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Large Coal Mining Short Course Enrolls 73 in Beckley
The Raleigh I Register reports Beckley West Virginia hosts a six week coal mining short course at Beckley Junior High School. Instructor J D McClung and W B Talbott lead 73 men through mathematics mine gases mine laws and explosives. List of registrants includes Freeland Agee Purvis Allen Harry N Biggs Ann Blevins Jordan Hunter Smith Vernon H Bowling and many others from Allied coal firms.
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Beckley Junior High
J. D. McClung
W. B. Talbott
Freeland Agee
Fireco
Genera Inside Man
Lillybrook Coa
Purvis Allen
Parcoal Pardee-Curtin Company
Harry N. Biggs
Stanaford
New River Company
Ann Blevins
Ted Cain
Skelton
Nathan G. Cantley
Clear Creek
American Rolling Mills Company
James F. Colley
Piney View
Carrol A.chambers
Grand View
Frank 5S. Cole
Sophia
Slab Fork Coal Company
Charles S. Cole
Eccles
Koppers
Cecil Cook