Production Trends In West Virginia Smokeless Fields
The weekly report notes improving coal demand and expanding exports amid ongoing car shortages and labor shortages. Output in Kanawha Logan and northern West Virginia fields hovered around sixty to eighty percent capacity, with tidewater shipments rising and lake movements easing. Several mines resumed while idle capacity declined as transportation and manpower constraints eased slightly.
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West Virginia
Tidewater
Kanawha
Logan
Curtis Bay
Fairmont
Brckers
East
Production Decline Hits Pocahontas District Coal Output
In the Pocahontas district for the week ending June 14 production fell sharply due to railroad shopmen strike. Output dropped to 196,856 tons from 297 tons, with 2,012 hours lost to car shortages and 58 hours to labor issues. total hours worked 2,588.
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Pocahontas
Laor
Sebastopol Woman Leads Seed Potato Standards
The foremost woman potato producer in America is Mrs. Hilda B. Neilson of Sebastopol California. Her seed potato standards have been adopted by eight western states.
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America
Hilda B. Neilson
Sebastopol
Cal
Short Cuts in Coal News and Industry Changes
Coal industry notes report a new tipple at Keystone Coal and Coke in operation, consolidation of Dickinson Fuel with Logan Fuel, a new power house planned after a fire, and a No 2 Freeburn tipple under construction with temporary suspensions. Independent Coal Co forms to establish coal yards, personnel shifts at Solvay Collieries, Ferguson’s Creek to dissolve, Lewiston Block Coal to begin shipments from Fred mine, and a rate differential restoration affecting coal shipments in the region.
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Keystone Coal and Coke Co
Freeburn
Solvay i Collieries Company
Lewiston Block Coal Company
Fred
Coal River
41. H. Weiske
Charleston
Coal regions eye minor tax changes and memorials
A series of proposed tax and levy tweaks aim to raise or reduce charges by five or ten cents per ton across Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio. The notice also describes the dedication of a memorial tablet by the KE White Coal Co in Raleigh County to honor company members who died in World War I. Huntington buyers secure 2 500 acres of coal land in Fayette County from Grenbrier Collieries. General Pershing commends Colonel C W Watson of Consolidation Coal for service in France. Elkhorn Coal Corp continues full time operations despite scarce timers with plants in Garrett Wayland Fleming Wheelwright. Solvay Coal Co and United Mine Workers District 17 near Kingston and Kieferton reach an agreement for a new contract.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
KE. White Coal Co
Raleigh County
Huntington
Hutchinson Lumber Co
Fayette County
Grenbrier Collieries Company
Hutchinson Company
Elkhorn Coal
Garrett
Wayland, Fleming and Wheelwright
Solvay Coal Company
JC. Keeney
Fred Mooney
United Mine Workers
Solvay Company
Kingston
Kieferton
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Daily Telegraph
Jenkins, Ky
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Nunnally
East End Pharmacy
Rexall
Princeton Ave
Dickinson Fuel Company
Logan Fuel Company
White Ash Coal Company
Independent Coal Company
W. Deegans
United States
S. Shumate
Solvay Collieries Company
Pike County
J. LB. B. Coal Co
Twin Branch
Ferguson's Creek Coal Company
Big Sandy
American Pad & Ink CO. Inc
van Pelt and
York
Philadelphia
C. W. Watson
Consolidation Coal Company
France
Gen
J. J. Pershing
United
Priestley
THE
United Woolen Mills Co
Presidenc
Y Cor
Federal ST
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Dante, Wilder
Clinchfield, Moss
Toms Creek
Suvvyyermo
Dante, Virginia
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