Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-27
Coal Mining and Water Projects in
 South are Many

I OuCn are Many
 Extensive coal mining projects, wa ter power developments, new textile plant construction, etc., are among the activities in the South announced ir this weeks issue of the Manufactu. rers' Record. Brief summaries o1 the most important announcements follow:
 Seventy thousand acres of coal land in Leslie, Letcher, Perry and Pike counties will be developed by the Vir- ginia Coal & Coke Co.,, Roanoke, Va. organized with $10,OO0,OOO capital. | Philadelphia capitalists have or ganized the Southwest Coal Co.,, Seco Ky, to develop 5000 acres of coal land and they plan daily output of 2OO0 tons.
 West Virginia investors will or ganize the Victor Coal Co.,, Pinson Junction, Ky, with $5OO,OO0 capital for developing coal land. Kaolin will be mined by the Tri- State Mineral Co.,, Franklin, N. C., oASdHiHcu Witu PfVU,VOU CaplCdl to ue- velop 2500 acres.
 Ten thousand acres of timber land will be developed by the Spring Creek Lumber Co.,, Spring Creek, w. Va, organized by Elkins manufactures This company's plans include cutting timber, building large band saw mill and constructing 15 to Is miles stand ard gauge railroad connecting with Greenbrier branch of Chesapeake & Ohio railway.
 Capitalized at $1,000,00O the North Texas Rock Go. of Fort Worth, Tex, has been chartered with $1,OOO,0OO capital for quarrying rock.
 Developments are planned by the Waxhaw Mining Co.,, Monroe, N. C., Incorporated with $2,O00,O0O capital. E An $800,000 plant for manufacturing fuel briquettes from Ignite will be established by the Lignitc Co.,, St. Louis, Mo-, organized by St. Louis and Chicago investors. This company proposes to build destructive dis tillation plant, using Ignite as base, and the first unit will have a capac- ity of 600 tons. It is considering five locations in Texas, Louisiana and Ar kansas.
 Engineers reports have been com pleted and financial arrangements are being perfected by the Arkansas Hy- dro-Electric Development Co.,, Heber Springs, Ark, for building it's hydro electric plant on Little river. About 22,000 horsepower is to be developed by two dams and the first installation vii lcost $1,200,000. The cost of this dam and second structure, with 130 mile transmission system, will be $3,O0O,ooO.
 Organized with $1,OOO,OOO capital, the Cogswell Refining Go. will build refining plant at Henrietta, Okla. This enterprise will include a 12 acre site, with facilities for manufacturing gasoline, naptha and kerosene.
 Tank cars will be manufactured by the Southern Agricultural Tank Line Co.,, Atlanta, Ga, incorporated with $1,00O,00O capital.
 At Kansas City, Mo-, the J. c. Lylse Milling Co. of Leavenworth, Kans., will build a $60O,000 flour mill. hi tial daily capacity will be 150O bar rels, and this output will be doubled.
 Sollapsible rims will be the pro- duct of the Collapsible Rim Co.,, Ash vile, N. C., organized with $300,0oo capital.
 Fertilizer and oil will be manufac- tured by the Oconee Oil X Fertilizer Co.,, Seenca, s. C., incorporated with $300,000 capital.
 A $150,000 ice factory with daily capacity 73 tons will be built by the Bueno Vista Ice Co.,, Buena Vista. Fla, organized by Florida and Indi- ana capitalists.
 A plant for manufacturing candy, together with the cardboard and tin boxes required for packing, will be established at Charlotte, N. C., by the P. D. Christian company, organ ized at Atlanta, Ga, with $250,000 capital.
 Pioneer Hosiery Mills Co. has been chartered at Corsicana, Tex, with $300,00O capital by Bush Wofford and William Clarkson, Jr This corpora tion will establish plant with daily capacity 200 dozen pairs of hose.
 Blouses will be manufactured by the Monumental Middy Co. Baltimore, Md, incorporated with $l00,000 capi- tai.
 Cotton products will be manufac- tured by the Moncure (N. co Manu featuring Co.,, organized with $200,- 900 capital.
 Cotton uroducts will be manufac- tured by the Oakboro Cotton Mills, Oakboro, N. C., incorporated with $500,000 capital.
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