Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-13
OUTLOOK. !. /.
]. n. !. IS bR|GHT
Tremendous Possibilitiesfor
Rogers Road Party is
PAP Very Enthusiastic


Henry II. Rogers and his party
have completed the first inspection
of the new Virginia railway. which
MIR. Rogers has built at cost Of
s4oooo.eoo, and at the same time
the. capitalists were shown the ex-
tent OF the coal resources from
which THE, essentially coal line,
expects to draw It's Ionage for the
future. This entire range of moun.
tains is bedded with coal. The coal
experts on the Rogers special de-
lclared that the Deepwater section
will yet be the richest bituminous
producer In the world. This Is
claimed on account OF the four sepaA
rate and distinct minable seams OF
coal undertaking the mountains OF
this new field. Two OF the seams
are above water level and TWO are
below. Each has a width of from
Z to re- feet and, to tlts uhihIt ated,
this storeboase Of nature seems I'M
exhaustible.
For eighty-fve miles the VIII
ginian penetrates this onew feel ],
aud is now prepared to deliver It's
products to the coal markets OF the
world. This is a greater coal field
mileage than is enjoyed by either
the Norfolk and Western or, The.
CHESAPEAKE and Ohio railways maip
line. Butlail this Is not exclus .valy.
Vlrginian territory, Eor ten miles
in the Aiatoaka, section of Mercc.l
county, the Norfolk and Wester-a's
Widemouth branch parallels the new
line, and beg inning az the famous
Jenny Gap, An Raleigh county. the
Chesapeake and ~oh+p parallels the,
Yirginian. just TO nag the new road
along a little. t.r. f... 49,
W Some of the. coal land owieiis
along the line are unfriendly, but
they are the people who have access
to the Norfolk and Western and lie.
Chesapeake and Ohio branch lines !.
There is the Pocahontas Coal and
Coke company, a subsidiary compa-
ny of the Norfolk and Western. This
corporation owns $4,000 acres Of
land in Wyoming county and imme
diatelY adjacent to the ,Virginian
line. These people WI not deliver
ton OF fuel to the Rogers road, DuS
will deliver exclusively to the Nor
folk and Western through its Wide
mouth branch, 1t is said that SOME
years ago this tract was sold at pub
lie auction for delinquent faxes for
ten cents an acre. Later II was sold
for about 81 al acre, and the SEE
ond owners thought they had made
a barga n when, however, the rail-
read came and 1t was bought in by
tho Ppcahontas people, at an .enof-
nous price. .t..- .r... j.
Just 10 the west OF the Pocahoh y
tas land lies the tract of the Beaver.
Coal Company, In Raleigh county
This comprises $4,000 acres, and a.
ready the Slab Fork Coal Company
has opened an operation on the Rog-
ers line and S now. send ng coal to
the seaboard. Then again cbe Nav
River Galleries Company owns coai
land on the Yirginian. This r. the
property. Of the Guggenheim5 Of COZ
oIado. They have operations no@
work ng in the New River field, apd
have one big plant at work on the
new road, Their tract Includes o.
900 acres and extends for six miies
along the Virginiaa. At Glen White
Junction three mile branch road
is extended to the +. r.. White Cos.
Company's plant. Tb S company has
5000 acres OF undeyeloped property
which will IN a short time beco Je
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