The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-12
MILLIONS IN COAL
IN TWO v|RGIAlAS
How Panama Canal Will Make
the Mountains Blossom
as a Rose.
DUskY DIAMONDS PLENTIFUL
Development in Southwest Nir-
ginia Going Right Along.
Future Is Very Bright.

Bristol Va. January lI.-Looking
with the completion of the Panama
Canal. multiplied millions of dollars
are now being invested 70 put more
fully under development what is saie
to be the greatest soft coal measure il
the United States. II not IN the world
These wonderful strata or coal lie
in portions of Tennessee. Virginia
West Virginia and Kentucky. starting
in the Cumberland Mountains. where
Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
be rder. and extending eastward to thu
Pooahontas and Elkhorn fields OF Wesl
Virginia The tonnage that underlie.
these mountains is estimated in mil
lions many times multiplied. The sup
ply is recognized as being practicails
inexhaustible. For two decades ner
have been investing in these lands
many Of them in anticipation NJ just
such conditions as have dawned. The
time for an enlarged development i:
now recognized as OF the immediat,
future. and already the shaping o.
policies has begun.
The building OF the Carolina, Clinch
acid and Ohio Railway. from the Nir-
rinia coal fields southwark through the
farolinas. by Thomas L. Ryan and as.
scoiatos who have expended sooul
$50. geo Geo in the project. had this sit
nation in view The men back Of this
road expected TO make a Connection
through the Virginia and Kentucky
mountains for the region Of the Lakes
via the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way. They had equally in visw tho
Arn oh 10
carofinas to the port at Charleston
The purpose being to provide a trunk
line. which would carry coal and tim
f,.- ami other products OF the NOUN
isi,s to The vessels that will carry
the commerce. OF the world through
The Panama Canal
Looking ahead
Looking to this suspicious time. a.
rsady multiplied millions Of dollars
have been invested i'm tho choice coa'
ands of the Cumberland region. and
lust now the period 81 development IS
beginning to dawn in substantial
way
u = not yet two years since Eastern
CAPITALISTS under the name 90 the
consolidation Coal Corporation. began
the development or an extensive scale
Of coal properties in Eastern Kentucky
with the town Of Jenkins as head
quarters These coal properties he
on the vest side Of inc Cumberla M
range. md tho importance ~ the oper-
a,icnS there IS emphasized in the fact
that the operating company has CAPT
tai OF $4,000. eeo. and IS nov cNpcnd-
INK several millions II dollars IN get
Tsux ready to mine and ship coal. \
town has been built upon the scene
with All modern convenieuccs. Ths
baltimore and Ohio Railway Compan,
ard tho Louisville and Nashville Rail.
WAY Company. realizing the value Of
these operations from the standpoint
or tonnage. and the possibilities Of tn
.utirc fcld arc each building a lins
o. railway into the Geld The Caro-.
lima. CIinchhcid and Ohio Railway Il
ersudinx IN additional 5000. 900 -
Guild into the same territory from
tn. south while the southern Rail.
w., Company. the Norfolk and West
cru Laiis as Company and the Louis.
Vile md Nashville Railway COMPANY
arc competing for the hauling OF tn
Immense tonnage that r. mined esci
year in the Virginia mountains slons
the eastern front Of the Cumberland
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