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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-03

week 1856 loads of freight were
moved east Of the Grafton gateway
and over the Alleghenies OF which
1879 cars were coal. Freight loade
showed a decrease OF SS1 loads
which coal movement was COS cars
short OF the previous week. There
were, however, several hundred cars
of coal hanging over from the pre-
vious week.
The Poorest Week.
Last week proved to be the poor.
est week in the poorest year for the
soft coal industry when the region
loaded but 2,789 cars, the weakesf
loading since early In April. Mines
along the Monongah division, B. &
O., loaded 1870 cars or less than
100 cars stronger than the record
daily loading on the DIVISION, sos
cars which was established on De.
cember II, 1920.
Regional Loading.
During December the Fairmont
region loaded Ss4,S50 tons of coal.
The production along the, Monon.
gah division, B. & O., was. 10,4si
cars: Western Maryland, 1,151
, cars: Monongahela in West Wiz
ginia, S,0s1 cars. Operations ID the
Pennsylvania district OF the Monon.
gahcla last month loaded $3.50 cars.
Weekly idIeness.
Along the Monongah division, b.
g. o. r. r.. last week there were
/ ,056 mines chalked up as idle or a
daily average Of 211 or about the
same as tho previous week although
some of the larger operations did
not work as steady last week MS be,
fore which accounts for the dimln.
ishing tonnage.
Eastern Loading.
BY far the bulk Of coal loaded
last week off the Monongah dlyt.
sion, B. G O., went to the east,
there having been 1900 loads while
to the west the total was 169 cars.
While Is cars OF coke were loaded
on the division last week, these and
three distrest coke loads were
moved, four to the east and 70 to
the west,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-03

New York engineer proposes a
system Of high speed subways TO,
be bored at q great depth through
solid rock.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-03

Mechanical railroad orderds
liverers have been Installed nlsnf
rs miles Of heaIdaiio division 81
the Northern Pacific
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-03
NAMED MINISTER

BUDAPEST, Jan. 3.-Count
Lasgo S2echenci has been an
pointed Hungarian minister to
the United States.
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II. n. Euel Lessens

~ ~ WI IV0VVIIos
Railroad fuel shipments of the
Monongah division, B. 6 o., last
week totnled SOS carloads or ISL
cars short of the previous week. or
that total 43S cars OF coal went to
the B. & 0. railroad individually.
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Weekly Movement.
Largely due to the holidays the
coal loading was restricted and OF
course this would also be apparent
In the freight movement. Last
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18
DOrval Park Entries.

First Race-Claiming: 3-year-
olds and up: six furlonCs: Bac-
chanalian, 11O: Dairyman, 10: sSir
Callahan. H., los: Mister Jiggs. 1O7;
'FlyinE Orb, los: Financial Roos-
ter. lO3; Pittsburg. 10: Mess Kit.
lO5; BLACK Baby. 1O5: Fair Lassie.
1O7: Joe S. 1OJ: Kehoma. 1O3. Also
eligible. 'Bab. 1902; Golden Rod. 1O3:
Al Pierce, 1903: ChincoteaGue. IO3.
Second Race-Claiming: 3-year-
olds; five and one-haIf furlongs:
Blue China. lO7: Water Tax. 105.
Veronica. 100: Uptown. 100: Fitz-
rue. 1o7; Richard Murray. 1O1:
'WormwOOd. 100.
Third Race-Claiming: Swear
olds and up: six furIonCs: Rro-
mclta, 113: Mumbo Jumbo 100.
Happy Go Lucky. los: "Ku Klux.
1O4; 'Crest. 100" Charlotta Smith.
%; Assume. III; End Man. lOs;
Mike. 1O5; quaker. 100; Aunt Lin,
IS: "War Fox. 95.
Fourth Race-Claiming: 3-year
Olds and up; one mile and seventy
yards: Dark Hill. ia: Charles I
Craigmile. 1O4; Purl. 80: 'Roister-
er. 81; The Enquirer. 104: paula
v. 1902; Duke Ruff. 80; Lucky
Girl. 81.
Fifth Race-Claiming: s-year-
olds and up; mile and one-six-
teenth: Harry NJ. Stevens. 11O:
Weary, 107; Marse Jimmy. 1OG
Smart Money, 1O4; 'Fizer. 102:
"John Arbor. 9S: sBriarcIiff, 95:
'Glenn. 10s: Viva Cuba, 107: Myrt,e .
Crown, 105; Spectacular Girl. 1O2.
'Draftsman. 100: 'Counsil. 9s; .The
Clockmender. 102.
Sixth Race-Claiming: Swear
olds and up: mile and one-sixteenth:
Beckna. 1o7: Ramon H., IO7: Dolly
G.. 1903: Crimson Rambler. 1o2:
'Thistle Queen. 9s; miss Dixie,
9S: Mouettc, 9S: Fireworth. Io7:
Aph. 103: +. G. King. 103: Plural
ity. 100: 'My Rose, 9S: .HIgh olym-
pus. 9S: "Clean Sweep. %.
seventh Race-Claiming: owners
consolation for 3-year-olds and up:
mile and a furlong: Captain Evans.
1O7: Rhymer. 1O3: Toss Up. 10J;
'Kebo, 9S: 'Sassano Boy. 90; DoyI,.
9S: Plantarede. 107: Tan II, 1903;
Pierre-a- -Peu. 1O3: Hercules. ~;
Indian Prince, 50.
Apprentice allowance claimed
Weather clear: track fast
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18
.CZECHMONEY MORE THAN
DOUBLES in VALUE IN 1922
Increases "Cover" for Notes to l3 Per Cent and
Reduces Circulation.

PRAGUE. Sept. 1.-THE only Eu-
ropean currency which has recently
increased in value is the Czech
crown. About year after the
armisticc the Austrian crown
was still worth half Czech
crown, and the German mark
was quoted above par in Prague.
Today. however. the Czech crown
has a value in Vienna of l.l0O Aus
trian crowns. and in Berlin a
value Of 40 German marks. In Mi
Ian it is worth more than half a
lira. and in Paris more than a third
of the French franc. All over Eu-
rope it is considered "A sound cur
rency in which it is possible to
make business calculations without
becoming lost In astronomical fig
ures.
Czecho- -Slovakia is surrounded by
countries in which financial and
commercial transactions in the
proper sense of the word are well
nigh impossible. 1t is only neccs-
sary to cross the border line into
this country and the effect of being
able to make business calculations
in sound currency is Immediately
apparent. Industry and commerce
get their profits. not by gambling
on a further decline in the value
of the domestic currency. as in
Germany or Austria. but by hard
work. If disputes arise between
employers and workmen they have
none of the Bolshevist aspects
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18
Aqueduct Entries.

First Racc-Selling; 3-year-oIds
and up; 6lz furlongs. Clough Jor-
dan. 113: Cum sab. 1lS: Regal Lodge.
los: Blue Teal. 100: Zealot. 1O3 :;
Wild Heather. 1OS: So 1t Goes. III;
"Valentia. 1876: Sea Mint. 123: Doves
Roost. 1903: Doughnut, 1913; Amanda
Poey. 1913; Good Time. 1903; Nulcain
Park. 1903; Gladiator. los.
Second Race - StceplcChasc: 4
year olds and up; about . miles. "The
Virginian. 1856; Frank b.. 149: "Mo-
hican. IA; New Haven. l39; "Grena-
dier, 146.
Third Racc-Conditions: for =
year Olds; furlongs. Cape Clear,
10; Dunleigh, 1O5; RigcI. 1875: Bay
Onet, lO5; Hell Gate, 1915: FuIl"n.
lOj; Frank G. 10; Great Man, 12O;
'Coeur de Lion. 10: Spot Cash
10.
Fourth Race The Bayvfew
handicap; 3-ycar-oIds and up: |
and one sixteenth miles. Irish
Brigadier. 9S: Bon Homme. l12,
Lucky. us; Hephaistos 104: John
Paul Jones. ITO; Capt. Alcock. 112;
Southern Cross, 109.
u III INdNt-Nld 0-NedT-
Olds up: l mile. Canyon. 90: Ealor.
115: King Albert. 1l6: Wylie, 104;
Overtake. 80; 'Quesada. "a: Dan
Boiling. 1O4; "Violinist. ia; Winnie
come. 100.
Sixth Race-Madien fllies; g
year-olds: 5 furlongs. Amusement
III: Waterfeather. ia; Destina-
tion, ia; Lady Rose. ia; Hour
Bel. ia; FIJI de Fer. ia: Pow Wow.
ia; Recoup. ia; How Fair. ia;
Ethnee. ia: Mormaw. ia; Great
Lady, ia: Mazepha. III: Panchoes
ia: Chiffon, ia; Contour, ia:
Runetta, ia: Faithful Girl, ia;
Marionette. ia; Runcarol. ia;
West Pittston. ia; Speed Ball, ia;
Wawona, ia; Belphrizonia. ia.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear: track fast
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18

gtn gndB Firms
Washington Stock Exchange Transactions

following a
close OF business Friday, September Is,
FURNISHED Ii. and Comp
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18

, noted elsewhere in Central Europe,
like bargaining over wages. In
Germany or Austria, when such a
dispute arises. both parties appear
to win, for the settlement usually
means that both get more money
higher wages and higher prices
hut both soon find themselves with
less purchasing power than before
their quarrel began.
Some Sacrifice Involved.
1t is to be noted. however. that
the systematic restoration Of nor
NAL conditions necessarily involves
certain amount of sacrifice by in
dividuals for the common good Of
the nation. Consequently it is not
surprising that some groups are
dissatisfied with the course Of
events. This is particularly the
case with the German and Magyar
minOrities. Sound currency means
moderate profits-at least nothing
like the enormous paper profits
realized in the rest Of Central Eu-
rope. Consequently there is an in
f1ationist party. which wants the
government to run the printing
presses and make life easier" For
/ tunately. these elements belong
chiefly to the foreign groups that
have little or no political influence.
The CZechs and Slovaks are patri-
otic and welcome the necessary sac
ritices in order to eliminate the
decentralization due to note printing
and the profiteering that goes
with it.
Cover Equals IL Per Cent.
The present circulation of Czecho-
Slovak currency amounts to 1916
OOO. 900 crowns. In March. 1919, when
the currency system was made COM
pletely Independent of that of Aus
tria-Hungary, the new government
accepted as national obligation
10.09T. 900. 600 crowns of paper circu-
lation. In the forty months of its
Independent existence there has
been slight decrease, while
that Of many other countries
has enormously increased. The
The value Of the cover" for
the Czech currency is now esti-
mated at 1.571.OOO.OOO crowns, con-
sistinE of assets with foreign banks
payable in gOOu currency to the
amount of 1000. 900 and G9c,SOO :
600 in specie. The total cover is
! therefore 13 per cent
! 1t has been interesting to note the
! skillful tactics of the banking de-
| partment of the government. Dur
| ing July the crown made severa
advances. but in each case heav!
sales originating in this country
caused a slight drop in the quota
tions. While the crown was thus
enjoying its boom there was an in
crease in it's circulation Of 1S7. 200
600, but meanwhile the cover wa!
increased by 295 100000 Thus tn,
| government was making a prof
from an obvious generalization of it;
currency in foreign markets in or
der to enhance its intrinsic value
1t sold crowns abroad and convert
ed the proceeds into a cover. unit
the advance in the foreign value ot
the crown was actually justified b,
its improved position as regards re-
serves for its redemption. The sell
ing of crowrs in small amounts ant
building up the cover to 13 per cen'
reveal the fact that behind this bus
mess there was a master mind Of
finance.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18
Lexington Entries.

First Race-Purse. $1,000; claim
ing; for 3-year-olds and up; 6 fur
longs. Comedie d'Armour. 95:
Stamp. 9s: Treasurer. l01: Ground
swell, l05: Cock O. the Roost. l06:
Homo" Man. lO7; Archie Alexander,
los: Bobby Shea. los; Rapid Stride.
lO9; Trooper. lOo; Carnarvon. 1l3.
Second Race-Purse. 81 l.OO0: for
maiden 3-year-olds: fillies: bl9 fur
longs. Betty Mae. 1l2: Van Rose.
112: DuIcy. ll2; Permarco. 112:
Sweet Cookie. ll2: Probable. ll2:
Beach Beauty. 1l2: Blue Bird. ll2:
Sweet Lady. ll2; Golden BilIows. ll2:
Grass Maid. ll2; Prestolite. ll2: Zoe.
l12: WhItleieather. 112: Eastern
Star. 112: Lottie Mint, 1I2; Put and
Take. l12: HesCulina. ll2. Camden
and Milan entry.
Third Race-Pursc. $1,000: claim
ing; for 3-year-olds and up; ll-ls
IL: -. Hvsteria 1O5; Moon winks.
80: Mildred. 101; Michael ]. DAILY.
1906: Duke of Wellington. lO5; Pa
haska. los: Whippet, 105: LONELINESS.
loo: Puzzle. lO9.
Fourth RaCe-Claiming: $1,000.
the Kempland for S-year-olds; 81,
furloRSs: 'Jou Jou. 9S; sCrestwood
Roy, 100: Iottic Lorraine. 100: Roy
From Home. 1902: Whirl. 1902; Settle.
81; Janku. 1903; Ounce Garden. IO5:
Commander McMeekin. l07; Spats.
los: Lord Allen. lis.
Fifth Race-Purse. $1,000: for .
year-olds: five and a half furlongs:
Romping Mary, 9S; Full Spoon, lOl
Lavinia. l03; Nuili Secundus, IO5
Taylor Hay. 104: Lishen. los: Chiva,
105: Eustem. l06; Finday. 107: Dan
Hogan, los: Glen Co'e. Ill: Childs
Play, us: Who Knows Me. los.
Sixth Race-Purse. $1,000: for g
year-olds and up: one mile and an
eighth: Georgette. 100: Mr.. CRATER,
103: 'Walnut Hail. los; Escarpu-
lette. l0T; Merchant. ITO; Raider,
1l2.
Seventh Race-Purse. $1,000; for
3-year-olds and up; one mile and a
sixteenth: Locust Leaves. 81: Co
lussus, 9s: Sempronis, SO; Split
Grass. 80; Dancing Spray, l02; Dulce
Tokalon, 1O2; Miss Prosperity, 10.:
Harlock, 104; Hyamon, l05; The
Swimmer. 1l2.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-18

With the return TO town of Coach
Charley Guyon the Seat Pleasant
Club has issued a call for its foot
ball candidates, who are asked to
report for their first practice Mon
day evening, September is. at p. m.
A very strong schedule has been
made for the coming season and IN
view of the fact that the strong
Mohawk team will be met on the
third Sunday in October no time
will be lost getting the team in
shane.
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where it is relieved of its return cargo
of copper in solution.
Filling in was begun on the lowest
level of the fire area more than 1000
feet beneath the surface. The under
ground crews at the outset encoun-
tered almost intolerable temperatures
and gas in such quantities that it was
imperative constantly to use oxygen
machines Yet throughout the 80 odd
months of ceaseless labor under the
most abnormal conditions there has
been only one accident of material con-
sequence and only one life lost. Com
pared with fatalities frequently at
tending fires in surface structures
where gas is not present and every
hazard within the ken of ALL this is
considered a remarkable record.
Battle With Gas.
A further idea of the size of the task
undertaken is afforded by the state
ment that one of the first requirements
was to drive thousands of feet Of new
drifts and crosscuts on the lowest
levels in order to establish sludge pipe
lines in contact with the fire. This
was done by men who so far have put
in more than 100000 working shifts in
regions hotter by 20 to 40 degrees than
normal mine workings, where tenn
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-11
How Anaconda Company is Smothering
Fire That Has Been Raging Under
ground for Sixteen Years

nically subsidence-prevented by the
I filling of old workings.
These collateral results, from hu.
manitarian standpoint are even more
important than the recovery of the
abandoned ores, great though that may
be, for they establish an additional
factor of safety and comfort for the
men whose working days are spent
deep within the bosom of the earth.
The process as developed is uncom-
plicated. 1t is an adaptation of an
idea evolved in 1884 by fire fighters
at coal mine in the Schuylkin region
ot Pennsylvania The same idea was
employed latterly again in Pennsylya-
MIA and also in Belgium, Australia ana
in the Rand district OF South Africa
to fill in exhausted workings and pre-
vent surface caying.
Sand, decomposed rock and other
materials which came originally from
the Slopes and were discarded as tail
ings in the process Of copper extrac-
ton, simply have been turned back
underground into the deeply buried
fire area. Water. which in many cases
has proved its uselessness as an ex-
tinguisher of subterranean fires, Is
used for transpOrtation-a common
carrier 1t conveys the tailings in the
form of silt down to the fire regions,
1900 to 200 feet underground, where
the oap-like slime fills the abandoned
drifts, crosscuts and slopes, and liter
ally smothers the fire.
The soft, muddy sludge, gathered up
from a pond of tailings, seeps into
every crack and crevice of the broken
ore bodies or mine walls through
which fire can creep, and drying, re-
mains to be dug up in the years to
come when the salvaged areas are re-
worked. Meanwhile the water having
served its purpose. it is led to the mine
pumps and by them forced immedi-
ately back to the surface saturated
with copper, which is recovered in a
great precipitation plant The water
pours over quantities of discarded tin
cans and iron junk and gives up its
copper content before it passes on into
the drainage bitches.
The recovery is said to be sufficient
in amount to defray in great part the
cost of the fire fighting system. Tests
carried out by IL. J. Rahilly, mine fire
superintendent of the Anaconda com
pany. and other engineers, show that
since the sludge process was intro
duced the content of the copper water
pumped from the three mines involved
has been increased two to three fold.
Four Years of Fire Fighting.
Though uncomplicated, the task of
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-11

IGHTING FIRES IN mines is Z
- slow, tedious costly-and unit
now virtually a hopeless-propo-
sition. Ever since mining began
ages probably before Solomons min
ions jumped the claims OF the Arabs at
Ophir and drew therefrom the gold and
gems with which to glorify his gor-
geous temple at Jerusalem it has been
regarded as a task almost as bootless
as an attempt to cool the incandescent
interior of an active volcano
Let 1t burn" has been generally the
policy wherever fires underground
have advanced beyond the ignition
stage, despite the huge losses entailed
through the forced abandonment of
valuable ore bodies.
Rich mines In many parts OF the
world have been burning for genera
tions. their vast stores of wealth
guarded securely from the hands Of
man by barriers of deadly gasses and
rock walls white with the heat of fires
smoldering beyond. Wherever mining
on a large scale has been carried on
for any length of time, whether for
metals. coal or precious stones there
are tales to be heard of quenchless
fires in the bowels of the earth that
have driven men from a fascinating
and favorite pursuit
But underground CONGREGATIONS are
no longer to be considered unquencha-
bic. The policy of abandonment and
resignation to fate is superannuated.
In the Butte district a process or
method Of fire fighting has been de-
veloped by engineers of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company which is sal
Vageing an ore body of tremendous eX-
tent Fires which have been burning
10 or 16 years in three connecting
mines are being smOthered under Il
million tons of mud. And by the end
of 1922 two million tons of metallifer-
GUS ores, containing, according TO OK
pert estimates. at least $4,000 tons of
copper will be once more accessible. /
says the Anaconda Standard
More Safety for Miners
A great part of this store of wealth
already has come within the reach of
the miners. Not only that, but large /
areas of underground workings in |
which there has been no fire, but |
which We're dangerous because of the /
infiltration of poisonous gasses, have |
been freed of the noxious vapors gen
Grated by the sulphides and other COM
bustible cOmponents Of the ores. Ven
tilation, an essential prerequisite to /
deep mine operation, is being further
improved; temperatures are being re-
duced, and ground movements-tech-
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peratures often exceeded So F. The
underground crew includes $50 miners
and muckers, half of whom were
trained by mine rescue experts in the
use of oxygen apparatus, and is ce-
ment-gun men, whose duty it was
chiefly to construct bulkheads and air
locks built as additional safeguards for
the men whenever it was necessary to
approach a fire-filled stope. Up to
the present time these men and their
guns have used almost 10000 cubic
yards of sand and 100000 sacks of ce-
ment-
While nlling-in Proceedeo on the
lowest level, the miners, timbermen
and muckers were on the level above
clearing out old passages or driving
and timbering new drifts and crosscuts
toward the upper fire areas Old seal
ing and walling-off bulkheads We're
blasted out and powerful, electrically
driven fans emplaced to beat back at
taclSs of gas and heat which other
wise might have been overwhelming.
Whenever the heat became unbearable
in the approach to burning slopes, the
diamond drills, in charge of Engineer
Engel and manned by SS experts, We're
called into play. Frequently these air
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1919. Two years ago he became super
intendent of the Anaconda phosphate
properties in Idaho. During the in
term and since his transfer Mr. Ra-
hilly. who started as his assistant has
had charge of the work.
The first move after the decision to
adopt the sludging process was TO
drain the shaft of the old Reins mine,
short distance to the eastward of the
Leonard mine in Meaderville, a Butte
suburb. Then a flume two feet wide
and eight inches deep was built to con-
meet the Reins shaft with the tailings
pond almost a mile distant This Gume
was given a grade sufficient to assure
the flow of the heavily silted fluid even
during the worst winter storms
Two pumps were installed in shafts
driven down to bedrock in the pon6
for lifting the slime into the nume
At the Reins shaft a huge, water tight
wooden box was constructed to re-
ceive the sludge from the nume, an6
from this, by way of two large spigots
the fire smothering material flowed
into a six-inch pipe which led down
into the shaft At two or three differ
ent levels, about 200 feet apart. sludge
relay stations were established. In
12OO-fOot drop it is necessary to break
the course of the water; otherwise no
mechanical device would withstand the
shock of the impact As it is, heavy
iron plates, four inches thick, against
which the sand charged liquid dashes
for drops of 200 feet at a time, are
worn through in the course of three or
four months, while it has been neces-
sary to replace worn out pipes of cast
and wrought iron only in a few in
stances.
Protecting the Workers.
Nothing was left to chance or the
expedient of the moment For the
subsurface crew highly developed oxy-
gen breathing devices were assembled;
a comprehensive telephone system was
established, connecting every working
level with the chiefs post of command
and with the flume head at the tailings
pond, while a series of automatic in
struments were installed not only to
record exactly the proportions of solids
and fluids going down into the fire
zone. but to measure the quantity used
This was important, for it was es-
sential to keep track of the water
flowing in to prevent Accommodations in
sufficient quantities either to strain
bulkheads and retaining walls, or to
create flood hazard A constant
check maintained by these Instruments |
both at the intake and at the point OF |
discharge shows that every gallon Of I
water going into the fire area fingers
only long enough to unload its care |
of silt before being summoned to the |
plant on the 2SO0-foOt level
of the Leonard mine to begin its up
ward journey to the precipitation PLAN
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Beginning the Work.

1t was then decided that the adoption
of some other process was imperative.
&c. L. Berrien. now general superin-
tendent of the mines, but at that time
an assistant, borrowed the idea en-
ployed in the Pennsylvania coal mine,
In that case the solid material used
was refuse from the culm bank. Mr.
Berrien elected to use the sand and
earthly material to be found in the
tailings. For nearly two years tailings
from the Black Rock mill of the Butte
& Superior Mining company were en-
ployed, but when this mill shut down
temporarily in December. 1920, hy-
draulicking system was established
connected with a pond to the north
ward of the burning area.
c. E. Nighman. as mine fire super
intendent, carried out the preliminary
work. But he went into the army in
1918, and was away until February