The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-18
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In recen, issue of saward:s.
Journal. New York City the
growth. of the Consolidation Coal
/ Co.. is reviewed. Some interesunS,
! comparisons are set forth
The article is as follows
..The Consolidation Coal Co..
} produced s 66S,S5S tons OF coal IN
1891. which mopares with $500,
I 427 tons in 1920 and 11.722,3S4 tons,
Tin 1915
The company began operations
! in 1864. when it produced 1855
! tons In 1868. the auarter-miilioi
mark was passed, production for
that year being eS7 sos tons TWO
/ years later the output exceeded a
/ half-million tons. the exact figures,
] being $50. 100 tons.
From then on the rate or
/; growth was much slower. Tor II,
was not until 1887 that the million
! mark was reached and passed. IN
I! that year the company's mines
turned out / .049,215 tons.
For the next dozen years or so
! only slight gain was recorded; IN
:: 1SUV Iiie pEOOdSlioh SSoSH
| 314 tons. !
Then began the era of mergers,
! the first property absorbed by the
: Consolidation being the Fairmont
Coal Co.. AS a result. the COM
T. pany's output took sudden jcump,
/! amounting TO 4.421 ,033 tons in
! 1901 Then the Somerset Coal co.
/. was absorbed and the output was
! practically doubled within year
Z! amounting to $3.50 79S tons in
! 1902.
10000, ooo-Ton Mark in 1906
/ -Four years later. in 1906 the
F, ten-million mark was passed. the.
/! production for the year being To-.
! 3s5 .256 tons. The highest output
ever attained by the company was
in 1915-11,7 22.3s4 tons The fol-
| lowing years output was nearly as
/, large. however amounting to H..
1o7 ,6S4 tons. which was a decrease
of only about a half million tons. /
! "Since then the tendency has
/ been downward. in spite of the
new developments in KentuckEA
: In 1918. when the war demand WIS
at its highest and every effort Was
being made to increase the coal
/ output the company produced only
! S.052,010; and in 1920, when the
| demand was also exceedingly strong
! the figure stood at $500 .437 tons.
;; and in 1921 it dropped to 6.66S,S5s:
| The falling off in tonnage last
year. is. of course. accounted foi
by business depression, but the
fact that the company did not pr2 /
duce a much coal in 1918 and 1920
as it did during several pre-wsr
| years was due to car shortage IN
earlier years while there wasi
sometimes more or less OF car
shortage. it did not assume the
/ same proportions during and fol
lowing the war !
Buys New River Coal
The Eastern Coal & Mining Co |
Cumberland, Md, recently pur-l
chased 5000 acres of coal land
along the New River near Hinton.
w. Va, in which there are 10000
900 tons of coal according to cal,
culations. 1t is reported that in
excess of 100000 was paid for the
block of coal land The tract ext
tends as far as Glade Creeksin RI |
leigh County. = railroad is being
built to tap this virgin coal lano
Carlton Plant
The Carnegie Steel Co. is prepar-i
ling to double the capacity OF its
SldlI lOn bS SoAh~
the Monongahela Valley. so that
the Steel Corporation will be less
dependent on the beehive ovens in
the Connellsville region for it's
coke supply in the Pittsburgh dis
trict. Plans were completed before
the strike began, but the walk-out
has caused the preliminary work -
be speeded up. The plant now has
76s ovens and about 500 additional
ovens will be built. it is UNDER
stood.
This is the largest by-productt
plant in the country and its pres!
ent coal consumption is said to be
around II. 900 tons per day. In spite,
of the strike. coal is reaching
Clarion at the rate of $4,000 tons,
daily on the average. Normally:
it is supplied by mines in the Mon
ongahela Valley. the coal being
shipped by barges; but with the
tying up of some of these mines
the Steel Corporatiodn has been &c
tanning tonnage a1l-rail from south
ern west Virginia and eastern Ken
lucky. Some of it is produced at
its own mines in those districts hu:
the corporation has also been bny-
ing freely from other producers.
Latest figures to be given ous
show that the Clarion plant has 4
reserve coal supply Of well over!
100000 tons.
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