The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-25

tors are: Everhart Bierer, Frank
G. Shriver, J, NJ, Wood, Lee X
Shriver. H. o. Greer,
The Maxwell Coal company Oh
| MOrguntown has been chartered to-
develop coal In CaSs district. THIS
company has Van authorized c9pE
talizRtion OF $4,000. The incor:
pOrators are: Ammon Deer, David
E, Adams, Cyrus H. Maxwell, n. Il
O'Neale, W. =; Glasscoek.
The Crest Coal company OF Nor
Eantown has been incorporRt
with 4 capital stock Of 800 90 !
| D. F. Dusenberry and A Q. 60fs
rinEton, OF Mount Morris. Pal Dom
| mick Furfari and Anthony LoTRn0
OF Morgantown, and E. H. DuSen'
berry, OF Star City.
The Roaring Crock Galleries
company will have part In tho ex'
teusive development Of Preston
| county's coal resources now under
way, having been organized Win 2
| view to operating In the kingwood
section. The company has capl'
tot stock OF $4,000 and Its organi.
zers were Everhart Bierer, Mo6l
Eantown; o. w. Hawley and II. II.
! Morgan, MRsontown; J. Mark
Feather Albright; s. P. Mitchell,
KlnEwood.
Capitalized at $4,000, the Fern
dell Coal company, which has been
financed largely by Fairmont busl.
ness men, Will develop coal proper
ty In the PhIlippl district OF Bar
| cour county Leading figures IN
the organization Of this company
are Attorney U. A. Knapp, Samuel
B. Brooks, Henry Q. Ross, Ray Pep
per, Madge Barnes, nll OF FairmonG
While nearly all the mines OF the
| II 8. Coal and Coke company are
in Mcdowell county in southern
West Virginia the purchase by tho
company OF the properties OF the
Midland Coal company indicate
that the subsidiary OF the United
| States Steel company Will also 1ops
crate on a large scale in Barbour
| county, where It Is proposed %
build a large plant and a number o.
miners' houses and other butldinBe,
} Among other new companies or,
| Canized to operate In the Preston
county field last week was sne,
| Lancaster Coal and Coke company
which will open mines in the ElAneG
! Creek section, This concern has g
capital of $4,000. II is backed BY
Pennsylvania people including Gds
ward A. Robson, Houston Rum 10.
seph II. Johnson, Samuel Aqukltna
| and Edward b. Lancaster, Char
leroi, and Frank Bertini, Elizabeth,
There was ndded to the list o.
several. companies formed to opers
ate In Preston county last week
} The Mary Coal company. capitalized
ct 100000. One Of the principal
| figures in the new company
Howard Cross, of Cumberland, Mds
is no stranger to West virginia
coal fields. Associated with him
in the project are H. R Poland ~
| A. Poland, J. L. Haust and u. Coz.
fellow, all OF Kingwood.
Coal Tract Sold
| Stone Bros, OF Untontown, Pa.i
have purchased tract OF 500 acres
bf Pittsburgh coal, on Simpson
| creek in the vicinity OF Smith chap.
eli of the M. e. church. HarTison
county, from John A, Holbert q
FaIrview, for more than $5g0ip0g.
It is reported that rights Of way
have been procured for a "A road.
which will be connected wte1s the
West Virginia and Pittsburgh diyi.
sion of the B. & o. railroad. Tho
coal underlies what Is known ~
the Van s. Moore farm in Moor4
hollow, and the old Seese farm on
Smith run and embraces part Qti
what Is known as the Steele nna.
Lodge farms.