Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-26
LOCAL ENTERPRISE
Employees viii Reside In ottumwa and
No Company Store VIII be oper-
atsd--Ready to Ship by
September I.

400 feet or SAND stone was started. IL
took several months drilling and blast.
ing to make this big hole through the
rock bluff. but 1t was completed sew.
eral weeks ago. and the coal reached
At the end Of this tunnel In the rock.
the coal begins and four main entries
are now being cut through a vein OF
coal that runs from three feet eleven
to five feet two inches in thickness.
| BY the first of September the en-.
stnes, fans and pumps necessary Tor
the operation of the mine will be ready
to work, and before that time these
entries will be far enough advanced to
allow the cutting of rooms, 80 that a
large number of miners can be EN-.
ployed.
The coal that is now being taken out
of the entries is shipped every day,
and SO far has all been taken locally.
so far taken out in any one day. This,
Of course Is just the coal removed by
the work Of cutting the entries. 1t is
expected by January l that the mine
will be producing from ESQ to 300 tons
per day.
Located East Of Ottumwa.
The mine Is located on the Rock
Island lines east of Ottumwa some two
and half miles. The management IL
made up OF president, E.. D. Fowler;
vice president, L. H. Akers, and secre-
tary-treasurer, w. T. Wilson. James
Shevlin, the superintendent, is vet
eran coal man and for years was in q
similar position in the palmy days OF
the Keb mines. He with L. H. Akers,
vice president, is in charge of the de-
|velopment work.
The acreage leased by the Alpine
Coal Co, for the new mine Is 375
acres, although there are 500 acres Of
coal land available. The thickness Of
the vein ranges from four to over Ave
feet, with good slate roof. The
quality Of the coal Is shown by analy-
sis to be very good, the demonstration
being conducted by the mining en-
cheering department of the Iowa state
college at Ames.
Prospecting Began Last Year.
Prospecting in the new field began
In July, 1912, and the actual work Of
development started January l., 1913.
There are two eight foot entries run
ming north and the same number Of
equal dimensions running west. F. A.
Treubger, erecting engineer for Rob-
erts & Schaefer Co., of Chicago, is In
stalling the necessary machinery and
expects to have his work completed by
September /. The machinery to be
engine 1892, first motion, double
drums, each to wind 5000 feet Of rope.
| Two 100 horse power boilers supply
the steam. Fan and mine pumps will
be operated by electricity supplied by
a S250-volt electric generator. The tip
pie Is equipped with automatic cross
over dump for dumping coal on to the
shaker screens. These shaker screens
will insure good preparation Of the
local and are the only screens Of that
type In this coal field. "a ss
a Plenty of Trackase.
| The railroad trackage facilities con-
sist of three side tracks alongside the
main line Of the railroad, and these
tracks will be used for loading three
| different classes Of coal at once: six
inch lump, egg and screenings. The
distance from the railroad to the
mouth Of the slope is 700 feet on q
Az per cent grade. Four hundred and
fifty feet from the mouth Of the slope
to the coal is Is per cent grade
| Agent ]. G. Finesey Of the Rock Island
road promises that the trackage will
be ready for September when the
machinery Is installed for operation
| VIII Live In OttumWa.
! On account of the train running out
| to the mine in the morning and back
In the evening, the worlingmen can
| live in the city where their children
will have the benefit Of the schools and
tho whole family the advantages Of the
churches as we'll as the places OF
! amusements. The concern does not
intend to operate company store al
this mine.
WANT SkAGGS PARDoNED.
Council Bluffs, July 24.-Friends ir
Potta wattamie and Mills counties. Ia.