
Supt. Redding is postmaster al
Pardus aud Il. r. Newton assistant
postmaster.
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