Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1920-08-04
TO OPEN NUMEROUS SMALL
FARMS AND SELL THEM
More Than Two Million Feet of.Lumber
Now Ready for Market and Four
Mills Cutting--Pay Roll Now
Over $4,000 a Month

Within the past few days splend-
id vein of Sewanee coal has been To-
Gated on the ]. H. Findlay Lumber
Company tract some seven miles
southeast of Crossville. The pros
pecting was done with a churn drill
and the coal was found to be seven
feet thick and has splendid top
that will render drift mining practi-
cable.
Mr.. Findlay owns 4,20O acres and
fully half of it is underlaid with
this coal. J. w. Lowman, a promi-
nent minerologist, of New Orleans,
La, has been here for some days and
has gone over the property and as
sisted in determining the place for
the prospect hole.
When seen by the Chronicle repor-
ter Mr.. Lowman talked freely and
stated the following in srhrtance: !:
He represents 4 grow of proaiinent
New Orleans financiers headed by
Benjamin D. Waldo, a prominent at
torney of that city.
Mr.. Lowman stated that the indi-
cations were very favorable for
there being oil also on the Findlay
property and that this company
planned to put down test we'll there
this fall. Mr.. Lowman also stated
that at a depth of about 120 feet be-
low the Sewanee vein there was also
another vein of Bon Air coal of six
feet. He had arrived at that judg-
ment by inspection of the topo-
graphy of the land and such general
information as applies to this section.
When the writer questioned J. H.
Findlay relative to his plans for
opening and operating this coal prop
erty he said in substance: He had
been informed that thee oal could be
reached by drift mining with an
opening that would require from 120
to $50 feet of dead work. He plans
to open the mine in time for fall
shipments. He will first build roads
to Crossvile and Grab Orchard and
haul the coal there by catterplllar
tractor and ship from these points.
He will expect to supply the needs
of Crossville and other convenient
points as well as to ship to the gen
1ral market.
j, H. Findlay came here from
Memphis about q year ago and |
,ouoht 5000 acres of what is known !
as the Powell tract, which was heaV- |
w timbered He now has four saw
Mills operating on the tract, has sew
rial trucks and one caterpillar trac-
or hauling ties and lumber to Cross
lille and Crab Orchard for shipment.
Ie has at this time more than two
million feet of lumber and ties ready
or the market and is shipping as
'apidly as he can secure cars.
Mr.. Findlay is a man of groad Vls-
on and a big heart. He gladly as
lists schools and other movements
hat are for the best interests of the
ountry. He has just arranged to
i've a site for a schoolhouse about
our miles north Of town and will al
o furnish a large part of the lumber
or the house.
He is a man who believes in high
ages for those who work for him
nd since he came here wages have
aiken quite rise due in large meas
re to his generous action. Since
e has been operating here his pay
oil has amounted to $4,000 a ,
lonth or more, and every indication
oints to his having ample means to
leet every demand. His operations {
ere thus far have been of great ben {
fit to our peopule. t
A short time ago he purchased t
900 acres of land north of town G
lat comes almost to the corporate a
ne and joins with the property that