The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-18
MUCH INTEREST
INNEW CLASSES
It Point to Large
Attendance at Mining
Schools.

Interest In tie mining school
classes Of Northern West Virginia
e on the increase. The unusual
Showing Of last year is about to be
eaualled H not surpassed. Judging
t$om the Increased demand for
mining school classes it is safe In
predicting that the growth will
even be more pronounced than
last year.
Two additional towns in North.
ern West Virginia want classes
They are Beechwood and Almina.
y is safe to state that the towns
having classes will do their best
10 hold up the attendance for fear
OF losing them. Four additional
Towns in the region now want
classes. Grant Town and Wyatt
also being in the list of towns de-
string classes.
There is some talk. also of an
additional instructor being put on
the work In Northern West vir-
ginia. Nothing definite has been
worked out as yet along this line
The first mining school class Of
the week will be started tonight
N the Hutchinson Coal Co.
Building at Mt. Clare. On Tues.
day evening the Clarksburg class
Will meet in tile Traction Com.
pany Building. The Carolina class
Will hold its first session in the
school building on. Wednesday
evening. At shinnston the class
Will meet in the high school build
Ing on Thursday evening. The
Fairmont class will hold its first
session at the, Fairmont High
sschool annex on Friday evening.
Geological Survey
sort coal production in the Unit
Sd States for the week ending
September 16. Is not expected to
excedd 100000 tons. Over the
three weeks period following gen.
eral resumption OF mining under
the Cleveland agreement produc-
ton has been at ratio less than
a.500,000 tons week.
The tonnage for the week end.
ing September 2 includes the pro-
auction Of the principal union
i,eius tnst nao signed up me
sNe5ano agreement. operators
slghea up WIN tne union IN tne
~ sstate e., Oh. Mashington on. august 81,
on the Connellsville and other
.<aon union fields Of Pennsylvania,
5seorges creek, upper F0tomac
paris OF NorLhern west virginia
anu the Y; q " portion OF tue
akanawna red.
percentage OF present tull Time
output produced IN the Dltumlnous
Fields making weekly reports tor
ne.weeK enalng september z. m
GUIDED the o!Iowing. west virginia
Spmoerlana-fie1mont iov:S. FaE:'
mont 4!.S; winal9g Huit u Foca-
hontas 3D.. tug River S4.5. Kama
VIVA, 1872. Logan col henoSa-
Whacker o1.1 Fennsyivahla'Con-
nellsyllle, COKE OUTPUT Az per cent
9eiog ne eseFln a.e,S ".u " pr csn'
below 1871 average: Westmore-
-
1876.
During August IL tld lew dump
ings declined 1,eIE,Voo net tons. .
compared with July but a decrease
OF approximately % per cent as
compared with june:
Soft coal shipments 10 Lake
iErie ports under tne summation
~ priorttes increased 90 per
Vent during inc week ending sep
TENDER ~ over the preceding
week. The ore ana coai O Gxchange
reported q to.a is St . .1eS go IONS IONS
dumped as against ,46S.242 tons
the week before. VI that total
es2.724 tons wer cargo coal and
S4.5Q2 tons were vessel fuel.
Stocks on Lake superior docEs
on September ]. were 1888 tons
ofsanthracite and l2o,SS4 tons Of
bttumtnous coal aGalnct I56'5S5
4NAs OF anthracite and 64s,6OS
Dls OF bituminous coal on Aug
fuse 4.
Coal shipments out OF the Fair