The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-22
GAINESVILLE Shaft News.

After delay of couple of weeks
work at the mine will be resumed
probably next week.
At recent meeting of the Grand
River Coal and Coke Company held
of Novinger, Mo-, was elected gener-
al manager, and w. G. Rambo Asst.
Manager, and will have complete
charge of the operations here.
Mr.. Grant was until lately General
Manager of the Northern Coal Com
pany doing business at Novinger and
had large experience in the manage
ment of mining operations. Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant arrived here, Sunday, and
Immediately began looking about for
suitable residence. Later on they
will buy ground and build. He left,
Monday noon, for Novinger to pack
their household goods to be moved to
this place, and on their arrival which
is expected next week, will take ac-
tive charge of the mining operations.
AS stated above, work is expected
to begin next week, but slight delay
may occur for the reason, we are
told, that a complete settlement has
not yet been made between the Dow
ellis and the Roberts e Schafer Com
pany and the latter company cannot |
turn over the shaft to the Coal Com |
pany until this settlement is made.
1t is expected that the settlement will
b effected this week, andif so, work
will begin next week.
The first thing the coal company
will have to do, will be to bale out the
immense amount of water in the
shafts, and as there are, perhaps,
of ofov, n will 1xp
two or three days to bale them out
SO the boys an work in them.
When these preliminaries have
been completed the work of mining
coal will begin in earnest. Two run
ways will be started, one running east
from the main shaft, and the other
west from it. These will be extended
quite a little bit, after which open
ings will be made between the main
and air shafts. Also a stump will be
made into which the water from both
shafts will be drained, and pump
of 800 gallons per minute will be in
stalled to handle the water.
AS soon as the water is baled out
they will begin taking out coal and it
is expected they will be able to turn
out from rs to SO tons per day and
this capacity will be increased as the
runways are made longer. The ulti-
mate capacity of the mines is expect
ed to be 1000 to 1900 tons per day.
GAINESVILLE people will certainly not
have to ship in coal for their use
this winter. The official name for the
product of the GAINESVILLE mine will be
the ELK Ridge Coal"
A four track steel tipple will be
installed about the first of the year
and the coal from the mine will pass
over double shaker screen before
it is put on the market. Everything
in the machinery line about the mines
will be the very best material and of
the latest design, and the mine will
not only be the latest but the best
equipped mine in the Mississippi
Valley.
Messrs. w. B. Patrick and E. R..
equipped mine in the Mississippi
Brann who have been employed by
the ompany for some time past, sever
ed their connection with the COM
pany the first of the present month
and will leave in the course of a few
days.
Mr.. R. H. Mcpherson, who has so
ably represented the Roberts &
Schaefer Company in the construction
of the shafts, has been called into the
main offices at Chicago, and will be
succeeded by a Mr.. TRIGGER who is
expected to arrive this week to take
charge of the Roberts & Schaefer end
of the business. Mr.. Mcpherson has
made many friends during his past
stay of six or seven months and we
all regret to see Mr.. Mack leave US
State Boiler Inspector, j. ]. Hogan
of Kansas City, was here the first OF
the week and thoroughly inspected
the big boilers and put his official O.
K. on them. They were officially re.
ceived by the Coal Company immedi.
ately thereafter. The shafts and 9th.
er machinery have not, yet been turn
ed over to the Coal Company.
From present indications coal from
the big mine at GAINESVILLE will be or
the market in few weeks and the
company expects to be able to fill an,
demand. News
HEED THE WARNING.