The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-10-09

ment in this field in the last
thirty days in both the product.
8 ion of coal and coke, and it is
Z understood that in another six.
to days that all the coke ovens
in the field will be in blast.
Some of the ovens have been
idle now for four years. The
operators seem to be preparing
for a big coke business.
The Josephine Plant of the
lntermont Coal and Iron Co,
will start at an early date.
This plant has been shut down
for three years.
The Stouega Company has
several ovens in blast at their
Keokee plant that have been
idle for some time and will in
crease their ovens as their out
put increases. They are also
going ahead with the con.
struction on the new plant on
the Splint seams at this plant.
The Toms Greek Plant of the
V. l. G. & G. Co, will soon
have all of their ovens in blast;
and also the Inman Plant of
the same company will put
their ovens in.
Several operators and their
attorneys have recently return
ed from n trip to Atlantic City.
where they spent n week before
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in opposition to new
schedule of rates on coal and
coke filed by the l.. 81 n. r.. X.
The proposed rates seek to adj
vance the present rates of coal
and coke 30 cents ton from
the Pocket and Wise County
fields to points north of the
Ohio River.
Recently, n great deal has
been said by the press in re-
gard to the large seam of coal
that the Consolidation Coal Co.
is opening up at Jenkins and
other points in KY. In Wise
County we have seam as
thick, as clean and as good a
coal. This seam is being min
ed at only one place now, at
Pardee, on the head of the
Roaring Fork of Powells River,
and on the Roaring Fork Rail
road. Here this seam is eleven
feet of clean coal. Myers Il
Whaley, of Knoxville, have re-
Gently installed one of their
loading machines in this seam
ON contract basis. If this
proves IA success, 1t is under
stood that the Blackwood Coal
and Coke Company will install
several of them.
1t is reported here that Ii coal
company has been organized to
work seam of coal on Lewis
Greek, near Honaker, Virginia.
The new mining law that re-
Gently went into effect in Vir-
Rinia has caused some of the
mines to "sit up and take no.
uce." The law is very reason.
able and will not cause many
of the mines any great trouble,
but the next Legislature must
make an ample appropriation
Tor Chief Inspector and District
Inspectors and secure the SER
vices Of good mining man to
see that the law is obeyed to
the letter.
The recent bond issue for
Good Roads in Wise County is
practically expended, and there
Is movement on foot to make
another issue of bonds to the
amount of 5000, 10000 to finish
with macadam all of the roads
graded in the county. This is
beng pushed not only by the
citizens of the county but by
the mining companies too.
The corporations pay about
two-thirds of the taxes of the
county, and the present bond
Issue has not furnished them
with the macadam roads that
they really need. The chances
are that the new bond issue
VIII carry, and if so, it will
give Wise County as many or
more miles of good roads than
any county in the mountain
sections of yirginia.-Appa-
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