The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-22
Ran Just $50 Tons Great
re Last Week Than
Previous Week
MI MING IHS1ITUTE
y. Callen to be One Of the
Speakers at Clarks-
} burgers Banquet

Mines OF Northern West Virginia
held their own last week N tho way
81 production, loading jus. '15O tons
more than tho previous week. Last
weeks total wns 322,900 tons.
The Loading was as follows: B..
a. a System-M -Monongah division,
eny5 tons; Charleston. division,
u tons; Connellsvllle division
tons; Cumberland division,
90 tons; hIonongahela railway,
lO toms: Morgantown and
Feeling, 1850 tons: Western
ENryIand system, Bingamon & Hell
6 Run, $3.50 tons; Beltngton
Northern. S,40o tons.
Arranging Banquet.
2NIt Is expected that one OF the
Gsakers at the banquet OF the
GlArksburg Mining Institute to be
ne1d on Thursday evening. Decem'
ber 9Th, at the Waldo hotel, Will be
Dr. "a. c. Callen, Morgantnwn' head
Of the department OF mining engl-
neering at West Virginia UniTer:
IVY Tho committee ts very active
making arrangements for the ban.
dus Members OF the committee
are q, D. schlegel, chairman. VIII
ham McOlwin and Ralph A. Brown.
Il C. K. Brown, OF the mining extern
sion school. w. V. o., Morgantown,
speke on the advance and retreat
sJseem IN coal mining.
Price Conditions.
Price conditions have not been
pleasing by any means In this re-
zion. gWhile prices vary greatly do.
1endifiR on con dttions It was report.
aI today that several cars OF Slack
were. dIsposcd OF at $1.70. The Price
Snoeafs to range anywhere from
~ b to $170 for slack.
PersouaI Mention,
Reed, Of the Fairmont &
s Snntnwn Coal Co, Is In. Keyser,
m. va, on a several days trip.
4. q. Drum, of Fl. c. Drum & Co.,
roal brokers, has been Ill nt his
iome In this city for more than 4
Samuel D. Brady, Of the Brady
nkI Corporation. left Monday night
sor al business trip to Now York
Daily r. r. Fuel.
Railroads continue to be the chief
nsunerB OF coal from the Fair
mont region. This was self evident
n the fact that the carriers Sc.
cured 1874 cars OF the 5SS cars OF
soal loaded on the Monongah divt.
sfon, B. so. r. R., on Monday. The
s. & o. secured 17s cara Of the to.
I'll while 146 cars we're secured by
Eoreign railroads.
Daily Shipments.
Z. "A lull was noticed in Curtis Boy
,hfS nents yesterday and only 80
sars passed to that coal pier on the
MnnonEah division, B. & o. Pier
shipments generally were short yes
erdaY.
There we're 62S cars OF coal load
Eeast and "a cars west. The four
sSrrs Of coke loaded all went west.
Monday's Loading.
tGoal loading in the Fairmont re-
StAn on Monday aggregated LOGS
s. This while somewhat lower
,Han some Mondays is right fair
Iyerage compared to Mondays for
he mai jority OF the Mondays of No
gent sr. In fact the loading ran
l34 cars stronger than the regional
production on Monday of last week.
Mines along tho Mouongah divi-
lion, B. & o. r. r., on Monday to-
.sled 5SS cars or Just eight cars
more than Monday OF last week.
Sinety-four cars OF coal we're pro
tuced by mines along tho Western
Maryland railway while operations
dong the Monongahela held their
itFd BY loading 3S6 cars.
psuductton on the Charleston di'
isibn, E. & o. r. r., on Monday ag.
yregated rs cars while on the NO
1ongahela railway IN Pennsylvania
Ia Monday there wero S19 cars OF
coal loaded
~ Mining Conditions,
Exactly tho same number OF
mines are Idle today as on Monday
Cconiiuusd on paEs fourl