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Coal Industry Notes From Gulf Operators Convention
Winding Gulf district delegates attended the eighth annual National Coal Association convention in Chicago at Edgewater Beach Hotel on June 17 18 and 19 led by E K White P M Snyder C H Mead J B Clifton F M, W P Tams Jr John Laing W A Richards G H Canerton S M Miller and George Wolfe. A slate fall at Eccles mine near Raleigh county nearly fatally trapped J P Horn while seven workers were present. April 1925 mine deaths total 142 with a 3.45 per million ton rate, vs 6.58 a year earlier. anthracite fatalities were 34 for April, rate 4.55 per million tons.
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Winding Gulf
National Coal Association
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Messrs
E& EK. White
E. E. White Coal ‘Company
Glen White
P. M. ‘Snyder
East Gulf ‘Coal Company
Mt. Hove
C. H. Mead
C. H. Mead Coal Company
Beckley
J. B. ‘Clifton
Ne ‘Coal Company
F. M
Alpha Beechville ‘Coal Company
Alpeca
W. P. Tams, Jr
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Tame
John Laing
MacAlvin Coal Company
Charleston
W. A. Richards
Pemberton Coal and Coke Company
Affinity
G. H. Canerton
Slabfork Coal Company
S. M. Miller
Eccles
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
Raleich County
New River District
Wentz
Philadelphia
J. P. Horn
Colonel Wentz
Fayette
Raleigh
Horn
United States
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Winding Gult Operators Association
Ree
Gulf Cration
West Vir- Sinia