The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-08
WAGON MINES
HARD HIT BY
DROP IN PRICE
Fair1nont Gas Coal Now
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D6LO" LA6 OLA 0OA"A GAseA -
wagon mine industry is being hard
hit and today it is reported that
there are fully fifty Of this charac-
I ter Of mines closed down. There
are probably 100 wagon mines in
the Morgantown, Fairmont and
Clarksburg sections.
Wagon mines aud SNOW birds"
cannot produce coal at much OF
profit when the price drops below
Sc because OF the hauling and 9TH
er charges.
The Wagon Mine Operators AS
sociation OF Northern West Vir'
ginia will meet on Tuesday evening
at 1880 o'clock at The Waldo,
! Clarksburg. At that meeting plans
will be made to form a state asso-
citation of wagon mine operators.
Coal Is dropping.
Coal prices are way of and the
market Is suffering decided set
back. This is due In part to the
bumper production Of bitumtnous
coal all over the country, the favor
able car supply and the absence Of
export permits in the Fairmont re-
gion. Export business at present
is on the wane and some brokers
do not appear to be sending any at
all. Five dollars seems to be the
prevailing price for Fatrmont gas
coal on the 3. & o. while along the
Monongahela railway 1t Is quar-
ter OF dollar higher. Some sales
are reported to have been as low
as S4.75 for gas coal In the region.
There is a belief about In the re-
gion that coal prices will increase,
some brokers saying that batch
taf, export ord dSrs-Nftllz ttnaalA AtaNtAse
market. This OF course s,ts. not IS;
sured as large exporters are letting
of ON the market. Some trades
men think they are waiting for
back to normalcy" or at least q
very low market before buying
more e3Dort tonnage on a big
scale. The market is certainly
"wobbly" today and the big brace
Of empt.es on the D, & o. railroad
today will not act as stimulanl
either.
EnpLICN FlsuhlbAtu
More cars are on the Monongah
division Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad today than the mines
have ordered. There are 1,70S
empties ordered today Of which ~
| are for coke loading while the cars
! number 1881. The empties are
/ classified as follows: Open, 1903;
coke, %; B. NJ. l. x, 1922; M. v.
T., "a. Cars left over from the
previous day were 2l4.
There is good supply of emp.
ties on the Monongahela railway
today, there being 474 cars placed.
OF that number 11O cars are for
railroad fuel loading, In the Penn.
sylyania district there are 314
empties placed. There is forty
per cent. commercial run in sight
for Tuesdays loading.
Along the Helen's Run and
Wyatt.Bingamon branches Of the
! Western Maryland railway today
there are 200 empties. This will
assure a full run for Tuesdays
loading.
Operations along the Charleston
division Of the B. & o. railroad to-
day have 21O Gears, all OF which
are placed. The mines ordered
800 cars.
T. Opening a Mine.
]. L. Hall, Fairmont, last week
began to open mine on the tract
Of coal land owned by ]. D. Barry
at Westchester. It Is ten acre
tract Of Sewickley coal. A tipple
will be erected. Coal will be load.
ed on the B. & o. railroad. Work
on the mine was begun last week.
Daily Shipments.
These shipments were made on
the Monongah division of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad on Satur.
day: Curtis Bay, 146 cars; st.
Georges, 10 cars; lakes, 10 cars;
Michigan points, cars; Ohio
points, "a cars; miscellaneous
western points, SO cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading on tho
Monongah division Of the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad on Satur'
day totaled $50 carloaos-508 for
eign fuel and 70 cars Of B. & O.
fuel.
These consignments were made:
! B. & O., 70 cars; Bangor & Aros.
took, IA cars: Lehigh Valley, 16
cars: New York, New Haven &
Hartford. 80 cars; P. & R., 81
cars; Boston & Maine, IL cars;
Maine Central, IA cars; Erie,
cars; West Shore. "a cars; Gem
trail Of New England, 81 cars.
Directors Meeting.
A meeting Of the board OF direc'
tors OF the Northern West Vir-
gtnia Coal Operators Association
Will be held on Tuesday morning at