The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-04
Total Annual Output of Which
is to Be at Least One Mil
lion and Half Tons.

AT a time when industrial cond:-
Y lions throughout the country arc fiat,
when hall the coal mining properties
OF the eastern part Of the United
States are either closed down or
working on less than half production,
The Consolidation Coal Company has
started work on what will be a s.
SOC. GOO coal development.
While no official announcement Is.
made as 10 where the tonnage. 10
finally total about one MILAN and q
half tons a year is TO be placed. IL is
understood that practically ali Of it
will pass over the Western Maryland
and Pittsburs and Lake Erie railroads
which are Rockefeller controlled,
Heavy investments by Rockefeller In
terests IN the Consolidation Coal Com
pany were recently announced in semi
official manner That Rockefellers al
so have heavy holdings IN the BATH
more and Ohio stock is no Longer a
secret, and following the advent or
that group into the Consolidation Il
was predicted that while the Western
Maryland would be taken care OF With
q greatly increased coal tonnage, that
I the Baltimore and Ohio would not be
allowed to suffer. the increase. COM
Ing rather from neN developments
along Western Maryland connections
The DEVELOPMENT announced yestcr-
day Is said to be the first step tow
ard making the Western Maryland 2
great fuel carrying road. Tile term
inals at Port Covinston IN Baltimore
to take care Of a. vast freight ton
mage of any kind that may develop
Details OF Plan.
The facts of the new coal develop
menf By the Consolidation are told
in the following dispatch from Fall-
mont:
The Consolidation coal Company
has begun tho work Of sinking two
shafts for coal on Heien.s run, be-
tween Pennington and Worthinstoa
When completed and operating ng the
first of January next a new field VIII
be opened and an outlay OF. over tyEos
and a half millions Of dollars will
have been expended for surface; nine
work, towns and railroad connections
The annorac enent made at the Of
fees Of the company IS the most 11n-
portant industrial statement made in.
West Virginia in years
An official OF the company stated
during the day that the company had y
definitely decided to develop two large
mines on Helen's run and that sur
face rights had been secured for that
nual output Of $50 600 tons each They
will be shaft mines at a depth Of 400
feet. Work on these mines was start
ed yesterday and they should be ship
ping coal by January /, 1916.
When asked why the development
tof new mines was undertaken while
the company had mines shut down.
4 Ii was said It was the belief Of those
In charge of the Consolidation com
pany that as soon as the war is over
the Falrmont region will enjoy great
prosperity and should now be prepar-
Ing for it. Now that the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie railroad is about ready
y to haul freight from Fairmon1 and vi
cinity, and We are assured of the Wes-
Tern Ma ryland, the region should be
well supplied with cars, and it is,
q therefore, justified in getting into con-
mtion to take advantage of the pros
pecttve revival in business.
Work Is Started.
Following the completion Of work
OF the real estate agents who closed
up for important farms in the sec
ton at an expenditure of over S1O0.0 900
constructing and engineering officials
OF the company went to the locality
and wi1l5'renain there until the shafts
are sending coal up. The construc-
ton work Is In chargctof General Man
ager Frank r. Lyon. Of the company,
who is assisted By his entire corps
q ofgaxnerte.
Twenty drills will be put to work
to locate the sites of the shafts With
are yet undetermined. Two enSin-