The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-03-29
KENTUCKY COAL.
Big Undertaking in Pike and
A Adjoining Counties.

IA. up me valley Of the
SANDY river Industrial deyelop-
'h's on large scale have follow
~ and deals in coal aud timber lands
involving thousands OF dollars bay,
sah Of such frequent occurrence !.
20 s''taet only passing eommen,
s.'srn and Northern corporations
h millions Of dollars OF backing
rave secured hundreds OF thousands
= sfu IN the heart OF the coal
y. and some Of the largest min
ins plants In the South are now be-
.lS Installed In the sections where
transportation facilities make indus.
rla' Developments possible
IA Pike county. the largest rount,
N Kentucky. a number OF large min
nag operations are being started. up
Dc valley Of MArrowbone creek a
Rl'r' railroad has been extended out
iion the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
rad and along this extension 10
etsiationa will soon be under way.
ne Gfeenough Coal and Coke Co.
and The Pike Coal and Coke Co. cap
rAlitsd a, 100000 each plan to mine
and ship 10000 tons each per year
wen Developments are fully under
ray The upper and lover Elkhorn
SEAMS are being developed and IL Is
TIE Intention % ne companies Go
br.ia iarse number Of coke ovens.
i0r ~hleh the coal Is tacellunily
n'aiisd The territory entered by
- Marrovbone Creek Railroad Is
outvd BY The Big sandy Company
o. hoton a $1,000 40 corporation
A SEVERAL points alnns sl6 main
G and o. extension mines are being
eiersd.and al immense TONNAGE will
este down ile Bic Sandy river VAL
~ wien Developments IN Pike and
sd.eialng counilea arr more extend
! IN frops TIE Chesapeake and Ohio
~, merely taps the field To reach
m finest deposits lateral railroads
arr being extended up the narrow
srrk VALLEYS and 10 country -
tiifkalt u aotess the overcoming
u haiaral obstacles requires time
BESIDES the investments Of tho
h Sandy Company which owns near
~ soocoo acres Of coal lands, ar.
',fhsre Of The northern Coal and Coke
a. = 10000. 90 corporation who
AAr rCurrd nearly 100000 acres Of
coal Territory in Pike. johnson and
e,bn counties Of Eastern kentucky.
The Nora American Company. IN
Dfch }. P Morgan IL the reutnl
flgsys. aiso has large holdings IN
u section and viii carp out some
vast pToiec,s
An organization Of the past week
q The Thcalka Coal Co. a tiOO .0oo
crrporaiion composed Of Kentucky
capitalists Mining will be arried
an IN johnson county. adjoining Pike
hr John C. c. Mayo Of Pain,sville.
a the moving factor in this concern.
1hs construction OF the South a
western Railway il being pushed with
81 possible y sed on the virrinia side.
Tbs q The lire which will give a
arzUern cutie, to the Eastern Ken
trcly coal fields, and men promlnent
a. ne railroad affairs Of the coun-
~ arr behind the undertaking
Beginning AZ connection with
ne Chesapeake and ohio's Bis
Easicy division throaph the Breaks
Of the sandy. few miles from this
hrvn. the sor,h and Western Is be-
lng constructed across Southwestern
VWsrEinia. Eastern Tennessee. North
CAROLINA into South Carolina. where
. n aboard connection will be made.
There hundred miles will be the
; aoini length OF this line, and so per
cent Ia now completed. The total
oosi Of construction is placed at sio.-
ealco. the projectors sparing no
expense in making the line fully
! adapted 10 meet the requirements Of
n, vast coal movements which will
take place toward the South with
IA completion. The completion Of
1hh line will mean the development
OF more than 100000 acres OF coal
! band now inaccessible on the Virginia
ode The primary object in it's con-
r,4e,ion. however is TO furnish a
ecpthem outlet for the coal Of this
scilon.
Across the Kentucky line in Nlr-
rl,.ia several thousand men are nov
snting and laying track for the
solth and Western Railroad AZ
cilnehport tunnel nearly mile
N length Is being bored, and neal
YarIou. $. c. a long tunnel Is under
vay The work through the Breaks
Of inc Sandy into Kentucky viii BE-
t,hen up at once and wialin j.
months It is believed, the en'ir'
me win be complete and ready Is
HDariness. o,,.
besides the Chesapeake and ohi'