The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-23
SEMINOLE GOAL
BEGAN LOADING
ON THURSDAY.
New Operation on Short
Line ToHaye Modern
Equipment
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Other Late News Of the
I7airmont Coal
Field
.4UILlIEE A T0NN.

What promises to be one Of the
largest operations In the Fairmont
region The Seminole Gas Coal
Company. Haywood junction, Har-
rison county loaded the first coal
from its new operation on Thurs
day Of this week. The company
owns s00lacres Of low sulphur coal,
which was secured from The Con-
solicitation Coal Company interests.
Eng cars of coal were loaded the
first day,
The plant is equipped with a
jeffrey endless belt ,conveyor and
can load from 2, 900 to $500 tons a
day, which may in time be devel-
oped to 1000 tons. The length Of
the belt Is 325 feet. A Jeffery al
ternating current arcwall machine
has alSo been installed. 1t is a
shaft proposition and probably Is
depth Of rs feet with a 80 per
cent slope The Seminole plant is
on The Short Line Of the B. & o.
system.
r. 9. Douglass, general manager.
and A. %. Carr, chief engineer,
both of Cincinnati, were present on
Thursday when the first ceal~was
loaded.
Twenty-Five new houses arc cree.
ted on the sitesand 1t is understood
that ten additional ones will be
built The company is all set for
the production Of coal.
Us In Region.
b, Hopkins, Columbus, of the
Jeifery Manufacturing Company,
is II the Carolina mine of The
Consolidation Coal Company Incl
dent to work on bottom arc wall
machines.
Service Station Here.
w NJ. Mckee, Pittsburgh, dis
triet manager Of. the Jeffery Manu-
featuring Company and NJ. R. Mil
len, Columbus, chief Of service sta
lions viii conc to the. Fairmont
region next Tuesday, Plans are
being made by the Jeffrey Manu-
iaetnritlg Company to locate a
wafehcuse In Fairmont as service
supply station for the JefFery
equipment
IS Loading Coal.
The Hutton Coal Company, To-
Gated at Gore station on the Short
Line pf the B. & o. l.. R., Is now
loading four cars IF coal day.
Recertly IL secured an overtime
rear contract.
Home From Trip.
Ernest Hutton, Fairmont repre-
sentative of the Jeffrey Manufac-
turing Company, this week return
cd from q trip to White Sulphur
Springs. w. Va.
In Northern w. Va.
On Thursday Isl mines out of
52a operations loaded 924 cars of
coal ia Northern West Virginia.
Daily Shipments.
Of the Monongah division, B. &
q. II. r. on Friday there were Al
cars o. coal loaded to the lakes and
five cars loaded to Curtis Bay.
Mines onithe Charleston division,
%. q %, r.. r., on Friday loaded
IN cars of coal to Curtis Bay.
Fridays r. r. Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading off the
.Monongahs division, B. & o. R. R.
ON Friday aggregated 1875 cars of
coal 81 which the B. g. o. R. R.
secured 16 cars.
Thus far this week there were
1888 ears Of railroad fuel loaded of
which the B. & 20, R. R. secured
800 cars.
OF the Charleston division, b.
e q. Il. r, on Friday there were
10 cars Of railroad fuel loaded of
WHICH 8 cars were secured by the
B. G OK r. r,
Weekly Loading.
More coal will be loaded in the
Eaitnont region this week than
lastSwhen 4 i210 cars were produced.
Including Fridays tonnage this
week thus far has loaded 4,206 cars
~ coal Sor Just four less than all
d last week loaded. There should
be between 450 and 525 cars of coal
loaded; which would bring up the
aggregate for the week to 1890
cafs or more.
Thus far this week the mines
along the Monongah division, B, &
g. y r. loaded $3.50 cars; the
Mcnongahela railway in West Vir-
sinia, ,05a cars and the Western
Aafyllnd 317 cars. During the
issst fye days Of this week the
Wines along the Charlestons divis.
.ipns 3. a o. r. R. loaded 2S7 cars
ard the Monongahela in Pennsyl.
feniR $40 cars