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WEST  VIRGINIA,  U.  S.  A. 


ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 


DEPARTMENT  OF  MINES 

1  929 


IN  TWO  SECTIONS 


Section     I     Report  to  Governor 
Directory  of  Mines 
Coal  and  Coke  Statistics 

Section  II     Accidents — Fatal,    Non-Fatal   and   Minor 
Prosecutions 
Miscellaneous 


R.  M.  LAMBIE 
CHIEF   OF  DEPARTMENT  OF  MINES 

CHARLESTON 


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PERSONNEL  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MINES 

December  31,   1929 


R.  M.  LAMBIE 

Chief  of  Department  of  Mines 


OFFICE   EMPLOYEES 

J.  L.  Heizer,  Kanawha  County Chief  Clerk 

Effie  M.  Lacey,  Kanawha  County Clerk 

Blanche  M.  Smith,  Raleigh  County Stenographer 

M.  E.  Griffith,  Monongalia  County Stenographer 

Rebecca  Curry,  Kanawha  County Stenographer 

Catherine  Porter,  Fayette  County Stenographer 


PERSONNEL  OF  FIELD  FORCE 
DIVISION  "A" 

A.  B.  Spencer,  Inspector-at- Large Morgantown 

DISTRICT  MINE  INSPECTORS 

J.  Ross  Johns,  First  District Thomas 

John  E.  Hamilton,  Second  District Grafton 

C.  D.  M.  Kramer,  Third  District Clarksburg 

Evan  L.  Griffiths,  Fourth  District Clarksburg 

W.  B.  Riggleman,  Fifth  District Fairmont 

Thomas  Jarrett,  Sixth  District Fairmont 

James  F.  Crockett,  Seventh  District Morgantown 

A.  E.  Lafferty,  Eighth  District Moundsville 

John  T.  McMahon,  Ninth  District Wellsburg 

DIVISION   "B" 

C.  E.  Foster,  Inspector-at-Large St.  Albans 

DISTRICT   MINE    INSPECTORS 

Henry  Jenkins,  Tenth  District Charleston 

Eli  J.  Mason,  Eleventh  District Charleston 

Robert  E.  Mitchell,  Twelfth  District Cabin  Creek 

Zach  Evans,  Thirteenth  District Handley 

D.  R.  Sullivan,  Fourteenth  District Oak  Hill 

J.  A.  Douglas,  Twenty-third  District Logan 

J.  F.  White,  Twenty-fourth  District Monaville 

H.  I.  Connor,  Twenty-fifth  District Madison 

DIVISION  "C" 

W.  D.  Lee,  Inspector-at-Large Welch 

DISTRICT   MINE    INSPECTORS 

W.  H.  Thomas,  Fifteenth  District Rainelle 

Robert  Lilly,  Sixteenth  District Mount  Hope 

Frank  H.  Wilson,  Seventeenth  District Beckley 

Everett  Stover,  Eighteenth  District , Mullens 

Thomas  Stockdale,  Nineteenth  District Bramwell 

Frank  P.  Kerr,  Twentieth  District Welch 

W.  H.  Prentice,  Twenty-first  District War 

W.  M.  Copley,  Twenty-second  District Matewan 

OIL  AND  GAS  DIVISION 
L.  W.  Brown Charleston 

88444 


PRELIMINARY  REPORT 


To  His  Excellency, 

WILLIAM,  G.  CONLEY, 
Governor  of  West  Virginia. 

Sir: 

I  herewith  submit  to  you  my  tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Department 
of  Mines,  it  being  the  forty-seventh  annual  report  of  the  condition  of 
the  coal  industry  of  the  state. 

The  period  covered  by  this  report  is  from  January  1,  1929,  to  Decem- 
ber 31,  1929,  and  is  compiled  from  the  annual  reports  as  submitted  by 
the  mine  operators.  It  is  condensed  in  form  and  only  those  statistics 
of  general  importance  and  necessary  for  the  information  of  the  public 
are   given  in  detail. 

PRODUCTION   OF   COAL   AND    COKE 

Five  hundred  and  eighty-seven  companies,  operating  888  mines  and 
employing  107,393  men,  reported  a  production  of  139,297,946  tons  of  coal 
and  499,357  tons  of  coke,  an  increase  in  the  coal  production  of  5,431,359 
tons,  and  in  the  coke  production  of  68,289  tons. 

Below  you  will  find  a  comparison  of  the  production  of  coal  and  coke 
for  the  calendar  years  1928-1929,  together  with  the  change  in  same. 


Product 

1929 

1928 

Increase 

Percentage 

Coal 

Coke 

139,297,946 
499,357 

133,866,587 
431,068 

5,431,359 
68,289 

4  07 
15.84 

During  the  year  1929  the  coal  production  of  the  state  increased  4.07 
per  cent  over  the  production  for  the  previous  year,  and  the  coke  manu- 
factured increased  15.84  per  cent  during  the  same  period.  Below  you 
will  find  the  estimated  value  of  both  coal  and  coke  for  the  year  1929. 

Total  value  of  coal  produced  (139,297,946  tons) *  215,911,816.30 

Value  of  coal  used  in  operating  (590,  866  tons) 915,842.30 

Value  of  coal  sold  local  trade  and  tenants  (1,917,591  tons) 2,972,266.05 

Value  of  coal  used  in  coke  ovens  (837,788  tons) 1 ,298,571 .40 

Value  of  coal  shipped  from  mines  (134,451,701  tons) 208,400, 136  55 

Value  of  coal  mined  by  small  wagon  mines  (1,500,000  tons) 2 ,  325 ,  000  00 

TOTAL $  215, 911', 816. 30 

Value  of  coal  sold  (137,869,292  tons) $213,697,402.60 

Value  of  coke  sold  (499,357  tons) 1,802,678.77 

TOTAL $  215,500,081  37 


LIBRARY 
WEST  VIRGiNIA  UNIVERSITY 


Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


The  coal  produced  was  disposed  of  in  the  following  manner: 

Produced  by  small  country  mines — sold  at  mines 1 , 500 ,  000 

Used  in  operation  of  mines 590, 866 

Furnished  local  trade  and  tenants  from  commercial  mines 1 ,017,591 

Used  in  coke  ovens 837 ,  788 

Shipped  from  mines 134,451,701 

TOTAL 139,297,946 


The  tonnage  produced  during  the  year  originated  in  the  several  geo- 
graphical districts,  and  is  compared  with  the  tonnage  for  1928  as 
follows : 


DISTRICT 


1929 


Increase 


Decrease 


Panhandle 

Fairmont 

Preston-Barbour 
Elk  Garden.... 

Mason 

Putnam 

Kanawha 

New  River 

Logan 

Pocahontas .... 

Mingo 

Small  Mines 

TOTALS.. 


6,321,594 

23,302,235 

6,023,808 

1,844,703 

59,103 

444,503 

16,934,552 

27,244,121 

19,965,162 

29,540,108 

6,117,997 

1,500,000 


7,110,472 

23,581,049 

6,477,420 

1,701,801 

49,602 

433,767 

16,736,856 

26,112,118 

19,442,332 

25,414,288 

5,306,882 

1,500,000 


139,297,946' 


133,866,587 


142,902 

9,561 

10,736 

197,696 

1,132,003 

522,830 

4.125,820 

811,115 


788,878 
278,814 
453,612 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


During  the  year  1929  there  were  2,784  mining  machines  in  use  at  768 
mines,  employing  51,358  men  and  producing  117,552,387  tons  of  coal, 
which  is  84.47  per  cent  of  the  total  production  of  the  state.  The  fol- 
lowing table  exhibits  the  growth  of  machine  mining  since  the  year 
1897. 


YEAR 


Number 

of  Mines 

Using 
Machines 


Number 

of 

Machines 

In  Use 


Total 

Employees 

Incident 

to 
Machines 


Number 
of  Tons 

Produced 
by 

Machines 


Percentage 

of 

Total 

Production 


Number 

of 

Days 

Worked 


1897. 


1899  . 
1900. . 

1901  . 

1902  . 
1903.. 
1904.. 
1905.. 
1906.. 
1907. 
1908.. 
1909. . 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913  . 
1914 
1915.. 
1916. 
1917. . 
1918 
1919 
1920. . 
1921  . 
1922.. 
1923.. 
1924 
♦1924. 

1925  , 

1926  . 
1927.. 
1928.. 
1929.. 


TOTALS. 


16 
28 
41 
63 
90 
124 
181 
248 
280 
301 
360 
399 
404 
475 
498 
424 
469 
489 
599 
729 
820 


55 

96 

141 

241 

386 

534 

795 

988 

1,158 

1,267 

1,508 

1,657 

1,674 

1,967 

2,158 

2,307 

2,393 

2,467 

2,566 

2,611 

2,958 

3,118 

3,406 

3,542 

3,847 

3,434 

3,954 

3,657 

2,890 

3,320 

3,417 

3,316 

3,012 

2,784 


73,624 


652 

933 

1,608 

2,371 

3,967 

4,813 

6,531 

8,395 

10,237 

10,855 

12,248 

14,377 

14,891 

16,991 

20,697 

21,697 

21,803 

26,684 

29,692 

28,260 

30,539 

29,905 

32,543 

34,547 

45,574 

47,070 

49,425 

51,185 

42,623 

49,530 

53,314 

54,658 

53,947 

51,358 


600,418 

1,070,293 

1,733,279 

2,637,611 

3,582,853 

5,135,823 

6,312,894 

8,317,692 

10,315,781 

13,333,602 

14,549,183 

15,387,695 

16,419,264 

23,263,675 

26,392,073 

30,467,193 

33,335,800 

35,941,590 

38,393,691 

49,103,933 

49,391,237 

51,816,144 

51,360  224 

56,053,883 

59,032,987 

54,549,527 

65,304,874 

81,484,442 

43,018,229 

99,488,790 

117,213,803 

119,773,799 

110,907,877 

117,552,387 


883,920  1,500,098,932 


5.12 
7.04 
10.66 
13.42 
7.65 
21.98 
27.56 
30.82 
32,74 
35.65 
36.34 
38.09 
39.55 
44.14 
48.84 
51.13 
53.97 
54.00 
60  00 
61.69 
61.89 
63.94 
67.69 
70.20 
73 .  10 
76,82 
75  04 
79.63 
83  72 
81.51 
81.05 
81.99 
82.85 
84.47 


Average 


197 
214 
240 
261 
225 
249 
201 
209 
213 
231 
234 
211 
192 
229 
194 
224 
220 
226 
190 
232 
215 
224 
204 
182 
155 
131 
158 
155 
98 
194 
195 
206 
196 
207 


206 


'Last  six  months  of  1924 — July  1  to  December  31. 


Tons  for  1 929  per  each  employee 2 ,  289 

Tons  per  each  employee  per  year  (average  33  years) 1 ,  697 

Tons  produced  per  each  machine  per  year  (average  33  years) 20,375 

Average  days  worked  per  year  (average  33  years) 206 

Average  tons  produced  by  one  machine  per  day  (average  33  years) 99 

Average  tons  produced  by  one  machine  per  month  of  26  days  (average  33  years) 2 :  57 4 


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Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


TONS  OF  PICK  MINED  COAL  PRODUCED  IN  COMMERCIAL  AND 
SMALL  COUNTRY  MINES,  1897  TO  1929  INCLUSIVE 


YEAR 


Pick 

Coal 

From 

Commercial 

Mines 


Pick  Coal 
From 
Small 
Country 
Mines 


Pick 

Miners 


Commercial 
Mines 


Days 
Worked 


Tons 
Produced  in 
Commercial 

Mines 
For  Miner 


1897. 
1898. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
1902. 
1903. 
1904. 
1905. 
1906. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
1911. 
1912. 
1913. 
1914. 
1915. 
1916. 
1917. 
1918. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
1922. 
1923. 
1924. 
♦1924 
1925. 
1926. 
1927. 
1928. 
1929. 


10,971, 
13,048 
14,366, 
16,199, 
16,533, 
18,034 
16,420 
18,497 
21,007, 
23,889, 
25,311, 
23,799 
25,094 
29,361 
27,341 
28,814 
28,134 
29,541 
25,724 
30,208 
29,415 
28,225 
23,515 
22,937 
21,028 
15,728 
20,726 
20,841 
9,726 
22,573 
25,889 
24,814 
21,458 
20,245 


133,929 

140,000 

150,000 

150,000 

175,000 

180,000 

180,000 

170,000 

180,000 

180,000 

180,000 

180,000 

180,000 

200,000 

300,000 

300,000 

300,000 

300,000 

300,000 

300,000 

1,000,000 

1,000,000 

1,000,000 

1,000,000 

700,000 

700,000 

1,000,000 

1,000,000 

500,000 

1,000,000 

1,500,000 

1,500,000 

1,500,000 

1,500,000 


13,218 
14,036 
14,119 
14,723 
16,000 
15,969 
16,287 
18,880 
19,602 
19,132 
19,287 
21,728 
22,583 
22,509 
21,247 
21,879 
18,320 
19,924 
19,777 
17,780 
17,839 
16,484 
15,231 
14,385 
17,140 
14,161 
16,826 
14,016 

9,921 
12,163 
12,789 
12,345 
10,502 

9,487 


197 
214 
240 
261 
225 
249 
201 
209 
213 
231 
234 
211 
192 
229 
194 
224 
220 
226 
190 
232 
215 
224 
204 
182 
155 
131 
158 
155 
98 
194 
195 
206 
196 
207 


830 

932 
1,018 
1,100 

993 
1,121 
1,008 

980 
1,072 
1,249 
1,312 
1,095 
1,110 
1,304 
1,287 
1,317 
1,537 
1,483 
1,303 
1,699 

1 ,  649 
1,712 
1,544 
1,595 
1,227 
1,111 
1,237 
1,451 

970 
1,856 
2,024 
2.010 
2,043 

2 ,  i34 


*Last  six  months  1924 — July  1  to  December  31. 

Average  tons  per  year  per  each  miner  (33  years) 1 ,  387 

Average  number  of  days  worked  per  year  (33  years) 206 

The  total  acreage  of  coal  mined  in  the  state  based  upon  returns  by 
the  operators  and  made  at  this  office  since  1897  is  represented  in  the 
following  table: 


1897. 
1898. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
1902. 


1 ,  734  Acres 

2,185 

2,361 

2,639 

2,855 

3,352 


1929]  Department  of  Mines  11 

1903 3,222  " 

1904 3,968  " 

1905 4 ,692  " 

1906 5,517  " 

1907 5 , 780  " 

1908 5,915  " 

1909 5,608  " 

1910 7,907  " 

1911 10,802  " 

1912 11 ,241  " 

1913 11 ,231  " 

1914 10, 100  " 

1915 9,472  " 

1916 10,230  " 

1917 10,343  " 

1918 10,751  " 

1919 '. 9,504  " 

1920 9,618  " 

1921 10,405  " 

1922 : 8, 795  " 

1923 11,539  " 

1924 12 , 137  " 

1925  (18  months) 21,898  " 

1926 18,659  " 

1927 20,306  " 

1928 18,761  " 

1929 19,731  " 


TOTAL 303,258  Acres 

The  mines  of  the  state  averaged  207  days  for  the  past  year. 

COKE  OVENS  AND  COKE  PRODUCED 

Coke  plants  in  the  state  during  the  year  reported  a  total  of  1,960  coke 
ovens,  of  which  number  1,118  were  in  actual  operation. 

There  were  837,788  tons  of  coal  converted  into  coke,  which  gave  a 
yield  of  499,357  tons  of  coke  and  gave  employment  to  438  persons.  The 
increase  in  the  production  of  coke  as  compared  with  the  previous  year 
was  68,289  tons.     The  average  price  per  ton  of  coke  was  $3.61. 

MEN  EMPLOYED 

During  the  year  1929  there  were  employed  at  the  mines  and  coke  ovens 
within  the  state  an  average  of  107,393  persons.  Of  the  total  number 
employed  there  were: 

9,487 Pick  Miners 

46,569 Machine  Miners 

4 ,  789 Machine  Runners  and  Helpers 

30, 213 Outside  Laborers 

438 Coke  Workers 

Counting  the  superintendents,  mine  foremen,  fire  bosses,  store  man- 
agers, store  and  office  clerks,  it  would  be  safe  to  add  five  persons  per 
mine  employed  in  these  capacities.  Basing  this  estimate  on  888  pro- 
ducing mines,  it  would  make  a  total  of  4,440  persons,  or  a  grand  total  of 
111,833  employees  directly  connected  with  the  operation  of  the  mines. 


12  Annual  Report  of  [W.  Va. 

The  nationalities  of  the  persons  employed  in  and  around  the  mines 
are  ^iven  in  a  tabulated  form  in  another  part  of  this  report,  and  the 
totals  of  the  various  nationalities  are  as  follows: 

American  (White) 65,325 

Negros 23 ,941 

Italians 4,17!) 

Hungarians. 3,473 

Polish 2 ,335 

Slavish 1,081 

Russians 1,026 

Austrians 816 

Greeks 575 

Spanish 569 

English 529 

Lithuanians 520 

Other  Nationalities 3,024 

TOTAL 107,393 

SHIPMENTS   OF   COAL  AND   COKE 

For  the  year  1929  the  operating  coal  companies  of  the  state  reported 
133,146,059  tons  of  coal  and  499,357  tons  of  coke  shipped  over  the  rail- 
roads from  the  mines  in  the  state.  They  also  reported  for  the  same 
period  1,305,642  tons  of  coal  shipped  by  river,  1,153,522  tons  of  which 
originated  and  were  floated  down  the  Great  Kanawha,  and  152,120  tons 
were  shipped  on  the  Ohio  River.  This  does  not  include  the  tonnage  of 
fuel  consumed  by  water  craft  and  local  river  trade.  No  coal  was  ship- 
ped on  the  Monongahela  River  and  no  coke  was  shipped  by  water,  either 
on  the  Kanawha,  Monongahela  or  Ohio  Rivers  during  the  year. 

SELLING  PRICE   OF   COAL  AND   WAGES   PAID 

During  the  year  1929  the  average  price  received  by  pick  miners 
throughout  the  state  for  mining  run-of-mine  coal  was  77  cents.  The 
average  tonnage  produced  by  each  pick  miner  was  2,134  tons.  The 
average  annual  wage  of  pick  miners  (all  pick  miners  included)  was 
$1,643.18. 

The  average  selling  price  of  coal  shipped  from  the  mines  of  the 
state  was  $1.55  per  ton  run-of-mine  coal. 

Coke  was  sold  f.  o.  b.  at  the  ovens  during  the  year  at  an  average  price 
of  $3.61  per  ton. 

ACCIDENTS 

There  were  489  lives  lost  in  connection  with  the  mining  industry  of 
the  state  during  the  year  covered  by  this  report.  Of  this  number,  464 
were  killed  inside  the  mines  and  25  outside. 

There  were  4,801  non-fatal  accidents  at  the  mines  during  the  same 
period,  4,247  of  which  were  inside  the  mines  and  554  outside. 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


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Following  is  a  list  embracing  all  accidents  in  which  two  or  more  men 
lost  their  lives,  giving  the  cause  and  date,  number  killed  and  where  the 
accidents    occurred: 


Number 


County  Name  of  Company  Name  of  Mine 

Fayette Kingston  Poca.  Coal  Co.,  Inc Kingston 

Fayette    White  Oak  Fuel  Co Oakwood 


Date 

Killed  1           Cause 

1-26-29 

14  £  Local     Gas     explosion 

8-22-29 

2    „    Scaffold  fell  in  Shaft 

10-  5-29 

2    ,    Slate  fall 

9-25-29 

2        Slate  fall 

3-  9-29 

2    f  Slate  fall 

7-17-29 

2         Slate  fall 

12-27-29 

2     [   Local  gas  explosion 

6-  9-29 

4        Local  gas  explosion 

McDowell     .  Consolidation  Coal  Co..  The No.  261 10-  5-29 

McDowell   .   Peerless  Coal  &  Coke  Co Peerless 

McDowell . .  .  Warrior  Coal  Co Warrior 

Preston Irona  Coal  Co Irona  No.  7 

Raleigh C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co No.  5  East 

\i  yoming Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co    .  .   (lien  Rogers  No.  2 

SUMMARY  OF  ACCIDENTS  INSIDE  THE  MINES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 

Number  of  employees  inside 9 1 ,  OSS 

Number  of  days  mines  were  operated 207 

Number  of  persons  killed  inside 464 

Number  of  days  work  accomplished 18 ,  849 ,  006 

Number  killed  per  1000  employees  inside 5 .  10 

Number  killed  per  1000  days  worked  inside .0246 

Number  injured  non-fatally  inside 4,247 

Number  injured  per  1000  employees  inside    46 .  64 

Number  injured  per  1000  days  worked  inside    .2253 

Number  inside  employees  per  each  fatality 196 

TONNAGE  PER  FATALITY 

Since  the  year  1883,  the  average  number  of  tons  of  coal  produced  per 
each  fatality  inside  the  mines  was  199,054,  including  the  period  covered 
by  this  report,  which  is  300,209  tons.  At  the  mines  where  fatal  acci- 
dents occurred,  there  was  an  average  of  one  life  lost  for  each  181,878 
tons  of  coal  produced.  The  464  lives  lost  inside  the  mines  during  the 
year  occurred  at  314  mines,  employing  53,689  persons  inside  and  pro- 
ducing 84,391,653  tons  of  coal,  while  the  other  mines,  at  which  not  a 
single  life  was  lost  inside  the  mines,  produced  54,906,293  tons.  During 
the  year  covered  by  this  report  the  causes  of  accidents  in  which  lives  were 
lost  inside  the  mines  are  summarized  as  follows: 

Killed  by  explosions  (all  forms) 28 

Killed  by  falls  of  roof  and  coal 266 

Killed  by  mine  cars  and  motors 125 

Killed  by  electrocutions 18 

Killed  by  other  causes 27 

TOTAL 464 

Since  1897  there  have  been  killed  inside  the  mines  of  the  state  as 
follows : 

Killed  by  fall  or  roof  and  coal 5 ,  055 

Killed  by  mine  cars  and  motors 1 ,  620 

Killed  by  gas  explosions 583 

Killed  by  dust  explosions 1 ,037 

Killed  by  electrocutions 445 

Killed  by  other  causes 1,301 

TOTAL 10,641 


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The  experience  of  persons  killed  and  injured  for  the  past  twenty-eight 
years,  from  1901  to  1929  inclusive,  is  as  follows: 

Having  an  experience  of  one  year  or  less 5,951 

Having  an  experience  of  two  to  five  years 12 ,  000 

Having  an  experience  of  six  to  ten  years 8 ,  662 

Having  an  experience  of  eleven  to  twenty-five  years 9,306 

Having  an  experience  of  twenty-five  to  fifty  years 2,101 

Having  an  experience  of  many  years 1 ,  673 

Having  an  experience  of  unknown  years 8, 189 

TOTAL 47,882 


Since  the  year  1908  the  average  lives  lost  inside  the  mines  for  every 
1,000  persons  employed  is  5.49. 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1908 12.24 

Ratio  per  1 ,  000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1909 6 .  72 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1910 5.61 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1911 5 .  17 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1912 6 .  89 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1913 5.09 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1914 8.30 

Ratio  per  1 , 000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1915 6.19 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1916 (j  .05 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1917 4  95 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1918 4  94 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1919 4  57 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1920 3 .  73 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1921 3  29 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1922 3.43 

Ratio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1923 3  43 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1924 5 .29 

*Ratio  per  1 ,  000  employeed  inside  the  mines  during  1925 6 .  96 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1926 5.31 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1927 5.48 

Ratio  per  1 ,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1928 4.81 

Rutio  per  1,000  employed  inside  the  mines  during  1929 5.10 

*Ratio  for  eighteen  months — July  1,  1924  to  December  31,  1925. 


FATAL  ACCIDENTS,  THEIR  CAUSES,  SINCE  1897 


CAUSES 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901 

1902 

1903 

1904 

1905 

1906 

1907 

47 
6 

67 
6 
1 

64 

7 

61 
11 
50 

76 
11 
10 

79 
13 

96 
12 
24 

95 
12 
3 

105 
18 

1 

99 
16 
4 

130 

20 

29 

7 

2 

8 

11 

24 

18 

15 

13 

25 

131 

136 

TOTALS 

60 

76 

79 

133 

121 

110 

147 

123 

149 

250 

315 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


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CAUSES 

1908 

1909 

1910 

1911 

1912 

1913 

1914 

1915 

1916 

1917 

1918 

155 

28 

2 

3  fi8 

46 

144 

31 

3 

llli 
70 

215 

44 

1 

60 

184 
59 
3 

24 
62 

207 
36 
18 
83 
65 

160 

46 

8 

213 
62 
183 

181 
70 
25 

113 
66 

224 
54 

42 

218 
64 
12 

200 

Mine  cars 

Gas  explosions 

Dust  explosions 

88 
18 

94 

83 

79 

100 

98 

TOTALS 

599 

364 

320 

332 

409 

308 

541 

455 

399 

394 

404 

CAUSES 

1919 

1920 

1921 

1922 

1923 

1924 

*1925 

1926 

1927 

1928 

1929 

199 
78 
2 

175 

47 
18 

196 
65 

183 
57 
3 

194 
66 
5 
10 

110 

206 
69 
31 
143 
102 

358 

116 

12 

33 

167 

308 
107 

44 
115 

268 
87 
20 
91 

124 

249 
74 
42 

110 

266 

88 

Gas  explosions 

14 
14 

All  other  euases '. 

99 

80 

85 

87 

107 

TOTALS 

378 

320 

346 

330 

385 

551 

686 

574 

590 

475 

489 

'Eighteen  months,  July  1,  1924  to  D  crmb  r  31,  1925. 


The  foregoing  contains  only  a  summary  of  the  most  important  infor- 
mation contained  in  this  report,  but  a  reference  to  the  pages  following 
will  reveal  the  condition  of  the  mining  industry  of  the  state  and  show 
something  of  its  importance  in  our  industrial  development. 

All  activities  of  this  department  are  for  the  purpose  of  conservation 
of  life  and  limb,  and  also  for  the  protection  of  property.  We  are  con- 
stantly inspecting  mines  and  making  specific  recommendations  for  the 
elimination  of  dangerous  practices  and  conditions. 

Due  to  the  constantly  declining  market  prices  of  coal,  the  coal  opera- 
tors are  forced  to  economize  to  the  fullest  extent.  Sometimes  this 
economy  is  practiced  to  the  extreme.  Fortunately  we  have  been  able  in 
most  cases  to  convince  those  in  charge  of  the  mines  that  economy  should 
be  practiced  consistent  with  maximum  safety,  that  is,  any  saving  of 
money  that  will  increase  the  hazard  exposure  of  the  workmen  is  bad 
policy  and  will  eventually  lead  to  an  increased  number  of  accidents  and 
a  general  run  down  condition  of  their  mines. 

The  wide  differential  in  freight  rates  on  the  shipment  of  West  Vir- 
ginia coal  to  the  lakes  places  a  tremendous  handicap  on  our  coal  opera- 
tors, one  that  is  not  only  unjust,  but,  if  continued,  will  result  in  the 
closing  of  many  of  our  mines  and  severe  idleness  and  hardships  in  our 
mining  communities.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  we  will  soon  get  relief 
from  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  and  these  differentials  will 
be  entirely  eliminated  or  at  least  greatly  reduced. 

The  sectional  safety  meetings  held  throughout  the  mining  regions  have 
been  and  are  responsible  for  renewed  interest  in  accident  prevention. 


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State  Safety  Day  was  held  in  Charleston  and  was  productive  of  much 
good.  The  department  still  continues  to  organize  and  support  mining 
institutes  at  the  various  active  centers  throughout  the  coal  fields. 
Some  of  these  institutes  have  hundreds  of  members,  and  they  have  proven 
to  be  a  splendid  medium  whereby  the  workmen  and  officials  can  meet  to 
foster  the  increase  and  diffusion  of  knowledge  relating  to  coal  mining, 
to  encourage  education  in  practical  and  scientific  mining,  to  promote 
study  and  research  into  mining  problems  and  also  advance  the  mutual 
interests  of  their  membership. 

The  safety  clubs  and  safety  courts  are  still  functioning  in  a  splendid 
manner,  and  have  been  most  helpful  in  bringing  to  the  workmen  and 
their  families  the  necessity  for  concerted  action  in  accident  prevention. 

To  the  miners,  officials  and  operators,  I  extend  my  sincere  apprecia- 
tion for  their  continued  cooperation  and  assistance,  without  which  we 
could  not  have  functioned  properly. 

It  is  also  my  pleasure  to  express  to  your  Excellency  my  sincere  thanks 
for  the  splendid  support  I  have  at  all  times  received  from  you  in  all 
of  our  activities  toward  safer  and  better  mining. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.  M.  LAMBIE, 
Chief  of  Department  of  Mines. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


BARBOUR  COUNTY 

Bailey  Coal  Co 

Bar-Jay  Coal  Co 

Blocky-Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

Brown  Coal  Co 

Cambria  Coal  Co 

Century  Coal  Co 

Century  Coal  Co 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Domestic  Coal  Co 

Estella  Coal  Mining  Co 

Greer  Gas  Coal  Co 

Laural  Creek  Coal  Co 

May  Coal  Co 

P.  V.  &  K.  Coal  Co.,  The 

Renwick  Fuel  Co 

Simpson  Creek  Collieries  Co.,  The. . . 
Simpson  Creek  Collieries  Co.,  The. . . 

Talbott  Crawford  Coal  Co 

Tressler  Coal  Co 

Waddell  Coal  Co 

Waddell  Fuel  Co 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

BOONE  COUNTY 

American  Rolling  Mill  Co.,  The 

Anchor  Coal  Co 

Anchor  Coal  Co 

Collieries  Co.,  The 

Dartmont  Coal  Co 

Detroit  Mining  Co.,  The 

Dunlap,  G.  W.  (Valco  Gas  Coal  Co.) 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Morrisvale  Coal  Co 

Murphy  Coal  Co.,  The 

Peak  Coal  Corporation 

Southern  Coal  Co 

Spruce  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

Spruce  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

Spruce  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

Vermillion  Coal  Co 

Webb  Coal  Mining  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co ...  . 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

Winifrede  Black  Band  Coal  Co 

Youghiogheny  &  Ohio  Coal  Co.,  The 

BRAXTON  COUNTY 

Green,  W.  H.,  Lessee 

Miner-Edgar  Chemical  Corporation. 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp. . . . 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 

Drift. 
Shaft. 
Drift 
Slope . 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Virginia Drift 


Bailey  No.  3 

Morrall 

ElkinsNo.  1 

Brown  Nos.  1  and  2 .  .  . . 

Wertz 

Century  No.  1 

Century  Nos.  2,  5  and  6. 

No.  4 

Gage  No.  1 

Estella  No.  1 

Hartley 

Laural  Creek 


Taggert 

Renwick  No.  1. . 
Galloway  No.  2 . 
Galloway  No.  3 . 

Talbott 

Tressler 

Humphreys 

Bear  Valley 

Junior  No.  4. .  .  . 


Nellis  (No.  895) 

Anchor  No.  1 

Anchor  No.  2 

Red  Parrott  Nos.  4  and  5. . 

Dartmont 

Gordon  No.  1 

Valco 

Wharton 

Morrisvale 

Murphy 

Peak 

Darby 

Spruce  River  Nos.  2  and  3. 

Spruce  River  No.  4 

Spruce  River  No.  5 

Orgas 

Webb 

No.  41 

No.  81 

Kirbyton 

Van 


Lake 

Sutton  No.  3.. 
Bower  No.  10. 
Bower  No.  12. 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Slope . 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 


Flemington . 
Philippi 
Flemington . 
Brownton  . . 
Brown  ton.  . 
Century  .  . . 
Century. .  .  . 
Dartmoor.  . 

Junior 

Philippi 
Brownton . 

Arden 

Arden 

Brownton.  . 
Flemington. 
Galloway. . . 
Galloway. .  . 
Philippi 
Brownton .  . 
Philippi 
Brownton 
Junior 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 


Nellis.... 
Highcoal 
Highcoal . 
Prenter. . 
Ashford .  . 


Drift Gordon. 


Green  view. 
Wharton .  . 
Morrisvale. 


Drift 
Drift 
Drift 

Drift |  Madison 

Drift Altman. 

Drift Keith... 

Drift Ramage 

Drift Ramage . 

Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 


Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 


Copen . 
Sutton . 
Bower . 
Drift Bower. 


Orgas 

Garrison.  .  . 
Whitesville. 

Silush 

Seth 

Van 


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Department  of  Mines 


19 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft.— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


G.E.Bailey 

Geo.  H.  Austin 

C.  D.  Powell 

R.  W.  Henshaw 

J.  C.  Messinger 

H.  G.  Mundy 

H.  G.  Mundy 

J.  A.  Lake 

G.  L.  Williams 

W.  T.  O'Brien 

H.  R.  Sawyers 

J.  J.  Murphy 

E.  E.  Moats 

Robt.  H.  Robinson,  Jr 

W.  E.  Brown 

Wm.  Findlay,  Jr 

Wm.  Findlay,  Jr 

W.  B.  Malone 

S.  B.  Tressler 

Geo.  Waddell 

Geo.  Waddel 

A.  C.  Davis 


Pete  Moyer 

Albert  Jones 

C.D.Powell 

M.  Albertazzie 

C.  L.  Frush 

Oscar  Arms  &  Chas.  Christopher 

T.  W.  Harkins 

J.  A.  Lake 


R.  D.  Zinn 

M.C.Charlton. 
J.  J.  Murphy .  .  . 
E.  E.  Moats.  .  .. 
J.  L.  Thomas.  .  . 
Jas.  Robinson.. . 
R.  K.  Bogert.  .  . 
C.G.Nichols... 
M.  R.  Malone.  . 
Virgil  Proudfoot 


Frederick  Davis 


E.  H.  Shriver... 
G.  H.  Hornickel. 
G.  H.  Hornickel. 
R.  A.  Hedland ... 

S.  T.  Bailey 

J.  T.  Huddy 


L.  Lingar 

Alex  Geenter.  . 
Frank  Freer. . . 
0.  G.  Callihan. 


A.  W.  Pollock... 
A.  W.  Pollock..  . 
A.  W.  Pollock.  .  . 

Walter  Dale 

John  Holmes 
C.  C.  Morgan .  .  . 

Wm.  Sharp 

N.  P.  Rhinehart. 
E.C.Berkeley... 


W.H.Green... 
R.  M.  Coombs  . 
W.G.Whitman. 
John  Tibbetts.. 


Wm.  H.  Jayne 

G.  W.  Sutherland 

R.  H.  Cadwallender 

(',.  E.  Sanford  &  R.  H.  Tibbitts. 


J.  E.  Kyle. 


S.  R.  Simpson 

C.  L.  Cullison 

Frank  Freer 

A.  F.  Gearhart 

James  Thompson 

M.  L.  Ward 

F.  R.  School 

E.  B.  Doss 

J.  P.  Bess&  Fred  Tucker. 

Robert  Walker 

Frank  Clendenin 

Shirley  Stilwell 

J.  Massing 

W.  W.  Jones 


John  Rowland . 
H.Y.Tucker.. 
John  Tibbetts. 
John  Tibbetts. 


Pittsburgh 

Upper  &  Lower  Kittanning . 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Redstone 

Redstone 

Lower  Kittanning 

Kittanning 

Upper  Freeport 

Pittsburgh 

Kittanning 

Upper  Freeport 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Upper  Freeport 

Pittsburgh 

Kittanning 

Pittsburgh 

Kittanning 


No.  2  Gas . . . 

Anchor 

Anchor 

No.  5  Block. 
Winifrede.  .  . 

Dorothy 

Alma 

Hernshaw.  . . 
No.  5  Block. 

Alma 

Lewistun .... 
Cedar  Grove. 

Alma 

Alma 

Alma 

Cedar  Grove. 
Winifrede.  .  . 

Dorothy 

Winifrede.  .  . 
Winifrede.  .  . 
Dorothy 


Pittsburgh 

Upper  Kittanning . 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 


4   ti 


8-0 

&6 

7-0 

6-3 

8-6 

5-6 

5-6 

4-6 

5-6 

4-2 

7-6 

5-6 

5-6 

9-0 

6-0 

7-6 

8-0 

4-0 

6-6 

&5-6 

7-0 

5-8 


4-3 

6  to  7 

6  to  7 

5-6 

4-6 

4-0 

4-10 

3-4 

4-6 

4-4 

4-8 

4-0 

3-6  to  5 

4  to  5 

4  to  5 

3-8 

6-8 

5-0 

4-0 

4-0 

4-8 


6-0 
6-1 
6-6 
4-6 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Furnace. 
Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fans 

Fan 

Furnace. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan..'... 
Fan 


Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan 
Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 


Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 
of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


BROOKE  COUNTY 

Berth  i  Consumers  Co 

Bethany  fmprovement  Association. 

Brookland  Mining  Co 

Geiger  &  Reed 

General  Coa!  &  Supply  Co 

Mitchell,  Archie 

Naylor  Coal  Co 

R .  Humes  Coal  Co 

Standard  Mining  Co 

Superior  Coal  Co 

Teremana,  Jean 

West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co . 
West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co . 
West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co . 

Wheeling  Steel  Corporation 

Windsor  Power  House  Coal  Co. . . . 
Young  &  Ball 


CLAY  COUNTY 

Big  Otter  Collieries  Co 

Elk  River  Coal  &  Lumber  Co. 

Hanson  &  Graham 

LcMoyne  Coal  Co 

Middle  Creek  Coal  Co 


FAYETTE  COUNTY 

American  Export  Corporation 

American  Export  Corporation 

American  Export  Corporation 

Babcock  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Ballinger  Coal  Co 

Beechwood  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Bellwood  Coal  Co 

Beveridge  Coal  Co 

Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 
Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 
Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 
Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 

Blake,  T.  C 

Branch  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Brockman  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Coal  Run  Coal  Co 

Collins  Coliiery  Co 

Daniels  Colliery  Co 

Deitz  Colliery  Co 

Dunedin  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Dunn  Loop  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


Drift. 
Drift 
Clifton  ,.  Drift. 


Louise 

Bethany  College. 


Walnut  Grove. . 

Arnold 

Mitchell 

Goldie 

Nos.  1  and  2 

Standard  No.  2. 

Tarr 

Archer  Heights 

Gilchrist 

Labelle 

Locust  Grove   . 
Beech  Bottom .  . 
Beech  Bottom . 
Young  &  Ball 


Blue  Ridge.  . . 

Rich  Run 

Martha 

LeMoyne 

Middle  Creek. 


Drift. 
Drift. 
Slope . 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 


Blume.  .     Drift. 

Lookout Drift . 

Michigan Drift. 

Babcock  Nos.  7  and  4 Drift. 

BalllngerNo.  1 Drift. 

Beechwood Drift 

Bellwood Drift 

Dimmock Drift. 

Columbia  No.  5 Drift. 

Elkridge  No.  2 Drift. 

Elkridge  No.  4 Drift. 

Kimberly  No.  4 Drift. 

Cotton  Hill Drift 

Elverton Drift. 

Stone  Cliff Drift 

No.  2 Drift. 

No.  3 !  Drift. 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 


No.  5 

Long  Branch  Nos.  1  and  2. 

Coal  Run 

Collins 


Drift. 


Louise 

Bethany 

Virginville 

Wellsburg 

Wellsburg 

Bethany 

Wellsburg 

Follansbee 

Wellsburg 

Wellsburg 

Steubenville,  0. . . 

Wellsburg 

Wellsburg 

Logrow 

Beech  Bottom .  .  . 
Windsor  Heights. 
Follansbee 


Ira 

Widen 

Queen  Shoals . 

Bickmore 

Bickinore 


Lookout 

Lookout 

Fayette 

Clifftop 

Winona 

Claremont 

Bellwood 

Thurmond 

Kimberly 

Elkridge 

Elkridge 

Kimberly 

Kanawha  Falls. 

Elverton 

Stone  Cliff 

Cannelton 

Cannelton 

Cannelton 

Drift I  Long  Branch. . . 


Drift. 
Drift 


Daniels j  Drift . 

Deitz Drift. 

Dunedin Drift. 

Dunn  Loop Drift . 


Cunard .... 
Glen  Jean .  . 
Mahan  .... 
Wyndal .... 
Concho .... 
Dunn  Loop. 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


21 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


E.  T.  Lilley 

W.  H.  Cramblet. 
R.  Judge 


H.  D.  Lewis. . . . 
Archie  Mitchell . 
Ralph  Nay  lor.. . 
H.  D.  Humes. . . 
C.  H.  Halliweil . 
W.  D.  Gulley... 
Jean  Teremana . 
T.  V.  Johns.  .  . . 
William  Kinney. 
Mathew  Kendo. 
Andrew  Ernes. . 

E.  6.  Wa.le 

Robert  Young .  . 


E.  T.  Lilley Pittsburgh 

P.  Dowden Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh  No.  8 

H.  H.  Geiger Ip.ttiburgh 

August  Bohey .  .  j Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 

Archie  Mitchell j Pittsburgn  No.  8 . 

Ralph  Naylor Pittsburgh  No.  S . 

R.  Humes Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 

J.  Walker Pittsburgh  No.  8. 

W.  D.  Gulley Pittsburgh  No.  8. 

Frank  Hailstone Pittsburgh 

Harry  Fryer Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 

Frank  Miller Pittsburgh  No.  8. 

Jas.  Howcroft Pittsburgh  No.  8. 

Thos.  Butterworth '  Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 


James  E.  Deitz. 
Robert  Young .  . 


J.  W.  Miller 

C.  C.  Gressang.  . 
J.  VV.  Hanson. .. 
Ralph  W.  Ward. 


F.  A.  Strabley. 
W.A.Wilson., 
Wm.  Holston . 
Earl  Keith.... 


Ed  Foster Geo.  Eli 


D.  W.Boone 

D.W.Boone 

D.W.Boone 

Geo.  Bean 

W.H.Holland,  Jr.... 


as. 


Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh 


No.  5  Block. 
No.  5  Block. 
Kittanniag . . 
No.  5  Block. 
No.  5 


M.  D.  Hall !  Sewell. 

Rube  Hinkle Sewell. 

A.  R.  Jones jSewell. 

L.  E.  Herndon  &  J.  T.  Kincaid..  .  Sewell. 
J.  C.  Small ' Sewell. 


J.  G.  Thayer John  Harris. 


Geo.  T.  Wall.... 
W.  P.  Beveridge . 

T.  S.  Ray 

R.  S.  Long 

R.  S.  Long 

R.  S.  Long 


Geo.  Brooks.  . . . 
W.  M.  Wheeler. 

VV.  W.Gill 

H.  A.  Allmau   . 
James  Bronam . 


J.  H.  Allen !T.  R.  Maid 

C.  A.  Brockman S.  H.  Pugh 

Ben  Davis Iw'ni.  Mulligan.  . 

Ben  Davis W.  T.  Hawks .  . . 

Ben  Davis 'Barney  Laverty . 

J.  W.  Warden 

C.  L.  Garvin 

W.  S.Fink 

A.  0.  B.  Hogue 


E.  H.  Johnson 


C.  R.  Turner 

C.E.Perry 

E.  H.  Allen 

C.  J.  Cottrell Eagle .  . 

J.  G.  Pugh |Coalburg 

H.  F.  Teel Sewell... 


Fire  Creek 

Fire  Creek 

Fire  Creek 

No.  5.  Block 

Powellton 

Powellton 

No.  2 

No.  2  Gas 

Sewell 

Fire  Creek 

No.  2  Gas 

No,  1  Eagle 

No.  2  Gas 

No.  2  Gas  &  Eagle. 

Sewell 

Sewell 


W.  S.  Fink C.  H.  Lundv Sewell. 


4-6 
5-0 
5-0 
5-3 
4-6 
5-0 
5-0 
4-6 
4-0 
6-0 
4-6 
4-8 
4-8 
4-8 
4-8 
4-10 
4-8 


4  to  5 
5-0 

3-6 
7-6 
5-6 


3-4 
3-6 
3-2 
3-6 
3-4 
3-0 
3-6 
3-4 
6-0 
6-0 
3-3 
4-0 
4-10 
4-0 
3-6 
6-6 
4-2 
5-6 
6-0 
3-8 
4-0 
5-0 
5-6 
4-5 
4-6 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Furnace. 

Fan 

Natural. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

|Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 


Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan&  Nat. 

Fan 

Natural. . . . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural 
Natural 

Fan 

Fan&  Nat. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


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Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 
of 

Opening 


Post    Office  Address 


FAYETTE  COUNTY— Cont, 

Eli  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Fire  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Gauley  Mountain  Coal  Co.,  The 

Gauley  Mountain  Coal  Co.,  The 

Greenwood  Coal  Co 

Harvey  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Hemlock  Hollow  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

J.  D.  Boone  Coal  Co 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co . . . 
Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co  . 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Laurel  Creek  Coal  Co 

Lee  Coal  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Low  Ash  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Co.l  &  Coke  Co 

Macdonald  Colliery  Co 

Marvel  New  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Meadow  Fork  Fuel  Co 

Midvale  Colliery  Co 

Midvale  Colliery  Co 

Milburn  By-Products  Coal  Co 

Mill  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Newlyn  Coal  Co 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocatontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Nichol  Colliery  Co 

Pocahontas  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Prudence  Coal  Co 

Quinnimont  Coal  Co 

Rock  Lick  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Scotia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Scotia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Signal  Knob  Coal  Co 

Southern  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

South  Side  Company 

Star  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

Stonega  Coke  aad  Coal  Co 

Stuart  Colliery  Co 


Brown-Eli Drift. 

Ingram  Branch Drift. 

No.  5 Drift. 

Fire  Creek Drift. 

Ansted Drift 

Rich  Creek  No.  2 Drift. 

Greenwood Drift . 

Harvey Drift 

Hemlock Drift 

Boonesborough Drift . 

No.  Ill Drift. 

No.  114 Drift. 

Kingston  Nos.  3,  4  and  5 Drift. 

Westerly  No.  2 Drift. 

Laurel  Creek Drift. 

Lee Drift 

Beards  Fork,  North  and  South Drift 

Nos.  land  2 Drift. 

Snake  Island Drift. 

Kilsyth Drift. 

North  Kilsyth  &  Siltix Slope.  .  . 

Macdonald Drift 

Marvel  No.  1 Drift. 

DubreeNo.  1 Drift. 

Dubree  No.  2 Drift. 

Dubree  No.  3 Drift. 

Dubree  No.  4 Drift 

Dubree  No.  5 Drift . 

Meadow  Fork Drift. 

Midvale  No.  1 Drift 

Midvale  No.  2 Drift 

Milburn  No.  1 Drift 

Mill  Creek Drift 

Newlyn j  Drift . 

Ephraim  Creek Drift 


Nuttallburg 

Wriston 

Powellton 

Fire  Creek 

Ansted 

Jodie 

Lawton 

Harvey 

Kathryn 

Kanawha  Falls. 
Carbondale. . . . 

Longacre 

Kingston 

Westerly 

Laurel  Creek. .. 
Mount  Hope. . . 
Beards  Fork . .  . 

Page 

Rainelle 

Kilsyth 


Kay  Moor 

Layland 

Minden  Nos.  2  and  3. 
Minden  Nos.  4  and  5. 

Nichol 

BecRley 

Prudence 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 

Slope . 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Shaft. 
Lochgelly |Shaft . 


Rock  Lick  No.  4. 

Brooklyn 

Rush  Run 

Signal  Knob 

Echo 

South  Side 

Nos.  1  and  2 

Sun 


Macdonald 

Nuttallburg 

Winona 

Winona 

Boone 

Nuttallburg 

Winona 

Newlyn 

Gamoca 

Gamoca 

Milburn 

Ansted 

Newlyn 

Thayer 

Kay  Moor 

Layland 

Minden 

Minden 

Glen  Jean 

Meadow  Bridge. 

Prudence 

Lawton 

Concho 

Finlow 

Rush  Run 

Ansted 

Fire  Creek 

Mincar 

Red  Star 

Sun 

Lochgelly 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


23 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 

Name  of  Foreman 

Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 

Thickness 
Ft— In. 

Kind 

of 

Ventilation 

No. 

3-8 

6-6 

5-6 

3-0 
3-10 

5-0 

4-0 

4-0 

3-6 

4-8 

5-0 

5-0 

5-9 

4-6 

4-0 

4-6 

4-6 
4&5 

4-0 

4-6 

5-0 

4-3 

3-0 

3-4 

3-6 

3-6 

3-6 

3-4 
4  to  5 

6-0 

3-6 
6-6  &  4-0 

3-0 

3-4 

3-0 

3-4 

3-6 

4-6 

3-10 

5-6 

4-0 

4-0 

3-0 

3-9 

3-8 

4-0 

4-6 

3-8 

3-8 

4-6 

5-1  y2 

3-6 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

95 

L.  A.  Veazey 

Eagle 

96 

P.  S.  Holdren 

97 

Gilbert  Smith 

Jesse  Higginbotham 

98 

No.  2  Gas 

99 

R.  F.  Ovtrly 

100 

S.  W.  Amick 

101 

Sewell.   . 

102 

H.  P.  Nutter ... 

W.  H.  McDaniel 

103 

I.  B.  Huddle 

I.  N.  Huddle 

104 

A.  D.  Sims 

No.  2  Gas 

Fan 

Fan 

105 

P.  H.  Frye 

No.  2  Gas 

106 

B.  W.  Tygrett 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan  

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

107 

Orville  Eberly 

John  Walker 

S.  P.  Harris 

Powellton 

108 
109 

C.  L.  Wilson   

Elmer  Whitt 

E.  H.  Tucker  &  M.  L.  Williamson 

W.  E.  Wilson  &  Harry  Cale 

T.  L.  Reynolds 

Sewell 

No.  2.  Gas 

Ansted  &  Eagle 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Sewell.. 

110 

R.  G.  Stevens 

D.  S.  Dooley    

111 

112 

113 

Wm.  Ward 

114 

I.  J.  Boyd 

Sewell 

Sewell  . 

115 

W.  S.  Fink... 

P.  C.  Kennedy 

116 

Geo.  H.  Skaggs 

C.  C.  Meeks 

B.  F.  Murphy 

Edward  Saunders 

W.H.Cross 

W.  W.  Hearn 

C.H.  Workman 

Bassil  Holston 

R.  C.  Mitchell  &  Jas.  Painter 

J.  W.  Russell 

H.P.Thomas 

Sewell.. 

117 

Sewell 

Sewell  

118 

119 

Sewell 

Sewell 

120 

Fan 

Fan 

121 

122 

W.  W.  Hearn 

Sewell 

Natural 

Fan 

123 

U.G.Thomas 

124 

U.  G.  Thomas 

No.  2  Gas 

Fan 

125 

J.  F.  Lynch 

Eagle  &  Powellton 

Sewell 

Fan 

Fan  

126 

A.R.Russell 

127 

H.  P.Thomas 

Natural 

Fon 

128 

C.  E.  Rollyson 

129 

E.  M.  Des  Rochers 

L.  E.  Jones 

Sewell 

Fan    

130 

B.  T.  Settle 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural 

Fan 

131 

R.  C.  Wanding 

Geo.  Watkeys  &  Andrew  Easton. 
W.  S.  Hendrickson  &  Fred  Latham 

Sewell 

132 

R.  C.  Wandling 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

133 
134 

J.  D.  Johnson 

J.  D.  Johnson 

135 

Edw.  Malone 

Fan 

136 

G.A.Campbell 

Dana  Green 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

137 

George  E.  Evans 

J.C.Baker 

Sewell 

Sewell 

138 
139 

J.  C.  Baker,  Jr 

W.E.Wilkes 

Fan 

140 

A.  R.  Russell 

B.  L.  Bush 

No.  2.  Gas  . . . 

Fan 

141 

C.  R.  Drumheller 

C.  R.  Drumheller 

Fire  Creek 

Fan 

142 

F.  E.  Brown 

Sewell 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

143 

Robert  W.  Massie 

Emmett  Lively  &  Jas.  Deviese . . . 

W.A.Mills 

M.  E.  Gillispie 

Sewell 

144 

F.H.Stanley 

145 

Jno.  Whitehead 

Sewell 

Fan 

146 

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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR  1929 


No. 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post   Office  Address 


147 
148 
149 
150 
151 
152 
153 
154 
155 


156 
157 


FAYETTE  COUNTY- 

Stuart  Colliery  Co 

Sugar  Creek  Coal  Co 

Turkey  Knob  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Eagle  Coal  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

Willis  Branch  Coal  Co 

Wilson,  M.T 


Cont. 


Summerlee . . . 
Sugar  Creek .  . 
Turkey  Knob. 

No.  2 

Oakwood 

Scarbro 

Whipple 

Willis  Branch . 
Cotton  Hill... 


GILMER  COUNTY 

Gilmer  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

J.  T.Coal  Co 


Gilmer. 

Jontce 


GRANT  COUNTY 
Emmons  Coal  Mining  Co.  of  W.  Va 


Culpeper  No.  1 


GREENBRIER  COUNTY 

Clear  Cieek  Coal  Co Clearco  No.  1 

Frances  Coal  Co Frances . 


159 
ISO 
Itil 
162 
163 
1(34 

165  IMargarette  Coal  Co 

166  Meadow  River  Fuel  Co 

167  New  River  &  Pocahontas  Con 

168  iTuck  Brothers 


Greenbrier  Smokeless  Coal  Co Bellburn 

Imperial  Smokeless  Coal  Co Quinwood 

Johnston  Coal  &  Coke  Co Crichton  No.  1 

Leckie  Smokeless  Coal  Co [Leckie  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4,i-nd  5 . 

Margarette  No.  1 

Lincoln  

Coal  Co..  ..  Leslie 

Dwyer 


169 
170 
171 
172 
173 
174 


HANCOCK  COUNTY 

Columbia  Coal  Co 

Kings  Creek  Coal  Co 

Smith,  W.  L 

StarCcalCo 

Talbot  Brothers  Coal  Co 

Weirton  Ice  &  Coal  Supply  Co.,  Inc. 


Columbia 

Morrow 

W.  b  .-mith 

Star 

Talbot 

Chestnut  Woods . 


175    Wern,  Gomer 


HARRISON  COUNTY 

176  iAllied  Coal  Co | Allied  No.  1 

177  [Bethlehem  Fairmont  Coal  Co Scott  Nos.  1  and  2 

178  IBingamon  Valley  Coal  Co Bice 

179  JBrinkley  Bros.  Coal  &  Transfer  Co Goff 

180  jBurns  Coal  Mining  Co JHood 

181  Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co Eagle  Nos.  1,  2  and  3  . . . 

182  Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co jPitcairn  Nos.  1,  2  and  3 . 

183  jdarksburg  Gas  Coal  Co Haymond 

184  .Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The  [Consolidation  No.  25.  .  . 

185  'Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The Consolidation  No.  29.  .  . 

186  (Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  'lhe [Consolidation  No.  32.  .  . 

187  [Corona  Coal  Co Corona 

188  j  Corrado  Coal  &  Coke  Ccr]  oration Cunningham 


Shaft . 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Shaft . 
Shaft . 
Shaft . 
Drift. 
Drilt 


Summerlee  .  . 
Mount  Hope. . 
Turkey  Knob. 

Boncar 

Carlisle 

Scarbro 

Whipple 

Willis  Branch 
Fayetteville. . . 


Drift. 
Drift 


Gilmer 
Gilmer. 


Drilt 


Bayard 


Drift Duo. 

Drift Marfrance 

Drift Bellburn 

Drift jQuinwood.    . . 

Drift Crichton 

Drift Anjean 

Drift [Marfrance 

Drift East  Rainelle . 

Drift  Leslie  

Drilt.  East  Rainelle. 


Drift 
Drift 

Drift 
Drift 
Slope. 
Drift 


Comer  Wern Drift Pughtown 


Chester 

Weirton,  R.  No.  1 

New  Cumberland   R.   2. 

New  Cumberland 

New  Cumberland 

Weirton 


Drift iShinnston 

Drift Shinnston 

Slope Shinnston.  R.  F.  No.  1.  . 

Drift Clarksburg 

Drift IShinnston 

Drift Hepzibah 

Drift Clarksburg 

Drift Clarksburg 

Drift ^Clarksburg 

Drift Iciarksburg,  R.  F.  No.  3. 

Drift. .     .     Owings      

Drift Hepzibah  

Drift Haywood 


LIBRARY 
WEST  VIRGiNIA  UNIVERSITY 


1929] 


Departmhnt  of  Mines 


25 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


Sam  Frye 

L.  W.  Sydnor. .. 
J.G.Thayer... 
Fred  E.  Burger . 
R.  P.  Nicholls.  . 

A.  R.  Long 

R.  P.  Nicholls.. 
J.  S.  Mason.  . . . 
M.T.Wilson... 


C.  W.  Knight.. 
W.  H.  Matheny. 


D.  J.  Keenan. 


J.  A.  McCallister. . 

Harry  Martin 

V.  A.  Summerfield. 
Harry  Martin .... 
0.  C.  Wilburn.... 
J.  A.  McCallister.. 

Jas.  K.  Laing 

J.H.Ford 

Joe  Tuck 


A  brum  Hartill. 


W.  L.  Smith.. 
K.  B.  McNeil. 
().  K.Talbot. 


(iomcr  Wern. 


F.  M.Kirk 

M.  H.  Haymond. 
J.  S.  Henshaw.  .  . 
Orvy  Brinkley . . . 
J.  W.  Tichenor.  . 
Homer  Tomes .  . . 
C.  E.  Jenkins 


N.  F.  Raeder 

Luke  Murray 

C.  H.  Higinbotham. 

B.  H.  Monroe 

H.  W.  Null 


Richard  Smith .... 

Tom  Evans 

R.  M.  O'Dell 

Laird  Hill 

Jno.  D.  Thompson. 

Fred  Lamb 

E.  M.  Lewis 

B.  S.  Kidd 

M.T.Wilson 


Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Powellton . 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Eagle 

No.  2  Gas. 


J.  M.  Robinson 
W.  H.  Matheny 


A.  C.  Hoover. 


H.L.Walker. 


J.  C.  Mahley. 
L.  R.  Tuck . . . 


Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 


Lower  Kittanning . 


Sewell. 
Sewell. 
Seweh . 
Sewell. 


J.  McNeeley 

Geo.  W.  Fain 

John  Weirmouth Sewell 

I.  N.  Davis ISewell 

Geo.  Sink jSewell 

Steve  H.  Sims Fire  Creek. 


Abram  Hartill. 


Sewell 

Fire  Creek. 


W.L.Smith 

R.  B.  McNeil. . . . 

O.E.Talbot 

Nunzio  Ricciardi. 
Gomer  Wern 


F.  M.Kirk 

E.  P.  Brennen. . 
Albert  Hetiin .  .  . 
Orvy  Brinkley .  . 
J.  W.  Tichenor. 
Homer  Jones. . . 
C.  E.  Jenkins .  . 
C.  S.  Hornor.. . 
Albert  Robey . . 
W.  T.  Ashcraft. 
E.  A.  Towles. . . 

J.  H.  Quinn 

H.  W.  Null... 


No.  6 

Freeport 

Kittanning  No.  8. 

No.  6 

No.  6 

Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Bakertown 


Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh. 
Piusbuigh 


3-6 
(j-0 
0-0 
5-0 
3-9 
3-6 
3-9 
6-0 
5-0 


7-0 
6-0 


6-0 


4-6 
3-6 
4-6 
6-0 
4-6 
6-0 
5-6 

2-10 
5-9 

3-10 


3-0 

4-6 
4-6 
4-0 
3-6 

4  to  by2 

3-0 


8-0 

8-0 

6-4 

7-0 

6-0 

8-2 

8-0 

7-0 

8-0 

8-0 

7-11 

8-0 

8-0 


Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 


Fan. 
Fan. 


Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Furnace . 


Fan 

Natural. 
Natural. 
Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1&29 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


HARRISON  COUNTY— Cont. 

Cortright  Cornog  Collieries  Co 

Dawson  Coal  Co 

Elkhart  Coal  Co 

Everhart  Coal  Co 

Fairmont  Big  Vein  Coal  Co 

Farnum  Coal  Co 

Franklin  Gas  Coal  Mining  Co 

Glen  View  Coal  Co 

Haywood  Coal  Mining  Co 

Howard  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Hughes  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutton  Coal  Co 

Johnson  Coal  Mining  Co 

Katherine  Coal  Mining  Co 

Killeen  Coal  Co 

Maureen  Coal  Co 

Monongah  Fuel  Co 

Montfair  Gas  Coal  Co 

Peora  Coal  Co 

Pine  Bluff  Coal  Co 

Russell  Coal  Co 

Sardis  Coal  Co 

Soper  &  Reynolds  Coal  Co 

Stoetzer  Coal  Co 

Ten  Mile  Run  Coal  Co 

Thomas  Love  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Valley  Coal  Co 

Virginia-Maryland  Coal  Corporation. 

Washington  Irving  Coal  Co 

Wolf  Summit  Coal  Co 

Young  Coal  Co.,  Inc 


KANAWHA  COUNTY 

Amelia  Coal  Co 

Barren  Creek  Coal  Co 

Belle  Alkali  Co 

Black  Band  Consolidated  Coal  Co. . 

Blue  Creek  Coal  &  Land  Co 

Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co . 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co . 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co . 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co . 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co . 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Cortright 

Dawson 

Martin 

Kester 

Fairmont  No.  2 

Brcw.i  No.  1 

Franklin 

Glen  View 

Monroe 

Dorothy 

Helen 

Erie 

Hutchinson 

Laura  Lee 

McCandlish 

Seminole 

Calif 

Katherine 

Whiteman 

Cliff 

Gallihue  Nos.  1  and  2. 

Frances  No.  1 

Dorma  &  Goldie 

Pine  Bluff 

Despard 

Raybert 

Miller 

Robert 

Allen 

Nora 

Lewis 

Willard 

Wilbert  &  Despard    .  . 

Summit 

Young  No.  2 


Amelia 

Barren  Creek 

Belle  No.  1 

Reynolds 

Blakeley  No.  5 

Acme  No.  2 

Quarrier 

Raccoon  No.  2  East . 
Raccoon  No.  2  West 

Rose 

United  No.  2 

No.  1 

No.  6 

No.  3 

No.  5 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Slope .... 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift  &  S. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift... 

Drift 

Drift 

Shaft 

Slope.  .  .  . 

Drift 

Slope.... 
Shaft.  .  .. 
Slope.  .  . 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Dnft 


Post  Office  Address 


Clarksburg 

Clarksburg 

Haywood  . .  >' 

Nutter  Fort 

Clarksburg 

Fairmont 

Interstate 

Clarksburg 

Shinnston 

Shinnston 

Shinnston 

Hepzibah 

Mt.  Clare 

Lumberport 

Meadowbrook 

Gypsy 

McWhorter 

Lumberport 

Clarksburg 

Spelter 

Monongah 

Monongah,  R.  No.  4. . . 

Shinnston 

Pine  Bluff 

Clarksburg 

Dola 

Wilsonburg 

Shinnston 

Dola 

Worthington,  R.  No.  2. 

Wolf  Summit 

Shinnston 

Clarksburg 

Wolf  Summit 

Nutter  Fort 


Blakeley 

Barren  Creek. 

Belle 

Olcott 

Blakeley 

Kayford 

Wake  Forest.. 

Kayford 

Kayford  

Kayford 

Kayford 

Cannelton 
Cannelton 

Carbon 

Jochin 


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27 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal  Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft.— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


James  Dudley .  . . 
James  A.  Jenkins . 

R.  A.  Swiger 

A.  V.  Morgan.  .  .  . 

D.  Howard 

Chas.  R.  Martin . 


Boyd  Mitchell.  .. 
G.  H.  Wisser 
Homer  Ashcraft. 
Jno.  F.  Berry . . . . 

P.  F.  Cogar 

G.  H.  Musgrave . 

J.  A.  Haislip 

W.  H.  Myers... 
B.  H.  Monroe.  .  . 
Nathan  Foster . . . 

E.  E.  Ober 

Earl  Rutherford . 


Chas.  King. 
Harry  Holt. 


0.  F.  Allen 

Russell  Smith 

C.  D.  Thompson  .  . 

G.  I.  Martin 

John  J.  B.  Stoetzer. 

J.  F.  Shergle 

Ed.  Heldreth 

J.  J.  Wickenhoffer . 

A.  Lisle  White 

Russell  Smith 

H.W.Craig 


M.I.  Hill 

J.  C.  Beirne 

J.M.Kelly 

L.  D.  Mitchell... 
H.  L.  Kenney .  .  . 

Ivan  J.  Ely 

W.  E.  McSurley. 
W.H.Morris.... 
W.H.Morris 
W.  H.  Morris    . 
Ivan  J.  Rose.  .  .  . 

Ben  Davis 

Ben  Davis 

Chas.  L.  Betty... 
E.  B.  Pearse 


George  Rutter .  .  .  . 

M.  A.  Haley 

R.  A.  Swiger 

E.  L.  Everhart.... 
W.  F.  Wagner .  .  .  . 

Wm.  Stuart 

Joe  A.  Green 

Charles  Carder 

E.C.  Wisser 

Homer  Ashcraft. .  . 
Charles  Cray  ton. . 

Victor  Gandy 

Robert  McAtee.  .  . 
Lee  Drummond .  . . 

John  Null 

R.  M.  Sherb 

Arthur  Sutphin  .  .  . 

John  Hogue 

Earl  Rutherford. . 
A.  F.  Rodeheaver . 

Chas.  King 

John  W.  Speicher. 


J.  L.  Weaver. . . 
Russell  Smith. . 
C.  W.  Watkins. 
G.  I.  Martin. . . 
W.  T.  Reeves.. 
J.  F.  Shergle. . . 


S.  N.  Bartlett 

T.  L.  Westmoreland . 

Russell  Smith 

H.  P.  Marsh 

Linwood  Young 


J.  P.  Cottrell 

P.  L.  Beirne 

J.  E.  Turner 

Wm.  Miller 

R.  W.  Burdette .  . 

Bert  Eads 

W.  E.  McSurley.. 

Tom  Moore 

Frank  Seasor .... 

R.A.Lee 

Benj.  Rose 

John  Hudson 

J.  A.  Straughan .  . 

Rob  Larabee 

Harry  B.  Francis. 


Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Redstone 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 


6-0 
7-6 
7-0 
7-0 
8-0 
8-0 
6-6 
8-0 
7-6 
9-0 
8-0 
7-6 
6-0 
7-6 
7-6 
8-0 
5-8 
7-6 
6-0 
7-0 
8-0 
8-0 
7-0 
7-0 
7-6 
6-0 
7-0 
8-2 
7-0 
8-6 
7-3 
6-6 
7-6 
7-8 
6-0 


5-0 
4-0 
2-9 
4-2 
4-2 
7-0 
4-6 
5-6 
6-6 
5-6 
7-0 
6-6 
4-10 
6-0 
6-0 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan  &  Nat . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural .  .  .  . 
Fan&  Nat. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural .  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan 
Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan . 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan 


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[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


239 
240 
241 
242 
243 
244 
245 
246 
247 
248 
249 
250 
251 
252 
253 
254 
255 
256 
257 
258 
259 
260 
261 
262 
263 
264 
265 
266 
267 
268 
269 
270 
271 
272 


KANAWHA  COUNTY— Cont. 
Carbon  Fuel  Co  No.  10. 


Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Champe  &  Hill  Coal  Co  

Coalburgh-Kanawh,;  Mining  Co.   . 

Cote  Coal  Mining  Co 

Davis  Creek  Mining  Co 

Deep  Hollow  Coal  Co 

Dry  Branch  Coal  Co 

Eureka  Coal  Co 

Glenn  Coal  Co 

Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co. 
Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co . 
Hugheston  Gas  Coal  Co. 


No.  11 

Mt.  Morris 

A&B 

Jacoma 

Davis  Creek 

Deep  Hollow 

Dry  Branch 

Eureka  No.  5 

Glenn 

Nos.  1  and  3 

No.  4 

Arnburn  Nos.  1,  2  arid  3, 


Imperial  Colliery  Co Imperial  No.  1 


Imperial  Colliery  Co 

Imperial  Colliery  Co 

Imperial  Colliery  Co 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co.. 

Kanawha  Elk  Coal  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

New  Export  Coal  Co 

Nicklelt  Coal  Co 

Riverton  Coal  Co 

Ronda  Coal  Co 

Stange-Elliott  Coal  Co 

Wacomah  Fuel  Co 

Wacomah  Fuel  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co Eskdale  No.  52... 

Wet  Branch  Mining  Co Wet  Branch  Nos.  1  and  2 

Winifrede  Coal  Co No.  2,  North;  No.  5,  South-West. 

Wyatt  Coal  Co Horton  Nos.  1,  3  and  4 

Wyatt  Coal  Co !Laing 


Imperial  No.  2 

Imperial  No.  3 

Imperial  No.  5 

No.  109 

Graham  

No.  2 

No.  4 

No.  6 

Star  Slope  No.  1 .  .  . 
Cedar  Grove  No.  2 . 

Riverton 

Ronda 

Hitop 

Wacomah  No.  1 

Wacomah  No.  2. . . . 


Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Shaft . 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 


Wevaco 

Notomine.  .  . 
Montgomery. 
Coal  burgh. . . 

Gallagher 

Charleston. . . 
Coalburgh. . . 
Dry  Branch. 
Montgomery. 

Lico 

Dana 

Dana 

Hugheston . . . 
Bumwell .... 
Burnwell .... 
Barnwell.  . .  . 


Drift  Burnwell. 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Slope. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift . 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 


Mammoth. . . 
Big  Chimney. 

Ward 

Ward 

Ward 

Cinco 

Maldon 

East  Bank. . . 

Ronda 

Blakeley.  .  .  . 
Gallagher. . . . 
Gallagher. . . . 

Eskda'e 

Dry  Branch .  . 
Winifrede  .  . . 

Sharon 

Laing 


LEWIS  COUNTY 

273  Red  Star  Coal  and  Coke  Co . 

274  Weston  State  Hospital 


LINCOLN  COUNTY 

275  Henderson  Coal  Co 

276  IHubball  Guy  an  Coal  Co 

277  Iseward  Coal  Co 

278  W.  M.Jones  Coal  Co 


279 
280 
281 

282 
283 
284 


LOGAN  COUNTY 

Agee  Co;d  Co 

Amherst  Coal  Co 

Amherst  Coal  Co 

Amherst  Coal  Co 

A.  R.  Parsons  Coal  Co 

Boone  County  Coal  Corporation. 


Redstone  No.  1 

State  Hospital  No.  2. 


Drift. 
Drift 


Henderson  No.  2 

W.  M.  Jones  No.  2 Drift 

Seward  No.  1 Drift 

W.  M.  Jones  No.  3 ' Drift 


Homer . 
Weston . 


Drift Ivation 

Branchland. 
Hubball  . . . 


Ranger. 


Drift Logan 

Drift I  Amherstdale . 

Drift Braeholm. . . . 


Smithco  Nos.  1  and  2 

No.  1 

No.  2 

No. 3 1  Drift Accoville 

!  Parsons Drift Mallory. 

Boone  No.  2 Drift Sharpies 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


29 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


C.  A.  Pearee. 
C.  A.  Pear.se 


J.A.Willis 
Homer  Cote . 


J.A.Willis ...  . 
H.  H.  Fletcher 


C.  B.  Dean 

W.  V.  Rensford 

Jno.  P.  McGucken .  . 
Grant  E.  Tompkins . 

M.  D.  Boudin 

M.  D.  Bouldin 

M.  D.  Bouldin 

M.  D.  Bouldin 

W.F.Wolfe 


Arthur  Bryce 

Arthur  Bryce 

Arthur  Bryce 

Thos.  I.  Haggerty. 

D.S.Nichols 

Lester  M.  Piatt. . . 

Arthur  Bryce 

John  W.  Gay 

F.B.Williams.... 
F.B.Williams.... 

Jno.  Johnson 

E.  0.  Purkey 


D.  W.  Martin . 
Wm.  Perfater. 


J.H.Starr. 
B.  Davis. . . 


Hal  Pritchard . 
C.L.Wilson  . 


J.  B.  Agee 


Joe  L.  Corbly . 
Allen  Rasnick. 
Frank  Cole.  . . 


V.  A.  Snow. . . 
H.  L.  Copher. 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal  Bed  Worked 


Fred  Harless. 
Alex  Rouse .  . 


Ralph  Williams 

W.  B.  Johnson 

Miles  Holsteen 

Andrew  Calderwood . 

Chas.  Bell 

Allen  Belcher 

Lonnie  Bradley 

W.H.Stewart 

J.  S.  Vealey 

Alex  Jones 

R.  L.  Miller 


P.  E.  Parker 

J.  E.  West 

F.W.Willis 

D.  H.  Croghan 

Walter  Kirby 

Lester  M.  Piatt 

J.  G.  Page 

John  W.  Gay 

W.  H.  Cramer 

Ed.  Brewer 

Jno  Johnson 

G.  D.  Hlidreth 

L.  Harless 

Jas.  Scott  &  Milton  Fulp. 
G.B.Calvert 


J.  H.  Starr. 
B.  Davis.  . 


Lou  Roach.  .  . 
Hal  Pritchard. 
C.L.Wilson.. 


H.  C.  Raskey .  . . 
George  Vance. . . 

G.G.  Gullitt 

Ray  Halstead. . . 
W.  M.  Anderson. 
Tom  Cline 


Carbon  Splint 

Carbon  Splint 

No.  2  Gas 

Coalburg  &  Belmont 

Coalburg 

Coalburg 

Peerless 

Coalburg 

No.  5  Splint 

Black  Band 

No.  5 

No.  2  Gas 

No.  2  Gas 

Eagle 

Eagle 

Eagle 

Dorothy 

No.  5  Block 

Coalburg 

Coalburg  &  Lewiston  &  Winifrede 

Coalburg 

Lewiston 

No.  2  Gas 

Cedar  Grove 

Winifrede 

Coalburg 

No.  5 

Coalburg 

Coalburg 

No.  2  Gas 

Belmont 

Winifrede 

Coalburg  &  Belmont 

Winifrede 

Redstone 

Redstone 

No.  5  Block 

Stockton-Lewiston 

Stockton 

Stockton-Lewiston 

Island  Creek  &  Alum 

Island  Creek 

Chilton 

Island  Creek 

Island  Creek 

Chilton 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


6-0 
6-0 
5-0 
5-6  &  3- 
5-0 
3-4 
2-6 
5-0 
5-6 
3-4 
4-6  to  6 
4  to  7 
4-4 
5-8 
3-6 
4-0 
5-10 
6-0 
4-6 
4-6 
4-0 
4-0 
4-6 
3-6 
5-6 
5-0 
5-2 
5-0 
5-0 
4-0 
4-0 
4-2 
4-6 
5-6 


4-0 
5-0 


4-6 
6-0 
8-0 
4-2 


6&  4 
4-0 
5-6 
4-0 
5-6 
5-2 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Natural 

Fan... 

Fan... 

Natural 

Fan 

Fan  .  . 

Fan... 

Fan  ... 

Fan. . . . 

Fan.... 

Fan... 

Fan... 

Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Fan... 

Fan.... 

Natural 

Fan.... 

Fan... 

Fan... 

Fan. . . . 

Fan. . . . 

Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Fan . . .  ." 

Fan.... 

Fan... 

Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Fan.... 

Fan... 
Fan 

Fan.... 
Fan.... 
Fan.... 
Fan.... 

Fan.... 
Fan.... 
Fan.... 
Fan.... 
Fan.... 
Fan... 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


LOGAN  COUNTY— Cont. 
Boone  County  Coal  Corporation. . . 

Buffalo  Chilton  Coal  Co 

Buffalo  Eagle  Mines,  Inc 

Callaway  Eagle  Coal  Co 

Chafin- Jones-Heatherman  Coal  Co . 

Clean  Eagle  Coal  Co 

Cleveland  Cliffs  Iron  Co.,  The 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Fort  Branch  Coal  Corporation 

Gay  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Georges  Creek  Coal  Co 

Guyan  Eagle  Coal  Co 

H.T.Wilson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Litz-  Smith  Coal  Co 

Logan  Chilton  Coal  Co 

Logan  County  Coal  Corporation .  . 
Logan  County  Coal  Corporation .  .  . 

Logan  Mines,  Inc 

Long  Flame  Coal  Co 

Lorado  Coal  Mining  Co.,  The 


Lorado  Coal  Mining  Co.,  The. . . 

McCall  Coal  Co 

McClure  Coal  Co 

Mallory  Coal  Co 

Mallory  Coal  Co 

Mallory  Coal  Co 

Merrill  Coal  Mines,  Inc 

Monitor  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Opperman  Coal  Co 

Paul  Logan  Coal  Co 

PhicoCoalCo 

Rum  Creek  Coal  Co 

Rum  Creek  Coal  Co 

Sovereign  Coal  Co 

Standard  Island  Creek  Coal  Co . 
Standard  Island  Creek  Coal  Co. 
Stone  Branch  Coal  Co 


Boone  No.  12 

Buffalo  Chilton 

Riley  Nos.  2  and  3 

Guyan  Valley 

Nos.  1  and  2 

Huff  Creek  No.  4 

Ethel  No.  2 

No.  4 

Red  Campbell 

Gay 

Georges  Creek 

Guyan  Eagle  Nos.  1  and  3 

H.  T.  Wilson  Nos.  1  and  3 

Argyle  No.  1 

Argyle  No.  2 

Dabney 

MacBeth 

Island  Creek  No.  1 

Island  Creek  No.  7 

Island  Creek  No.  8 

Island  Creek  No.  11 

Island  Creek  No.  12 

Island  Creek  No.  14 

Island  Creek  No.  18 

Island  Creek  No.  20 

Island  Creek  No.  21 

Island  Creek  No.  22 

Smithco  No.  3 

Rita  No.  1 

Lundale 

McGregor  Nos.  1  :>nd  2 

Black  Hawk 

Long  Flame 

Lorado  No.  1  and  East  Hill  No.  1 . 


Lorado  No.  2 

McCall  No.  1 

Manbar 

Mallory  No.  1 

Mallory  No.  2 

Mallory  No.  3 

Merrill 

Monitor  Nos.  2  and  3. 

Opperman  No.  2 

Smithco  No.  6 

Phico 

Orville 

Paragon  Nos.  1  and  2. 

Sovereign  No.  1 

Loma  No.  2 

Loma  No.  3 

Smithco  No.  5 


Drift... 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift.... 

Drift  ... 
Drift.   . . 
Dr.  &  SI. 
Drift .... 
Drift .  ... 
Drift  ... 
Drift 
Drift 
Slope.  .  . 
Drift.    . 
Drift  ... 
Slope    ,  . 
Slope.  .  . 
Drift .  ... 
Drift.... 
Drift . ... 
Drift.... 
Drift  ... 
Drift 
Drift.... 
Shaft    .  . 
Shaft    .  . 
Shaft. 
Drift.... 
Drift... 
Drift  ... 
Drift... 
Drift.. 
Drift  ... 
Drift. . . . 


Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 


Sharpies 

Kistler 

Braeholm 

Crown 

Peach  Creek. . 

Mallory 

Ethel 

Sarah  Ann .... 
Fort  Branch .  . 
Mount  Gay. . . 

Hetzel 

Amherstdale.  . 

Logan 

Yolyn 

Hetzel 

Kleenkoal .... 

MacBeth 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Holden 

Accoville 

Rita 

Lundale 

Slagle 

Big  Creek .... 

Lundale 

Lorado 

Lorado 

Christian 

Earling 

Mallory 

Landville 

Mallory 

Henlawson.  .  . 
Wilkinson .... 

Blair 

Stone  Branch . 
Chapmanville. 

Yolyn 

Yolyn 

Sovereign 

Taplin 

Taplin 

Stone  Branch 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


31 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 

Name  of  Mine  Foreman 

Name  of  Coal  Bed  Worked 

Thickness 
Ft— In. 

Kind 
of 

Ventilation 

No. 

H.  L.  Fisher 

A.  F.  Winter 

Chilton 

6-0 

4-2 
5-0  &  6-6 

7-0 

4-6 

3-6 

5-0 

5-0 

4-6 

6-0 
4  to  6 
6-0  &  4-4 

4-3 

7-0 

4-0 

5-6 

5-6 

6-6 

6-6 

6-3 

6-6 

6-4 

6-7 

6-0 

7-0 

6-5 

7-0 
6-0  &  3-10 

3-9 

5-6 

5-6 

4-0 

4-9 

6-0 

6-6 

4-6 

3-8 

5-2 

4-6 

3-6 

5-6 

6-0 

4-6 

3-6 

3-8 
3-10 

6-0 
7-10 

5-6 

3-6 
3-10 

Fan. 

285 

Chilton 

Fan 

286 

J.  S.  Riley 

Fan 

287 

N.  L.  Callawav 

N.  L.  Callaway 

Allen  Thornhill  &  P.  C.  Brogan. 

Fan.   . 

288 

W.A.Lilly 

Fan 

289 

H.  C.  Sale 

Fan 

290 

M.E.Kent 

E.  R.  Brooker 

Chilton 

Fan    . 

291 

W.  B.  Masincupp 

292 

C.  G.  Dickinson 

Chilton 

Fan 

293 

H.  S.Gay,  Jr 

Fan. 

294 

A.  D.  Callihan 

J.  H.  Harrah 

Pat  Caldwell  &  H.  B.  Ferguson.. . 

J.  M.Friel 

Frank  Means 

Fay  Vandervort 

W.  L.  Peck 

Chilton 

Fan 

295 

W.  T.  Jones 

Fan    . 

296 

B.  B.  Wilson 

Fan. 

297 

C.A.Cook 

Chilton 

Fan 

298 

Fay  Vandervort 

Chilton 

Fan  . 

299 

W.  L.  Peck 

Fan 

300 

C.A.Cook 

D.  R.  Hundley 

Chas.  Walker 

Fan 

301 

Ed.  Mooney 

Fan 

302 

W.  S.  Parsons 

John  Mayhone 

C.  B.  Adkins 

William  Rothwell 

Fan 

303 

W.  S.  Parsons 

Fan 

304 

E.  B.  Hutchinson 

Fan 

305 

E.  B.  Hutchinson 

E.E.White 

Fan 

306 

James  Lindley 

Fan 

307 

A.  J.  Alexander 

R.  D.  Ellis 

Fan 

308 

John  S.  McGhee 

T.  E.  Mitchem 

Fan 

309 

Mike  Depietro 

Fan 

310 

T.G  Hunt 

Fan 

311 

W.  T.  Spicer 

W.  T.  Spicer 

Fan 

312 

E.B.Gibson 

Island  Creek 

Chilton 

Fan 

313 

W.  W.  Beddow 

C.  C.  Perry 

Fan 

314 

W.  W.  Beddow 

C.  W.  Thomas  &  Virgil  Patton. . . 
Geo.  Smith 

Chilton 

Fan 

315 

T.G.Hall 

Fan 

316 

T.  H.  Pritchard 

Chilton 

Fan 

Fan  

317 

French  Workman 

Rudolph     Tunovich     &     R.     E. 
Santrock  

318 

Wm.  Nickelson 

S.  C.  Anthony 

Fan    . 

319 

E.  A.  Anthony 

Fan    . 

320 

E.G.Snyder 

Fan 

321 

Jno.  T.  Sydnor 

Fan 

322 

G.  J.  Stollings 

Fan 

323 

Jno.  T.  Sydnor 

M.  F.  McVeigh 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

324 

R.  B.  Barlow 

325 

R.  C.  Thornbury 

326 

R.  G.  Richards 

Chilton 

327 

P.  L.Swain 

A.  F.  Mitchell 

Alma 

Alma 

328 

H.  C.  Sale 

W.  W.  Beddow .  . . 

329 
330 

\V.  W.  Beddow.  .. 

W.  T.  Chaney 

Chilton 

Chilton 

Eagle 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan  

331 

J.  T.  Robertson 

S.  H.  Preston,  Jr 

J.  D.Lilly 

W.  B.  Herndon 

P.  C.  Brogan 

332 
333 

8.  H.  Preston,  Jr 

Fan 

Fan 

334 

P.  C.  Brogan 

Alma 

335 

32 


Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


LOGAN  COUNTY— Cont. 

Utilities  Coal  Co 

Utilities  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coa!  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

Wood  Coal  Co 

Youngstown  Sheet  &  Tube  Co.,  The 
Yuma  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

MARION  COUNTY 

Barnes  Coal  Co 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Continental  Coal  Co 

Continental  Coal  Co 

Cosgrove-Meehan  Gas  Coal  Co 

Four  States  Coal  Co 

Greater  Fairmont  Investment  Co 

Harry  B.  Coal  Co 

Home  Service  Coal  Co 

Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Monongahela  Fuel  Co 

Morgantown  Gas  Coal  Co 

New  England  Fuel  &  Transportation  Co 
Virginia  &  Pittsburgh  C.  &  C.  Co.,  The. 
Virginia  &  Pittsburgh  C.  &  C.  Co.,  The. 

MARSHALL  COUNTY 

Ben  Franklin  Coal  Co.  of  W.  Va 

Consolidated  Fuel  Co.,  The 

Duffy  Bros.  Coal  Co 

Glendale  Gas  Coal  Co 

Glendale  Gas  Coal  Co 

Hitchman  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKeefrey  Coal  Co.  of  W.  Va 

McMillan  Coal  Co 


KistlerNo.  61 

KistlerNo.  62 

Earling 

Josephine  No.  1 

Manitoba 

Micco  No.  3 

Omar  No.  4 

Omar  No.  5 

Rossmore 

Stirrat  No.  15 

Stirrat  No.  19 

Kistler  No.  61 

Kistler  No.  62 

Frieze  Fork  No.  2 

Dehue 

Yuma 

Wise 

Barrackville  No.  41 

Dakota  No.  42 

Consolidation  No.  26.  .  . 
Consolidation  No.  36.  .  . 
Consolidation  No.  38.  .  . 
Consolidation  Nos.  43-63 
Consolidation  No.  57.  . . 
Consolidation  No.  86 .  .  . 
Consolidation  No.  97. . . . 

Parker  Run 

Sands 

Thermal  No.  40 

Annabelle 

Aurora 

Junior 

No.  1 

Jamison  No.  8 

Jamison  No.  9 

Parker  Run 

Morgantown  No.  1 

Federal  No.  1 

Kingmont 

Morgan  Nos.  1  and  2.  . . 

Panama  No.  2 

Frances 

Jims  Run 

Ale\ander 

Glendale 

Hitchman 

McKeefrey 

McMillan 


Drift .... 
Drift  ... 
Drift. . . . 
Drift... 
Drift  ... 
Drift. . 
Drift... 
Drift... 
Slope... 
Drift... 
Drift... 
Drift  ... 
Drift..  . 
Drilt  ... 
Shaft... 
Drift  ... 

Drift. . . . 
Shaft.  . . 
Shaft... 
Drift . ... 
Drift.... 
Shaft.  .. 
Drift  ... 
Drift  ... 
Shaft. . . 
Shaft  .  . 
Drift  ... 
Slope .  .  . 
Shaft... 
Shaft... 
Drift .... 
Drift. . . 
Shaft .  .  . 
Shaft .  .  . 
Shaft... 
Drift... 
Drift  .. 
Shaft... 
Drift. . . 
Drift. . . 

Shaft .  .  . 
Shaft. . . 
Slope.  .  . 
SI.  &  Sh 
SI.  &  Sh 
Slope.  .  . 
Shaft .  .  . 
Shaft.  .  . 


Kistler 

Kistler 

Earling 

Omar 

Ethel 

Omar 

Omar 

Omar 

Rossmore 

Stirrat 

Stirrat 

Kistler 

Kistler 

Ethel 

Debue 

Wilkinson 

Fairmont 

Barrackville 

Fairmont 

Watson 

Middleton  

Fairmont 

Monongah 

Fairmont 

Carolina 

Rivesville 

Rivesville 

Rivesville 

Rachel 

Four  States 

Fairmont 

Monongah 

Fairmont 

Farmington 

Farmington 

Rivesville 

Paisley 

Grant  Town 

Kingmont 

Rivesville 

Moundsville 

Frances 

McMechen 

Moundsville 

Glendale 

Benwood 

McKeefrey 

Wheeling,  R.  D.  No.  2 . 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


33 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  TlttCKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


L.  E.  School ... 
L.  E.  School ... 
E.  J.  Jones. . . . 
W.  G.  Stepp. . . 
J.  W.  Steppe  .. 

Ray  Ellis 

J.  T.  Fallon . 
J.  T.  Fallon.  .  . 

O.J.Hill 

R.  V.  Waldron. 
R.  V.  Waldron 
L.  E.  School... 
L.  E.  School... 
J.  R.  Fraser .  . . 
E.  B.  Agee. 


H.  A.  Shaffer 

C.  F.  Welty 

W.E.Hall 

W.  E.  Brown 
Clyde  Vanpelt.  .  . 
T.  A.  Hunsaker. 
R.  A.  Herbert   . 

W.  E.  Brown 

F.  H.  Brooks 

W.J.  Davis 

Jim  Christopher .  . 
Jim  Christopher .  . 
E.L.Fletcher.  .. 
A.  C.  Beeson 
U.  G.  Doolittle.  .. 

Wm.  Clark 

John  W.  Fleming 


W.  W.  Brewer  ... 

H.  L.  Carr 

Otto  Heyer 

Wm.  F.  Hunsaker . 
M.  C.  Hite 


J.  E.  McQuade 
F.  G.  Lough... 
Thos.  Redford  . 
James  Brooks  . 
James  Brooks  . 
John  H.  Koch. 

F.  M.  Usis 

J.  E.  Barth 


V.  A.  Hamb  .. 
A.  H.  Compton 
E.S.York 


J.  W.  Steppe. 


Millard  Steele. . . 
A.  T.  Lipscomb. 

Jack  Robey 

H.  Creakman .  . . 
Guy  Samples.  .  . 
V.  A.  Hamb... 
A.  H.  Compton . 

Sam  Spears 

R.  H.  Nisbet .... 
W.  L.  Stephens . 


H.  A.  Shaffer 

Wm.  Berry 

E.  N.Gattian 

Chas.  G.  Schultz .  . . 

Clyde  Vanplet 

G.  M.  Hawkinberry. 
S.  S.  Davidson 

F.  E.  Girod 

A.  J.  Johnson 

J.  0.  Greynolds .... 

A.  W.  Johnson 

G.W.Stone 

W.J.  Hines 

W.J.  Hines 


Roy  Patton 

P.  J.  Brennen 
Patrick  P.  Haley . 

Ben  Powell 

Edward  Barber .  . 
A.  J.  Sperling. . . . 

Fred  Pitman 

Wm.  Jarrett 

Wm.  Eaglen 


Clyde  Beatty 

P.  M.  Connors. . . 
Thos.  Redford.  .  . 
Michael  Freeman. 
Robt.  Whitfield .  . 
G.C.Osborne.  .  . 
C.  E.  McCabe... 
George  Algeo .... 


Eagle 

Island  Creek 

Eagle 

Island  Creek 

Chilton 

Island  Creek 
Island  Creek. 
Island  Creek 
Island  Creek 
Island  Creek 
Island  Creek 

Eagle 

Island  Creek 

Chilton 

Eagle 

Island  Creek 


Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh 
Sewickley. 
Sewickley . 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh . 
Sewickley. . 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh . 


Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 


5-4 
4-6 

5-0 
8-0 
4-9 
7-6 
7-6 
7-6 
6-6 
5-6 
4-6 
5-4 
4-6 
4-4 
5-0 
6-0 


7-0 
9-0 
9-0 

7-10 
7-4 
8-1 

7-10 
8-1 
8-0 
6-3 
6-0 
5-6 
8-0 
7-6 
7-0 
8-2 
9-0 
8-0 
8-0 
6-0 
8-0 
8-6 
8-6 
9-0 


5-6 
5-0 
4-0 
5-0 
5-0 
5-6 
5-5 
5-8 


Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 


Natural 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural  &  Fan. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


Fan 
Fan 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 


Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


MARSHALL  COUNTY- 

Minera!  State  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Penitentiary .  .  . 
Woodland  Coal  Co 


-Cont. 


Parrs  Run 

State 

Woodland . 


Shaft. 
Shaft. 
Shaft. 


Moundsville. 
Moundsville. 
Captina 


MASON  COUNTY 

Barker  &  Lockett 

Barnett  Coal  Co 

F.  B.  Lieving  &  Son 

Icenhower,  J.  F 

Jackson  Coal  &  Mining  Co 

Linden  Coal  Co 

Renown  Coal  Co 

Willow  Grove  Coal  Co 


Barker  &  Lockett . 

Barnett 

Lieving 

Icenhower 

Jackson 

Linden 

Hallwood 

Willow  Grove. . . . 


Drift. 

Shaft. 

Shaft. 

Slope. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Slope 


Clifton 

Mercers  Bottom. 

Maggie 

Mason 

Hartford 

Hartford 

Hallwood 

Hartford 


MCDOWELL  COUNTY 

Algoma  Coal  &  Coke  Co Algoma 

Arlington  Coal  &  Coke  Co Arlington. 

Ashland  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Atlantic  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Bradshaw  Coal  Co 

Buckhannon  Coal  Co 

By-  Products  Pocahontas  Co 

Cardiff  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Central  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Central  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Crozer  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Empire  Coal  &  Coke  Co  ,  The 

Excelsior  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 


Ashland 

Asco 

Bradshaw 

Buckhannon 

Pond  Creek  Pocahontas  No.  2 . 

Cardiff 

No.  2 

No.  3 

Consolidation  No.  251 

Consolidation  No.  253 

Consolidation  No.  254 

Consolidation  No.  261 

Crozer 

Empire 

Excelsior  Nos.  1  and  2 


Fall  River  Pocahontas  Collieries  Co jFall  River. 


Fordson  Coal  Co   

Gilliam  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Greenbrier  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co iHouston  Nos 

Houston  Collieries  Co [Keystone. . .  . 

Houston  Collieries  Co jMaitland     . . 


No.  5 

Gilliam 

Greenbrier 

Carswell  Nos.  3-4  &  King . 
1  and  2 


Houston  Collieries  Co 

Junior  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 
Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 
Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 
Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 

Lake  Superior  Coal  Co 

Lake  Superior  Coal  Co 

Lathrop  Coal  Co 

Little  War  Creek  Coal  Co 

Litz-Smith  Pocahontas  Coal  Co. . . . 
Lynchburg  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


Tidewater. 

Junior 

Big  Sandy 

Exeter 

Marytown 

Warwick-Orkney 

No.  1 

No.2 

Lathrop  Nos.  1  and  2. 

Litwar 

Litz-Smith 

Lynchburg 


Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Slope 
Drift 
Drift 
Shaft 
Shaft  Coalwood 


Algoma  . 
McDowell . 
Ashland. .  . 

Asco 

Dan 

Yukon 
Big  Four . 

Lex 

Anawalt. . . 
Capels.  .  . 


Drift 

Slope 

Shaft . 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Shaft 

Drift 

Drift. 

Shaft 

Slope . 

Drift. 

Drift 

Shaft. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Shaft. 

Shaft. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 


Coalwood.  .  . 

Caretta 

Caretta 

Elkhorn 

Landgraff.  .  . 

Excelsior 

Roderfield 
Twin  Branch . 

Gilliam 

McDowell. . . 

Kimball 

Elkhorn 

Keystone 

Maitland 

Vivian 

Welch 

Big  Sandy 

Hemphill  

Marytown.   . 

Hemphill 

Superior 

Superior 

Panther 

Litwar 

Cucumber. . . . 
Kyle 


1929] 


Department  op  Mines 


35 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


L.  E.  Dorsey 

Rex  Rader 

E.  F.  Hargraves . 


R.  I.  Barnett... 
F.  B.  Lieving. . . 
J.  F.  Icenhower. 
Ear!  Ewing 


Elza  Herman. 


Wm.  Beury 

Morriss  Watts . . . 

F.  E.  Powers 

R.  E.  Brockman. 
W.  M.  Kennedy. 
W.M.White.... 


Jas.  G.  Kelly . 
G.B.Sadler.. 


B.  H.  Purser 

E.P.Wolfe 

W.  A.  Laird 

G.  R.  Jennings . . 

R.  A.  Ruff 

ftos.  E.  Stofflet. 
Morgan  Hess 
G.  H.  Pilkenton. 
J.  A.  Helms 


R.H.Kelly 

H.  W.  Rawson 

C.  A.  Warden 

C.  A.  Warden 

J.O.Smith 

C.  H.  Blenkenbeckler. 

F.  B.  Sexton 

E.W.Price 

H.  B.  Livingston 

E.  W.  Price 

H.  B.  Livingston 

B.  C.  Hylton 

B.  C.  Hylton 

Wm.  Smith 

J.  H.  Bannister 

G.  A.  Koger 


Ed.  Ketchka. 
Creed  Jones. . 


R.  I.  Barnett.  .. 
H.  A.  Lieving. . . 
J.  F.  Icenhower. 

Earl  Ewing 

Robert  Knight . . 
Elza  Herman .  .  . 


J.  G.  Dooley 

Wm.  Norris 

W.  M.  Sperry 

P.  L.  Fleming 

W.  H.  Shepherd 

Geo.  Sparks 

W.  M.  Billips 

Charlie  Stephenson. 


J.  T.  Shanley 

H.  L.  Shuttleworth 

W.  W.  Jones 

N.  R.  Decker 

Allen  M.  Games 

Walter  Dillard 

Ernest  Nuttall 

C.  A.  Dunford 

C.  L.  Yonce 

R.  M.  Cook 

Frank  King 

Jno.  F.  Hunter  &  T.  E.  Fisher . 

Geo.  Guy 

W.  M.  Pearman 

J.  H.  Leeper 

C.  H.  Blenkenbeckler 

F.  B.  Sexton 

T.  D.  Rorrer 

R.  R.  Roberts 

J.  C.  Cunningham 

J.  C.  Short 

G.  W.  Halsey 

W.  E.  Gowens 

M.  W.  Osborne 

Maurice  Terry 

J.  M.  Creakman 

F.C.Harris 


Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh 


Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8 . 


Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3  and  6. 

Davy-Sewell 

Bradshaw 

War  Creek 

Pocahontas  Noi  3 

Lower  Douglas 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  4 

Sewell 

War  Creek 

Pocahontas  No.  4 

Pocahontas 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

War  Creek 

Davy-Sewell 

Davy-Sewell 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahoutas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Welch 

Sewell 

Pocahontas  Nos.  3  and  4 . 

Sewell 

Welch 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  4 

No.  2  Gas 

Big  Eagle 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 


5-6 
6-0 
5-6 


4-0 
3-6 
4-6 
5-0 
8-0 
4-6 
4-0 
4-11 


5.0 

5  to  5-6 

4-10  &  3-6 

3-0 

3-6 

3-8 

5-6 

4-0 

6-0 

4-6 

6-0 

3-6 

5-0 

8-0 

7-9 

6-0 

4-0 

3-4 

3-0 

5-6 

6-0 

6-0 

8-0 

5-6 

5-6 

5-0 

3-8 

3-4 
4-0  &  4-6 

2-8 

3-4 

5-6 

4-0 

4-4 
5-10 

5-2 

7-0 


Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 


Natural.  .  . 

Fan 

Furnace. . . 
Natural . .  . 

Fan 

Fan  &  Nat. 

Fan 

Natural . .  . 


Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan. 

Fan 

Fan.. 

Fan. 

Fan.. 

Fan. 

Fan.. 

Fan.. 

Fan.. 

Fan.. 

Fan.. 


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[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MI  NE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


Mcdowell  coun  ty— Cont. 

McDowell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mohawk  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Monarch  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Con?.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Panther  Coal  Co 

Peerless  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Pocahontas  Corporation,  The 

Pocahontas  Corporation,  The 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co..  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Red  Bird  Mining  Co 

Pond  Creek  Pocahontas  Co 

Powhatan  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Premier  Pocahontas  Collieries  Co 

Pulaski  Iron  Co 

R.  H.  Kelly  &  Co 

Sayers  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Slaunch  Branch  Pocahontas  Colliery  Co. 

Smith-Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Spice  Creek  Land  Co 

United  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

I'nited  Pocahontas  Coal  Co  

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Upland  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

War  Creek  Coal  Co 


McDowell 

Elkhorn 

Mill  Creek 

Mohawk 

Monarch 

Berwind  No.  1 

Berwind  No.  2 

Berwind  No.  4 

Berwind  No.  5 

Berwind  No.  6 

Berwind  No.  7 

Berwind  No.  8 

Berwind  No.  9 

Page  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4,  and  5 

Panther  No?.  1  and  2 

Peerless  Nos.  1  and  2 . 

Bottom  Creek 

Pocahontas  No.  31 

Angle 

Delta 

Lick  Branch 

Norfolk 

Pocahontas  No.  6 

Pocahontas  No.  7 

Pocahontas  No.  8 

Rolfe 

Shamokin 

Pocahontas  Red  Bird .... 
Pond  Creek  Poca.  No.  1 . . 

Powhatan 

Premier  Nos.  1,  2,  3  and  4 

Pulaski  &  Shawnee 

Roanoke 

Sayers  Pocahontas 

Slaunch  Branch 

Smith-Poca 

Roderfield 

Indian  Ridge 

Zenith  Nos.  1  and  2 

No.  2 

No.  4 

No.  5 

No.  6 : 

No.  7 

No.  8 

No.  9 

No.  10 

Upland 

Vera  No.  1 

Vera  No.  2 

War  Creek  No.  2 


Drift, 
Drift 
Drift 
DriK 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Shaft 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Driit 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift, 
Drift 
Drift 
Shaft 
Drift 
Drift 

Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Slope 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 


McDowell.    . 

Maybeury. .  .  . 

Coopers 

Mohawk 

Mohegan 

Berwind. . 

Berwind 

Berwind 

Berwind 

Newhall 

Newhall 

Newhall 

Havaco 

Pageton 

Panther 

Vivian 

Vivian 

Amonate,  Va . 
Maybeury. .  . 
Switchback . . . 
Switchback. . 
Maybeury. . . 
Jenkinjones, . 
Jenkiniones. . 
Jenkinjones. . 

Worth 

Switchback . . 

Iaeger 

Bartley 

Powhatan.  .  . 
Premier 

Eckman 

Worth 

Yukon 

Garland 

Garl  nd  .... 
Roderfield. . . 

Crumpler 

Crumpler 

Gary 

Thorpe 

Thorpe 

Gary 

Elbert 

Elbert 

Filbert 

Gary 

Elkhorn 

Iaeger 

Roderfield 
War 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


37 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 

Name  of  Mine  Foreman 

Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 

Thickness 
Ft— In. 

Kind 

of 

Ventilation 

No._ 

D.  J.  Rusmiselle 

R.  P.  Cowan 

J.  0.  Perdue   

K.  L.  Boone 

C.  F.  Stevenson 

Wm.  Cochran 

J.P.Clark 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Big  Eagle 

Pocahontas  No.  ti 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

5-6 
8-6 
8-6 
5-6 
3-2 
4-0 
4-0 
4-6 
4  &  6 
5-6 
6-0 
6-0 
5-8 
8-0 
4-4 
6-0 
5-5 
6-6 
5-3 
6-2 
5-8 
8-2 
8-1- 
7-5 
5-8 
4-6 
7-9 
3-6 
6-0 
7-0 

3-8 
5-6 
5-6 
3-0 

2-11 
2-6 
4-6 
4-6 
4-4 
5-9 
6-5 

6-11 
6-2 
6-5 
6-2 
7-4 
5-7 
7-8 
4-0 
3-9 
4-5 

Fan 

432 

W.  H.  Perdue 

Fan 

Fan 

433 
434 

Fan 

435 

Fan 

436 

P.P.Kerr 

P.P.Kerr 

Fan 

Fan 

437 
438 

P.  P.  Kerr   . 

Thos.  H.  Hardv.  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 

439 

P.  P.  Kerr 

M.  A.  OBrien 

440 

P.P.Kerr 

P.  P.  Kerr 

E.  H.  Bavins 

James  F.  Barrett 

J.  C.  Gillespie 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Fan 

Fan 

441 
442 

P.  P.  Kerr 

Fan 

Fan 

443 

P.  P.  Kerr 

444 

Robt.  S.  Wallace 

James  Smith  &  W.  E.  Surface. . . . 

E.  M.  Peake 

W.  J.  Openshaw  &  T.  L.  Booth.. . 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

No.  2  Gas 

Fan 

Fan.   . 

445 
446 

W.  G.  Williamson 

Fan •     . 

447 

Fan 

448 

J.  C.  Baldwin 

R.  H.  Shrader 

Pocahontas  No.  5 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Fan 

Fan 

449 

450 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

451 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

452 

Millard  Tabor 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

454 

C.  W.  Atkinson 

Fan 

455 

Fan 

456 

D.  C.  Tabor 

Fan 

457 

Fan 

458 

W.  T  McGlothlin 

A.  D.  Pollock 

J.  M.  Holbrook 

Fan 

460 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Welch  &  Sewell 

Fan 

461 

J.  C.  Saunders 

J.  H.  Holloway,  W.  C.  Lambert, 
David  Call  &  J.  W.  Daugherty.  .  . 
Caid  Whitehead  &  H.  A.  Dooly.  . 

Frank  King 

Fan 

462 

Fan 

463 

R.H.Kelly 

Fan 

464 

Fan 

465 

Welch 

Fan 

466 

Welch 

Fan 

467 

H.  V.  Akers 

H.  V.  Akers 

Fan 

468 

H.  C.  Faust 

Fan  .. 

469 

H.  C.  Faust 

Fan 

470 

W.  P.  Kearns 

Fan  . 

471 

A.  E.  Riley 

Fan 

Fan. . . 

472 

A.E.Riley 

473 

Neil  Friel 

J.  W.  Watson 

Fan  . 

474 

W.  P.  Kearns 

Fan 

475 

W.  P.  Kearns 

Fan 

476 

W.  P.  Kearns 

Fan 

477 

A.  E.  Riley 

Fan 

478 

R.  A.  Ruff 

W.M.Yates 

Fan 

479 

W.  M.  Severt 

Fan 

480 

Sewell 

Fan 

481 

A.  M.  Harman 

G.  H.  Disney 

Fire  Creek 

Fan 

482 

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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Offioe  Address 


Mcdowell  county— Cont. 

Warrior  Coal  Co 

Williams  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 

Yukon  Pocahontas  Fuel  Co 


MERCER  COUNTY 

Algomquin  Coal  Co 

American  Coal  Co.  of  Allegany  County. 
American  Coal  Co.  of  Allegany  County. 
American  Coal  Co.  of  Allegany  County . 

Booth  Bowen  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Buckeye  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Crystal  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Ennis  Coal  Co 

Kingston- Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc  . . . 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Smokeless  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

Thomas  Coal  Co.,  The 

Thompson  Coal  Co 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Weyanoke  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

Weyanoke  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 


MINERAL  COUNTY 

Ajax  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Bakertown  Coal  Co 

Eddy  Coal  Co 

Fortney,  A.I 

Jaffy  Coal  Mining  Co 

Kalbaugh  Coal  Co.,  Inc ... . 
Martin-Wilcox  Coal  Co ...  . 

Masteller  Coal  Co.,  The 

Masteller  Coal  Co.,  The. . . . 
Morrison  Coal  &  Coke  Co . . 
Smokeless  Coal  Co.,  Inc. . . . 


MINGO  COUNTY 

Alma  Pond  Creek  Coal  Co 

Buffalo  White  Ash  Coal  Co 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Crystal  Block  Mining  Co 

Glen  Alum  Coal  Co 

Grey  Eagle  Mining  Co 

Guyan  Collieries  Corp 

525    Hardy  Coal  Co 

52b    Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Ry.  Co. 

527    Kenner  McCoy  Coal  Co 


Warrior 

Williams 

Superior  Nos.  2,  3  and  4. 
Yukon  Nos.  1  and  2.  . . . 


Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 

Drift 


Algonquin 

Crane  Creek  Nos.  1  and  2 . 

Piedmont 

Pinnacle  North  &  South. . . 

Booth  Bowen 

Buckeye  Nos.  1  and  2 

No.  1 

Hiawatha 

Springton 

Coaldale 

Caswell  Creek 

Sagamore 

Smokeless 

Thomas  Nos.  1  and  2 

Ruth 

Modoc 

Wenonah 

Arista 

Weyanoke 

Louisville 


Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 


Ajax 

Arthur 

Eddy  No.  1 

Barrick 

Swayne 

Kalbaugh 

Willford 

Hampshire  No.  9 

New  Creek 

Bakertown 

Smokeless  No.  1 . . 


Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 


Alma  No.  2 

Buffalo 

No.  1 •., 

Gates 

Glen  Alum 

Grey  Eagle 

Guyan 

Hardy 

Howard  &  Junior. 


Kenner  McCoy Drift Williamson 


Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Shaft. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 


Warriormine. 

War 

Davy 

Yukon 


Algonquin.  . 
McComas.  . 
Widemouth. 
McComas.  . 
Freeman .  .  . 
Freeman . .  . 

Crystal 

Hiawatha.  . 
Springton.  . 
Maybeury. . 
Freeman .  .  . 
McComas.  . 
Hiawatha.  . 
McComas.  . 


Dott 

Dott 

Arista 

Lowe 
Goodwill. 


Emoryville . 
Emoryville . 
Oakmont. . . 

Blaine 

Shaw 

Barnum.. . . 
Piedmont . . 

Keyser 

Keyser 

Shaw 

Elk  Garden. 


Sprigg 

Chattaroy . . 

Rawl 

Lobata 
Glen  Alum. 
Grey  Eagle . 

Tamclif 

Isaban 

Chattaroy. . 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


39 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


G.  D.  Davidson. 
H.  E.  Ewing.... 
W.H.Baker... 
M.H.Hall 


C.  L.  Milligan 
H.F.  Warden.  .  .. 
Harry  W.  Payne 
H.  F.  Warden.... 

J.  H.  Bowen 

Paul  M.  Pack 

Eugene  Powell. . .  . 

W.  R.  Raney 

R.  D.  Tate 

J.  G.  Heslip 

R.  L.  Hutcherson . 
R.  B.  Murphy 

P.  L.  Vest 

0.  M.  Sizemore.    . 
C.  J.  Thompson . 
M.  W.  Summers .  . 
M.  W.  Summers.  . 

E.  H.  Home 

E.  S.  McCorkle... 
Earl  McCoy 


F.  M.  Kitzmiller 


A.  I.  Fortney 

Howard  B.  Kight. 


John  Martin 
M.  L.  Watson. 
M.  L.  Watson . 
H.  A.  Kalbaugh . 
0.  E.  Howard 


R.  L.  Sampson . 
Chilton  Sharpe . 
Ezra  Phillips .  . 
H.M.Baldwin. 
John  W.  Yost  . 
Thos.  A.  Shewey 
E.C.Taylor.  . 
C.W.Snyder... 
W.  E.  Davis .... 

Kenner  McCoy . 


E.G.  Law 

W.  M.  Baldwin  &  Bee  Cook. 
Jas.  Grainger 


0.  C.  Ferguson 

J.  H.  Hughes  and  M  L.  Lowe. 

Toy  Dewese 

Abe  Maurice 

W.  E.iPowell 

W.  R.  Foster 

G.  T.  Vaughan 

M.  C.  Cooper 

H.  F.  Williams 

J.  0.  Perdue 

J.  K.  Whitehead 

N.  B.  Mangus 

J.  W.  Shrewsbury 

Flem  Hicks 


C.C.Bailey 

H.C.Price 

Wm.  Taylor 

J.  S.  Woodyard .  . 
Henry  Arrington 


Jno.  Sheets 

S.  E.Carney 

G.  H.  Rawlings.  . 

A.  1.  Fortney 

John  H.  Coleman. 
J.  F.  Jackson .... 

Louis  Grant 

E.  G.  Knotts 

E.  G.  Fox 

H.  A.  Kalbaugh. . 
John  Kenny 


T.  J.  Webb 

G.  E.Hall 

J.  F.  Hearn 

J.  E.  Goodwin 

H.  C.  Mayo  and  J.  M.  Roach. . . . 

A.  L.  Starr 

A.  G.  Whited 

F.  G.  Foreman 

Andy  Toshie  and  E.  E.  Morrison 

H.  T.  Maynard 


Pocahontas  No .  12 

War  Creek 

Davy-Sewell 

War  Creek 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  Nos.  3  and  6 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  Nos.  3  and  4 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Bakertown 

Bakertown 

Upper  Kittanning 

Kittanning 

Bakertown 

Elk  Lick 

Upper  Kittanning 

Bakerton 

Kittanning 

Bakertown 

Upper  Freeport 

Alma 

Winifrede 

Winifrede  &  Coalbugr 

Winifrede 

Glen  Alum 

No.  2  Gas 

Lower  Cedar  Grove 

Pond  Creek 

Winifrede-Coalburg    &    Freeport 

Winifrede  &  Coalburg 


4-6 

3-0 

3-0 

3  to  5 


4-6 
4-6 
4-4 
4-4 
6-7 
6&3- 
4-0 
4-4 
4-0 
8-6 
8-1 
4-6 
4-6 
5-0 
4-4 
4-1 
4-2 
4-0 
4-8 
4-6 


2-0 
4-4 
4-0 
4-6 
2-8 
2-4 
6-0 
4-0 
6-0 
3-0 
4-2 


4-0 

4-6 

5-0 

5-6 

5-6 

4-0 

4-6 

6-0 

&   4-2 

4-1 

3-8 


Fan.... 
Fan... 
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Fan ... . 
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Fan  ... 
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Natural 
Fan... 
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Furnace 
Fan... 
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Fn:i... 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


No. 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post    Office  Address 


MINGO  COUNTY— Cont. 

Landstreet  Downey  Coal  Co 

Merrimac  Coal  Co 

Merrimac  Coal  Co 

New  Howard  Coal  Co 

Pearl  Coal  Co 

Puritan  Coal  Corporation 

Red  Jacket  Consolidated  C.  &  C.  Co.,  Inc. 


528 

529 

530 

531 

532 

533 

534 

535  JRed  Jacket  Consolidated  C.  &  C.  Co.,  Inc. . .  |No.  5  Plant 

536 

537 

538 

539 

540 

541 

542 

543 

544 

545 


Landstreet  Downey  No.  1 . 

T-10 

T-61 

New  Howard 

Pearl 

Puritan 

Mitchell  Branch 


Red  Jacket  Consolidated  C.  &  C.  Co.,  Inc jNo.  8  Plant  (Grapevine) 

Red  Jacket  Consolidated  C.  &  C.  Co.,  Inc iNo.  32  Plant 

Red  Jacket  Jr.  Coal  Co ljunior 

Standard  Thacker  Coal  Co Wigarb 

Sycamore  Coal  Co Cinderella 

Thacker  Coal  &  Coke  Co Nos.  2-18-11  Plants 

Turner  Coal  Co ITurner 

War  Eagle  Coal  Co War  Eagle 

William  Ann  Coal  Co William-Ann 

Winilrede  Block  Coal  Co I  Winifrede  Block 


Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Slope . 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 


Delbarton 

Merrimac 

Merrimac 

Matewan 

Delbarton 

Puritan  Mines 
Red  Jacket ... 
Red  Jacket 

Edgarton 

Red  Jacket . 
Red  Jacket 

Chattaroy 

Cinderella 

Thacker  Mines 

Ragland 

War  Eagle 

Delbatron 

Nolan 


MONONGALIA  COUNTY 

546  Agnes  Coal  Co 

547  Alfred  Coal  Co 


Ruth 


548  lAndrew  Coal  Co.,  The Andrew 

549  Anna  May  Coal  Co.,  The r.  Anna  May 

550  iArkwright  Coal  Co By-Product  No.  1 .  . 

551  Arkwright  Coal  Co Mona 

552  Arnettsville  Fuel  Co >  Arnettsville 

553  Baker  Coal  Co Baker 

554  (Bertha-Consumers  Co r.  jEureka 

555  [Bortz,  C.  E.  et  al,  Trustees Alden 

556  Brady-Warner  Coal  Corporation -.  .  JMonon  No.  2 

557  )Brady-Warner  Coal  Corp jOsage  Nos.  1  and  2 


Drift 
Drift 
Drift 


558  (Brighton  Coal  Co.  . 

559  jByrne  Gas  Coal  Co 
560 
561 
562 
563 
564 
565 
566 
567 
568 
569 
570 
571 
572 
573 
574 
575 
576 
577 


Brighton 

Byrne  No.  1 

Canyon 

Louise 

Connellsville  No.  1 . 

Brock 

Yukon 


Canyon  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Chaplin  Collieries  Co 

Connellsville  By-Product  Coal  Co 

Continental  Coal  Co 

Crown  Coal  Co 

Davis  &  Cushnie "  IBetty . 

Dragon  Coal  Co "  ^Bunker 

Edna  Gas  Coal  Co jEdna 

Ernest  Coal  Co JDavis  No.  6 

Fern  Coal  Co Great  Scott 

Fickey  Coal  Co (House 

Fife  Coal  Co Fife 

Fort  Grand  Coal  Co ".  Fort  Grand 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co TjGilbert  Davis  Nos.  1  and  2. 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co -  Gilbert  Davis  No.  5 

Hall  Coal  Co iHall 

Hickman-Miller  Coal  Co ]Baby 

Hite-Barns  Coal  &  Coke  Co ~  Eleanor 


Paisley 

Flemington   . 

Morgantown 

Drift Everettville 

Drift iMorgantown. 

Drift 

Slope . 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Slope . 

Slope 

Slope . 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Slope. 

Slope. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

I  Drift. 


Mona 

Rivesville   

Morgantown,  R.  D.No.  4 

Morgantown 

Point  Marion,  Pa 

Brady 

Osage  

National 

Paisley 

Morgantown 

Morgantown 

Pursglove 

Morgantown.  Box  624..  . 

Arnettsville 

Maidsville 

Cassville 

Brady 

Morgantown  

Morgantown 

Morgantown 

Morgantown 

Low=ville 

Pursglove 

Morgantown 

Morgantown 


Everettville 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


41 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coa!-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


Kind 
of 

Ventilation 


J.  H.  Madison 

Geo.  Gibbs 

Geo.  Gibbs 

Howard  S.  Schoew . 

R.  J.  Holmes 

F.  M.  Crum 

H.L.Eaton 

H.  L.  Eaton 

H.  L.  Eaton 

H.L.Eaton 

H.  L.  Eaton 

A.J.  New 

Evan  Thomas .  . 

H.  B.  Morgan 

A.  W.  Fluegel 

Geo.  W.  Coffey.. 

T.B.Harvey 

Bert  Bartram 


W.  S.  Corley.  .  . 
A.  E.  Reppert.  . 
A.  A.  Provins  . . 
Chas.  E.  Gocke. 

C.C.Sims 

E.  D.  Gall 


Fred  L.  Baker .  . 
George  C.  Bucey . 
M.  E.  Adams.. .  . 

0.  J.  Murphy 

S.D.Brady,  Jr.. 
H.  R.  Poland. . . . 


W.  M.  Strawn. 
Jack  Atkinson. 
Alex  Bryce. . . . 
P.  H.  Davis.  .  . 


Henry  Prichard 

J.  W.  Murphy 

J.  W.  Murphy 

J.  H.  Kidwell 

R.  J.  Holmes 

J.  S.  Henry  and  Ben  Isaacs. . . :". 
P.  W.  Thomas  &  W.  A.  Ratcliffe 

Eli  Smith 

R.  M.  Moore 

Claude  Workman 

A.  F.  Cook 

Chas.  Carico 

John  Quigley 

G.C.  ClineA  R.  H.  Miller 

Ernest  Estepp 

A.B.Cole 

R.  L.  Crews 

Young  Lawson 


W.  S.  Corley.... 
G.  B.  Butcher. . . 
A.  A.  Provins.  . . 
Geo.  H.  Hunter. 

C.C.Sims 

George  Benson . . 
Elia  Newcome . . 


Frank  K.  Gibson 

M.  E.  Adams 

0.  J.  Murphy 

Geo.  Cook  &  Carl  Craig. 

Ed.  Whittaker 

Joe  Vilone 

V.  E.  Mazzocco 

J.N.  Whiston 

Daniel  Harvey 

C.  M.  Davis 


E.  V.  Leadbeter 'iR.  C.  Klingensmith 


Elza  Davis  .... 

F.J.  Ice 

G.F.  Kerns.  ... 
R.  A.Poland... 
J.  W.  Heller... 
Buce  Fickey .... 
Kinsey  Fife. .  . . 
W.  T.  Hughes  . 
Hunton  Tiffany. 
Jas.  F.  Trotter.. 


R.  0.  Miller. 
P.  Y.  Hite.  . 


R.  M.  Cushnie. 

F  Herron 

D.  R.  Davis.  .  . 
C.  E.  Jones. . . . 
Will  Ghustey  . 
John  Taylor . . . 


C.  L.  Rowand 

Walter  Rowe  &  E.  A.  Rowe. 

E.S.Fullmer 

Chas.  E.  Guthrie 

Chester  Casteel 

Geo.  Kendrick 


Thacker  "A" 

Pond  Creek 

Pond  Creek 

Thacker 

Thacker 

Thacker  and  Winifrede. 

Upper  Thacker 

Lower  Thacker 

Alma 

U.  &  L.  Thacker 

U.  &  L.  Thacker 

Thacker 

Winifrede 

Thacker 

Thacker 

No.  2  Gas 

Thacker  A 

Winifrede 


Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh  &  Sewickley . 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Redstone 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley  &  Pittsburgh . 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 


4-0 
4-0 
4-0 
4-0 
3-0 
4-ti 
4-5 

4-11 
4-6 
4-0 
4-0 
3-6 
5-0 
4-6 

3-10 
4-6 
3-8 
3-4 


5-8 
7-2 
9-0 
6-0 
7-6 
7-0 
5-6 
7-6 
4-6 
8-0 
6-0 

8-0  &  5- 
6-0 
9-0 
7-0 
5-3 
7-0 
5-6 
6-0 
4-9 
5-3 
8-0 

4-6  &  7- 
7-0 
7-6 
7-0 
5-10 
6-0 
5-0 
7-0 
4-6 
5-0 


Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Ian. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 
Kan. 
Fan. 
Fan. 


Fan 

Fan  &  Nat. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

5[Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . . . 
Natural.  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 


Natural 

Fan 

Fan 


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[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


No. 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 
of 

Opening 


Post  OnVe  Address 


578 
579 
580 
581 
582 
583 
584 
585 
580 
587 
588 
589 
590 
591 
592 
593 
594 
595 
596 
597 
598 
599 
600 
601 


606 
607 
608 
609 
610 
611 
612 
613 
614 
615 
616 
617 
618 
619 
620 
621 
622 


623 
624 


MONONGALIA  COUNTY— Cont. 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Lockview  Coal  Co 

Lough  Bros.  Coal  Co 

Marie  Coal  Co 

Miners  Coal  Co 

National  Fuel  Co 

New  England  Fuel  &  Transportation  Co . 

Osage  Coal  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Randall  Coal  Co 

Reiner  Coal  Co 

River  Seam  Coal  Co 

Rosedale  Coal  Co 

Rosedale  Coal  Co 

Scotts  Run  Fuel  Corporation 

Shriver  Coal  Co 

South  Penn  Coal  Co 

State  Hill  Coal  Co 

Sutherland  Coal  Co 

Tait  Bros.  Coal  Co 

Warner  Collieries  Co 


NICHOLAS  COUNTY 

602  [Beaver  Creek  Coal  Cd 

603  IGauley  River  Coal  Co. 
604 
605 


Hisylvania  Coal  Co.,  The 

Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 


OHIO  COUNTY 

Costaiwo  Coal  Mining  Co 

Echo  Fuel  Co 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Co 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Co 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Co 

Elm  Valley  Coal  Co 

Givens,  C.  L 

Lubeno  Coal  Co 

Pittsburgh-Wheeling  Coal  Co 

Reliable  Coal  Co 

Rock  Point  Coal  Co 

Warwood  Fuel  Co 

Wheeling  Coal  Co 

Wheeling  Glenwood  Coal  Co 

Wheeling  Independent  Coal  Co.  .  . 

Wheeling  Steel  Corporation 

Wheeling  Valley  Coal  Corporation 

PRESTON  COUNTY 

Barnard  Coal  Co 

Barnard  Coal  Co 


Maiden  No.  3 

Lockview 

Lough 

Star 

Hess 

National  Nos.  1  and  2 

Federal  No.  3 

Osage  Nos.  1  and  2 

Pursglove  No.  1 

Pursglove  No.  2 

Pursglove  No.  3 

Pursglove  No.  4 

Sesamine 

Reiner 

Booth 

Indian  Hill 

Rosedale  No.  1 

Jere 

Shriver 

South  Penn 

Baker 

Beall  Knob  and  Bethlehem  No.  25. 

Tait 

Nina 

Beaver  Nos.  1  and  2 

Eagle  Gas 

Lomo 

Saxman  Nos.  3  and  4 

Anita 

View  Street 

Arkwright 

Boyd 

Skillcorn 

Jean 

Cherry  Hill 

Riley 

Edgewood 

Reliable 

Rock  Point 

Riley '. 

Costanzo 

Glenwood 

Edgington 

Carter 

Richalud    

Betty 

Wells 


Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Slope . 

Slope . 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 


Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 


Slope.  .  . 
Slope.  .  . 
SI  &Sh. 
Slope.  .  . 
Slope. . . 
Drift  ... 
Drift.... 
Drift... 
Drift.... 
Drift.... 
Drift..  . 
Drift... 
Drift  ... 


Maidsville. . . 
Morgantown . 
Morgantown 
Maidsville. . . 
Morgantown. 
National .... 
Everettville.  . 


Osage 

Pursglove   

Pursglove 

Pursglove 

Pursglove 

Morgantown 

Morgantown,  Box  567. 

Booth 

Maidsville 

Maidsville 

Jere 

Morgantown 

Morgantown 

Morgantown,  Box  445. 

Morgantown 

Morgantown 

Maidsville 


Tioga.... 

Vaughan . 


Saxman . 


Drift Warwood,  Wheeling . 


Wheeling 

Elm  Grove 

Elm  Grove 

Elm  Grove.    

Wheeling 

Wheeling,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1 
Warwood,  Wheeling.  .    . 

Wheeling 

Wheeling,  R.  D.  No.  1 . . 

Wheeling 

Warwood,  Wheeling 
Warwood,  Wheeling.  .    . 
Wheeling 


Slope I  Wheeling. 

Drift. 
Drift. 


Wheeling 

Warwood,  Wheeling. 


Drift  Kingwood. 

Drift 'Kingwood 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


43 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


J.  B.  Watkins. 


H.  L.  Lough 

Henry  Hines 

J.  W.  Heller 

James  F.  Crockett . 

John  Kincell 

S.D.Brady,  Jr... 

Mike  Shiels 

David  Pursglove. 
David  Pursglove.  . 

Mike  Shiels 

H.  G.  McCartney . 
G.  A.  Johnson.  . . . 
Frank  Campbell .  . 

J.  E.  Shrout 

J. E.  Shrout 

W.  R.  Mitchell .  . . 

Jos.  Bierer 

Hunton  Tiffany .  .  . 
John  E.  Wolfe. . . . 

Wm.  Moore 

John  F.  Tait 
F.J.  Ice 


A.  B.  Holcomb 

Virgil  Legg 

T.  F.  Chapman. 
C.  E.  Buzzard    . 


Louis  Costanzo 
Wm.  Powers. . 
0.  B  Pryor 

0.  B.  Pryor 

0.  B.  Pryor  . .  . 
Chas.  Aitken .  .  . 


Frank  Lubic. 


David  Thomas 

Frank  Lubic 

Charles  Aitken.  . 
R.  Mattucci  . . . 

Peter  Storch 

Andrew  Ernes .  . 
Charles  Aitkens. 


J.  B.  Watkins. 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


John  P.  Johsnon 

D.  L.Campbell 

H.  C.Edwards 

Wray  W.  Williamson 

Geo.  Muir 

J.  R.  Thompson  &  C.  G.  Craig. 

Henry  Hines 

Wm.  Pursglove 

James  McGraw 

Wm.  Reeves 

John  Sluss 


A.  W.  Simpson.. .  . 

John  Martin 

A.  L.  French 

L.  E.  Snell 

N.  F.  Landmesser. 

Harry  Jasper 

John  E.Wolfe.... 
Wm.  Moore 


H.  W.  Houston . 


Robert  Scott 

Virgil  Legg 

T.  F.  Chapman 

C.  McClung  &  E.  S.  Dreman . 


George  Hughes  . . 
Harry  Marson.  .  . 
James  Cummings . 
Thomas  Johnson 
Thomas  Johnson 
Raymond  Lebeer 


Wm.  Boring 
Ed.  Vascheresse. 


Frank  Miller 

Wm.  Boring 
John  Wilkinson . 
D.  A.  Wilson    .  . 

Elie  Veydt 

Warn  Cowen 

Ernest  Schell .  .  . 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh  &  Sewickley . 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Sewickley 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh 

Sewickly 

Pittsburgh 


W.  0.  Barnard A.  C.  Hoover Bakerstown . 

W.  0.  Barnard A.  C.  Hoover Bakerstown 


Red  Eagle  &  No.  5  Block. 

No.  2  Gas 

No.  2  Gas 

Seweil 


Pittsburgh  No. 

Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh  No. 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 
Pittsburgh  No. 


Thickness 
Ft.— In. 


5  0 


7-0 

6-0 

5-6 

4-0 

4-0 

8-0 

7-6 

&  8-0 

8-0 

5-6 

5-0 

8-0 

7-0 

7-0 

9-0 

5-0 

8-0 

5-8 

6-0 

5-0 

6-0 

7-0 

4-0 

8-0 


6-0  &  4-6 
4-6 
3-0 
3-6 

m 

4-6 
4-8 
4-6 
4-6 
4-6 
4-6 
4-10 
5-6 
4-10 
4-10 
5-0 
5-6 
4-6 
5-0 
4-0 
4-7 
5-0 


Kind 
of 

Ventilation 


Fan 

Fan 

Natural 

Fan  &  Nat . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural .  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural .  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 


Fan. 
Fan. 

Fan. 
Fan. 


3-2 

3-2 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan  &  Fur. 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


Fan. 
Fan 


44 


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[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post    Office  Address 


PRESTON  COUNTY— Cont. 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

Bishop,  Dixon  &  Bishop 

Black  Diamond  Coal  Co 

Borgman  Coal  Co 

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Gibraltar  Fuel  Co 

Gibraltar  Fuel  Co 

Glenwood  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Hillman  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Hiorra  Coke  Co 

Horchler  Big  Vein  Coal  Co 

Houck  &  Reidler  Smokeless  Coal  Co. . 
Houek-Reidler  Bros.  Coal  Mining  Co. 
Houck- Reidler  Bros.  Coal  Mining  Co. 

Irona  Coal  Co 

Laurel  Valley  Coal  Co 

Lincoln  Coal  Co 

Lindsey  Coal  Mining  Co   

Lucky  Jack  Mining  Co 

Morgan  Coal  Co 

Mountview  Coal  Co 

Nethken  Coal  Minins  Co 

Preston  County  Coke  Co 

Preston  County  Coke  Co 

Preston  County  Coke  Co 

Stanley  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Tunnelton  Frcoport  Coal  Co 

Victory  Coal  Co.,  The 

Wilmoth  Coal  Co 


PUTNAM  COUNTY 
Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co..  The. 

J.  A.  Vintroux  Mining  Works 

Raymond  City  Coal  Co 


RALEIGH  COUNTY 

American  Eagle  Colliery 

Amigo  Coal  Co 

Blue  Jay  Lumber  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co   

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway  Co.,  The 
Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway  Co.,  The 


Bethlehem  No.  22  .  . 
Bethlehem  No.  27 .  .  . 
Copeman  No.  2    .  .  . 

Peerless  No.  1 

Borgman  Nos.  3  &  6. 
Kenna  Nos.  1  and  2 

Miller  No.  2 

Miller  No.  3 

Glenwood 

Tunnelton 

Vulcan 

Horchler 

Houck. 

Gorman  No.  2 

Gorman  No.  3 

Irona  No.  7 

Thaver  No.  1 

Lincoln 

Lima  No.  1 

Lucky  Jack 

Morgan 

Mountview 

Scotch  Hill 

Cascade 

Hawley  No.  1 

Hawley  No.  2 

Banner 

Hlaser 

Victory    

Vivian 


Plymouth 
Vintrou -  .  . 
Pig  Otto.  . 


Aineagle  No.  70 

Amigo 

Blue  Jay  No.  6 

Glen  White 

Helen  No.  3 

Helen  No.  4 

Helen  No.  5 : 

Helen  Pocahontas  No.  4. . . 

No.  4  Pocahontas 

Pemberton  No.  1 

Pemberton  No.  2 

Princewick 

Stotesbury  East  and  West 

Dorothy 

Eunice 


Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Slope. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 

Slone 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drilt. 

Drift 


Drift 
Drift 
Drift 


Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Shaft 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Slope . 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift 


Reedsville 

Reedsville 

Albright 

Tunnelton 

Tunnelton 

Tunnelton 

Bret:< 

Kingwood 

Larew 

Tunnelton 

Newbarg 

Newburg 

Tunnelton 

Tunnelton 

Tynnelton 

Invermere 

Terra  Alta 

Larew 

Corinth 

Kingwood 

Reedsville 

Tunnelton.  R.  No.  4. 

Newburg 

Cascade 

Cascade 

Cascade 

Crellin,  Md 

Tunnelton 

Tunnelton 

Kingwood 


Plymouth 

Win.ield 

Raymond  City. 


Ameagle. . . . 

Amigo 

Blue  Jay  .  .  . 
Glen  White 

Helen 

Helen 

Helen 

Helen 

Stotesbury . 
Pemberton . 
Pemberton . 
Princewick . 
Stotesbury  . 

Dorothy 

Eunice 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


45 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


R.  E.  Abrams 
R.  E.  Abrams 


Isaac  Conn 


R.O.Hart 

R.  L.  Wolfe 

R.L.Wolfe 

J.A.Smith 

N.  W.  Montgomery 
U.G.  Deahl 

F.  W.  Horchler ... 

G.  W.  Reidler 

R.  D.  Houck 

R.  D.  Houck 

James  A.  Jenkins  .  . 

R,  T.  Thayer 

J.A.Smith 

Walter  Iman 

G.  B.  LaRue 

W.  H.  Morgan 

L.  H.  Borgman .... 
T.  K.  Nethken 


Chas.  W.  Ream 

R.E.Hunt 

T.  U.  Keener..  . 
L.C.  Wilmoth.. 


W.  C.  Mitchell . 
J.  A.  Vintroux. 
Jerry  Utt 


Geo.  T.  Wall 

Jos.  A.  Wood,  Jr  . 
J.  P.  McQuade .  .  . 
Thos.  Morgan,  Jr. 
G.H.Thomas.... 
G.H.Thomas.... 
G.  H.  Thomas. . . . 
G.H.Thomas.... 

W.  B.  Parks 

E.  L.  Hawley 

E.  L.  Hawley 

C.  D.  Walker 

W.  B.  Parks 


L.  E.  Grant . 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Rex  Longridge. 
W.  E.  Smith. . . 


Isaac  Conn .... 
B.  B.  Plum... 
Jno.  Kercheval. 
G.  B.  LaRue. . . 
G.  B.  LaRje. . . 
N.  L.  Menear. . 
H.  D.  Zinn  ... 
U.  G.  Deahl  . 
F.  W.  Horchler. 
Geo.  M.Cox.  . 
J.  W.  Nutter... 
G.W  Reidler.. 
T.  P.  Gandy . . . 
E.  C.  Nordeck. 
S.  F.  Chidester. 
Walter  Iman . . . 

Joe  Peach 

0.  R-.  Andrews . 
J.  W.  Borgman. 

Joe  Sager 

H.  L.  Myers . .  . 
G.P.  Pyles... 
H.  L.  Myers . . . 
Stanley  Ashhy . 
R.E.Hunt  ... 
T.  U.  Keener  . 
L.  C.  Wilmoth . 


E.  A.  Wilkinson . 
Frank  Scherer. . . 
D.  G.  Thomas.  . 


J.  C.  Cash 

Edward  O.Cole 

J.  P.  McQuade 

A.  E.  Barrett 

J.  D.  Swim 

V.  S.  Moore 

Henry  Blake 

Frank  Ratliff 

W.R.Campbell 

G.  F.  Scarbro 

G.  R.  Akers 

Hubert  Daniels 

J.  T.  Craddock  &  J.  H.  Roberts. 

H.  G.  Howell 

B.M.Guy 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft.-!n. 


Upper  Freeport 
Upper  Freeport .    . 

Pittsburgh 

Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport    . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 

Glenwood 

Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 

Pittsburgh 

Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport.  .  . 
Upper  Freeport  .  . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Lower  Kittanning . 

Bakerstown 

Lower  Kittanning . 

Freeport 

Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport    .  . 

Pittsburgh 

Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Middle  Kittanning 
Upper  Freeport .  .  . 
Upper  Freeport  .  . 
Freeport 

Pittsburgh  No.  8.. 
Pittsburgh  No.  8.. 
Raymond  City. . . . 

Eagle 

Pocahontas  No.  3 . 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  4 . 
Pocahontas  No.  4 . 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Dorothy 

Dorothy 


4  0 
4-0 

10-0 
5-0 
4-8 
5-2 
4-4 
4-4 
3-4 
4-6 
4-3 

11-0 
4-6 
4-6 
4-6 
4-6 
7-0 
3-4 
4-0 
4-8 
4-6 
4-5 

11-0 
4-0 
4-0 
4-0 
4-2 
5-0 
5-6 
4-6 


5-6 

5-0 

5-10 


5-6 
3-5 
4-4 
5-6 
4-6 
5-0 
5-0 
3-0 

3  to  3-6 
4-0 
4-0 
4-3 

3  to  5-6 
8-0 
7-6 


Kind 
of 

Ventilation 


Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE   YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


RALEIGH  COUNTY— Cont. 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway  Co.,  The. 

C.  H.  Mead  Coal  Co 


Colcord  Coal  Co 

Colcord  Coal  Co 

Comago  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

Comago  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

Comago  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

C.  P.  Callaway  Coal  Co 

Crab  Orchard  Smokeless  Coal  Co. 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Douglas  Coal  Co 

E.  C.  Minter  Coal  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co. . . 
Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co.  . 

Fire  Creek  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

Glogora  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

J.  A.  Wood  Coal  Co 

Killarney  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Killarney  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Lanark  Fuel  Co 

Leccony  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Leckie  Fire  Creek  Coal  Co 

Leevale  Collieries,  Inc 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mabscott  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

MacAlpiu  Coal  Co 

Madeleine  Smokeless  Coal  Co. . . . 

Mason  Coal  Co 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


711 
712 
713 
714 
715 
716 
717 
718 
719 
720 
721 
722 


Piney  River  Coal  Co 

Price  Hill  Colliery  Co.,  The. . . 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co. 
Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co. 
Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co . 

Rhodell  Coal  Co 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

Sterling  Smokeless  Coal  Co . . . 


Sarita 

C.  H.  Mead  Nos.  1,  2  and  3 . 


Montcoal  (Hernshaw) . 

Montcoal  No.  1 

Ralco 

Tommy 

Vanwood 

Cepece 

Crab  Orchard 

Cranberry 

Skelton 

Sprague 

Douglas  No.  5 

Minter  No.  1 

Piney  No.  1 

Piney  No.  6 

Lego  No.  4 

Stickney  No.  11 

Hotcoal 

Tarns 

Jawood 

Killarney 

Kilpoca 

Lanark  Nos.  2  and  4. . 

Buckley 

Leckie 

Leevale 

Lillybrook  No.  1 

Lillybrooj  No.  2 

Lillybrook  No.  3 

Lillybrook  No.  4 

Oswald  &  Sidney 

Tamroy 

Mabscott 

MacAlpin 

Madeleine 

Mason 

Affinity*  Big  Stick.  . 


Drift... 
Dr.  &  SI. 


Drift  , 

Drift. 

Slope . 

Drift. 

Drift. . 

Slope . 

Drift 

Shaft 

Slope 

Slope. 

Drift.. 

Slope . 

Drift 

Slope . 

Drift.. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Shaft. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift. 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift. 


Piney  No.  1 

Price  Hill 

Raleigh  Nos.  1  and  4 . 

Raleigh  No.  3 

Raleigh  No.  6 

Raleigh  No.  7 

No.  1 

No.  3 

No.  4 

No.  3 

Slab  Fork 

Sterling 


Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Slope . 
Drift. 
Drift. 


Dorothy . 
East  Gulf. 


Montcoal 

Montcoal 

Whitby 

Amigo 

Vanwood 

Mt.  Hope.  .  . . 
Crab  Orchard. 
Cranberry .... 

Skelton 

Sprague 

Fireco 

Rhodell 

Stanaford .... 
Stanaford .... 

Lego 

Stickney 

Hotcoal 

Tama 

Amigo 

Killarney 

Killarney 

Lanark 

Besoco 

Fireco 

Leevale 

Lillybrook. . . . 

Fireco 

Lillybrook  .  . 

Sullivan 

Oswald 

Tamroy 

WTickham 

MacAlpin 
Madeleine. . . . 
McGreery. . . . 
Affinity 


Drift McCreery. 

Shaft Price  Hill.. 


Raleigh .  .  . 
Raleigh .  .  . 
Raleigh .  .  . 
Raleigh .  . 
Edwight. . 

Hazy 

Edwright  . 
Rhodell... 
Slab  Fork. 
Whitby .  .  . 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


47 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


W.  W.  Wood 

John  Rutherford. . 
John  Rutherford . . 

J.N.  Aliff 

J.  E.  Murray 

W.  M.  Plymale... 

E.  M.  Dobbs 

C.E.Lilly 

C.  S.  Decker 

M.  C.  Fitzpatrick. 

J.  M.  Bowen 

Edward  Roark 

A.  K.  Minter 

Chas.  S.  Thomas. . 
Chas.  S.  Thomas. . 
J.A.Hunt 

F.  J.  Hughes 

W.  M.  Spencer . . . 

W.  F.  Tarns 

J.  A.  Wood,  Jr.... 
A.  M.  Robinson. . . 
A.  M.  Robinson. . . 
Harvey  Bailey. . .  . 
Claude  Jarrett  ... 
Edward  Roak .... 
T.  C.  McFarland.. 

J.  A.  Blake 

J.A.Blake 

J.  A.  Blake 

Win.  Barrick 

George  E.  Smith. . 
A .  C  Carman .... 
L.  C.  Simpson .  . . 
W.  B.  Crickmer... 


Samuel  Thomson 
T.  C.  Weeks 


A.  P.  Burdiss. . 
F.F.Dixon... 
J.P.White. ... 
J.  P.  White  ... 
J.  P.  White. . . . 
J.  P.  White... 
J.  B.  Purinton. 


J.  B.  Purinton  . 
L.  E.  Anderson . 
S.  A.  Caperton. 
P.  Q.  Warden  . 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


R.E.Harris 

E.  L.  Norris,  J.  D.  Kirby  &  T.  0 
Wattis 

Wm.  A.  Colcord 

Tom  Foster 

Roy  Smith 

J.  E.  Murray 

C.  C.  Drumheller 

C.  H.  Jones 

Alfred  Durham 

W.  B.  Dalrymple 

C.  H.  Jones 

C.  A.  Lawson 

Robert  Greer 

M.  M.  Stewart 

J.  F.  Lusher  &  J.  A.  Armstrong.  . 

H.  A.  Quenon 

S.  M.Corder 

Ernest  Belcher 

Fred  Mitchem 

Henry  Turner 

John  Prentice 

A. G.  Johnson 

J.  W.  Toliver 

Welson  Smith 

James  Rowe 

Tom  Doliuger 

King  Wiley 

Henry  Word 

W.C.Blake 

Edward  Thomas 

W.  A.  Meadows 

J.T.Willis 

C.  C.  Bailes 

J.  B.  Beard 

W.  G.  Mooney 

F.  McClain 

O.  L.  Bivens 

William  Dickerson    &    Chas.    H. 

Hodges 

A.  P.  Burdiss 

L.  E.  Walker 

E.  A.Ford 

John  Hilton 

J.  F.  Bowles 

C.  E.  Zwilling 

Chas.  0.  Coiner 

C.  M.  Meadows 

H.  B.  Ingram 

Dave  Boyd 

M.P.Campbell 

N.  H.  Thompson 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Dorothy 

Beckley  &  Pocahontas  No.  3 

Hernshaw 

Dorothy 

Pocahontas  No.  4 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Beckley  &  Pocahontas  No.  3 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Fire  Creek 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Beckley 

Sewell 

Pocahontas  No.  4 , 

Dorothy 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Sewell  &  Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Sewell  &  Fire  Creek 

Dorothy 

Fire  Creek : ., 

Fire  Creek 

Fire  Creek 

Fire  Creek 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Fire  Creek 

Beckley 

Fire  Creek 

Sewell 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Eagle 

Eagle 

Dorothy 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Beckley 

Fire  Creek 


Thickness 
Ft— In. 


8-2 

4-0 

3-9 

6-0 

5-0 

3-6 
4-0  &  3-6 

4-0 
3-6  to  4-6 

4-0 

3-6 

3-6 

4-0 

4-0 

4-6 

3-9 
3-10 

4-6 

4-6 

5-0 

3-4 

5-0 

4-0 
4-6  &  3-0 

3-6 

4-0 

7-6 

4-0 

3-9 

4-0 
3-11 

4-4 

4-6 

3-6 

4-6 

4-0 

3-0 

5-0 

3-6 
3-10  to  4-2 

4-4 

4-0 

6-8 

4-6 
4-11 
3-10 
4-10 

3-8 

4-4 

4-4 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan  &  Nat 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan  

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 


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DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 

of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


RALEIGH  COUNT  Y-Cont. 

Summit  Coal  Co 

Wacomah  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. . . 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co . . . 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. . . 
Winding  Gulf  Collieries 


RANDOLPH  COUNTY 

Brady,  A.  Spates 

Davis  Coat  Land  Co 

Monsarrat  &  Co.,  Inc 

Three  Fork  Coal  Co 

Walker's  New  River  Mining  Co.  . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp. 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp. 
West  Virginia  Pulp  &  Paper  Co .  . 


TAYLOR  COUNTY 

Alfred  Coal  Co 

Atlas  Coal  Mining  Corporation 

Gather  Coal  Co   

Getty  Coal  Co 

Maryland  Coal  Co.  of  West  Virginia. 


Reppert  Coal  Co 

Reynolds  Coal  Co 

Sharps  Coal  Co 

Sines  Coal  Co 

Sinsel  Coal  Co 

Thornton  Fire  Brick  Co 

West  Virginia  Industrial  School  for  Boys . 


TUCKER  COUNTS 

Blackwater  Coal  Co 

Cumberland  Coal  Co 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 


UPSHUR  COUNTY 
Buckhannon  River  Coal  Corporation  . 

J.  C.  Green  Coal  Co 

Miller-Adrian  Coal  Co.,  luc 

Minear  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pecks  Run  Coal  Co 

Ross  Coal  Co 

Smith,  John  T 

Superior  Redstone  Mining  Co 

West  Va.  &  Pennsylvania  C.  &  C.  Co. 


Summit 

Wacomah 

Birchton  No.  11. 
Leevale  No.  31 
Marfork  No.  21 . 
Nos.  1,  2  and  4. 


Bradv 

Cheat  Nos.  1  and  2. 
Monsarrat  No.  4.  .  . 

Three  Fork 

Big  Sewell  No.  1 .  . . 

Coalton  No.  1  

Leiter  No.  5 

Norton  No.  2 

Hopkins 


Drift 
Drift 

Drift 

Drift 

Drift..   .. 
SI.  &  Sh. . 


Slope 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Dritt. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 


Delmar  No.  4 

Atlas 

Black  Diamond 

Getty 

Wendel  Nos.  1  and  2 


Lee 

Reynolds  No.  2 


Sines 

Sinsel 

Thornton 

Industrial  School. 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 
Drift. 

Drift. 

Dritt. 
Drift 
Drift 
Slope 
Drift. 
Slope . 


Cooper 

Douglas  No.  1 . 

No.  23 

No.  34 

No.  37 

No.  38 

No.  39 

No.  40 


Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 

Shaft. 

Drift 

Shaft. 

Shaft 

Shaft. 


Adrian 

G.&R 

Ella 

Minear 

Kano 

Midway  No.  1.  .  . 
Talbottct  Smith. 

Randall 

Iris 


Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift 


Metalton 

Amigo 

Birchton 

Leevale 

Marfork 

Winding  Gulf. 


Mabie .  .  . 
Beinis. .. . 

Bemis .... 
Ellamore. 
Flint  .... 
Coalton . . 
Norton. . . 
Norton . . . 
Cass 


Rosemont.  . 
Flemington 
Grafton.... 
Flemingtou. 
Wendel .... 


Flemington 

(irafton 

Grafton 

Grafton,  R.  No.  3 . 

Grafton 

Thornton 

Grafton 


Davis. . . 
Albert... 
Thomas . 
Thomas . 
Coketon. 
Benbush . 
Pierce. . . 
Pierce. . . 


Adrian 

Buckhannon . 

Adrian 

Adrian 

Buckhannon. 

Lorentz 

Buckhannon . 

Lorentz 

Buckhannon. 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


49 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS  x 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Fred  G.Wood. 
E.R.Webb... 
D.  E.  Curnutt. 
Ralph  Lamb  . . 
L.  V.  Summers . 


W.  S.  Brydon 
C.H.Terry.. 
R.  J.  Tillson.. 


W.  S.  Wilson .  . 
W.S.Wilson.. 
W.  S.  Wilson .  . 
J.  M.  Hannah 


A.  E.  Reppert .  . 
A.  E.  Reppert .  . 
Chas.  Currence. 
A.  E.  Reppert .  . 
W.  E.  Starford 

A.  E.  Reppert .  . 

B.  W.  Perine.  .  . 


R.  A.  Sines  .  . 
Wesley  Sinsel . 
C.  F.  Bashore. 
H.  E.  Flesher. 


A.  L.  Helmick . 
F.  W.  Cupp... 
J.H.Davis... 
J.  H.  Davis  . . . 
J.  H.  Davis  . . 
W.  H.  Noone. . 
L.  H.  Thomas . 
L.H.Thomas. 


C.T.Grimm. 


Carson  Stemple. 

J.  P.  Miner 

F.E.Williams.. 

E.D.Ross 

Goff  Lanham. . . 
H.  S.  Reppert .  . 
Thos.  W.  Curry . 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


J.  D.  Daniel 

John  Law 

E.Collins 

Jno.  Brown 

A.  Haggarty 

S.  S.  Nunn,  Wick  Maloney  &  A. 
H.Hubbard 


Delbert  Rowan 
J.  L.  Jefferys . . . 

Geo.  Bell 

W.  D.  Howard 
T.  V.  Lobb... 
Burn  Rucker. . . 
L.  D.  Cross  . . . 
Thomas  Steele . 
R.  M.  Hyson .  . 


C.  E.  Dawson 

Dewey  Keener 

Chas.  Currence 

Wade  Drainer 

Alex  Hamilson,  Frank  Reed, 

Stipe  &  Bert  Webb 

C.  J.  Sterling 

John  Hulley 


Ed 


Wesley  Sinsel . 
C.  F.  Bashore. 
PhilUtt 


Robert  Tyson  . . 
G.  M.  Knaggs.  . 
Francis  Whinnie 

Clint  Pierce 

S.  H.  Eddeburn. 
W.  H.  Noone .  . . 

John  Wilk 

James  Cousins .  . 


Walter  Pill .  .  . 
W.  F.  Clouser. 


Vincent  Norman . 
C.  E.  Murphy... 
Riley  Crites 


G.  E.  Knight . 


Name  of  Coal -Bed  Worked 


Sewell 

Pocahontas  No.  3 . 

Dorothy 

Dorothy 

Dorothy 


Beckley . 


Kittanning . 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Kittanning . 
Kittanning 
Kittanning . 
Sewell 


Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh . 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh 
Freeport.  . 
Pittsburgh 


Kittanning 

Kittanning 

Upper  Freeport  .  . 
Lower  Kittanning . 
Lower  Kittanning . 
Lower  Kittanning 
Lower  Kittanning . 
Lower  Kittanning . 


Upper  Freeport . 

Redstone 

Upper  Freeport . 
Upper  Freeport 

Redstone 

Redstone 

Pittsburgh 

Redstone 

Redstone 


Thickness 
Ft.— In. 


4-0 

3-6 
4-6 
6-0 
4-6 

4-2 

7-0 
3-6 
3-0 
3-4 
3-0 
6-6 
6-0 
6-6 
4-0 


8-2 
8-0 
6-6 

7-9 

6-6 
8-0 
8-0 
7-0 
7-0 
7-0 
4-2 
7-0 


6-0 
5-0 
5-0 
5-0 
5-0 
5-0 
5-0 
5-0 


4-2 
4-0 
5-9 
6-0 
5-0 
4-0 
6-0 
4-0 
5-0 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural .  .  . 

Fan  &  Nat 

Fan  &  Nat 
Natural .  .  . 
Fan  &  Nat 

Fan 

Fan  &  Nat 

Fan 

Natural.  .  . 
Natural .  . . 
Natural .  .  . 

Fan 

Natural .  .  . 

Natural .  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Fan 

Natural .  .  . 

Fan 

Fan 


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Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


DIRECTORY  OF  MINES  IN  THE  STATE  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


No. 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Kind 
of 

Opening 


Post  Office  Address 


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768 


769 
770 
771 

772 
773 

774 


775 
776 
777 
778 
779 
780 
781 
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783 
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785 
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WAYNE  COUNTY 

Katona  Coal  Co.,  The 

Warfield  Mining  Co 

WEBSTER  COUNTY 

Elk  Lick  Coal  Co 

H.  B.  Nichols  Lumber  Co 

Lilly  Coal  Co 

Minds  Coal  Mining  Corp.,  The. . 
Pardee  &  Curtin  Lumber  Co. . . . 
Point  Mountain  Coal  Mining  Co 

WYOMING  COUNTY 

Alpha  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Buckeye  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Erin  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Faith  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Flat  Top  Pocahontas  Coal  Co. . . 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Iroquois  Coal  Mining  Co 

Miller  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Morrison  Coal  Co 

Nuriva  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co   . . 

Thermo  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

United  Pocahontas  Coal  Co ...  . 


Katona 

Warfield 

Lick  Branch 

Summit 

Lilly 

Golden  Ridge  No.  5 

Bergoo  No.  1 

Brown  No.  7 

Alpha 

Devilsfork 

Erin 

No.  1 

Flat  Top 

Corel 

Wyco 

Iroquois 

Nos.  1  and  2 

Glen  Morrison 

Nuriva  No.  2 

No.  2 

Thermo 

Wyoming  Nos.  1,  2,  3  and  4 


Drift. 
Slope 

Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 

Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Drift. 
Shaft 
Drift 
Drift 


East  Lynn 

Kermit 

Richwood 

Diana 

Areola 

Webster  Springs. 

Bergoo 

Webster  Springs . 

Alpoca 

Devilsfork 

Otsego 

Glen  Morrison.  . 

Herndon 

Covel 

Wyco 

Iroquois 

Corinne 

Glen  Morrison. . 

Nuriva 

Glen  Rogers .... 

Bud 

Crumpler 


1929] 


Department  op  Mines 


51 


NAME  OF  SUPERINTENDENT,  NAME  OF  MINE  FOREMAN,  SEAMS 
WORKED  AND  THICKNESS 


Name  of  Superintendent 


Name  of  Mine  Foreman 


Name  of  Coal-Bed  Worked 


Thickness 
Ft.— In. 


Kind 

of 

Ventilation 


No. 


J.H.Smith.. 
J.  L.  Charles . 


C.  S.  Badgett.... 

E.B.Arthur 

Clyde  D.  Kessler. 

George  Alsop 

H.L.Ice 

M.  R.  Weaver. .. 


R.  Hewitt. . . 


J.I.Tate 

T.  L.  Little 

W.  M.  Spencer. 
E.  R.  Lynch.... 
J.  C.  Hindsley.. 

R.  Hewitt 

W.F.Riley.... 
W.H.  Ruby.... 


H.  E.  Whiting. 
H.  C.Faust... 


J.H.Smith. 
Jeff  Collins. 


E.  L.  Spencer . 


John  Sutton . . . 
C.  M.  GaUaher. 
R.  W.Hays.... 
Wm.  Stuart.... 


T.  R.  Blankenship. 

B.  0.  Vest 

Pete  Voise 

J.I.Tate 

J.  W.  Moore 

F.  H.  Cooper 

M.  0.  Huflman... 

G.  W.  Dove 

B.  0.  Vest 

W.A.White 

H.  H.  Agee 

Ed.  Johnson 

W.  A.  Rinehart... 
H.  H.  Honaker.... 


No.  5 

Warfield 

Sewell-Davy 

Stockton 

Peerless 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Sewell 

Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  3 . . . . 
Pocahontas  No.  6 . . . . 

Sewell 

Pocahontas  Nos.  3  &  6 
Pocahontas  No.  3 . . . . 

Pocahontas  No.  3 

Pocahontas  No.  3 . . . . 

Pocahontas  No.  3 . 

Sewell 

Pocahontas  No.  6. . . . 

Beckley 

Beckley 

Pocahontas  No.  3 . . . . 


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TABLE  SHOWING  A  COMPARATIVE  STATEMENT  OF  THE  COAL 
PRODUCED  FOR  THE  YEARS  1928  AND  1929 


COUNTY 


Barbour 

Boone 

Braxton 

Brooke 

Clay   

Fayette 

Gilmer 

Grant 

Greenbrier. . . . 

Hancock 

Harrison 

Kanawha 

Lewis 

Lincoln 

Logan 

Marion 

Marshall 

Mason 

McDowell.  .  . 

Mercer 

Mineral 

Mingo 

Monongalia. . 

Nicholas 

Ohio 

Preston 

Putnam 

Raleigh 

Randolph.. . . 

Taylor 

Tucker 

Upshur 

Wayne 

Webster 

Wyoming 

Small  Mines. 

TOTALS 


COAL 


1928 


,506,679 
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212,123 
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951,728 
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113,472 

63,958 

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39,306 

872,000 

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327,513 
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49,602 
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289,050 
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110,558 
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433,767 
,544,335 

448,229 

959,612 

900,564 

620,246 

257,445 

54,873 

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133,866,587 


1929 


139,297,946 


INCREASE 


108,351 


565,120 


34,168 
131,820 


361,685 


818,636 
449,387 


9,561 

3,733,142 

392,678 


894,816 
76,509 
19,419 


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12,919 
10,736 
92,186 


146,706 


121,316 
203,586 


5,431,359 


73,764 


81,477 
190,506 
122,969 


84,661 


9,208 
804,710 


2,297 
302,759 


553,425 


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21,673 
113,801 


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TABLE  SHOWING  PRODUCTION  OF  COAL  AND  COKE  FOR  THE 
YEARS  1883  TO  1929  INCLUSIVE 


YEARS 

COAL 
(Tons  of 
2240  lbs.) 

COKE 
(Tons  of 
2000  lbs.) 

YEARS 

COAL 

(Tons  of 
2240  lbs.) 

COKE 
(Tons  of 
2000  lbs.) 

1883  

2,805,565 
3,000.000 
3,008,091 
3,213,093 
4,207,039 
4,799,611 
4,663,857 
5,643,946 
7,281,427 
7,777,570 
9,758,991 
9,427,028 
9,878,099 
12,062,468 
11,705,829 
14,294,865 
16,250,150 
18,886,911 
20,290,991 
23,359.083 
22,913,698 
26,984,715 
31,503,029 
37,403,474 
40,040.311 

190,889 

182,000 

187,619 

228,923 

481,477 

517,317 

306,716 

892,490 

1,208,418 

1,333,439 

1,090,909 

1,067,156 

1,204,657 

1,594,691 

1,374,497 

1,742,256 

1,950,179 

2,496,107 

1,932,912 

2,249,744 

2,483,376 

2,276,451 

2,738,777 

3,534,314 

3,828,649 

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1909 

1910 

1911 

1912 

1913 

1914 

1915 

1916 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1921 

39,367,010 
41,671,561 
52,923,708 
54,033,186 
59,581,774 
61,770,352 
65,783,088 
64,118,677 
79,612,298 
79,806,652 
81,041,640 
75,875,493 
79,991,316 
80,761,604 
70,888,203 
87,031,408 
♦103,325,960 
53,244,671 
123,061,985 
144,603,574 
146,088,121 
133,866,587 
139,297,946 

2,978,263 

1884 

3,096,561 

1885 

1886 

1887 

1888 

4,217,381 
2,694,047 
1,992,696 
2,521,800 

1889 

1890 

1891 

1892 

1893 

1894 

1,957,401 
1,103,004 
1,957,632 
2,533,314 
2,843,597 
1,956,068 

1895 

1,172,217 

1896 

836,728 

1897 

1922 

175,156 

1898 

1923 

1924 

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1925 

1926 

1927 

1928 

823,912 

1899 

513,418 

1900 

1901 

1902 

1903 

136,156 
503,789 
591,375 
515,528 

1904    . 

431,068 

1905 

1906 

1907 

1929 

499,357 

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1929]                                  Department  of  Mines  89 

COAL  PRODUCED  BY  GEOGRAPHICAL  DISTRICTS 
For  the  Year  1929 

PANHANDLE  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  Brooke,  Hancock,  Marshall  and  Ohio) 

Brooke  County 

Bertha  Consumers  Company 161,623 

Bethany  Improvement  Association 2 ,  000 

Brookland  Mining  Company 11,280 

Geiger  &  Reed 3,905 

General  Coal  &  Supply  Company 5,287 

Mitchell,  Archie 500 

Naylor  Coal  Company 1 ,200 

R.  Humes  Coal  Company 14,878 

Standard  Mining  Conpany 189,988 

Superior  Coal  Company 11,678 

Tereniana,  Jean 1 ,225 

West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Company 743 .491 

Wheeling  Steel  Corporation 31 ,  646 

Windsor  Power  House  Coal  Company 700,593 

Young  &  Ball 1 ,200 

Hancock  County 

Columbia  Coal  Company 1 ,618 

Kings  Creek  Coal  Company 11,000 

Smith,  W.  L ' 455 

Star  Coal  Company 1,256 

Talbot  Brothers  Coal  Company 2 ,  833 

Weirton  Ice  &  Coal  Supply  Co.,  Inc 12,376 

Wern,  Comer •. 560 

Marshall  County 

Ben  Franklin  Coal  Company  of  West  Virginia 93 ,277 

Consolidated  Fuel  Company,  The 154 ,  218 

Duffy  Bros,  Coal  Company 2,924 

Glendale  Gas  Coal  Company 674,971 

Hitchman  Coal  &  Coke  Company 436, 100 

McKeefrey  Coal  Company  of  West  Virginia 204 , 252 

McMillan  Coal  Company 18,088 

Mineral  State  Coal  Company 349,451 

West  Virginia  Penitentiary 9,092 

Woodland  Coal  Company 1 ,  728 

0310  Co'.nty 

Costanzo  Coal  Mining  Company 67 ,  277 

Echo  Fuel  Company 11,564 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Company 1,213,634 

Elm  Valley  Coal  Company 146 ,  560 

Givens,  C.  L 1,206 

Lubeno  Coal  Company 16,598 

Pittsburgh-Wheeling  Coal  Company 38 ,  134 

Reliable  Coal  Company 3 ,  953 

Rock  Point  Coal  Company 3 ,  200 

Warwood  Fuel  Company 42 ,  262 

Wheeling  Coal  Company 595,012 


90                                         Annual  Report  of  [W.  Va. 

Wheeling  Glenwood  Coal  Company 36,433 

Wheeling  Independent  Coal  Company 20,422 

Wheeling  Valley  Coal  Corporation 197,030 


TOTAL 6,321 ,594 

FAIRMONT  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  Harrison,  Marion  and  Monongalia) 

Harrison  County 

AMied  Coal  Company 74,202 

Bethlehem  Fairmont  Coal  Company 535 ,422 

Bingamon  Valley  Coal  Company 24 ,  163 

Brinkley  Bros.  Coal  &  Transfer  Company 4 ,  795 

Burns  Coal  Mining  Company 12 ,  000 

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Company 124,673 

Clarksburg  Gas  Coal  Company 39,559 

Consolidation  Coal  Company,  The 1,633,401 

Corona  Coal  Company 75,050 

Corrado  Coal  &  Coke  Corporation 22,458 

Cortright  Cornog  Collieries  Company 63,044 

Dawson  Coal  Company 477,568 

Elkhart  Coal  Company 6,000 

Everhart  Coal  Company 1 ,  427 

Fairmont  Big  Vein  Coal  Company 83,691 

Farnum  Coal  Company 68,412 

Franklin  Gas  Coal  Mining  Company 37,764 

Glen  View  Coal  Company 3 ,091 

Haywood  Coal  Mining  Company 1 ,618 

Howard  Coal  Company,  Inc 21 ,062 

Hughes  Coal  Company 168,923 

Hutchinson  Coal  Company 833 ,  158 

Hutton  Coal  Company 110,683 

Johnson  Coal  Mining  Company 13 ,  250 

Katherine  Coal  Mining  Company 389 ,579 

Killeen  Coal  Company 2 ,800 

Maureen  Coal  Company 98,313 

Monongah  Fuel  Company 130 ,  578 

Montfair  Gas  Coal  Company 372,881 

Peora  Coal  Company 10,443 

Pine  Bluff  Coal  Company 9 ,557 

Russell  Coal  Company 19,439 

Sardis  Coal  Company 60,000 

Soper  &  Reynolds  Coal  Company 4 ,  750 

Stoetzer  Coal  Company 37,786 

Ten  Mile  Run  Coal  Company 27,893 

Thomas  Love  Coal  &  Coke  Company 40,902 

Valley  Coal  Company 108,885 

Virginia-Maryland  Coal  Corporation 84 ,  708 

Washington  Irving  Coal  Company 10,819 

Wolf  Summit  Coal  Company 196,905 

Young  Coal  Company,  Inc , 25 ,  638 

Marion  County 

Barnes  Coal  Company 2 ,  981 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 2,876,737 

Consolidation  Coal  Company,  The 2,442, 119 

Continental  Coal  Company 494 ,465 

Cosgrove-Meehan  Gas  Coal  Company 328 ,251 


1929]                                   Department  of  Mines  91 

Four  States  Coal  Company 37,037 

Greater  Fairmont  Investment  Company 2 ,494 

Harry  B.  Coal  Company 14,196 

Home  Service  Coal  Company 10 ,  157 

Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Company 847,050 

Monongahela  Fuel  Company 66 ,438 

Morgantown  Gas  Coal  Company 334 ,713 

New  England  Fuel  &  Transportation  Company 1 ,  191 ,  403 

Virginia  &  Pittsburgh  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 509,688 

Monongalia  County 

Agnes  Coal  Company 87 ,  103 

Alfred  Coal  Company 130,587 

Andrew  Coal  Company,  The 25,924 

Anna  May  Coal  Company,  The 42,421 

Arkwright  Coal  Company 385 ,988 

Arnettsville  Fuel  Company 22,097 

Baker  Coal  Company 1 ,850 

Bertha-Consummers  Company 219,934 

Bortz,  C.  E.  et  al,  Trustees 124,015 

Brady-Warner  Coal  Corporation 130, 176 

Brighton  Coal  Company 65 ,576 

Byrne  Gas  Coal  Company 114 ,525 

Canyon  Coal  &  Coke  Company 333 ,  269 

Chaplin  Collieries  Company 300 ,  096 

Connellsville  By-Product  Coal  Company 590 ,511 

Continental  Coal  Company 1,135,377 

Crown  Coal  Company 378,684 

Davis  &  Cushnie 8,620 

Dragon  Coal  Company 86,697 

Edna  Gas  Coal  Company 47,840 

Ernest  Coal  Company 103,098 

Fern  Coal  Company 12,750 

Fickey  Coal  Company 2,500 

Fife  Coal  Company 5,537 

Fort  Grand  Coal  Company 167,922 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Company 449,970 

Hall  Coal  Company 6,956 

Hickman-Miller  Coal  Company 22 ,000 

Hite-Barns  Coal  &  Coke  Company 35 ,  065 

Kelley's  Creek  Colliery  Company 175,210 

Lockview  Coal  Company 10,000 

Lough  Bros.  Coai  Company 9 ,444 

Marie  Coal  Company 1 , 500 

Miners  Coal  Company 16 ,  953 

National  Fuel  Company 262,000 

New  England  Fuel  &  Transportation  Company 617 ,  707 

Osage  Coal  Company 20,788 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Company 799 ,856 

Randall  Coal  Company 27,954 

Reiner  Coal  Company 8,039 

River  Seam  Coal  Company 396 ,  017 

Rosedale  Coal  Company 231 ,  01 1 

Scotts  Run  Fuel  Corporation 146,579 

Shriver  Coal  Company 151 ,814 

South  Penn  Coal  Company 8,516 

State  Hill  Coal  Company 23,561 

Sutherland  Coal  Company 37,072 

Tait  Bros.  Coal  Company 4,676 

Warner  Collieries  Company 91 ,431 

TOTAL 23 ,302 ,  235 


92  Annual  Report  of  [W.  Va. 

PRESTON-BARBOUR  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  Barbour,  Braxton,  Gilmer,  Lewis,  Northern  Nicholas,  Preston,  Taylor,  Upshur  and  Webster) 

Barbour  County 

Bailey  Coal  Company 35,688 

Bar-Jay  Coal  Company 21 ,015 

Blocky-Pittsburgh  Coal  Company 131,687 

Brown  Coal  Company 201,153 

Cambria  Coal  Company 227,485 

Century  Coal  Company 205 ,590 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 67,114 

Domestic  Coal  Company 6,902 

Estella  Coal  Mining  Company 45,000 

Greer  Gas  Coal  Company 25,426 

Laurel  Creek  Coal  Company 955 

May  Coal  Company 3,966 

P.  V.  &  K.  Coal  Company,  The 82,644 

Renwick  Fuel  Company 16,580 

Simpson  Creek  Collieries  Company,  The 940,394 

Talbott  Crawford  Coal  Company 4,577 

Tressler  Coal  Company 46,995 

Waddell  Coal  Company 61 ,  644 

Waddell  Fuel  Company 106,106 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corporation _ 201 ,994 

Braxton  County 

Green,  W.  H.,  Lessee 63, 103 

Miner-Edgar  Chemical  Corporation 22,225 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corporation 45,318 

Gilmer  County 

Gilmer  Fuel  Company,  Inc 12,732 

J.  T.  Coal  Company 16,079 

Lewis  County 

Red  Star  Coal  &  Coke  Company 850 

Weston  State  Hospital 10,000 

Nicholas  County 

Beaver  Creek  Coal  Company 17 ,  162 

Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 81,130 

Preston  County 

Barnard  Coal  Company 11 ,940 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 829 ,  197 

Bishop,  Dixon  &  Bishop 600 

Black  Diamond  Coal  Company 9 , 872 

Borgman  Coal  Company 40 ,  34 1 

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Company 83,897 

Gibraltar  Fuel  Company 8,200 

Glenwood  Smokeless  Coal  Company 37,631 

Hillman  Coal  &  Coke  Company 187,783 

Hiorra  Coke  Company 2,070 

Horchler  Big  Vein  Coal  Company 10,200 

Houck  &  Reidler  Smokeless  Coal  Company 15,765 


1929]                                  Department  of  Mines  93 

Houck-Reidler  Bros.  Coal  Mining  Company 38 ,  250 

Irona  Coal  Company 44 ,  265 

Laurel  Valley  Coal  Company 41 ,  121 

Lincoln  Coal  Company 23.673 

Lindsey  Coal  Mining  Company 39,215 

Lucky  Jack  Mining  Company 24,000 

Morgan  Coal  Company 14,388 

Mountview  Coal  Company 5 , 837 

Netbken  Coal  Mining  Company .' 12 ,  958 

Preston  County  Coke  Company 197, 766 

Stanley  Coal  Company,  Inc 217, 164 

Tunnelton  Freeport  Coal  Company 2, 100 

Victory  Coal  Company,  The 6,558 

Wilmocth  Coal  Company 29,650 

Taylor  County 

Alfred  Coal  Company 209,503 

Atla"  Coal  Mining  Corporation 21 ,  260 

Cather  Coal  Company 3 ,  194 

Getty  Coal  Company 153 ,  784 

Maryland  Coal  Company  of  West  Virginia 377, 022 

Reppert  Coal  Company 42,071 

Reynolds  Coal  Company 22,289 

Sharps  Coal  Company 2 ,  500 

Sines  Coal  Company 5,552 

Sinsel  Coal  Company 832 

Thornton  Fire  Brick  Company 4,759 

West  Virginia  Industrial  School  for  Boys 3 ,  045 

Upshur  County 

Buckhannon  River  Coal  Corporation 51 ,  659 

J.  C.  Green  Coal  Company 4,090 

Miller-Adrian  Coal  Company,  Inc 57 ,  721 

Minear  Coal  Mining  Company 15 ,  462 

Pecks  Run  Coal  Company 110,494 

Ross  Coal  Company 52,868 

Smith,  John  T •. 3 ,327 

Superior  Redstone  Mining  Company 6, 161 

West  Virginia  &  Pennsylvania  Coal  &  Coke  Company 64 ,071 

Webster  County 

Elk  Lick  Coal  Company 22,619 

H.  B.  Nichols  Lumber  Company 1 ,  946 

Lilly  Coal  Company 14,704 

Minds  Coal  Mining  Corporation,  The 39,757 

Pardee  &  Curtin  Lumber  Company 38, 120 

Point  Mountain  Coal  Mining  Company 59,043 

TOTAL 6,023,808 

ELK  GARDEN  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  Grant,  Mineral,  Randolph  and  Tucker) 

Grant  County 

Emmons  Coal  Mining  Company  of  West  Virginia 98 ,  126 


94  Annual  Report  of  [W.  Va. 

Mineral  County 

Ajax  Smokeless  Coal  Company 4,591 

Bakertown  Coal  Company 2,864 

" Eddy  Coal  Company 49,552 

Fortney,  A.  1 3,815 

Jaffy  Coal  Mining  Company 53 ,  900 

Kalbaugh  Coal  Company,  Inc 14,995 

Martin- Wilcox  Coal  Company 11, 625 

Mastellar  Coal  Company,  The 95,176 

Morrison  Coal  &  Coke  Company 17,757 

Smokeless  Coal  Company,  Inc 18 ,  476 

Randolph  County 

Brady,  A.  Spates 26,545 

Davis  Coal  Land  Company 13 ,  133 

Monsarrat  &  Company,  Inc 21 ,665 

Three  Forks  Coal  Company 28,616 

Walker's  New  River  Mining  Company 36 ,  130 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corporation 288,995 

West  Virginia  Pulp  &  Paper  Company 11 ,  472 

Tucker  County 

Blackwater  Coal  Company 41 ,894 

Cumberland  Coal  Company 160,363 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Company 845,013 


TOTAL 1 ,844,703 

MASON  DISTRICT 

(County  of  Mason) 
Mason  County 

Barker  &  Lockett 1 ,  255 

Barnett  Coal  Company 2,600 

F.  B.  Lieving  &  Son 3 ,244 

Icenhower,  J.  F 794 

Jackson  Coal  Mining  Company 44 ,  763 

Linden  Coal  Company 4 ,207 

Renown  Coal  Company 1 ,000 

Willow  Grove  Coal  Company 1 ,300 


TOTAL 59 ,  163 

PUTNAM  DISTRICT 

(County  of  Putnam) 

Putnam  County 

Hatfield-Campbell  Creek  Coal  Company,  The 219,075 

J.  A.  Vintroux  Mining  Works 5,240 

Raymond  City  Coal  Company 220, 188 


TOTAL 444,503 


1929]                                  Department  of  Mines  95 

kanawha  district 

(Counties  of  Boone,  North  of  Greenview,  Clay,  Northern  Fayette,  Kanawha,  Western  Lincoln,  Southern  Nicholas 

and  Northern  Raleigh) 

Boone  County 

American  Rolling  Mill  Company,  The 389,428 

Anchor  Coal  Company 304,451 

Collieries  Company,  The 473 ,023 

Dartmont  Coal  Company ' >  200 

Detroit  Mining  Company,  The 392,086 

Dunlap,  G.  W l-m 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Company 334,563 

Morrisvalle  Coal  Company 177 ,  979 

Murphy  Coal  Company,  The 101 ,012 

Peak  Coal  Corporation 45 ,596 

Southern  Coal  Company 51,000 

Spruce  River  Coal  Company 288 ,  344 

Vermillion  Coal  Company 64 .  785 

Webb  Coal  Mining  Company 273 ,  599 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Company 247,760 

Winifrede  Black  Band  Coal  Company 82,987 

Youghiogheny  &  Ohio  Coal  Company,  The 273 ,090 

Clay  County 

Big  Otter  Collieries  Company .• 3 ,  100 

Elk  River  Coal  &  Lumber  Company 703,897 

Hanson  &  Graham 7 ,  192 

LeMoyne  Coal  Company 74,297 

Middle  Creek  Coal  Company 40,273 

Fayette  County 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Company 378 , 560 

Eli  Smokeless  Coal  Company 32 ,402 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Company 630,009 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Company 953 ,  199 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Company,  Inc 887 ,  464 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Company 400,368 

Low  Ash  Smokeless  Fuel  Company 14 ,  784 

Marvel  New  River  Coal  Company,  The 10 ,  254 

West  Virginia  Eagle  Coal  Company 209,964 

Wilson,  M.  T 1.453 

Kanawha  County 

Amelia  Coal  Company 63,711 

Barren  Creek  Coal  Company 19  •  904 

Belle  Alkali  Company 27,692 

Black  Band  Consolidated  Coal  Company 135,573 

Blue  Creek  Coal  &  Land  Company 28 ,  979 

Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Company 1 .  339 ,  455 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Company 345 ,141 

Carbon  Fuel  Company 656,001 

Champe  &  Hill  Coal  Company 1.970 

Coalburgh-Kanawha  Mining  Company 120,204 

Cote  Coal  Mining  Company 29,536 

Davis  Creek  Mining  Company 1 .  200 

Deep  Hollow  Coal  Company 4,605 

Dry  Branch  Coal  Company 70,263 


96  Annual  Report  of  [W.  Va. 

Eureka  Coal  Company 96,689 

Glenn  Coal  Company 82,388 

Hatfield  Campbells  Creek  Coal  Company 848,271 

Hugheston  Gas  Coal  Company 103 ,424 

Imperial  Colliery  Company 300,242 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Company 373 ,595 

Kanawha  Elk  Coal  Company 789 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Company 906,356 

New  Export  Coal  Company 260,419 

Nicklett  Coal  Company 3,517 

Riverton  Coal  Company 96,644 

Ronda  Coal  Company 263 ,821 

Stange-Elliott  Coal  Company 40,799 

Wacomah  Fuel  Company 48,767 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Company 18,172 

Wet  Branch  Mining  Company 150,861 

Winifrede  Coal  Company 3 ,442 

Wyatt  Coal  Company 587,679 

Nicholas  County 

Gauley  River  Coal  Company 11, 680 

Hisylvania  Coal  Company,  The 20,005 

Raliegh  County 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway  Company,  The 744 ,300 

Colcord  Coal  Company 329,519 

Glogora  Coal  Company 165,242 

Leevale  Collieries,  Inc 18 ,  644 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Company 443,077 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Company 316,857 

TOTAL 16,934,552 

NEW  RIVER  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  Eastern  Fayette,  Greenbrier,  Southern  Raleigh,  Summers  and  Wyoming) 

Fayette  County 

American  Export  Corporation 56,805 

Babcock  Coal  &  Coke  Company 79,519 

Ballinger  Coal  Company 21,669 

Beechwood  Coal  &  Coke  Company 58,013 

Bellwood  Coal  Company 177,878 

Beveridge  Coal  Company 15 ,  650 

Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Company 480,800 

Blake,  T.  C 450 

Branch  Coal  &  Coke  Company 191,262 

Brockman  Smokeless  Coal  Company 21 ,880 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Company 420, 647 

Coal  Run  Coal  Company 283 ,544 

Collins  Colliery  Company 45,869 

Daniels  Colliery  Company 172,850 

Deitz  Colliery  Company 64,032 

Dunedin  Coal  Company,  Inc 63,380 

Dunn  Loop  Coal  &  Coke  Company 20,346 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Company 106, 148 

Fire  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Company 51 ,  921 

Gauley  Mountain  Coal  Company,  The 398, 103 

Greenwood  Coal  Company 260,336 


1929]                                  Department  of  Mines  97 

Harvey  Coal  &  Coke  Company 189,459 

Hemlock  Hollow  Coal  &  Coke  Company 106,377 

J.  D.  Boone  Coal  Company 7-819 

Laurel  Creek  Coal  Company 152,838 

Lee  Coal  Company 98,484 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Company 364,284 

Macdonald  Colliery  Company 18,864 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Company 448,089 

Meadow  Fork  Fuel  Company 10 ,  088 

Midvale  Colliery  Company 154 ,512 

Milburn-By-Produets  Coal  Company 271 ,  235 

Mill  Creek  Colliery  Company 53,073 

Newlyn  Coal  Company 18,343 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cous.  Coal  Company 1 ,697,928 

Nichol  Colliery  Company 17 , 367 

Pocahontas  Smokeless  Coal  Company 950 

Prudence  Coal  Company 140 ,  723 

Quinnimont  Coal  Company 25,810 

Rock  Lick  Smokeless  Coal  Company 363,465 

Scotia  Coal  &  Coke  Company 270,410 

Signal  Knob  Coal  Company 30,231 

Southern  Smokeless  Coal  Company 27, 141 

South  Side  Company 89 ,860 

Star  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 147,241 

Stonega  Coke  &  Coal  Company 499,938 

Stuart  Colliery  Company 487,932 

Sugar  Creek  Coal  Company 6,597 

Turkey  Knob  Coal  Company 73 ,  785 

White  Oak  Fuel  Company 763 ,  242 

Willis  Branch  Coal  Company 48,385 

Greenbrier  County 

Clear  Creek  Coal  Company 907 

Frances  Coal  Company 72,547 

Greenbrier  Smokeless  Coal  Company 269 ,822 

Imperial  Smokeless  Coal  Company 382 ,  785 

Johnstown  Coal  &  Coke  Company 206,628 

Leckie  Smokeless  Coal  Company 252 ,  775 

Margarette  Coal  Company 337,268 

Meadow  River  Fuel  Company 4 ,430 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Consolidated  Coal  Company 261 ,  747 

Tuck  Brothers 1.120 

Raleigh  County 

American  Eagle  Colliery 433 ,258 

Amigo  Coal  Company 150,494 

Blue  Jay  Lumber  Company 8 ,  604 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Company 2,654 ,  108 

C.  H.  Mead  Coal  Company 516,497 

Comago  Smokeless  Fuel  Company 408,313 

C.  P  Callaway  Coal  Company 72,083 

Crab  Orchard  Smokeless  Coal  Company 73 ,780 

Cranberry  Fuel  Company 1,169,974 

Douglas  Coal  Company 155,024 

E.  C.  Minter  Coal  Company 228,732 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Company 655,204 

Fire  Creek  Smokeless  Fuel  Company 165 ,  715 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Company ' 658,906 

J.  A.  Wood  Coal  Company 53,575 

Killarney  Smokeless  Coal  Company 275,735 


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Lanark  Fuel  Company g  453 

Leccony  Smokeless  Coal  Company 254  173 

Leckie  Fire  Creek  Coal  Company Ill  283 

Lillybrook  Coal  Company 1  Q04  919 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Company 277  873 

Mabscott  Coal  &  Coke  Company 295  207 

MacAlpin  Coal  Company 490  733 

Madeleine  Smokeless  Coal  Company 77  282 

Mason  Coal  Company 40  377 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Company 784, 181 

Piney  River  Coal  Company 15  535 

Price  Hill  Colliery  Company,  The 296,086 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Company 790,605 

Rhodell  Coal  Company 106  119 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Company ." 354  088 

Sterling  Smokeless  Coal  Company 132,008 

Summitt  Coal  Company 45  269 

Wacomah  Coal  Company 48  467 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 803 ,  667 

WrOMING  COUNTY 

Alpha  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 131  432 

Buckeye  Coal  &  Coke  Company 106,341 

Erin  Smokeless  Coal  Company 6  024 

Faith  Smokeless  Coal  Company 130  721 

Flat  Top  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 92  040 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Company 288  538 

Iroquois  Coal  Mining  Company 80 , 751 

Miller  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 66  182 

Morrison  Coal  Company 389  113 

Nuriva  Smokeless  Coal  Company 75  983 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Company 692,547 

Thermo  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 104 ,  996 

United  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 94,970 

TOTAL 27 ,  244 ,  121 

LOGAN  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  Southern  Boone,  Eastern  Lincoln  and  Logan) 

Lincoln  County 

Henderson  Coal  Company -  17 ,  892 

Hubball  Guyan  Coal  Company 561 

Seward  Coal  Company 5,850 

W.  M.  Jones  Coal  Company 451 

Logan  County 

Agee  Coal  Company 82, 190 

Amherst  Coal  Company 751 ,  165 

A.  R.  Parsons  Coal  Company 37,341 

Boone  County  Coal  Corporation : 1 ,  135 ,  150 

Buffalo  Chilton  Coal  Company 43 ,363 

Buffalo  Eagle  Mines,  lnc 265,348 

Callaway  Eagle  Coal  Company 25,000 

Chafin-Jones-Heatherman  Coal  Company , 452 ,  624 

Clean  Eagle  Coal  Company 56,144 

Cleveland  Cliffs  Iron  Company,  The 254,032 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Company 248  874 


1929]                                 Department  of  Mines  99 

Fort  Branch  Coal  Corporation 44,630 

Gay  Coal  &  Coke  Company 224,943 

Georges  Creek  Coal  Company 209 ,618 

Guyan  Eagle  Coal  Company 419 ,519  • 

H.  T.  Wilson  Coal  Company 123 ,  286 

Hutchinson  Coal  Company 891 ,299 

Island  Creek  Coal  Company 6,257,523 

Litz-Smith  Coal  Company 58 ,084 

Logan  Chilton  Coal  Company 132 ,  228 

Logan  County  Coal  Corporation 833 ,299 

Logan  Mines,  Inc 126 ,  742 

Long  Flame  Coal  Company 187 ,  192 

Lorado  Coal  Mining  Company,  The 952,965 

McCail  Coal  Company 145 ,959 

McClure  Coal  Company 4 ,683 

Mallory  Coal  Company 710,587 

Merrill  Coal  Mines,  Inc 237,926 

Mouitor  Coal  &  Coke  Company 251 ,  222 

Opperman  Coal  Company 59 ,  720 

Paul  Logan  Coal  Company 51 ,  027 

Phico  Coal  Company 51 ,  621 

Rum  Creek  Coal  Company 316,905 

Sovereign  Coal  Company 120, 165 

Standard  Island  Creek  Coal  Company 233 ,  538 

Stone  Branch  Coal  Company 52 ,  916 

Utilities  Coal  Company 201,797 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corporation 2,634,900 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Company 122,046 

Wood  Coal  Company 197,026 

Youngstown  Sheet  &  Tube  Company,  The 624 ,  154 

Yuma  Coal  &  Coke  Company Ill , 657 


TOTAL 19,965, 162 

POCAHONTAS  DISTRICT 

(Counties  of  McDowell  and  Mercer) 

McDowell  County 

Algoma  Coal  &  Coke  Company 386 ,  751 

Arlington  Coal  &  Coke  Company 166 ,638 

Ashland  Coal  &  Coke  Company 463 ,  274 

Atlantic  Smokeless  Coal  Company 99 ,  168 

Bradahaw  Coal  Company 177,639 

Buchanan  Coal  Company 143,063 

By-Products  Pocahontas  Company '..... 156,559 

Cardiff  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 88, 149 

Central  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 239,189 

Consolidation  Coal  Company,  The 1,963,771 

Crozer  Coal  &  Coke  Company 564,415 

Empire  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 232,568 

Excelsior  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 137,497 

Fall  River  Pocahontas  Collieries  Company 46,000 

Fordson  Coal  Company 537,182 

Gilliam  Coal  &  Coke  Company 295,894 

Greenbrier  Coal  &  Coke  Company 257 ,  203 

Houston  Collieries  Company 1,814,159 

Junior  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 4,228 

Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Company,  Inc 1,038,686 

Lake  Superior  Coal  Company 473 ,  276 

Lathrop  Coal  Company 22 ,  215 


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Little  War  Creek  Coal  Company 307,360 

Litz-Smith  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 18,263 

Lynchburg  Coal  &  Coke  Company 283 ,253 

McDowell  Coal  &  Coke  Company 212,601 

Mil!  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Company 438,228 

Mohawk  Coal  &  Coke  Company 108,466 

Monarch  Smokeless  Coal  Company 155 ,  300 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Consolidated  Coal  Company 1 ,603 ,447 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Company 768 ,  753 

Panther  Coal  Company 141 ,  256 

Peerless  Coal  &  Coke  Company 358 ,  149 

Pocahontas  Corporation,  The 729 ,  579 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Company  Inc 2 , 514 ,  210 

Pocahontas  Red  Bird  Mining  Company 3,000 

Pond  Creek  Pocahontas  Company 690,462 

Powhatan  Coal  &  Coke  Company 192,948 

Premier  Pocahontas  Collieries  Company 287,320 

Pulaski  Iron  Company 99,340 

R.  H.  Kelly  &  Company 5,247 

Sayers  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 99 ,  698 

Slaunch  Branch  Pocahontas  Colliery  Company 3 ,583 

Smith  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 866 

Spice  Creek  Land  Company 8,988 

United  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 397,502 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Company 4,871,275 

Upland  Coal  Company .« 322,455 

Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 222 ,  105 

War  Creek  Coal  Company 51 ,026 

Warrior  Coal  Company 306,354 

Williams  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 213 ,927 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 203 ,  134 

Yukon  Pocahontas  Fuel  Company 427,406 

Mercer  County 

Algonquin  Coal  Company 29 ,  632 

American  Coal  Company  of  Allegany  County 1,266,597 

Booth  Bowen  Coal  &  Coke  Company 220,716 

Buckeye  Coal  &  Coke  Company 164 ,  663 

Crystal  Coal  &  Coke  Company 96, 198 

Ennis  Coal  Company 220,625 

Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Company,  Inc 270,855 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Company 21 ,  030 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Company,  Inc 564 ,  368 

Smokeless  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 42,906 

Thomas  Coal  Company,  The 153,684 

Thompson  Coal  Company 500 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Company 482,202 

Weyanokc  Coal  &  Coke  Company 437,343 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 215,764 

TOTAL 29,540, 108 

MINGO  DISTRICT      ' 

(Counties  of  Mingo  and  Wayne) 

Mingo  County 

Alma  Pond  Creek  Coal  Company 22, 150 

Buffalo  White  Ash  Coal  Company 23,431 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Company 83,494 


1929]                                  Department  of  Mines  101 

Crystal  Block  Mining  Company 167,581 

Glen  Alum  Coal  Company 319,811 

Grey  Eagle  Mining  Company 30,811 

Guyan  Collieries  Corporation 105 ,  751 

Hardy  Coal  Company 171 ,999 

Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Railway  Company 773 ,  952 

Kenner  McCoy  Coal  Company 57, 179 

Landstreet  Downey  Coal  Company 351 ,  890 

Merrimac  Coal  Company 90,861 

New  Howard  Coal  Company 95 ,  258 

Pearl  Coal  Company 43,346 

Puritan  Coal  Corporation 490,022 

Red  Jacket  Consolidated  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  Inc 1 ,  303 ,  880 

Red  Jacket  Jr.  Coal  Company 551 ,  183 

Standard  Thackcr  Coal  Company 69 ,  769 

Sycamore  Coal  Company 333 ,  322 

Thacker  Coal  &  Coke  Company 318,083 

Turner  Coal  Company 143,000 

War  Eagle  Coal  Company 150,703 

William  Ann  Coal  Company 151 ,  261 

Winifrede  Block  Coal  Company 101 ,516 

Wayne  County 

Katona  Coal  Company,  The 57 ,  483 

Warfield  Mining  Company 116,261 


TOTAL 6, 117,997 


SUMMARY  OF  COAL  PRODUCED  BY  GEOGRAPHICAL  DISTRICTS 

For  the  Year  1929 

Panhandle  District 6,321,594 

Fairmont  District 23,302,235 

Preston-Barbour  District 6,023,808 

Elk  Garden  District 1,844,703 

Mason  District 59,163 

Putnam  District 444,503 

Kanawha  District 16,934,552 

New  River  District 27,244, 121 

Logan  District 19,965,162 

Pocahontas  District 29,540, 108 

Mingo  District 6, 117,997 

TOTAL 137,797,946 

Small  Mines 1,500,000 

GRAND  TOTAL 139,297,946 


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COAL   PRODUCTION   BY   GEOLOGICAL   SERIES   AND   COUNTIES 
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COUNTY 


Monongahela 
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No.  15 


Conemaugh 
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TOTALS. 


2,019,748 


108,421 
1,880,494 


28,811 


18,083 
,007,290 


9,157,729 

1,944,101 

59,163 


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23,758 

444,503 


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233,755 


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3,507,903 

22,225 


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5,509,517 


98,126 
11,455 


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24,754 
19,940,408 


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112,800 
5,944,253 


48,847 
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315,540 

4,759 

1,047,270 

124,842 

173,744 

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4,187,083 


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13,185,624 
111,016 


159,539 
2,259,638 

54,132,299 


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3,507,903 

130,646 

1,880,494 

828,759 

13,094,029 

28,811 

98,126 

1,790,029 

30,098 

6,067,290 

7,030,109 

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24,754 

19,940,408 

9,157,729 

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59,163 

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4,187,083 

272,751 

5,944,253 

8,077,216 

129,977 

2,466,901 

1,934,441 

444,503 

15,636,521 

426,556 

845,811 

1,047,270 

365,853 

173,744 

176,189 

2,259,638 

137,797,946 


1929]                                  Department  op  Mines  109 

LIST  OF  COMPANIES  PRODUCING  MORE  THAN  500,000  TONS  OF 
COAL  DURING  THE  YEAR  1929 

Island  Creek  Coal  Company 6,257,523 

Consolidation  Coal  Company,  The 6,039,291 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Company „. 4,871 ,275 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation N.VCp. 3,705,934 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Company 3,563, 122 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corporation 3 ,  171 ,  207 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Company,  Inc 3,078,578 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Company 6 ........  •  v, 3,074,755 

Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Company £kf  &■  •  ."-EWHM. 2,197,005 

Houston  Collieries  Company 1 ,  814 ,  159 

New  England  Fuel  &  Trans.  Company (r*f. 1 ,809, 110 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Company 1  ■  ?25 ,  924 

Hutchinson  Coal  Company 1 ,  724 ,457 

Continental  Coal  Company Of. 1,629,842 

Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Company 1 ,339,455 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Company 1 ,326, 794 

Red  Jacket  Consolidated  Coal  &  Coke  Company 1,303,880 

American  Coal  Company  of  Alleghany  County 1 ,266,597 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Company 1,213,634 

Cranberry  Fuel  Company 1 ,  169 ,  974 

Raleigh- Wyoming  Mining  Company 1 ,  135 ,  624 

Boone  County  Coal  Corporation 1 ,  135 ,  150 

Kelly's  Creek  Colliery  Company 1,081,566 

Hatfield-Campbells  Creek  Coal  Company 1 ,067,346 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 1,019,431 

Lillybrook  Coal  Company 1,004,919 

Lorado  Coal  Mining  Company 952,965 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Company 947,444 

Simpson  Creek  Collieries  Company,  The 940,394 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Company 912,127 

Jamison  Coal  Company 847,050 

Logan  County  Coal  Corporation 833 ,299 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 799,856 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Company 790,605 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Company 784 ,  181 

Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Railway  Company 773 ,952 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Company 768,753 

White  Oak  Fuel  Company 763,242 

Amherst  Coal  Company 751 ,  165 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway  Company,  The 744,300 

West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Company 743 ,491 

Pocahontas  Coal  Corporation 729 ,579 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Company 723 ,  701 

Mallory  Coal  Company 710,587 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Company 704 ,835 

Elk  River  Coal  &  Lumber  Company 703,897 

Windsor  Power  House  Coal  Company 700,593 

Pond  Creek  Pocahontas  Coal  Company 690,462 

Glendale  Gas  Coal  Company 674,971 

Carbon  Fuel  Company 656,001 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Company 642 ,  157 

Youngstown  Sheet  &  Tube  Company 624 ,  154 

Wheeling  Coal  Company 595,012 

Connellsville  By-Product  Coal  Company 590,511 

Wyatt  Coal  Company 587 ,  679 

Crozer  Coal  &  Coke  Company 564,415 

Red  Jacket  Jr.  Coal  Company 551 ,  183 

Fordson  Coal  Company 537 ,  182 

Bethlehem  Fairmont  Coal  Company 535 ,  422 

C.  H.  Mead  Coal  Company 516,497 

Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  The 509,688 


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RIVER 

NAME  OF  COMPANY 

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Hatfield-Canipbells  Creek  Coal  Company 

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PLOYED, MEN  KILLED  AND  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  COAL 
FROM   1883  TO   1929    (Commercial  Mines) 


FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING 


December  31,  1883 

December  31,  1884 

December  31,  1885 

December  31,  1886 

Jan   1,  1887  to  June  30, 

June  30,  1889 

June  30,  1890 

June  30,  1891 

June  30,  1892 

June  30,  1893 

June  30,  1894 

June  30,  1895 

June  30,  1896 

June  30,  1897 

June  30,  1898 

June  30,  1899 

June  30,  1900 

June  30,  1901 

June  30,  1902 

June  30,  1903 

June  30,  1904 

June  30,  1905 

June  30,  1906 

June  30,  1907 

June  30,  1908 

June  30,  1909 

June  30,  1910 

June  30,  1911 

June  30,  1912 

June  30,  1913 

June  30,  1914 

June  30,  1915 ,. 

June  30,  1916 

June  30,  1917 

June  30,  1918 

June  30,  1919 

June  30,  1920 

June  30,  1921 

June  30,  1922 

June  30,  1923 

June  30,  1924 

♦December  31,  1925.... 

December  31,  1926 

December  31,  1927 

December  31,  1928 

December  31,  1929 


Number 

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TOTALS. 


5 
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6, 
7, 
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11, 
14, 
15, 
16, 
20, 
17, 
18, 
19, 
21, 
25, 
27, 
30, 
36, 
39, 
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44, 
48, 
50, 
54, 
57, 
56 
57 
64 
68 
65 
70 
71 
72 
76 
95 
88 
100 
96 
92 
101 
101 
95 
91 


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of 

Outside 

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343 
627 
486 
081 
269 
764 
173 
434 
776 
204 
682 
692 
1157 
069 
592 
634 
820 
693 
720 
450 
316 
903 
865 
147 
938 
567 
680 
832 
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199 
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2,136,486 


1,051 
1,724 
1,806 
1,181 
1,187 
1,242 
2,324 
2,589 
2,118 
1,086 
1,902 
1,896 
1,814 
2,047 
2,148 
2,461 
2,815 
3,467 
4,023 
5,151 
5,665 
5,875 
6,531 
7,309 
7,555 
11,622 
9,294 
9,944 
10,461 
13,124 
11,212 
11,582 
12,268 
15,730 
18,365 
17,015 
19,237 
20,184 
18,517 
20,368 
18,819 
18,074 
18,769 
18,015 
16,436 
16,335 


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Total 
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6,394 
6,351 
7,292 
7,262 
8,456 
9,006 
11,497 
13,023 
13,894 
15,290 
17,584 
18,588 
22,071 
19,116 
20,740 
22,095 
24,635 
29,160 
31,743 
35,601 
41,981 
45,778 
47,396 
51,456 
56,493 
62,189 
63,974 
67,776 
67,314 
70,321 
76,143 
80,098 
77,889 
86,095 
89,618 
89,424 
96,221 
115,676 
107,448 
120,567 
115,384 
110,985 
119,937 
119,178 
112,292 
107,393 


2,538,824 


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Slate 
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17 
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67 
64 
61 
76 
79 
96 
95 
105 
99 
139 
158 
144 
215 
184 
207 

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213 
181 
224 
218 
200 
199 
175 
196 
183 
194 

206 
358 
308 
268 

249 
266 


6,003 


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Killed 

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20 

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525 

147,661 

3  55 

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2,901,642 
3,008,091 

627 
548 

3 

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3.64 

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3,213,093 

528 

66,939 

7  23 

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2 

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5,809,223 

799 

187,394 

4.26 

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4,566,859 

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415,169 

1  41 

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2 

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5,643,946 

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235,168 

2.61 

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7,281,430 

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251,084 

2.78 

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7,777,570 

660 

222,216 

2  90 

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5 

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9,758,054 

686 

145,642 

4  71 

212 

4 

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9,428,065 

601 

171,419 

3.50 

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12 

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4.73 

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1 

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11,937,468 

589 

205,818 

2.86 

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11,571,900 

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192,865 

3  51 

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186,248 

4  08 

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16,100,150 

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4  02 

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18,736,911 

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6  09 

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20,115,991 

788 

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4.70 

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7 

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3  96 

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32 

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22,733,698 

743 

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4.82 

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12 

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26,814,715 

738 

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3.38 

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39 

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31,323,029 

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177,972 

4  41 

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114 

29 

208 

37,223,474 

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148,894 

6.11 

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20 

356 

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7.24 

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377 

50 

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39,187,010 

801 

62,699 

12.24 

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129 

50 

364 

41,693,766 

821 

114,048 

6.72 

149 

10 

31 

320 

52,923,708 

964 

171,738 

5  61 

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27 

62 

332 

54,033,186 

929 

179,710 

5  17 

193 

106 

52 

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59,581,774 

1,048 

151,994 

6  89 

145 

14 

64 

308 

61,770,352 

1,075 

214,931 

5  00 

186 

183 

83 

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65,783,088 

1,013 

130,264 

7.78 

129 

138 

62 

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64,118,677 

936 

151,223 

6  64 

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42 

68 

399 

79,612,298 

1,212 

215,169 

6  05 

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12 

100 

394 

79,806,652 

1,134 

229,358 

4.97 

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18 

98 

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81,041,640 

1,137 

230,230 

4  94 

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2 

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378 

75,875,493 

1,047 

239,231 

4  57 

218 

18 

80 

320 

79,991,316 

1,039 

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3  73 

268 

20 

60 

341 

80,761,604 

846 

257,203 

3.29 

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3 

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330 

70,888,203 

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232,420 

3  43 

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10 

115 

385 

87,031,408 

722 

252,999 

3  43 

291 

174 

92 

551 

103,325,960 

1,070 

202,227 

5  29 

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45 

167 

686 

176,306,656 

1,898 

272,499 

6  96 

144 

44 

115 

574 

144,603,574 

1,429 

269,280 

5  31 

188 

111 

124 

590 

146,088,121 

1,444 

263,697 

5.68 

183 

42 

110 

475 

133,866,587 

1,397 

290,383 

4.81 

208 

28 

107 

489 

139,297,946 

1,530 

300,209 

5  10 

196 

2,079 

2,055 

11,929 

2,433,797,580 

1,130 

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4.89 

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FATAL  ACCIDENTS   INSIDE  AND   OUTSIDE  FROM   1883  TO   1902, 

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1883 

1884 

1885 

1886 

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1889 

1890 

1891 

1892 

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Fall  of  Coal,  Slate  and  Roof 

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3 

4 

27 

9 

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1 

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1 

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5 
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31 

11 

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29 

35 

213 

100.00 

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1885 

1886 

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1890 

1891 

1892 

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CAUSES 

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1894 

1895 

1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901 

1902 

Totals 

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6 

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79 

58 

60 

76 

79 

133 

121 

110 

838 

100  00 

OUTSIDE 


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1894  1895 

1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901 

1902 

Totals 

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5 

2 

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1 

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1 

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9 

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TOTALS 

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NATIONALITIES  OF  PERSONS  KILLED  AND  INJURED  FOR  THE 

YEAR  1929 


NATIONALITIES 

Fatal 

Non- Fatal 

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300 
2 
1 

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5,290 

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Department  of  Mines 


141 


AGES  OF  PERSONS  KILLED  AND  INJURED  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


AGES 


Fatal 


Non -Fatal 


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16  years  or  older 

17  years  or  older 

18  years  or  older 

19  years  or  older 

20  years  or  older 

21  to  25  years  inclusive 
26  to  30  years  inclusive 
31  to  35  years  inclusive 
36  to  40  years  inclusive 
41  to  45  years  inclusive 
46  to  50  years  inclusive 
51  to  55  years  inclusive 
56  to  60  years  inclusive 
61  to  65  years  inclusive 
66  to  70  years  inclusive 

71  year  or  older 

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TOTALS 


488 


57 
119 
159 
135 
1,000 
792 
646 
650 
467 
352 
172 
117 

44 

18 
5 

59 


4,801 


11 

61 

130 

178 

143 

1,087 

861 

716 

718 

521 

387 

202 

134 

52 

22 

6 

61 


5,290 


MINING  EXPERIENCE  OF  MEN  KILLED  AND  INJURED 
DURING  1929 


LENGTH  OF  EXPERIENCE 


Fatal 


Non-Fatal 


T  tals 


3  months  or  less 

Over  3  months  and  including  6  months. 
Over  6  months  and  including  12  months 

2  years 

3  years 

4  years 

5  years 

6  years 

7  years 

8  years 

9  years 

10  years 

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Over  15  years  and  including  20  years .  .  . 
Over  20  years  and  including  25  years  .  . 
Over  25  years  and  including  30  years.  .  . 
Over  30  years  and  including  35  years .  . . 
Over  35  years  and  including  40  years .  .  . 
Over  40  years  and  including  45  years .  . . 
Over  45  years  and  including  50  years . .  . 

Several  years 

Many  years 

Always 

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21 

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25 

23 

16 

20 

10 

34 

54 

47 

21 

23 

3 

7 

1 

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11 

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53 

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167 

257 

253 

166 

197 

174 

128 

113 

57 

288 

561 

467 

361 

173 

98 

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49 

37 

256 

51 

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57 

52 

172 

278 

272 

188 

222 

197 

144 

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67 

322 

615 

514 

382 

196 

101 

78 

50 

38 

267 

52 

64 

829 


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4,801 


5,290 


142 


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TABLE   SHOWING  CAUSES   OF   FATAL  AND   NON-FATAL  ACCI- 
DENTS AND  THE  NUMBER  AND  PERCENTAGES  BY 
EACH  CAUSE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


CAUSES 


Fall  of  Roof  and  Coal . . . 

Mine  Cars  (inside) 

Mine  Cars  (Outside) 

Motors  (Inside) 

Motors  (Outside) 

Electricity  (Inside) 

Electricity  (Outside) 

Mining  Machines 

Explosions 

Explosives  (.Inside) 
Explosives  (Outside) . . . 

Mine  Fires 

Shaft 

Railroad  Cars 

Tipple 

Machinery 

Miscellaneous  (Inside).. 
Miscellaneous  (Outside) . 

TOTALS 


Fatal 

Non- Fatal 

Totals 

Percentage 

266 

1,559 

1,825 

34.50 

85 

1,165 

1,250 

23.63 

3 

133 

136 

2.57 

40 

309 

349 

6  63 

5 

51 

56 

1.06 

18 

64 

82 

1.55 

4 

13 

17 

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15 

242 

257 

4.86 

28 

9 

37 

70 

7 

67 

74 

1.39 

2 

3 

5 

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1 

3 

1 
12 

01 

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2 

25 

27 

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1 

37 

38 

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3 

37 

40 

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1 

817 

818 

15  46 

5 

261 

266 

5.03 

489 

4,801 

5,290 

100.00 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


143 


FATAL,    NON-FATAL    AND    MINOR    ACCIDENTS    BY    COUNTIES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 

FATAL 

NON-FATAL 

MINOR 

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In 

Out 

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In 

Out 

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In 

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Totals 

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3 

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1 
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4 

6 
9 
3 

13 
2 

69 
1 
1 
9 

41 

145 

1 

79 

4 
24 

7 

45 

169 

1 

86 

16 
48 

5 
6 

21 
54 

72 

232 

4 

53 

6 

59 

158 

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10 

37 
1 

77 
228 

90 
1 
3 
5 

6 
43 

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1 

13 

42 

1 

83 

271 

505 

1 

23 

38 

1 

81 

268 

47 

8 

7 

10 

46 

552 

1 

31 

45 

1 

91 

314 

1,448 

3 

45 

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2 

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10 

20 

1 

1 
1 

11 

21 

1 

185 
606 

1 

4 

369 
61 
8 

49 
9 
2 

4 

418 
70 
10 

4 

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18 
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1 
2 

40 

20 

9 

291 

118 

30 

2 

1,087 

166 

4 

235 

269 

5 

8 

28 

44 
7 
1 

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23 

30 

31 

1 

5 

335 

125 

31 

2 

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189 

4 

265 

300 

6 

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33 

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2 

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21 

7 

102 
21 

683 

151 

11 

87 

351 

1 

8 

35 

117 
16 
2 
14 
42 
2 
1 
5 

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167 

13 

101 

393 

3 

9 

40 

2,157 

377 

17 

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20 
1 
7 
6 
1 
68 

1 
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1 
4 

21 

21 

1 

7 
6 
2 

72 

387 

714 

10 

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24 

79 

9 

463 
8 
8 

59 
6 
2 
3 

99 

48 

1 
1 

11 

511 
8 
8 

60 
6 
3 
3 

110 

214 

17 

1 

33 

43 
9 

8 

257 

26 

1 

41 

840 

34 

1 
4 

1 

4 

10 

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105 

6 

1 

6 

26 

1 

3 
1 

2 
9 

27 

5 

Webster 

1 

13 

1 
1 

2 
14 

14 

151 

TOTALS 

464 

25 

489 

4,247 

554 

4,801 

3,101 

459 

3,560 

8,850 

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TABLE    SHOWING    THE    NUMBER   OF    PERSONS    EMPLOYED   IN 

AND  AROUND  THE  MINES  AND  OVENS  BY  YEARS  FROM 

1900  TO  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1929 

1900 28,017 

1901 32,386 

1902 35,147 

1903 39,452 

1904 45,492 

1905 49,950 

1906 51 , 769 

1907 56,265 

1908 60,397 

1909 62,189 

1910 68, 135- 

1911 70,644 

1912 69,611 

1913 70,321 

1914 76,041 

1915 81 , 326 

1916 80,058 

1917 88 , 665 

1918 92, 132 

1919 91,566 

1920 97,426 

1921 116,726 

1922 107 , 709 

1923 121,280 

1924 115,964 

1925 11 1 , 70S 

1926 120, 638 

1927 119.618 

1928 112, 751 

1929 107 , 393 


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145 


TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE   AVERAGE   TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 

Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

BARBOUR  COUNTY 
Bailey  Coal  Co 

Bailey  No.  3 

Morrall 

ElkinsNo.  1 

Brown  Nos.  1  &  2 

Wertz 

Century  No.  1 

Century  No.  2,  5,  &  6. . . 
No.  4 

35,688 

21,015 

131,687 

201 , 153 

227,485 

153,656 

51,934 

67,114 

6,902 

45,000 

25,426 

955 

3,966 

82,644 

16,580 

526,560 

413,834 

4,577 

46,995 

61,644 

106,106 

201,994 

Blocky  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

Brown  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

1 
1 

131,687 
201 , 153 

Centurv  Coal  Co.,  The 

Century  Coal  Co.,  The 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co..  The 

1 

1 

6,902 

Estella  Coal  Mining  Co 

Estella  No.  1 

Hartley 

MavCoaICo 

P.  V.  &  K.  Coal  Co.,  The 

Virginia 

Taggert 

Simpson  Creek  Collieries  Co.,  The 
Simpson  Creek  Collieries  Co.,  The 
Talbott  Crawford  Coal  Co 

Gallowav  No.  2 

Galloway  No.  3 

Talbott 

1 

1 

1 
1 

526,560 
413,834 

Waddell  Coal  Co  .  . 

Humphreys 

Waddell  Fuel  Co 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp .  .  . 

Junior  No.  4 

Nellis  (895)       

1 

1 

201,994 

TOTALS 

2,432,915 

389,428 

229,508 

74,943 

473,023 

7,200 

392,086 

1,000 

334,563 

177,979 

101,012 

45,596 

51,000 

50,946 

231,527 

5,871 

64,785 

273,599 

153,263 

94,497 

82,987 

273,090 

6 
1 

6 
1 

405,486 

BOONE  COUNTY 

389,428 

Anchor  No.  2 

Red  Parrott  Nos.  4  &  5 

Collieries  Co.,  The 

2 

2 

192,043 

Dunlap,  G.  W.  (Valco  Gas  Coal  Co.) 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co   .    . 

Wharton 

Morrisvale 

1 

1 

334,563 

Murphy  Coal  Co.,  The 

1 
1 

1 
1 

101,012 

Peak 

Darby 

Spruce  River  Nos.  2  &3 . 
Spruce  River  No.  4 
Spruce  River  No  5 

45,596 

Spruce  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

1 

5,871 

Webb  . . 

1 

1 

273,599 

No  41 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co  . . . 

No.  81 

1 

1 

94,497 

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TOTALS 

3,507,903 

9 

9 

389,767 

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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

BRAXTON  COUNTY 

63,103 

Miner  E'!ear  Chemical  Corp 

West  Virginia  foal  &  Coke  Corp. .  . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp   .  . 

Bower  No.  10 

Bower  NTo.  12 

25,134 
20,184 

3 

3 

8,378 

TOTALS 

130.646 

161,623 

2,000 

11,280 

3,905 

5,287 

500 

1,200 

14,878 

189,988 

11,678 

1,225 

242,072 

190,723 

310,696 

31,646 

700,593 

1,200 

3 

1 

3 
1 

43 , 549 

BROOKE  COVNTY 

Bertha  Consumers  Co 

Bethan>  Improvement  Association. 
Brookland  Mining  Co 

Louise 

Bethany  College 

Clifton 

161,623 

General  Coal  &  Supply  Co 

Arnold 

Mitchell 

Goldie.  . 

R.  Humes  Coal  Co 

Standard  No  2 

Tarr 

West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co .  . 

Gilchrist 

Labelle 

1 

3 
1 

1 
3 
1 

242,072 
63,574 

310.696 

Beech  Bottom   

7 

7 

100,085 

Young  &  Bail 

Young  &  Ball 

TOTALS 

1,880.494 

13 
1 

13 
1 

144,653 

CLAY  COUNTY 

Batelle .  .    . 

3,100 
703,897 

7,192 
74,297 
40,273 

Rich  Run 

1 

1 

703,897 

Martha    

Middle  Creek  Coal  Co 

Middle  Creek 

TOTALS 

828.759 

22,265 
21,215 
13,325 
79,519 
21,669 
58,013 
177,878 
15,650 

2 

- 

414,379 

FAYETTE  COUNTY 

American  Export  Corporation 

American  Export  Corporation 

American  Export  Corporation 

Babcock  Nos.  7  &  4 ...  . 

1929] 


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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

FAYETTE  COUNTY-Cont 

Columbia  No.  5 

ElkridgeNo.  2 

11,188 

464,394 

2,771 

2,447 

450 

191,262 

21,880 

71,056 

95,213 

212,291 

420,647 

283,544 

45,869 

172,850 

64,032 

63,380 

20,346 

32,402 

106,148 

630,009 

51,921 

301,301 

96,802 

260,336 

189,459 

106,377 

7,819 

639,696 

313,503 

606,763 

280,701 

152,838 

98,484 

193,656 

206,712 

14,784 

84,570 

279,714 

18,864 

10,254 

64,668 

92,745 

50,918 

171,125 

68,633 

10,088 

84,509 

2 

2 

232,197 

Elkridge  No.  4 

Kimbcrly  No.  4 

Cotton  Hill 

Blake,  T.  C 

Stone  Cliff 

No.  2 

No.  3 

1 

1 

95,213 

Long  Branch  No.  1  &  2 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

1 
1 

1 
1 

420,647 
283,544 

2 

2 

86,425 

Deitz  Colliery  Co 

Brown-Eli 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co ...  . 

Ingram  Branch 

No.  5 

1 

3 

1 
3 

106,148 
210,003 

Gauley  Mountain  Coal  Co.,  The.. .  . 

Rich  Creek  No.  2 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

96,802 
260,336 

189,459 

106,377 

No.  Ill 

No.  114 

1 

17 
1 

1 

1 
17 
2 

313,503 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc 
Kinsgton  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Kingston  Nos.  3,  4  &  5.. 
Westerly  No.  2 

35,692 
140,351 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Beards  Fork,  N.  &  S. . .  . 
Nos.  1  &  2 

1 

1 

193,656 

McKel!  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Kilsyth 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

North  Kilsyth  &  Siltix .  . 

Macdonald 

Marvel  No.  1 

1 

1 

279,714 

Marvel  New  River  Coal  Co.,  The.. . 

1 

1 

10,254 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Dubree  No.  2 

Dubree  No.  3 

Dubree  No.  4 

Dubree  No.  5 

1 

1 

92,745 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

10  088 

Midvale  Colliery  Co 

Midvale  No.  1 

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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE   TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

XAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

FAYETTE  COUNTY— Cont. 
Midvale  Colliery  Co 

Midvale  No.  2 

Milbum  No.  1 

70.003 
271,235 

53,073 

18,343 
201,061 
425,070 
324,134 
272,147 
475,516 

17,367 

950 

140,723 

25,810 
363,465 
154,600 
115,810 

30,231 

27,141 

89,860 
147,241 
499,938 
180,957 
306,975 
6,597 

73,785 
209,964 

71,049 
299,652 
392.541 

48,385 
1,453 

Mill  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Mill  Creek 

1 

1 

53,073 

Newlyn 

Ephraim  Creek 

Kay  Moor 

Lay  land 

Minden  Nos.  2  &  3 

Minden  Nos.  4  &  5 

Nichol 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co.. 
New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co. 

3 

2 
1 

1 

1 

3 
1 
2 

1 
1 

67,020 
425,070 
162,067 
272,147 
475,516 

1 
1 

1 
1 

950 

140,723 

Big  "Q"... 

Rock  Lick  Smokeless  Coal  Co 
Scotia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Rock  Lick  No.  4 

Brooklyn 

Rush  Run 

3 
2 

3 
2 

121,155 
77,300 

Echo 

1 

1 

27,141 

Star  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

Nos.  1  &  2 

1 
1 

1 

1 

147,241 

Sun 

499,938 

2 

2 

153,488 

Sugar  Creek 

Turkey  Knob  Coal  Co 

No.  2 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

2 
2 
3 



2 
2 
3 

35,525 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

149,826 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

130,847 

Wilson,  M.  T 

Cotton  Hill.. . 

TOTALS 

13,094,029 

12,732 
16,079 

64 

4 

68 

192,559 

GILMER  COUNTY 
Gilmer  Fuel  Co.,  Inc.. 

J.  T.  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

16,079 

TOTALS 

28,811 
98,126 

1 
1 

1 
1 

28,811 

GRANT  COUNTY 
Emmons  Coal  Mining  Co.  of  W.  Va. 

Culpepper  No.  1 

98,126 

TOTALS 

98,126 

1 

1 

98,126 

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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 

Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

GREENBRIER  COUNTY 
Clear  Creek  Coal  Co 

907 

72,547 

269,822 

382,785 

206,628 

252,775 

337,268 

4,430 

261,747 

1,120 

Greenbrier  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Imperial  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Bellburn    

Quinwood 

Crichton  No.  1 

Leckie  Nos.l,  2,  3,  4,&  5 

Margarette  No.  1 

Lincoln  

1 

1 

1 
1 

269,822 
382,785 

Margarette  Coal  Co 

3 

3 

112,423 

4 

4 

65  437 

Tuck  Brothers 

Dwyer 

TOTALS 

1,790,029 

1,618 

11,000 

455 

1,256 

2,833 

12,376 

560 

9 

9 

198  892 

HANCOCK  COUNTY 

Columbia  

Morrow 

W.L.Smith 

Smith,  W.  L 

Talbot  Brothers  Coal  Co 

Talbot 

Chestnut  Woods 

TOTALS 

30,098 

74,202 

535,422 

24,163 

4,795 

12,000 

119,950 

4,723 

39,559 

542,316 

258,003 

833,082 

75,050 

22,458 

03,044 

477,568 

6,000 

1,427 

83,691 

68,412 

37,764 

3,091 

1,618 

HARRISON  COUNTY 
Allied  Coal  Co 

Allied  No.  1 

Bethlehem  Fairmont  Coal  Co 

Scott  Nos.  1  &  2 

2 

2 

267,711 

Goff 

Hood    

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Eagle  Nos.  1,  2  &  3 
Pitcairn  Nos.  1,  2  &  3. . . 

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Consolidation  No.  25.. . . 
Consolidation  No.  29.. . . 
Consolidation  No.  32.. . . 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

1 

1 

75  050 

Elkhart  Coal  Co 

Fairmont  Big  Vein  Coai  Co 

Fairmont  No.  2 

Haywood  Coal  Mining  Co 

Monroe 

150 


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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 

Produc- 

tioa 

FATAL 
Inside 

ACCIDE 
Outside 

NTS 
Totals 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 
Per  Fatal 
Accident 

HARRISON  COUNTY— Cont. 
Howard  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Dorothy 

21,062 
168,923 
152,047 
166,402 
291,114 
223,595 
110,683 

13,250 

389,579 

2,800 

98,313 
130,578 
372,881 

10,443 
9,557 

19,439 

60,000 
4,750 

37,786 

27,893 

40,902 
108,885 

84,708 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 
2 

166,402 

291,114 

111.788 

Calif                     

Katherine  Cml  Mining  Co 

Kil'een  Coal  Co 

Cliff  . 

Oallihue  Nos.  1  &  2 

2 

2 

186. 44L 

Dorma  &  Goldie 

Pine  Bluff 

Pine  Bluff  Coal  Cc 

Soper  &  Reynolds  Coal  Co 

Miller 

Allen    

Thomas  Love  Coal  &  Coke  Co  .  . 
Valley  Coal  Co 

Virginia  Maryland  Coal  Corp 

Washington  Irving  Coal  Co 

Wolf  Summit  Coal  Co 

Willard 

1 

1 

84,708 

Wilhert  &  Despard 

10  819 

196,905 
25,638 

1 

1 

196,905 

TOTALS 

6,067,290 

63,711 
19,904 
27,692 

135,573 
28,979 

434,515 

10 

1 

11 

551,572 

KANAWHA  COUNTY 

Belle  No.  1 

Black  Band  Consolidated  Coal  Co. . 

Blue  Creek  Coal  &  Land  Co 

Cabin  Creek  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Cabin  Creek  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Cabin  Creek  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Cabin  Creek  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Blakeley  No.  5 

75  1X2 

Raccoon  No  2  East               '71  RRfl 

Raccoon  No.  2  West 

221.213 
176,954 
259,752 
135,803 
209,338 
71,080 
186,957 
205,368 
102,596 

2 


1 



2 
1 

88,477 

Cabin  Creek  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  No.  2 

No.  1 

No.  6 

No.  3 

259,752 

■ 

No.  5 

1 
2 

1 
2 

186,957 

No.  10 

102,684 

No.  11 

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FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE   AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 

Produced 

Inside 

Outsi  e 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

KANAWHA  COUNTY— Cont. 

Champc  &  Hill  Coal  Co 

Coalburgh- Kanawha  Mining  Co. . .  . 
Cote  Coal  Mining  Co 

Mt.  Morris 

1,970 

120,204 

29,536 

1.200 

4 ,  605 

70.263 

96,689 

82,388 

501,252 

347.019 

103  424 

26,307 

20,651 

158,904 

94. 3 SO 

373,595 

789 

596.122 

205,736 

104.498 

A.&  B 

1 

1 

120,204 

Deep  Hollow  Coal  Co 

Dry  Branch  Coal  Co    . 

Glenn  Coal  Co. .  . 

Glenn 

Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co.  . 
Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co. 

Nos.  1  &  3 

1 

4 

1 
4 

501  252 

No.  4 

86,755 

Arnburn  Nos.  1,  2  &  3    . 

Im  erial  Colliery  Co 

Imperial  No.  2 

1 

1 

20,651 

Imperial  Colliery  Co 

Kan.  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co..  . 
Kanawha  Elk  Coal  Co 

Imperial  No.  5 

No.  109 

1 
1 

1 
1 

94.380 
373,595 

Kellvs  Creek  Colliery  Co  

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co, . . 

No.  2 

No.  4 

1 
1 

1 
1 

596,122 
205,736 

No.  6 

New  Export  Coal  Co 

Star  Slope  No.  1 

Cedar  Grove  No.  2 

260,419 

Nicklett  Coal  Co 

3.517 
96,644 

263,821 
40,799 
33,869 
14,898 
18,172 

150,861 
3,442 

255,298 

332,381 

2 

2 

48,322 

Ronda 

Stange-Elliott  Coal  Co 

Wacomah  No.  1 

Wacomah  No.  2 

Wet  Branch  Nos.  1  &  2.. 
No.  2N.,  No.  5S.  W... 
Horton  Nos.  1,  3  &  4.  .  . 
Laing 

Wet  Branch  Mining  Co 

1 

1 

150.861 

W  att  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

255,298 

Wyatt  Coal  Co 

TOTALS 

7,030,109 

850 
10,000 

20 

1 

21 

334 , 767 

LEWIS  COUNTY 

Redstone  No.  1 

State  Hospital  No.  2 

1 

1 

10,000 

TOTALS 

10,850 

17,892 

561 

5,850 

451 

1 

1 

10,850 

LINCOLN  COUNTY 

Henderson  No.  2 

W.  M.  Joae.  No.  2 

Seward  No.  1 

W.  N.  Jones  No.  3 

W.  M.  Jones  Coal  Co 

TOTALS 

24,754 

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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OP 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Total 
Produc- 
tion 


FATAL  ACCIDENTS 


Inside 


Outside    Total 


Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 
Per  Fatal 
Accident 


LOGAN  COUNTY 

Agee  Coal  Co 

Amherst  Coal  Co 

Amherst  Coal  Co 

Amherst  Coal  Co 

A.  Pi.  Parson»  Coal  Co 

Boone  County  Coal  Corporation. 
Boone  County  Coal  Corporation. 

Buffalo  Chilton  Coal  Co 

Buffalo  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co. .  . . 

Buffalo  Eagle  Mines,  Inc 

Callaway  Eugle  Coal  Co 

i  harn-Joni  s-Heatherman  Coal  Co. 

Clean  Eagle  Co  1  Co 

Cleveland  Cliffs  Iron  Co.,  The 

Crystal  block  Coal  &  Coke  Co.    .  . 

Draper  Kagle  Coal  Co 

Fort  Branch  Coal  Corp 

Gay  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Georges  Creek  Coal  Co 

Guyan  Eagle  Coal  Co 

H.  T.  Wilson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hunchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Co  I  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Litz-Smith  Coal  Co 

Logan  Chilton  Coal  Co 

Logan  County  Coal  Corp  ....... 

Logan  County  Coal  Corp 

Logan  Mines,  Inc    

Long  Flame  Coal  Co 

Lorado  Coal  Mining  Co.,  The Lorado  No.  1&  K.H.  No.l 

Lorado  Coal  Mining  Co.,  The [Lorado  Nc.  2. 

McCall  Coal  Co jMcCall  No.  1. 

McClure  Coal  Co JManbar 

Mallory  Coal  Co [Mallory  No.  1 

Mallory  Coal  Co [Mallory  No.  2 


,-imitheo  Ncs.  1  &  2. . 

No.l.... 

No.  2.  J 

No.  3 

Parsons. 

Boone  No.  2 

Boone  No.  12 

Buffalo  Chilton 

Aceoville 

Riley  Nos.  2  &  3    .  .. 

Guyan  Valley 

Nos.  1  &2 

Huff  Creek  No.  4. ... 

Ethel  No.  2 

No.  4 

Diaper 

Red  Campbell 

Gay 

Georges  Creek 

Guyan  Eagle  Nos.  1  &  3 
H.T.Wilson  No.  1&3 

Argyle  No.  1 

Argyle  No.  2  

Dabney 

MacBeth 

Island  Creek  No.  1 

Island  Creek  No.  7    .  .  . 
Island  Creek  No.  8.  .  . . 

Island  Creek  No.  11 

Island  Creek  No.  12     . 
Isiand  Creek  No.  14.  .  .  . 
Island  Creek  No.  18  .  ... 
Island  Creek  No.  20     . 
Island  Creek  No.  21 .  .  .  . 
Island  Creek  No.  22... 

i-'mithco  No.  3 

Rita  No.  1 

Lundale 

McGregor  Nos.  1  &  2.    . 

Black  Hawk 

Long  Flame 


82,190 
251,915 
325,608 
173,642 

37.341 
808,539 
326,611 

43.363 


265,348 
25,000 

452,624 
56,144 

254,032 

248,874 


44,630 
224,943 
209,618 
419,519 
123,286 
215,552 
100,477 
254,571 
320,699 
901,483 
859,391 
610,884 
301,707 
568,460 
709,485 
258,246 
918,972 
837,581 
291,314 

58,084 
132,228 
545,262 
288,037 

126,742 

187,192 
491,659 
461,306 

145,969 
4,683 

365,715 

220,246 


251,915 


202,135 


56,144 
254,032 


209,760 


215,552 


160,350 
901,483 
859,391 


709.485 
258,246 


837,581 
291,314 


132,228 
181,754 
288,037 


187,192 


365,715 
2:0, 246 


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FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 
Coal 

i 
Inside   1  Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

LOGAN  COUNTY— Cont. 
Mallory  Coal  Co 

Mallory  No.  3 

124,626 

237,926 

251,222 

59,720 

51,027 

51.621 

126,044 

190,861 

120,165 

150,272 

83,266 

52,916 

130,818 

70,979 

299,420 

60,418 

15,510 

148,901 

378,626 

467,971 

359,317 

397,207 

507,530 

75,110 

46,936 

197,026 

624,154 

111,657 

19,940,408 

2,981 

1,481,314 

1,395,423 

85,928 

34,487 

294,036 

674,400 

99.540 

1,012,616 

241,112 

43,708 

450,697 

328,251 

37,037 

2 

2 

62,313 

Merrill  Coal  Mines,    nc 

Merrill 

Monitor  Nos.  2  &  3 

Opperman  No.  2    

Smithco  No.  6    

Phico 

Orville 

1 
1 

1 
1 

251,222 
59,720 

Opperman  Coal  Co 

Paul  Logan  Coal  Co 

Phico  Coal  Co 

1 
2 
1 

1 
2 
1 

126,044 
95,431 
120,165 

Rum  Creek  Coal  Co 

Sovereign  Coal  Co 

Standand  Island  Creek  Coal  Co   .  .  . 

Paragon  Nos.  1  &  2 

Sovereign  No.  1 

Loma  No.  2 

Standard  Island  Coal  Co 

Loma  No.  3    

Stone  Branch  Coal  Co 

Smithco  No.  5 

Utilities  Coai  Co 

Kistler  No.  61 

Utilities  Coal  Co 

Kist!»i  No.  62 

Earling 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp. .  . 

Josephine  No.  1 

Manitoba 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp. . . 

Micco  No.  3 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . .  . 

Omar  No.  4 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . .  . 

Omar  No.  5 

Rosssmore 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp. . . 

Stirrat  No.  15 

2 
1 

2 

1 

198,604 
507,530 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . . . 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. . . . 

Stirrat  No.  19 

Kistler  No.  61 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co.... 

Kistler  No.  62 

Frieze  Fork  No.  2 

Dehue 

Yuma 

Wood  Coal  Co 

Youngstown  Sheet  &  Tube  Co.,  The 
Yuma  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

2 

2 

312,077 

TOTALS  

39 

1 

40 

498,510 

MARION  COUNTY 
Barnes  Coal  Co 

Wise 

Barrackville  No.  41 

Dakota  No.  42 

Consolidation  No.  26.  .  . 
Consolidation  No.  36.  . . 
Consolidation  No.  38.. . 
Consolidation  No.  43-63 
Consolidation  No.  57.. . . 
Consolidation  No.  86.  .  . 
Consolidation  No.  97.. . . 

Parker  Run 

Sands 

Thermal  No.  40 

Aunabelle 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

2 

2 

697,712 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

1 

1 

294,036 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co..  The 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1,012,616 
241,112 

Continental  Coal  Co 

Cosgrove-Meehan  Gas  Coal  Co 

Four  State  Coal  Co 

4 
4 

4 
4 

112,674 
82,063 

154 


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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

MARION  COUNTY— Cont. 
Greater  Fairmont  Investment  Co. . . 

Aurora   

Junior    

No.  1 

2,494 

14.196 

10,157 

684,640 

162,410 

66,438 

334,713 

1,191.403 

184,901 

Harry  B.  Coal  Co 

2 
1 

1 

1 

1 

2 
1 
1 
1 
1 

342  320 

Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Co  

Jamison  No.  9 

162,410 
6G  438 

Morgantown  No.  1 

334  713 

1  191     03 

Va.  &  Pittsburgh  C.  &  C.  Co.,  The 

Va.  &  Pittsburgh  C.  &  C.  Co.,  The 

Morgan  Nos.  1  &  2 

324.787 

1 

1 

324,787 

TOTALS 

9,157,729 

18 

2 

20 

457  886 

MARSHALL  COUNTY 
Ben  Franklin  Coal  Co.  of  W.  Va.. . . 

Panama  No.  2 

93,277 

154,218 

2,924 

393,887 

281,084 

436,100 

204,252 

18,088 

349,451 

9,092 

1,728 

Consolidated  Fuel  Co.,  The 

Duffv  Bros.  Coal  Co 

Alexander 

3 

1 
4 

3 

1 
4 

131,296 

281,084 

Hitchman  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Hitchman 

McKeefrey 

McMillan    

109,025 

McMillan  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

349,451 

State  

Woodland 

Woodland  Coal  Co 

TOTALS 

1,944,101 

1,255 
2.600 
3,244 
794 
44,763 
4,207 
1,000 
1,300 

9 

9 

216,011 

MASON  COUNTY 

Barker  &  Lockett ... 

Lieviiig 

Icenhower 

Jackson 

Hallwood 

Willow  Crove 

TOTALS 

59,163 

386,751 
166,638 
463,274 

99,168 
177,639 
143,063 

Mcdowell  county 

Algoma 

3 

! 

4 

96,688  : 

Ashland  Cor!  &  Coke  Co 

Ashland 

3 
1 
1 

A 
1 
1 

154,425 
99,168 

177,639- 

Buchanan  Coal  Co 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


155 


TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 

Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

Mcdowell  county— Cont. 

By-Products  Pocahontas  Co 

Pond  Creek  Tuca.  No.  2. 

156,559 

88,149 

55,177 
184,012 
705,146 
245,942 
292,086 
720,597 
564,415 
232,568 
137,497 

46,000 
537,182 
295,894 
257,203 
477,400 

87,467 

688,059 

344,557 

216,676 

4,228 

88,215 
591,806 
143,810 
214,855 
244,675 
228,601 

22,215 
307,360 

18,263 
283,253 
212,601 

67,049 
371,179 
108,466 
155,300 
347,442 
136,754 

45,511 
269,022 
227,226 
107,977 
122,875 
346,640 
768,753 
141,256 
358,149 

2 

2 

78,280 

Central  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

No.  2 

No.  3 

1 
3 
1 
1 

1 

1 
3 
1 

2 

55,177 

61,337 

705,146 

122,971 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  No.  251.  . 
Consolidation  Nc.  253.  . 
Consolidation  No.  254.. . 
Consolidation  No.  261..  . 
Crozer 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Crozer  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Empire  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 
Excelsior  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

4 
2 
3 
1 

4 
2 
3 
1 

180,149 
282,208 

77,523 
137,497 

Excelsior  Nos.  1  &  2 ...  . 
Fall  River 

No.  5 

1 
1 

2 

1 
3 

537  182 

98  631 

Greenbrier 

Carswell  Nos.  3  &  4 

Houston  Nos.  1  &  2 

Keystone 

Maitland 

Tidewater 

Junior 

Big  Sandy 

Exeter 

2 
1 

2 
1 

1 

2 

4 
1 
2 
1 
1 

119,350 
87  467 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

344,030 
344,557 
216,676 

Kingston-Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 

2 

2 

295,903 

Warwick-Orkney 

No.  1 

No.  2 

Lathrop  No.  1  &  2 

Litwar 

Litz -Smith 

Lynchburg 

McDowell 

Elkhorn 

Mill  Creek 

Lake  Superior  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

228,601 

Little  War  Creek  Coal  Co 

2 

2 

153,680 

Lynchburg  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McDowell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 
1 

1 

1 

283,253 
212;601 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mohawk  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mohawk 

Monarch 

1 

1 

108,466 

1 
2 

1 
2 

347  442 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co.. 

Berwind  No.  2 

Berwind  No.  4 

Berwind  No.  5 

Berwind  No.  6 

Berwind  No.  7 

68,377 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co.. 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co. . 

1 

1 

227,226 

1 
1 
5 
1 
3 

1 
1 
5 
1 
3 

122,875 

346  640 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Panther  Coal  Co 

Peerless  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Page  No.  1,2,3,  4&5.. 
Panther  No.  1  &  2 
Peerless  Nos.  1  &  2 

153,750 
141,256 
119,383 

156 


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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Total 
Produc- 
tion 


FATAL  ACCIDENTS 


Inside      Outside   Totals 


Tons  of 

Coal 

Produced 

Per  Fatal 

Accident 


Mcdowell  county— Cont. 

Pocahontas  Corporation,  The 

Pocahontas  Coropration,  The 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc      

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc  

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 
Pocahontas  Red  Bird  Mining  Co. 

Pond  Creek  Pocahontas  Co 

Powhatan  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Premier  Poca.  Collieries  Co 

Pulaski  Iron  Co 

R.  H.  Kelly  &  Co 

Sayers  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Slaunch  Branch  Poca.  Colliery  Co. 

Smith  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Spice  Creek  Land  Co 

Superior  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

United  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

United  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co  . 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co. .  . . 
U  ited  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co       . 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co  . . . 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co. 
United  States  Coal  <fe  Coke  Co.  . 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co .  .  . . 

Upland  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

War  Creek  Coal  Co 

Warrior  Coal  Co 

Williams  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 

Yukon  Pocahontas  Fuel  Co 


Bottom  Creek 

Pocahontas  No.  31.  . 

Angle.  .    

Delta 

Lick  Branch 

Norfolk 

Pocahontas  No.  6 

Pocahontas  No.  7 

Pocahontas  No.  8 

Rolfe 

Shamokin 

Pocahontas  Red  Bird .  . 
Pond  Creek  Poca.  No.  1. 

Powhatan 

Premier  Nos.  1,  2,  3  &  4. 
Pulaski  &  Shawnee.  . . . 

Roanoke 

Sayers  Pocahontas 

Slaunch  Branch 

Smith  Pocahontas 

Roderfield 

Cletns  &  Helena 

Indian  Rid^e 

Zenith  Nos.  1&2 

No.  2 

No.  4 

No.  5 

No.  6  

No.  7 

No.  8 

No.  9 

No.  10 

Upland 

Vera  No.  1 

Vera  No.  2 

War  Creek  No.  2 

Warrior 

Williams 

Superior  Nos.  2,  3  &  4. 
Yukon  Nos.  1  &  2 ...  . 


TOTALS. 


MERCER  COUNTY 

Algonquin  Coal  Co 

American  Coal  Co.  of  Allegany  Co.. 


Algonquin 

Crane  Creek  No.  1  &  2. 


300, 
429, 
284, 
260, 
20/. 
202, 
203 , 
.5113. 
241, 
208, 
401 
3 
Ii90 
192 
287 

99 
o 

99 
3 


241, 
155 
858 
531 
311 
904 
961 
180 
634 
488 
322 
210 
11 
51 
306 
213 
203 
427 


973 

529 
287 
7y7 
379 
.5  SI) 
122 
-ITS 
985 
647 
455 
339 
,766 
,026 
354 
,927 
134 
406 


25,353,025 


29,632 
671,239 


American  Coal  Co.  of  Allegany  Co..  Piedmont i      238,315 


100 


100,158 
429,105 
284,771 
260,546 
207,267 
202,362 
203,661 
503,742 


208,589 
133,840 


138,092 
192,948 
287,320 


99,698 


858,287 


311,379 


961,122 
180,478 
634,985 


161,228 


153,177 
213,927 
203,134 
142,469 

253,530 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


157 


TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE   AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 

Produced 

Inside 

O.itsidc 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

MERCER  COUNTY— Cont. 
American  Coal  Co.  of  Allegany  Co. 

Pinnacle  North  &  South. 

Booth  Bowen 

Buckeye  Nos.  1  &  2 ...  . 

No.  1 

357,043 
220,716 

4 

4 

89,261 

Crystal  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

96,198 
220,625 
270,855 

21,030 
185,584 
378,784 

42,906 
153,684 
500 
235,257 
246,945 
226,135 
211,208 
215,764 

Hiawatha 

Springton 

Kingston- Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 
Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

3 

3 

99,285 

2 

2 

92,792 

Smokeless  Coal  &  Coko  Co.,  The. . 

Smokeless 

Thomas  Nos.  1  &  2 

Ruth 

Thomas  Coal  Co.,  The 

1 

1 

153,684 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

2 
2 
1 

2 
2 
1 

117,629 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

123,473 

226,135 

2 

2 

107  882 

TOTALS 

4,187,083 

4,591 
2,864 
49,552 
3,815 
53,900 
14,995 
11,625 
65,844 
29,332 
17,757 
18,476 

21 

21 

199  384 

MINERAL  COUNTY 

Eddy  Coal  Co 

Eddv  No.  1. 

Willford     . 

Masteller  Coal  Co.,  The 

Hampshire  No.  9 

Masteller  Coal  Co.,  The 

TOTALS 

272,751 

22,150 
23,431 
83,494 
167,581 
319,811 
30,811 
105,751 
171,999 
773,952 
57,179 

MINGO  COUNTY 
Alma  Pond  Creek  Coal  Co 

Alma  No.  2 

Buffalo  White  Ash  Coal  Co 

Buffalo 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

No.  1 

1 
2 
2 

1 
2 
2 

83,494 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Gates 

83,791 

159,906 

Hardy  Coal  Co 

Hardy .  .  . 

1 
1 

1 
1 

171,999 

Howard  Collieries  of  N.&  W.Ry  Co. 

Howard  &  Junior 

Kenner  McCoy 

Landstreet  Downey  No.l 

773,952 

Landstreet  Downey  Coal  Co 

351,890 

1 

1 

351,890 

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TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Totals 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

MINGO  COUNTY-Cont. 

T-10 

70,400 

20,461 

95,258 

43,346 

490,022 

555,283 

170,061 

131,349 

447,187 

551,183 

69,769 

333,322 

312,083 

143,000 

150,703 

151,261 

101,516 

T-61  

New  Howard  Coal  Co 

New  Howard 

Pearl 

Puritan 

Mitchell  Branch 

No.  5  Plant 

Puritan  Coal  Corporation 

Red  Jacket  Cons.  C.  &  C.  Co.,  Inc 

4 
2 

1 

5 
2 

98,004 
277,612 

No.  8  Plant 

1 

1 

131,349 

No.  32  Plant 

Red  Jacket  Jr.  Coal  Co 

Wigarb 

Cinderella 

2  18  &  11  Plants. 

Thaeker  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 
2 
1 
1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

312,083 
71,500 

War  Eagle  Coal  Co 

150,703 

William- Ann 

Wini'rede  Block 

151,261 

Winil'redc  Block  Coal  Co. . . 

TOTALS 

5,944,253 

87,103 

130,587 

25,924 

42,421 

9,521 

376,467 

22,097 

1,850 

219,934 

124,015 

10,546 

119,630 

65,576 

114,525 

333,269 

300,096 

590,511 

1,135,377 

378,684 

8,620 

86,697 

47,840 

103,098 

12,750 

2,500 

5,537 

20 

1 

21 

283,060 

MONONGALIA  COUNTY 

Agnes 

Ruth 

Andrew 

Alfred  Coal  Co 

Andrew  Coal  Co.,  The   . . 

1 

1 

130,587 

Anna  May  Coal  Co.,  The 

By-Product  No.  1 
Mona 

Arnett-ville 

Bortz,  C.  E.  ct  al,  Trustees   .  . 

Osage  Nos.  1  &  2 

Chaplin  Collieries  Co 

Connellsville  By-Product  Coal  Co .  . 

Connelsville  No.  1 

Brock 

1 

2 
3 

1 

2 
3 

590,511 
567,689 

126,228 

Betty 

Edna 

Fern  Coal  Co 

Fife  Coal  Co 

Fife 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


159 


TABLE    SHOWING    PRODUCTION    OF    COAL    AND    NUMBER    OF 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Totals 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

MONONGALIA  COUNTY— Cont. 

167,922 
397,695 

52,275 
6,956 

22,000 

35,065 
175,210 

10,000 
9,444 
1,600 

16,953 
262.000 
617,707 

20,788 
352,029 
190,301 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co   

Gilbert  Davis  No.  1  &  2. 
Gilbert  Davis  No.  5.  .  .  . 
Hal!    

2 

2 

198,848 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co 

H->11  Coal  Co 

Hickman-Miller  Coal  Co 

Baby 

1 

1 

35,065 

Maiden  No.  3 

Lockview 

3 
1 

3 
1 

3,333 

9,444 

Star         

Hess     

National  No.  1  &  2 
Federal  No.  3 

New  England  Fuel  &  Trans.  Co. . .  . 

2 

2 

308,754 

Osage  Nos.  1  &  2 

Pursglove  No.  1 

Pursglove  No.  2 

Pursglove  No.  3 

1 

1 

352,029 

162,933 

27,954 

8,039 

396,017 

24,027 

206,984 

146,579 

151,814 

8,516 

23,561 

37,072 
4,676 
91,431 

Booth 

Indian  Hill 

RosedaleNo.  1 

1 

1 

2 

198,009 

Jtosedale  Coal  Co 

Scotts  Run  Fuel  Corporation 

2 

2 

73,290 

Baker 

Beall  Knob  &  Bethlhem 
No  25 

Tait 

TOTALS 

8.077,216 

17,162 
11,680 
20,005 
81,130 

19 
1 

1 

20 
1 

403,861 

NICHOLAS  COUNTY 
Beaver  Creek  Coal  Co 

17,162 

The  Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

TOTALS 

129,977 

67,277 

11,564 

543,407 

272,835 

1 

1 

129,977 

OHIO  COUNTY 

Costanzo  Coal  Mining  Company .  .  . 

2 
1 

2 
1 

271,704 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Co 

Boyd 

272,835 

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FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Totals 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outsidef 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

OHIO  COUNTY— Cont. 

397,392 

146,560 

1,206 

16,598 

38,134 

3,953 

3,200 

42,262 

595,012 

36,433 

20,422 

73,616 

197,030 

1 
1 

1 

1 

397,392 

Elm  Valley  Coal  Co.  .  . 

146,560 

Riley   

Pittsburgh-Wheeling  Coal  Co 

Reliable  Coal  Co 

Rock  Point  Coal  Co 

Riley   .  . 

1 

1 

595,012 

Wheeling  Glenwood  Coal  Co 

Wheeling  Independent  Coal  Co. 

Wheeling  Steel  Corporation 

Wheeling  Valley  Coal  Corp 

Glenwood  Mine 

1 

1 

197,030 

TOT\Ls 

2.466.901 

2,940 

9,000 

489,947 

600 

9,872 

40,341 

83,897 

6,100 

2,100 

37,631 

187,783 

2,070 

10,200 

15,765 

24,150 

14,100 

44,265 

41,121 

23,673 

39,215 

24,000 

14,388 

.  5,837 

12.95S 

154,219 

13,546 

30,001 

217.164 

2,100 

6,558 

7 

7 

352  414 

PRESTON  COUNTY 

Betty 

Wells 

Bethlehem  No.  22 
Copeman  No.  2 

1 

1 

489,947 

Borgman  Nos.  3  &  6. . . . 

Kenna  Nos.  1  &  2 

Miller  No.  2     

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

G:braltar  Fuel  Co 

Miller  No.  3   .  . 

1 

1 

187,783 

Horchler  Big  Vein  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

24,150 

Houck-Reidler  Bros.  C.  Mining  Co. 

2 

2 

22,133 

Thayer  No.  1 

Luckv  Jack  Mining  Co 

Morgan  Coal  Co 

Nethken  Coal  Mining  Co 

Scotch  Hill 

1 

1 

217,164 

Tunnelton  Freeport  Coal  Co 

Victor>  Coal  Co.,  The 

Victory  

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FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH   THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Totals 
Produc- 

FATAL ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

tion 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

PRESTON  COUNTY— Cont. 
W  ilmoth  Col  Co                 

29,650 

TOTALS 

1,934,441 

219,075 

5,240 

220,188 

6 
1 

1 

6 

2 

322,407 

PUTNAM  COUNTY 
Hatfield-Campbell  Cr.  C.  Co.,  The.. 

109,538 

J.  A.  Vintroux  Mining  Works 

Big  Otto 

TOTALS 

444,503 

433,258 

150,494 

8,004 

740,562 

277,191 

47,426 

360,433 

54,364 

55,288 

99,860 

107,269 

118,052 

793,663 

148,887 

408,228 

187,185 

510,497 

12,317 

317,202 

157,616 

39,062 

211,635 

72,083 

73,780 

391,800 

365,273 

412,901 

155,024 

228,732 

310,953 

338,251 

165,715 

165,242 

149,513 

509,393 

1 

2 
1 

2 
4 

1 
1 

2 

3 
1 

222,252 

RALEIGH  COUNTY 

Ameagle  No.  70 

144,419 

150,494 

Blue  Jay  No.  6 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Glen  White 

1 

2 
5 

370,281 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Helen  No.  3 

55,438 

C  C  B  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Helen  No.  5 

C  C.  B  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Helen  Pocahontas  No.  4. 

No.  4  Pocahontas 

Pemberton  No.  1  

Pemberton  No.  2 

C  C.  B  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C  C.  B  Smokeless  Coal  Co     . 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Rtotesbury  E.  &  W 

3 
1 

3 
1 

264,554 

148,887 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Ry.  Co.,  The. . . 
Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Ry.  Co.,  The. . . 
C.  H.  Mead  Coal  Co 

C.  H.  Mead  No.  1,  2&3  . 
Montcoal  (Hernshaw)..  . 
Montcoal  No,  1 

2 

2 

258,249 

2 
3 
1 
5 
1 

2 
3 
1 

1 

158,001 

52,539 

39,062 

42,327 

C.  P.  Callaway  Coal  Co 

72,083 

Crab  Orchard 

3 

3 

130,600 

Douglas  Coal  Co 

E.  C.  Mintcr  Coal  Co 

Douglas  No  5    

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

155,024 
228,732 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co .    .  . 

Piney  No.  1 

316,953 
338,251 

Stickney  No.  11 

1 
1 
2 

1 
1 
2 

105,242 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

149,513 

Tarns 

254,697 

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FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE   TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Totals 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  of 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

RALEIGH  COUNTY— Cont. 
J.  A   Wood  Coal  Co 

Jawood 

53.575 
204,735 

71,000 

9,458 

254,173 

111.283 

18,644 
346,655 
109.498 

Killarnev  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Killarnev  Smokiless  Coal  Co 

Kilpoca 

Lanark  N  os.  2  &  3 

Beckley 

Lecconv  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillvbrook  No.  1 

Lillybrook  No.  2 

Lillybrook  No.  3 

Lillybrook  No.  4 

Oswald  &  Sidney 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coai  Co 

McKell  Coai  &  Coke  Co 

199,610 
119,366 
158,507 
295,207 
490,733 

77,282 

40,877 
784,181 

16,585 
296,086 

46,771 
276,553 
428,519 

38,762 
271,903 
127,070 

44,104 
106,119 
354,088 
132,008 

45,269 

48,467 
119.638 
110,528 

86,691 
803,667 

2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
5 
1 
1 

1 



2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
6 
1 
1 

59.683 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

158,507 

295,207 

490,733 

38,641 

40,877 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coal  Co 

Piney  River  Coal  Co 

Price  Hill  Colliery  Co.,  The      . 

Affinity  &  Big  Stick  .... 

Piney  No.  1    

Price  Hill 

130,697 

16,535 
296,086 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Nos.  1  &  4 

Raleigh  No.  3 

Raleigh  No.  6 

3 
2 

3 
2 

92,185 
428,519 

No.  1 

No.  3 

4 
1 

4 
1 

67,976 
127,070 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co   

Rhodell  Coal  Co 

No.  3 

1 
2 

1 

2 

106,119 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

177,044 

Sterling 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co     . . 

Birchton  No.  11 

Leevale  No.  31 

Marfork  No.  21 

Nos.  1,  2  &  4 

3 

3 

267,889 

TOTALS 

15,636,521 

26,545 
13,133 
21,665 
28,616 
36,130 
5,716 
5.778 

68 

4 

72 

217,174 

RANDOLPH  COUNTY 

Brady 

("heat  No.  1  &  2 

Three  Fork  Coal  Company 

W.  Va   Coal  &  Coke  Corp                 iCoalton  No.  1 

W.  Va.  Coal  &  Coke  Corp Leiter  No.  5 

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FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929, 

TOGETHER  WITH   THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Toms  of 

Coal 

Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

RANDOLPH  COUNTY— Cont. 
W.  Va.  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 

Norton  No.  2 

277,501 
11,472 

Hopkins 

TOTALS 

426.556 

209,503 

21,260 

3.194 

153,784 

377,022 

42,071 

22,289 

2,500 

5,552 

832 

4,759 

3,045 

TAYLOR  COUNTY 

Delruar  No.  4 

Atlas . 

1 

1 

21  260 

Cather  Coal  Co 

Black  Diamond 

■Getty  Coal  Co 

Maryland  Coal  Co.  of  W.  Va 

Wendel  Nos.  1  &  2    .... 

Rej  nclds  No.  2 

Sii.es 

Thornton  Fire  Brick  Co 

W.  Va.  Industrial  School  lor  Boys   . 

Industrial  School 

TOTALS 

845,811 

41,894 
160,363 

42,013 
125,227 
140,328 
160,388 
272,795 
104,262 

1 

1 

845,811 

TUCKER  COUNTY 

1 

1 

160,363 

Davis  Coai  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

No.  23 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

No.  34 

1 

1 

125  227 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

No.  37 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

No.  38 .  . . 

1 
1 

1 

1 

160,388 
272  795 

No.  39 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

No.  40   

TOTALS  

1,047,270 

51,659 
4,090 

57,721 

15,462 
110,494 

52,868 
3,327 
6,161 

64,071 

4 

4 

261  818 

UPSHUR  COUNTY 

Adrian 

G.  &  R 

Miller-Adrian  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Ella 

Pecks  Run  Coal  Co 

Kano 

Smith,  John  T 

Talbott  &  Smith 

Randall 

Iris 



Superior  Redstone  Mining  Co 

W.  Va.  &  Penna.  C.  &  C.  Co 

TOTALS 

365,853 

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TOGETHER  WITH  THE  AVERAGE  TONS  PRODUCED 

PER  FATAL  ACCIDENT 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Total 
Produc- 
tion 

FATAL  ACCIDENTS 

Tons  gf 

Coal 
Produced 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

Per  Fatal 
Accident 

WAYNE  COUNTY 

57,483 
116,261 

Warfield 

TOTALS 

173,744 

22,619 
1,946 
14,704 
39,757 
38,120 
59,043 

WEBSTER  COUNTY 
Elk  Lick  Coal  Co  

Lilly  Coal  Co 

Lilly 

Minds  Coal  Mining  Corp.,  The 

Golden  Ridge  No.  5 .  .  .  . 

1 

1 

2 

19,879 

TOTALS     

176,189 

131,432 

106,341 
6,024 

130,721 
92,040 
90,230 

198,308 
80,751 
66,182 

389,113 
75,983 

692,547 

104,996 
94,970 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 

2 

88,095 

WYOMING  COUNTY 

65,716 

Erin   

No.  1 . . . 

Flat  Top 

1 

1 

92,040 

Covel  

2 

2 

40,376 

Nos.  1  &  2 

1 
1 

7 

1 
1 

7 

389,113 

75,983 

R;.leigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co 

No.  2 

98,935 

Wyoming  Nos.  1,  2  &  3  . 

TOTALS 

2,259.638 

13 

1 

14 

161  403 

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THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Number  of  Persons  Killed 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

BARBOUR  COUNTY 
Bloeky  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co   

Elkins  No.  1   

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

No.  2 

Gage  No.  1 

TOTALS 

6 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

rj 

BOONE  COUNTY 

Nellis 

1 

•> 

Murphy  Coal  Co.,  The 

Peak  .... 

Webb  Coal  Mining  Co 

Webb 

West  Va.  Southern  Coal  Co 

No.  80... 

TOTALS 

9 
3 

9 

BRAXTON  COUNTY 
West  Va.  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Bower  No.  10  . 

3 

TOTALS 

3 

1 
1 
3 
1 

7 

3 

BROOKE  COUNTY 

1 

West  Va.-Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

1 

West  Va.-Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

3 

West  Va.-Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

1 

7 

TOTALS 

13 

1 
1 

13 

CLAY  COUNTY 

Battelle 

1 

Elk  River  Coal  &  Lumber  Co 

1 

TOTALS 

2 

1 
2 
1 
1 

1 
2 
1 
3 

2 

FAYETTE  COUNTY 

Beechwood  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co 

Beechwood 

ElkridgeNo.  2 

1 
2 
1 

Coal  Run  Coal  Co 

Long  Branch  No.  1 

1 
1 

2 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Ingram  Branch 

1 
3 

Rich  Creek  No.  4 

1' 

1 

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NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Number  of  Persons  Killed 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

FAYETTE  COUNTY— Continued 
Greenwood  Coal  Co 

Greenwood 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 
16 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

Hemlock  Hollow  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Hemlock 

No.  114 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Kingston  No.  4 

l<i 

Westerly  No.  2 

North. 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Siltix 

1 
1 
1 
1 

Marvel  New  River  Coal  Co 

Marvel  No.  1 

Dubree  No.  2 

Mill  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Mill  Creek 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

3 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
3 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Minden  No.  4 

Poca.  Smokeless 

Rock  Lick  No.  4 

Brooklyn 

Echo 

Star  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Star 

Sun 

2 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

2 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

2 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co , 

3 

TOTALS 

65 

4 

69 

GILMER  COUNTY 

1 

TOTALS 

1 
1 

1 

GRANT  COUNTY 

Culpepper  No.  1 

1 

TOTALS 

1 

1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 

1 

GREENBRIER  COUNTY 

1 

1 

No.  1. 

L 

Nc.  2 

2 

No.  1 

1 

No.  4                                        

1 

2 

TOTALS 

9 

a 

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THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Number  of  Persons  Killed 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

HARRISON  COUNTY 
Bethlehem  Fairmont  Coa!  Co 

Scott  No.  2 

No.  2     . 

2 
1 
1 

1 
1 
2 
1 
1 

1 

2 
1 

Hutchinson 

Laura  Lee 

MoCandlish 

-Francis  No.  1 

Willard  No.  4  

1 

1 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Montfair  Gas  Coal  Co 

2 
2 
1 

WcK  Summit  Coal  Co.   . 

1 

TOTALS 

If 
2 

1 
1 

11 

KANAWHA  COUNTY 
Cabin  Creek  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Rose 

2 
1 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

No.  5 

No.  10 

1 

2 

1 

■) 

"B" 

1 

No.  1 

1 

Hatfield-Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

No.  4 

4 
1 

1 

No.  109 

1 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

No.  2 

No.  4 

1 
1 

Black  Cat 

2 

1 

Wyatt  Coal  Co 

1 

TOTALS 

20 

1 

1 

21 

LEWIS  COUNTY 

No.  2 

1 

TOTALS 

1 

1 
3 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

LOGAN  COUNTY 

1 

Monclo  No.  2 

Accoville 

No.  4 

3 

Buffalo  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 
1 

Cleveland-Cliffs  Iron  Co.,  The 

Draper-Eagle  Coal  Co 

No.  2 

Draper 

No.  1 

1 

1 
1 

Guyan  Eagle  Coal  Co 

No.  2 

1 
I 

2 

No.  1 

1 

No.  7 

1 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

No.  14 

No.  18 

1 
1 

No.  21 j              1 

1 

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NAME  OF  COMPANY                                  NAME  OF  MINE 

Number  of  Person 

s  Killed 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

LOGAN  COUNTY— Continued 

No.  22 

1 

1 

3 
1 
1 

1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 

Maltory  Coal  Co 

Mallorv  Coal  Co 1 

Mallorv  Coal  Co                

No.  1 

No.  2 

No.  3 

Monitor  Coal  &  Coke  Co                                       Monitor  No.  3 .  .  . 

No.  2 

Orville 

•> 

Sovereign  Coal  Co   

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Co      

No.  1   

1 
2 

1 
2 

No.  18 

2 

No.  19 

1 

Youngstown  Sheet  &  Tube  Co 

Dehue 

2 

TOTALS 

39 
2 

1 
1 

1 

40 

MARION  COUNTY 
Bethlehem  Mines  Corporation 

No.  42 

Consolidation  No.  38 

2 

1 
1 

4 
4 
o 

1 

Oosgrove-Meehan  Gas  Coal  Co 

Thermal  No.  40  . 

No.  S          

No.  y 

Morgantowu  Gas  Coal  Co 

New  England  Fuel  &  Trans.  Co 

Virginia  &  Pittsburgh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Morgantowu  No.  1 

Federal  No.  1 

1 
1 
1 

TOT  MS                            

18 

3 

1 
4 
1 

.    2 

20 

MARSHALL  COUNTY 

3 

Glendale  Gas  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

1 

TOT \LS 

(l 

9 

Mcdowell  county 

3 
1 
2 

1 
1 

2 
1 

1 

\shland  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Ashland  (West) 

\shland  Coal  <fe  Coke  Co                     

Ashland  No.  3 

iAsco 

Atlantic  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Hv-Products  Pocahontas  Co 

JNo.  2                            

2 

No.  2 

1 

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THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


McOOWELL  COUNTY— Continued 

Centnl  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The 

Cro/er  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Empire  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Excelsior  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Fordson  Coal  Co.,  Ine 

Gilliam  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co   

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Houston  Co.lieries  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Kngstou  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Lake  Superior  Coal  Co 

Little  War  Creek  Coal  Co 

Lynchburg  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McDowell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Mohawk  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coa  Co 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co 

New  River  &  Poca.  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Panther  Coal  Co 

Peerless  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Pocahontas  Corporation,  The 

Pocahontas  Corporation,  The 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fue'  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Pond  Creek  Pocahontas  Co 

Powhatan  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Premier  Pocahontas  Collieries  Co 

Sayers  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

.Superior  Pocahontas  Coa  Co 

Superior  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

United  States  Coa!  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


No.  3 

Consolidation  No.  251 
Consolidation  No.  253 . 
Consolidation  No.  2fil 

No.  5 

Empire 

Excelsior  No.  2 

No.  5  

'  .illiam 

Carswell 

Houston  No.  1 

Keystone 

Maitland  

Tidewater 

Exeter 

No  2 

Little  War  Creek 

Lynchburg 

McDowell 

Mohawk 

Buwind  No.  1 

Berwind  No.  3 

Berwind  No.  6 

Berwind  No.  8 

Havaco  No.  9 

Page 

Page  No.  3 

Page  No.  4 

Page  No.  5 

Panther  No.  2 

Peerless 

Bottom  Creek 

No.  31 

Angle 

Delta 

Lick  Branch 

Norfolk 

Shamokin 

Rolfe 

No.  6 


Number  of  Persons  Killed 


Inside      Outside     Totals 


No.  5 

No.  1 

East 

Premier  No.  4 

Sayers 

Cletus 

Helena 

N0.  2 

No.  5 

No.  7 

No.  8 


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NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Number  of  Persons  Killed 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

McDOWELL  COUNTY— Continued 
United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

No.  9 

1 

2 
2 
1 
1 
3 

1 

Upland  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

2 

Warrior  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

2 

Williams  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

1 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries  Co      

1 

Yukon  Pocahontas  Fuel  Co 

3 

TOTALS 

95 

3 
1 
4 
3 

102 

MERCER  COUNTY 

3 

American  Coal  Co 

Crane  Creek  No.  9 

1 
4 

3 

2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
2 

2 

No.  1 

1 

2 

Turkey  Cap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

2 

Weyanoke  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

1 

2 

TOTALS   

21 

1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 

1 

21 

MINGO  COUNTY 

Crystal  Block  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Crystal  Block  No.  1 

1 

2 

Glen  Alum  Coal  Co 

1 

(lien  Alum  No.  2           

Hardy 

Howard 

No.  1 

1 

Hardv  Coal  Co 

Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Ry 

Landstreet-  Downey  Coal  Company 

1 

1 
1 

Puriton  Coal  Corp 

3 

2 

2 

Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  <fe  Coke  Co 

No.  8 

1 

Thacker  No.  18 

1 

2 

War  Eagle  Coal  Co 

1 

\Y  illiam  Ann  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

20 

1 
1 
2 
3 
3 
2 
1 
1 

1 

21 

MONONGALIA  COUNTY 

Alfred  Coal  Co 

Connells'nlle  By-Product  Coal  Co 

Ruth 

No.  1 • 

1 

1 

Bro<;k 

Yukon 

Lockview 

No.  1 

0 

Crown  Coal  Co 

Dorothy  Supply  Co 

Gilbert  Davis  Coal  Co 

Hite-Barnes  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

3 
3 
2 

1 

Lough 

1 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


171 


LIST  OF  FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Number  of  Persons  Killed 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

MONONGALIA  COUNTY— Continued 

Federal  No.  3 

No.  1 .  .    . 

2 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

2 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

1 

Booth 

2 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

20 

1 

1 

21 

NICHOLAS  COUNTY 

1 

TOTALS  

1 

2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

OHIO  COUNTY 

2 

Boyd .  .  . 

1 

1 

Elm  Valley  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

Wheeling  Vallev  Coal  Corp 

Richland 

1 

TOTALS 

7 

1 
1 
1 

2 
1 

7 

PRESTON  COUNTY 

No.  22 

Tunnelton  

Gorman  No.  3 

Irona  No.  7 

1 

Hillman  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 
1 

2 

1 

TOTALS 

6 
1 

1 

(i 

PUTNAM  COUNTY 
Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

1 

Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coa!  Co     

1 

TOTALS 

1 

1 
1 

i 

2 

RALEIGH  COUNTY 

1 

No.  70 

2 

1 
2 

4 
3 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 

2 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Glen  White 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Stotesbury 

No.  2.    . 

C.  H.  Mead  Coal  Co 

C.  &  0.  Railway  Co  . . . 

Dorothy  No.  2 

Comago  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

Tommy  Creek 

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NAME  OF  COMPANY 


RALEIGH  COUNTY-Contimied 

Comago  Smokeless  Fuel  Co 

C.  P  Callaway  Coal  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Douglas  Coal  Co 

E.  C.  Minter  Coal  Co 

Elkhoi  ii  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Glogora  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co     

I  iulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  CoalA  Coke  Co 

Mabscott  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

MacAlpm  Coal  Co 

Madeleine  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Mason  Coal  Co 

Mead  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Piney  River  Coal  Co 

Price  Hill  Colliery  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raieigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh-Wyoming  Mining  Co 

Raleigh-Wyoming  Mining  Co 

Rhodell  Coal  Co 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries  Co 


TOTALS. 


TAYLOR  COUNTY 
Atlas  Coal  Mining  Corp 


TOTALS. 


TUCKER  COUNTY 

Cumberland  Coal  Co 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co   .  . . 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


TOTALS. 


WEBSTER  COUNTY 
Minds  Coal  Mining  Co 


NAME  OF  MINE 


TOTALS. 


Vanwood 

Cepece 

Cranberry 

No.  5 

Minter 

Piney  No.  1 
Piney  No.  6. . . . 
Stiekney  No.  II 

Hotcoal 

Tarns 

Oswald 

Tamroy 

Mabscott 

MacAlpin 

Madeleine  .  .  . 
Wright  No.  1 

Vanwood 

Big  Stick 

No.  2 

Wat  Wise 

Piney  River 

Price  Hill 

No.  3 

No.  6 

Edwright  No.  1 
Edwright  No.  3 . 
Rhodell  No.  3 

Slab  Fork 

No.  1      

No.  2 


Atlas . 


Douglass  No.  1. 

No.  34 

No.  38 

No.  39 


Golden  Ridge 


Number  of  Persons  Killed 


Inside      Oitside    Totals 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


173 


LIST  OF  FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


WYOMING  COUNTY 
Alpha  Pocahontas  Coal  Co. 
Flat  Top  Pocahonta  s  Coal  Co . 

Iroquois  Coal  Mining  Co 

Morrison  Coal  Co 

Nuriva  Smokeless  Coal  Co. . . . 
Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co. 


TOTALS 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Alpha 

Flat  Top 

Iroquois 

Morrison 

Nuriva  No.  2 
Glen  Rogers  No.  2. 


Number  of  Persons  Killed 


Inside      Outside    Totals 


LIST  OF  FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COUNTIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 

Number  ol  Persons  Killed 

Inade 

Outside 

Totals 

6 
9 

b" 

9 

3 
13 

2 

65 

1 

1 

9 

10 

20 

1 

39 

18 

9 

95 

21 

20 

20 

1 

7 

6 

1 

68 

1 

4 

1 

13 

4 

1 
1 

1 
2 

7 

1 
1 

1 
4 

1 
1 

3 

13 

Clay 

2 

69 

1 

1 

9 

11 

21 

1 

40 

20 

9 

102 

21 

21 

21 

1 

Ohio 

7 

6 

2 

72 

Taylor 

1 

Tucker 

4 

2 

14 

TOTALS 

464 

25 

489 

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FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


BARBOUR  COUNTY 

Blocky-Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

Century  Coal  Co.,  The 

Century  Coal  Co.,  The 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

P.  V.  &  K.  Coal  Co.,  The 

Tressler  Coal  Co.,  The 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 


TOTALS 


BOONE  COUNTY 
American  Rolling  Mill  Co.,  The 

Bel-Mar  Coal  Co 

Collieries  Co.,  The 

Collieries  Co.,  The 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co  . 

Morrisvalc  Coal  Co 

Murphy  Coal  Co.,  The 

Peak  Coal  Corp 

Spruce  Rivtr  Coal  Co.,  The 

Spruce  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

Webb  Coal  Mining  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 
Y'oughiogheny  &  Ohio  Coal  Co   . 


TOTALS 


BRAXTON  COUNTY 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 


TOTALS 


BROOKE  COUNTY 

Bertha  Consumers  Co 

Richland  Collieries  Corp 

West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co . 
West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co . 
West  Virginia  Pittsburgh  Coal  Co . 

Wheeling  Steel  Corp 

Windsor  Power  House  Coal  Co. . . 


TOTALS . 


FAYETTE  COUNTY 

Ballinger  Coal  Co 

Bellwood  Coal  Co 

Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co 
Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 
Black  Betsey  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


Elkins  No.  1 

Century  No.  1 .  . 
Century  No.  2 .  . 
Dartmoor  No.  4. 

Taggert 

Tressler 

Junior  No.  4. . . . 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Nellis 

Monte  No.  1 

Prenter  No.  4 

Red  Parrot 

Wharton 

Morrisvale 

Murphy 

Peak 

Spruce  River  No.  3 . 
Spruce  River  No.  4. 

Webb 

No.  41 

No.  80 

Vanbail  No.  a 

Van 


Bower  No.  12. 


Louise 

Standard  No.  2 

Gilchrist  No.  3  

LaBelleNo.  4 

Locust  Grove  No.  2. 

Beeoh  Bottom 

Beech  Bottom 


Ballinger 

Bellwood 

Columbia  No.  5 . 
Elkridge  No.  2.. 
Kimberly  No.  4 . 

No.  1 

Nc.  2 

No.  3 


Inside 


145 

1 
1 


Outside 


Totais 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


175 


LIST  OF  NON-FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NKME  OF  COMPANY 


FAYETTE  COUNTY -Continued 

Canneltoii  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Coal  Run  Coal  Co 

Daniels  Colliery  Co 

Dunn  Loop  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Gauley  Mountain  Coal  Co.,  The 

Greenwood  Coal  Co 

Harvey  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Hemlock  Hollow  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co  .  . 
Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co .  .  . 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Lee  Coal  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Macdonald  Colliery  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co  

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Midva'e  Colliery  Co 

Midvale  Colliery  Co 

Milburn  By-Products  Coal  Co 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 

Nichol  Colliery  Co 

Prudence  Coal  Co 

Rock  Lick  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Scotia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

South  Side  Co 

Stonega  Coke  &  Coal  Co 

Stuart  Colliery  Co 

Stuart  Colliery  Co 

Turkey  Knob  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Eagle  Coal  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

Willis  Branch  Coal  Co 


TOTALS 


NAME  OF  MINE 


No.  5 

Long  Branch 

Coi.1  Run 

Daniels 

Dunn  Loop 

Ingram  Branch 
Powellton  No.  5  . . 

Ansted 

Greenwood 

Harvey 

Hemlock 

No.  Ill 

No.  114 

Kingston 

Westerly 

Lee 

Eagle 

Loup  Creek  No.  1 . 
Loup  Creek  No.  2 

North  

Macdonald 

Dubree  No.  1 

DubreeNo.  2 

Dubree  No.  3 

Dubree  No.  4 

Dubree  No.  5 

Kilsyth 

Siltix 

Midvale  No.  1 .  .  . . 
Midvale  No.  2 ...  . 
Milburn  No.  1 .  . . . 
Kaymoor  No.  1 .  . 

Minden  No.  2 

Minden  No.  3 

MinHen  No.  4 

Minden  No.  5 

Nichol 

Prudence 

Rock  Lick  No.  4    . 

Brooklyn 

South  Side 

Sun 

Lochgelly 

Summerlee 

Turkey  Knob 

Powellton  No.  2.. 

Oak  wood 

Scarbro 

Whipple 

Willis  Branch 


Inside 


19 

2 

3 

5 

2 

1 

6 

25 

27 

25 

54 

54 

3 

3 

16 

3 

I 

46 

18 

13 

5 

7 

13 

18 

15 

3 

737 


Outside 


90 


Tot-ils 


60 

40 

1 

4 

31 
14 
71 
33 
7 
1 
8 
4 
12 
2 
3 

10 
4 

26 

2 

4 

5 

2 

1 

6 

32 

29 

27 

59 

55 

3 

3 

17 

3 

2 

49 

19 

13 

5 

7 

13 

18 

15 

3 

827 


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FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

GILMER  COUNTY 
Gilmer  Fuel  Co 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

1 
3 

1 

GRANT  COUNTY 

10 

13 

TOTALS 

10 
5 

3 

13 

GREENBRIER  COUNTY 

Greenbrier  No.  1 

Quinwo;id 

Margarette  No.  1 

Nelson  No.  1 

14 

lt> 

1 

4 
13 

3 

1 

4 

16 

TOTALS   

37 

1 

5 

42 

HANCOCK  COUNTY 
Dulsko,  A.  R 

Isabelle 

1 

TOTALS 

1 

15 
1 
1 
1 
3 
4 
1 
3 
3 
5 

14 
1 
5 
5 
2 
1 
3 
2 
7 

1 
1 
3 

1 

1 

HARRISON  COUNTY 

15 

1 

Consolidation  No.  25 

1 

1 

3 

4 

Fairmont  No.  2 

•> 

3 

4 

5 

17 

1 

McCqndlLsh 

5 

6 

2 

Valley  Coal  Co 

1 

Willard  No.  3  

3 

Willard  No.  4 

2 

Wolf  Summit  Coal  Co 

7 

TOTALS 

77 

1 
24 

2 

5 
20 

8 
10 

6 

1 
6 
1 

4 

1 

83 

KANAWHA  COUNTY 
Belle  Alkali  Co    .                     

Belle  Alkali , 

2 

30 

3 

5 

24 

Raccoon  No.  2-W 

8 

11 

1929] 


Department  op  Mines 


177 


LIST  OF  NON-FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


KANAWHA  COUNTY— Continued 

Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coa!  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Coalburg  Colliery  Co 

Cote  Coal  Mining  Co 


NAME  OF  MINE 


United  Splint. 

No.  1 

No.  3 

No.  0 

No.  3 

No.  5 

No.  10 

No.  11 

AandB 

Jacoma 


Empire  Fuel  Co | Arnburn 

Eureka  Coa  Co 

Glenn  Coal  Co 

Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

Hatfield  Campbells  Creek  Coal  Co 

Hugheston  Gas  Coal  Co 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co  . . 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

New  Export  Coal  Co 

Riverton  Coal  Co 

Honda  Coal  Co 

Honda  Coal  Co 

Honda  Coal  Co 

Wet  Branch  Mining  Co 


TOTALS 


LOGAN  COUNTY 

Agee  Coal  Co 

Boone  County  Coal  Corp 

Boone  County  Coal  Corp  .... 

Callaway  Eagle  Coal  Co 

Clean  Eagle  Coal  Co 

Cleveland  Cliffs  Iron  Co.,  The. 

Drnper  Eagl"  Coal  Co 

H.  T.  Wilson  Coil  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co   

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Island  Creek  Coal  Co 

Litz  Smith  Coal  Co 

Logan  County  Coal  Corp 

Logan  County  Coal  Corp 

Lorado  Coal  Mining  Co.,  The . 

Mallory  Coal  Co 

Merrill  Coal  Mines,  Inc 

Opperman  Coal  Co.,  The 

Rum  Creek  Coal  Co 


Eureka  No.  5  . 
Meadow  Lick . . 

No.  1 

No.  3 

No.  4 

Arnburn  No.  3 . 

No.  109 

No.  2 

No.  4 

No.  6 

Star  Slope  .... 

Riverton 

Coalburg  No.  1 
Coalburg  No.  2 . 
Coalburg  No.  3 
Wet  Branch .  .  . 


Smithco  No.  2 

Boone  No.  2 

Boone  No.  12 

Guyan  Valley 

Hull  Creek 

Ethel  No.  2 

Dr:i:>er 

Wilson  No.  3    

Argyle  No.  1 

Argyle  No.  2 

Dabney 

MacBeth 

Island  Creek  No.  11. 
Island  Creek  No.  18 
Island  Creek  No.  21 . 

Smithco  No.  3 

Lundale 

MacGregor 

Lorado  No.  1 

Mallory  No.  1 

Merrill 

Opperman  No.  2 .  .  .  . 
Orville 


Inside 


Outside 


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FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

LOGAN  COUNTY-Continued 

Paragon  No.  1  &  2 

10 
1 
3 
5 
4 
4 
2 
3 
5 
4 
1 
1 
3 
13 
32 

2 

1 

1 
2 

5 

4 

12 

1 

3 

No.  3 

5 

No.  4 

No.  5 

4 

5 

No.  15... 

No.  18 

No.  19  . .          

Josephine 

Wood  Coal  Co 

18 

36 

TOTALS 

291 

1 
2 
6 
3 
3 
4 
48 
22 
29 

44 
1 

3 
1 
2 

335 

MARION  COUNTY 

2 

2 

6 

3 

Thermal  No.  40 

3 

Four  States  Coal  Co.  . . 

4 

51 

23 

Federal  No.  1 

31 

TOTALS 

118 

1 

7 

1 

21 

7 
1 

125 

MARSHALL  COUNTY 

1 

7 

1 

McKeefrey  Coal  Co.  of  W.  Va  

22 

i 

TOTALS 

30 

1 
1 

1 

31 

MASON  COUNTY 
Barnett  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

2 

36 
1 
7 

17 
1 

19 
1 
5 

3 

1 
2 

1 

2 

Mcdowell  county 

39 

Krollitz 

1 

7 

18 

3 

No.  2     

19 

Cardiff  

1 

No.  2 

6 

1929] 


Department  op  Mines 


179 


LIST  OF  NON-FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

McDOWELL  COUNTY— Continued 

No.  3 

3 

1 
5 
5 
1 

5 

3 
2 

2 

1 

3 
2 
1 

6 
8 
1 

1 

1 

5 

2 

3 

7 
9 
6 
1 
1 
3 
9 
2 

4 

5 

31 
6 

10 

38 
1 

27 
1 
8 
1 
4 
3 

36 

7 

10 

43 

1 

30 

3 

10 

Fall  River 

1 

4 

3 

1 

23 

9 

3 

47 

1 

13 

10 

4 

50 

29 

12 

4 

14 

1 

3 

2 

4 

21 

1 

23 

Gilliam  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

12 

3 

49 

1 

14 

10 

4 

56 

37 

13 

4 

Little  War  Creek  Coal  Co 

Little  War  Creek . . . 

15 

2 

3 

McDowell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

7 

Mill  Cre«k  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Elkhorn  

6 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Tug 

24 

1 

7 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Berwind  No.  1 

52 
12 

9 

3 

30 
38 
11 
25 
24 
18 

1 
40 
45 
16 

5 

61 
18 

10 

4 

33 

47 

Berwind  No.  7 

13 
31 

27 

Page  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

19 

Peerless  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 

Pocahontas  Corp.,  The 

47 

No.  5 

51 

23 

No.  6   

6 

No.  7 

1 

No.  8 

7 

13 
2 
5 

12 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

14 

2 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Delta 

5 

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FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

McDOWELL  COUNTY— Continued 

4 

9 

1 

5 

Norfolk 

Rolfe   . 

9 

27 
3 

32 

44 
8 

10 
2 
7 
2 
3 
1 
3 

22 
4 

2 

1 
5 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
1 

29 

Pocahontas  Fuel  Co.,  Inc 

Sagamore 

3 
33 

No.  1   

49 

East...                           

8 

West  . 

11 

Pulaski 

3 

Pulaski  Iron  Co 

Shawnee 

8 
2 

Cletus 

3 

1 

3 

23 

No.  2 

5 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

No.  3... 

1 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

No.  4 

2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
3 
10 
4 

2 

No.  6 .  . .                

3 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

No.  7 .  . . 

3 

No.  8 

3 

No.  9 

2 

No.  10 

4 

10 

5 

War  Creek  Coal  Co 

1 

13 

2 

21 

5 

2 

8 

14 

4 

24 

6 

2 

8 

TOTALS 

1,087 

4 

7 
1 
6 
9 
14 
1 

13 

18 

2 

1 

1 

21 

1 

25 

10 

13 

168 

3 

1 

3 

4 

3 

4 
2 
1 

1,255 

MERCER  COUNTY 

4 

10 

1 

7 

12 

14 

1 

17 

18 

2 

1 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 

24 

Elkhorn 

1 

29 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

12 

Turkey  Gap  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

14 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


181 


LIST  OF  NON-FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

MERCER  COUNTY-Continued 
Weyanoke  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

It 

3 

2 

18 

3 

TOTALS   

166 

1 
1 
1 
1 

23 

189 

MINERAL  COUNTY 
Eddy  Coal  Co 

Eddy  No.  1 

1 

1 

Masteller  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

4  .. 

4 

MINGO  COUNTY 

No.  2 .  . . 

1 

1 

1 

4 
4 

7 
3 

2 
5 

2 

1 

Glen  Alum  Coal  Co 

8 
6 
1 

12 

8 

6 

25 

19 

2 

3 

2 

47 

9 

5 

27 

35 

10 

8 

1 

1 

8 

6 

1 

13 

8 

7 

Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Ry 

29 

23 

Pearl  Coal  Co 

Pearl 

9 

Puritan  Coal  Corp 

Thacker 

3 

Puritan  Coal  Corp 

2 

Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.  Inc 

54 

Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.  Inc 

12 

5 

Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.  Inc 

No.  32 

29 

Red  Jacket  Jr.  Coal  Co 

40 

10 

Thacker  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Thacker 

10 

War  Eagle  Coal  Co 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

235 

1 
10 
2 
3 

30 
1 

265 

MONONGALIA  COUNTY 

Almina  No.  5 

1 

Arkwright  Coal  Co 

10 

Eureka 

Osage  No.  1  &  2 .   . 

2 

4 

Brighton  Coal  Co  

Brighton 

4.. 

4 

5 
7 
8 
19 
27 
2 
1 
5 
24 
3 

1 
6 
1 
6 

5 

7 

9 

Connelsvile  Bv-Product  Coil  Co 

19 

Continental  Coal  Co 

33 

2 

Edna  Gas  Coal  Co 

Edna 

Davis  No.  6 

2 

5 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co 

30 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co 

3 

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FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Inside     Outside 


Totals 


MONONGALIA  COUNTY— Continued 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co 

Hickman  Miller  Coal  Co 

Miners  Coal  Co 

New  England  Fuel  &  Trans  Co 

Osage  Coal  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Randall  Coal  Co 

River  Seam  Coal  Co 

Rosedale  Coal  Co 

Scotts  Run  Fuel  Corp 

Soper- Mitchell  Coal  Co 

Shriver  Coal  Co 

Sutherland  Coal  Co 

Tait  Bros.  Coal  Co 


TOTALS 


NICHOLAS  COUNTY 
Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Co ... . 
Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Co.  .  . 
Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


TOTALS. 


OHIO  COUNTY 
Elm  Grove  Mining  Co 
Warwood  Fuel  Co  .  . . 
Wheeling  Steel  Corp .  . 


TOTALS. 


PRESTON  COUNTY 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corp 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corp 

Borgman  Coal  Co 

Freeport  Coal  Co 

Glenwood  Smokeless  Coal  Co . 

Laurel  Valley  Coal  Co 

Lindsey  Coal  Mining  Co 

Stanley  Coal  Co.,  Inc 


TOTALS. 


RALEIGH  COUNTY 

American  Eagle  Colliery. . . . 

Amigo  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co. 
C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co. 
C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co. 

C.  &  0.  Railway  Co 

C.  &0.  Railway  Co 


Almina 

Baby 

Hess 

Federal  No.  3. 


Pursglove  No.  1 
Pursglove  No.  2. 
Pursglove  No.  3. 
Pursglove  No.  4 

Sesamine 

Booth 


Jere   

Jere 

Shriver 

BeallKnob 
Tait  No.  1.. 


Saxman  No.  1. 
Saxman  No.  3. 
Saxman  No.  4. 


Arkwright . 

Riley 

Carter 


Bethlehem  No.  22 . 
Bethlehem  No.  27 . 
Borgman  No.  3 .  .  . 

Thayer  No.  1 

Glenwood 

Thayer  No.  1 

Lima 

Banner 


Ameagle  No.  70 

Amigo '. 

Glen  White 

Pemberton  No.  1  <fe  2 . 

Stotesbury 

Dorothy 

Eunice 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


183 


LIST  OF  NON-FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


RALEIGH  COUNTY— Continued 

C.  &  0.  Railway  Co 

Crab  Orchard  Improvement  Co 

Crab  Orchard  Improvement  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Colcord  Coal  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Glogora  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

L  illybrook  Coal  Co 

Li  llybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Mabscott  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Pemberton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Price  Hill  Colliery  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Mining  Co 

Rhodell  Coal  Co 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Colliery  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Colliery  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Colliery  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Colliery  Co 


TOTALS. 


RANDOLPH  COUNTY 

Monsarrat  &  Co.,  Inc 

Walker's  New  River  Mining  Co .  . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 

TOTALS 


TAYLOR  COUNTY 
Alfred  Coal  Co 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Sarita  

Eccles  No.  5 

Eccles  No.  6 

Cranberry  No.  1 .  .  . 
Cranberry  No.  2 .  .  .  . 
Cranberry  No.  4 .  .  .  . 

Skelton 

Sprague 

Montcoal  No.  1 .  . . . 

Piney  No.  1 

Piney  No.  3 

Piney  No.  6 

Stickney  No.  11 ... . 

Tarns   

Lillybrook  No.  1 .  .  . 
Lillybrook  No.  2 .  .  . 
Lillybrook  No.  3 .  .  . 
Lil  ybrook  No.  4 .  .  . 

Mabscott 

Oswald 

Tamroy 

Big  Stick 

Price  Hill 

Raleigh  No.  1 

Raleigh  No.  3 

Raleigh  No.  4 

Raleigh  No.  6 

Raleigh  No.  7 

Edwight  No.  1 

Rhodell  No.  3 

Slab  Fork 

No.  10 

No.  11 

No.  21 

No.  30 

No.  31 

Winding  Gulf  No.  1 . 
Winding  Gulf  No.  2 . 
Winding  Gulf  No.  4 . 
Winding  Gulf  No.  5 . 


Monsarrat. . . . 
Big  Sewell. . . . 
Leiter  No.  5 .  . 
Norton  No.  2 . 


Delmar  No.  4 


Cather  Coal  Co Black  Diamond . 


Inside 


Outside 


Totals 


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FOR  THE  YEAR  1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


TAYLOR  COUNTY— Continued 

Getty  Coal  Co 

Maryland  Coal  Co.  of  W.  Va 

Reppert  Coal  Co 

Reynolds  Coal  Co 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Getty 

Wendel  No.  2. . 

Lee 

Reynolds  No.  2 


TOTALS. 


TUCKER  COUNTY 

Cumberland  Coal  Co Douglas 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co No.  23 . 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co No.  34 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co No.  35 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co No.  37 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co No.  38 


D  avis  Coal  &  Coke  Co. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co . 


TOTALS 


UPSHUR  COUNTY 
Buekhannoti  River  Coal  Co 
Peeks  Run  Coal  Co 


TOTALS 


WAYNE  COUNTY 
Katona  Coal  Co.,  The .... 


TOTALS 


WEBSTER  COUNTY 

Elk  Lick  Coal  Co 

Lilly  Coal  Co 


TOTALS . 


WYOMING  COUNTY 

Buckeye  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Devils  Fork  Coal  Co 

Flat  Top  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Irquois  Coal  Mining  Co 

Miller  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.  .  . 
Miller  Pocahontas  Coal  Co      . 

Morrison  Coal  Co.     

Raleigh- Wyoming  Mining  Co 
Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 


TOTALS. 


No.  39. 
No.  40. 


Adi  ian . 
Kano   . 


Katona 


lick  Branch 
Lilly  


Buckeye 

Devils  Fork 

Flat  Top 

Wyeo 

Irquois 

Miller  Poca.  No.  1 
Miller  Poca.  No.  2  . 
Glen  Morrison 
Glen  Rogers  No.  2. 
Vera  No.  3 


Inside 


Outside 


Totals 


1929] 


Department  op  Mines 


185 


LIST  OF  NON-FATAL  ACCIDENTS  BY  COUNTIES  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 


Inside 


Barl>oiir 

Boone 

Braxton 

Brooke 

Fayette 
Gilmer. . . 

Grant 

Greenbrier 
Hancock 
Harrison    . 
Kanawha 

Logan 

Marion 
Marshall 
Mason   .... 
McDowell 

Mercer 

Mineral 

Mingo. 

Monongalia 

Nicholas 

Ohio 

Preston 

Raleigh 

Randolph   . 

Taylor.    .  . 

Tucker 

Upshur  -  . 
Wayne 
Webster. 
Wyoming  . 


TOTALS. 


41 

145 

1 

79 
737 


Outside 


10 

37 

1 

77 

228 

291 

118 

30 

2 

1,087 

166 

4 

235 

269 

5 

8 

28 

463 

8 

8 

59 

6 

2 

3 

99 

4.247 


Total. 


45 

169 

1 

86 

8  27 

1 

13 

42 

1 

S3 

271 

3  35 

125 

3; 

2 

1,255 

189 

4 

265 

300 

6 

8 

33 

511 


3 

3 

110 


554 


186 


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LIST  OF  MINOR  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

BARBOUR  COUNTY 

1 
6 
1 
6 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 

2 

Century  Coal  Co 

Century  No.  2 

2 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 

7 

P.  V.  &  K.  Coal  Co.,  The 

1 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

3 

TOTALS 

16 

3 
3 
4 
16 
5 
5 
6 
6 

5 

1 
3 
2 

21 

BOONE  COUNTY. 

3 

Collieries  Co.,  The 

3 

Collieries  Co.,  The 

Red  Parrot 

4 

Elkhorn  Pinev  Coal  Mining  Co 

16 

Murphy  Coal  Co.,  The 

5 

Spruce  River  Coal  Co.,  The 

6 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 

No.  41 

9 

Youghioghenv  &  Ohio  Coal  Co.,  The 

Van 

8 

TOTALS 

48 

4 
1 

9 
8 
4 
22 
5 

6 

2 
1 

2 
1 

54 

BROOKE  COUNTY 

4 

Geiger  &  Reed 

1 

Standard  No.  2 

Gilchrist  No.  3 

11 

West  Virginia-Pittsburgh  Coal  Co 

9 

Labelle  No.  4 

Locust  Grove 

4 

24 

6 

TOTALS 

53 

6 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
2 

2 
3 
1 

2 
2 

2 

2 

59 

FAYETTE  COUNTY 

1 

Bellwood  Coal  Co 

11 

12 

1 

16 
5 
4 
4 

11 
2 

14 
2 
1 
8 

17 
4 
5 

23 

19 
5 

31 
9 

17 

No.  1 

5 

No.  2 

5 

No.  3  .. 

4 

No.  5 

11 

No.  6 

3 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

16 

Collins  No.  1 .  .  . 

2 

1 

10 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co 

Powellton  No.  5 

20 
5 

5 

No.  Ill 

25 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  <fc  Coke  Co 

No.  114 

21 
5 

33 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co 

Westerly  No.  2 

11 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


187 


LIST  OF  MINOR  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Inside      Outside 


Totals 


FAYETTE  COUNTY— Continued 

Lee  Coal  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Loup  Creek  Colliery  Co 

Low  Volatile  Coal  Co 

Macdonald  Colliery  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

Maryland  New  River  Coal  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 

Prudence  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Rock  Lick  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

South  Side  Company 

Star  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Stonega  Coke  &  Coal  Co 

Stuart  Colliery  Co 

Stuart  Colliery  Co 

Turkey  Knob  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Eagle  Coal  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

White  Oak  Fuel  Co 

Willis  Branch  Coal  Co 


Lee 

Loup  Creek  No.  1 . 
Loup  Creek  No.  2 . 
Loup  Creek  No.  8 . 

Rock  Lick 

Macdonald 

Dubree  No.  1 

DubreeNo.  2 

Dubree  No.  4 

Dubree  No.  5 

Kilsyth 

Siltix 

Kay  Moor  No.  1 .  . 

Lay  land 

Minden  No.  2 

Minden  No.  3 

Minden  No.  4 

Minden  No.  5 

Prudence 

Rock  Lick 

South  Side 

Star 

Sun 

Lochgelly 

Summerlee. 

Turkey  Knob .... 
Powellton  No.  2.. 

Oakwood 

Whipple 

Scarbro 

Willis  Branch.  . . . 


TOTALS. 


GILMER  COUNTY 
J.  T.Coal  Co 


TOTALS. 


GRANT  COUNTY 
Emmons  Coal  Mining  Co.  of  \V.  Va. 


TOTALS. 


GREENBRIER  COUNTY 

Greenbrier  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Imperial  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Johnstown  Coal  <fe  Coke  Co 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co. 
Nelson  Fuel  Co 


TOTALS. 


Jontee . 


Culpepper  No.  1 . 


Greenbrier  Smokeless  No.  2. 

Quinwood 

Crichton 

Leslie 

Nelson  No.  1 


505 


47 


4 
3 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
5 
4 
3 
1 
101 
1 
5 
5 
15 
18 
9 

29 

13 

1 

9 

10 

24 

4 

1 

5 

44 

13 

2 

552 


188 


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[W.  Va. 


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THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


HANCOCK  COUNTY 
Chestnut  Woods  Coal  Co. . . 


TOTALS. 


HARRISON  COUNTY 
Bethlehem  Fairmont  Coal  Co 
Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The .  . 

Hughes  Coal  Co 

Harper  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Katherine  Coal  Co 

Maureen  Coal  Co 

Stoctzer  Coal  Co 

Valley  Coal  Co 

Virginia-Maryland  Coal  Corp 
Wolf  Summit  Coal  Co 


TOTALS 


KANAWHA  COUNTY 

Belle  Alkali  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Cannelton  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Carbon  Fuel  Co 

Coalburg-Kanawha  Mining  Co 

Cote  Coal  Mining  Co 

Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co. 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co 
Cabin  Creek  Consolicated  Coal  Co  . .  . 
Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co    . . 

Cabin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co 

Calin  Creek  Consolidated  Coal  Co 

Eureka  Coal  Co 

Hatfield-Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

Harfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

Hatfield  Campbell  Creek  Coal  Co 

Hugheston  Gas  Coal  Co 

Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co 
Kanawha  &  Hocking  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Kellys  Creek  Colliery  Co 

New  Export  Coal  Co 

Riverton  Coal  Co 

Ronda  Coal  Co 

Wet  Branch  Mining  Co 


TOTALS. 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Chestnut  Woods 


Scott  No.  2 

Consolidation  No.  25 

Helen 

Harper  No.  1 

Erie 

Hutchinson 

Laura  Lee 

McCandlish 

Katherine 

Cliff 

Robert 

Lewis 

WillardNo.  3     . 
Summit 


Belle  Alkali. 
No.  1 


No.  3 

No.  6 

No.  1 

No.  3 

No.  5 

No.  10 

No.  11    

A  and  B  

Jacoma 

Acme  No.  2 

Davis 

Qiiarrier 

Raccoon  No.  E  . 
Raccoon  No.  2-W . 

Rose 

United  Splint 

Eureka  No.  5 

No.  1 

No.  3 

No.  4 

Arnburn  No.  3 . . . . 

No.  109 

No.  Ill 

No.  2 

Star  Slope 

Riverton  

Coalburg.    

Wet  Branch 


Inside 


1 

6 

8 

10 

7 

7 

32 

17 

20 

1 

32 

1 

1 

20 

3 

6 

1 

268 1 


Outside 


Totals 


1929] 


Department  op  Mines 


189 


LIST  OP  MINOR  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES   FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


LINCOLN  COUNTY 
Henderson  Coal  Co 


TOTALS. 


LOGAN  COUNTY 

Boone  County  Coa!  Corp  

Boone  County  Coa!  Corp 

Buffalo  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co.  .  . 

Clean  Eagle  Coal  Co 

Cleveland  Cliffs  Iron  Co 

Draper  Eagle  Coal  Co 

H.  T.  Wilson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Hutchinson  Coal  Co 

Logan  County  Coal  Corp 

Logan  County  Coal  Corp 

Merrill  Coal  Mines,  Inc 

Opperman  Coal  Co.,  The 

Paul  Logan  Coal  Co 

Rum  Creek  Coal  Co 

Stone  Branch  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Corp . 

Wood  Coal  Co 

Youngstown  Sheet  &  Tube  Co.  .  . 


TOTALS . 


MARION  COUNTY 
Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The .  .  . 
Consolidation  Coal  Co.,  The .  .  . 

Continental  Coal  Co 

Four  States  Coal  Co 

Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Co   

Jamison  Coa!  &  Coke  Co 

New  England  Fuel  &  Trans  Co 

TOTALS 


MARSHALL  COUNTY 
McKeefrey  Coal  Co.  of  West  Va . 
West  Virginia  Penitentiary 


TOTALS 


Mcdowell  county 

Algoma  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Arlington  Coal  &  Coke  Co. . . 
Atlantic  Smokeless  Coal  Co . . 
Buchanan  Coal  Co 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Henderson. 


Boone  No.  2 

Boone  No.  12.... 

Accoville 

Huff  Creek  No.  1 

Ethel  No.  2 

Draper 

Wilson  No.  3.      . 

Argyle  No.  1 

Argyle  No.  2 

Dabney 

MacBeth 

Lundale  

McGregor 

Merrill 

Opperman  No.  2 . 
Smithco  No.  6.  .  . 

Paragon 

Smithco  No.  5.  .  . 

Earling 

No.  3 

No.  4 

No.  19 

Freeze  Fork 

Dehue 


Consolidation  No.  8b' . 
Consolidation  No.  97 . 


Annabelle 

Jamison  No.  8 
Jamison  No.  9 . 
Federal  No.  1.. 


McKeefrey . 
State 


Algoma.  . 
Arlington 

Asco 

Buchanan . 


Inside 


Outside 


36fl 


Totals 


81 
16 

2 

1 
9 

1 

3 

2 

5 

12 

27 

12 

18 

1 

5 

3 

5 

1 

3 

2 

2 

0 

199 


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THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

McDOWELL  COUNTY— Continued 

No.  2 

10 

1 

2 

6 

4 

8 

40 

52 

4 

6 

5 

10 

32 

1 

11 
9 
1 
2 

4 

31 

4 

7 

11 

6 

10 

4 

5 

11 

16 

3 

4 

3 

2 

8 

3 

8 

17 

14 

1 

9 

15 

4 

9 

3 

33 
30 
6 
10 
16 
4 
2 
1 
5 
1 

2 

2 
3 
1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

10 

Cardiff 

1 

No.  2 .  .  . 

2 

Consolidation  No.  251 

g 

4 

g 

42 

5 

g 

7 

10 

33 

Gilliam  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

2 

Carswell  No.  3 

4             15 

1 

7 
1 
1 
2 
1 

1 
4 
1 

1 

1 
3 
1 
4 

7 
5 

2 
1 
1 

2 
1 

4 
2 

9 
6 
1 

9 

Houston  Collieries  Co 

Maitland 

Tidewater 

1 
3 

4 

38 

Kingston  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.,  Inc 

Marytown 

5 

g 

13 

7 

Little  War  Creek  Coal  Co 

Little  War  Creek 

10 

4 

McDowell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

6 

Mill  Creek  Coal  *  Coke  Co 

Tug 

15 

17 

3 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Berwind  No.  3 

4 
4 

3 

11 

New  River  &  Pocahontas  Cons.  Coal  Co 

Berwind  No.  7 

4 
12 

24 

19 

1 

11 

Delta 

16 

5 

Norfolk 

11 

Rolfe 

4 

37 

No.  5 

32 

No.  6 : 

6 

No.  7 . . . 

19 

No.  8 

22 

No.  1 . . . 

5 

2 

1 

5 

1 

1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


191 


LIST  OF  MINOR  ACCIDENTS  BY  COMPANIES  AND  MINES  FOR 

THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 

NAME  OF  MINE 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

McDOWELL  COUNTY— Continued 

1 

2 

3 

2 
1 

1 

3 
2 
4 

1 

7 

1 

16 
1 
3 

18 

1 

No.  2 

6 

United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

No.  3 

2 

No.  4 

1 
3 
3 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
9 

2 

No.  5 

3 

No.  6 

3 

No.  7... 

1 

No.  8 

2 

No.  9 

2 

No.  10 

2 

Upland  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 

Vera  No.  2  &  No.  3..   .. 

12 

2 

22 
4 
1 
1 

69 

26 

4 

1 

2 

76 

TOTALS 

682 

16 
16 
17 

1 

14 
12 

1 

17 
33 
24 

1 

117 

2 

2 

3 

2 
3 
4 

799 

MERCER  COUNTY. 

18 

16 

19 

Mill  Creek  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

1 

14 

15 

1 

19 

36 

28 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries 

1 

TOTALS 

152 

1 
1 
4 
3 
1 
1 

16 

2 

168 

MINERAL  COUNTY 
EddvCoalCo 

Eddy  No.  1 .   . 

1 

1 

Masteller  Coal  Co.,  The 

6 

Masteller  Coal  Co.,  The «  . . 

Morrison  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

3 

1 

1 

TOTALS 

11 

4 
9 

7 
7 
■2 

2 

1 
5 

13 

MINGO  COUNTY 
Glen  Alum  Coal  Co 

5 

Hardy  Coal  Co 

9 

12 

Merrimac 

7 

New  Howard  Coal  Co 

2 

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NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Inside 


Outside 


Totals 


MINGO  COUNTY— Continued 
Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Rwy.  Co 
Howard  Collieries  of  N.  &  W.  Rwy.  Co 

Pearl  Coal  Co 

Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  Inc . 
Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  Inc 
Red  Jacket  Cons.  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  Inc 

Red  Jacket  Jr.  Coal  Co 

Sycamore  Coal  Co 

Thacker  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Thacker  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Turner  Coal  Co.,  The 

William-Ann  Coal  Co 


TOTALS 

MONONGALIA  COUNTY 

Alrnina  Coal  Co 

Arkwright  Coal  Co 

Bertha  Consumers  Co 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corp 

Bortz,  C.  E.,  Trustee 

Brady-Warner  Coal  Corp 

Canyon  Coal  Co 

Chaplin  Collieries  Co 

Connellsville  By-Products  Coal  Co 

Continental  Coal  Co 

Dragon  Coal  Co 

Ernest  Coal  Co 

Fern  Coal  Co 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co 

Gilbert-Davis  Coal  Co 

Hickman-Miller  Coal  Co 

Miners  Coal  Co 

New  England  Fuel  &  Trans  Co. . .  . 

Osage  Coal  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

Pursglove  Coal  Mining  Co 

River  Seam  Coal  Co 

Rosedale  Coal  Co 

Scotts  Run  Fuel  Corp 

Shriver  Coal  Co 

Sutherland  Coal  Co 

Warner  Collieries  Co 


TOTALS 

OHIO  COUNTY 

Echo  Coal  Co 

Elm  Grove  Mining  Co 

Warwood  Fuel  Co 

Wheeling  Steel  Corp 

Wheeling  Valley  Coal  Corp . 

TOTALS 


Howard 

Junior 

Pearl  No.  1 

Mitchell  Branch. 

No.  5 

No.  32 

Junior 

Cinderella 

Thacker  No.  18. 
Thacker  No.  23 . 

Turner 

William- Ann. . . . 


Gilbert- Davis  No.  5. 

Mona 

Eureka  No.  2 

No.  21 

Alden 

Osage  No.  1  &  2 

Canyon 

Louise   

Connellsville  No.  1 .  . 

Brock  

Bunker 

Davis  No.  6 

Tropf  

Gilbert  Davis  No.  1 . 
Gilbert  Davis  No.  5. 

Baby 

Hess 

Federal  No.  3 

Osage  No.  2 

Pursglove  No.  1 

Pursglove  No.  2 

Pursglove  No.  3 

Pursglove  No.  4 . . . . 

Booth 

Rosedale  No.  1 

Jere 

Shriver 

Beall  Knob 

Nina 


Echo 

Arkwright 

Riley 

Carter 
Richland.  . 


42 


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THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


NICHOLAS  COUNTY 

Beaver  Creek  Coa!  Co 

Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Co.  .  . 


TOTALS 


PRESTON  COUNTY 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corp 

Bethlehem  Mines  Corp 

Clark  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Freeport  Coal  Co 

Glenwood  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Houck  Reider  Bros.  Coal  Mining  Co. 
Houck  &  Reider  Smokeless  Coal  Co. . 

Laurel  Valley  Coal  Co 

Lindsey  Coal  Mining  Co 

Stanley  Coal  Co.,  Inc 


TOTALS 


RALEIGH  COUNTY 

American  Eagle  Colliery 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  C.  B.  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

C.  &  0.  Railway  Co.,  The 

C.  &  0.  Railway  Co.,  The 

C.  &0.  Railway  Co.,  The 

Clear  Fork  Coal  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Cranberry  Fuel  Co 

Elkhorn  Piney  Coal  Mining  Co. . 

Glogora  Coal  Co 

Gulf  Smokeless  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Lillybrook  Coal  Co 

Mabscott  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

McKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

MeKell  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Coal  &  Coke  Co 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Coal  Co 

Raleigh  Wyoming  Coal  Co 

Rhodell  Coal  Co 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

Slab  Fork  Coal  Co 

Summit  Coal  Co 

West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coa!  Co. 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. 
West  Virginia  Southern  Coal  Co. 


Bethlehem  No.  22 
Bethlehem  No.  27 . 

Kenna 

Thayer  No.  1 

Glenwood 

Gorman  No.  2 ..  . . 

Houck 

Thayer  No.  1 

Lima 

Banner 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Beaver  No.  2. 
Saxman 


Ameagle  No.  70.  . 

East  No.  5 

Glen  White 

Dorothy 

Eunice 

Sarita 

Leevale 

Cranberry  No.  1 . 

Skelton 

Sprague 

Piney  No.  1  &  6. 
Stickney  No.  11.  . 

Tarns 

Lillybrook  No.  3 . 
Lillybrook  No.  4 . 

Mabscott 

Oswald 

Tamroy 

Raleigh  No.  3  . 
Raleigh  No.  6 ... 
Raleigh  No.  7. . . 
Edwright  No.  1 . 
Edwright  No.  3 . 
Rhodell  No.  3... 
Slab  Fork  No.  1. 
Slab  Fork  No.  2. 
Slab  Fork  No.  3. 

Summit 

No.  11 

No.  20 

No.  21 

No.  22 

No.  30 

No.  31 


Inside 


35 


Outside 


Totals 


4(1 


5 

2 

31 

28 

15 

1 

13 

15 

9 

2 

3 

10 

1 

1 

10 
2 
5 
1 

12 
1 
5 
4 
7 
4 
1 
1 
1 
3 
3 
11 
2 
1 
5 


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THE   YEAR   1929 


NAME  OF  COMPANY 


RALEIGH  COUNTY— Continued 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries  Co 

Winding  Gulf  Collieries  Co 


TOTALS 


RANDOLPH  COUNTY 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Co . 
West  Virginia  Coal  &  Coke  Co 


TOTALS 


TAYLOR  COUNTY 
Heppert  Coal  Co 


TOTALS. 


TUCKER  COUNTY 

Cumberland  Coal  Co 

Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Dayis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The. 
Davis  Coal  &  Coke  Co.,  The 


TOTALS 


WAYNE  COUNTY 
Katona  Coal  Co.,  The. 


TOTALS 


WEBSTER  COUNTY 
Minds  Coal  Mining  Co.,  The. 
Lilly  Coal  Co 


TOTALS 


WYOMING  COUNTY 
Buckeye  Coal  &  Coke  Co. . . . 
Iroquois  Coal  Mining  Co.  .  .  . 
Miller  Pocahontas  Coal  Co  . . 
Miller  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.  . 

Morrison  Coal  Co 

Raleigh  Wyoning  Mining  Co. 
Vera  Pocahontas  Coal  Co.   . . 


TOTALS 


NAME  OF  MINE 


Inside 


Winding  Gull  No.  1 . 
Winding  Gulf  No.  2. 
Winding  Gulf  No.  4 


Coalton  No.  1. 
Leiter  No.  5 .  . 
Norton  No.  2 . 


Lee 


Douglas  No.  6 

Central  Power  Station 

No.  23 

No.  34 

No.  36 

No.  37 

No.  38 

No.  39 

No.  40 


Katona . 


Golden  Ridge  No.  5. 
Lilly 


Devils  Fork 

Irquois 

M  iller  Pocahontas  No.  1 . 
Miller  Pocahontas  No.  2. 

Glen  Morrison 

Glen  Rogers  No.  2 

Vera  No.  3 


214 


33 


Outside 


Totals 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


195 


TABLE  SHOWING  THE  MINOR  ACCIDENTS  BY  COUNTIES  FOR 

THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 

Inside 

Outside 

Totals 

16 

48 

53 

505 

1 

23 

38 

1 

81 

268 

4 

369 

61 

8 

682 

152 

11 

87 

351 

8 

1 

35 

214 

17 

1 

33 

1 

6 

26 

5 

6 

6 

47 

8 

7 

10 
46 

49 

9 

2 

117 

16 
2 

14 

42 
1 
2 
5 

43 
9 

8 
1 
3 
1 

21 

54 

59 

552 

1 

31 

45 

1 

91 

314 

4 

418 

70 

10 

799 

168 

13 

101 

393 

Ohio                   

9 

3 

40 

257 

26 

Taylor 

1 

Tucker                                           

41 

2 

9 

27 

TOTALS    

3,101 

459 

3.560 

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LIST  OF  PERSONS  PROSECUTED  FOR  VIOLATION  OF  THE  MIN- 
ING LAWS,  AS  REPORTED  TO  THIS  DEPARTMENT  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 


Name  of  Person  Prosecuted 


Date 


Amount  of  Fine 


Barbour.. 
Fayette .  . 
Fayette .  . 
Fayette .  . 
Fayette.  . 
Fayette .  . 
Fayette.  . 
Fayette.  . 
Kanawha 
Kanawha. 
Kanawha. 
Kanawha . 
Kanawha. 
Logan .... 

Logait 

Logan  ... 
Logan  . . 
Logan . . . 

Logan 

Logan . . . 
Logan  . . 
Logan. . . 
Logan . . . 
Logan .... 
McDowell 
McDoweJ! 
McDowell 
McDowoll 
McDowell 
McDowell 
McDowell 
McDoweJl 
McDowell 
McDowell 
McDoweJl 
McDoweJl 
McDowell 
McDowell 
McDowell 
McDowell 
McDowell 
Mercor. . . 
Mingp.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo,.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 
Mingo .  .  . 
Mingo.  .  . 


R.  G.  Shipman 

James  White 

William  Milme 

Marlon  Hayger.  .  .  . 

E.  L.  Avery 

Taylor  Mattox 

Thomas  Cooke 

Noble  Delong 

Earl  Cline 

Marion  McCallestar 

Dallas  Estep 

Hulen  Smith 

Carl  Slavick 

Alonzo  Hensley 

Fletcher  Tiller 

Frank  Ardis   

Chester  Stanley 
Noah  Maynard.  .  .  . 
W.  M.  Dinguess. .. . 

Andy  Kobil 

Charles  Moralok .  .  . 

Gordon  Allen 

Charles  Glenn 

Charles  Glenn 

Louie  Eccoline 

P.  E.  Fulford 

W.  C.  Bradner 

Fred  Phelps 

Gus  Marcus 

Rock  Mucolini 

Burl  Murphy 

Nick  de  Flume 

Jeff  Thompson 

J.S.Williams 

Red  Coupling 

Abe  Pannell 

Lige  Poteets 

Will  Jarrett 

Robert  Strong 

Lep  Adkins 

Harry  Penn 

James  Bragg 

Nelson  Jones 

Floyd  Slone 

Luther  Mounts 

Tom  Oneal 

Howard  Litteral 

Walter  Justice 

Jim  Miller 

Sylvia  Sabredo 

Oliver  Murry 

Ed  Call 

Joe  Glenn 


2-8-29 

1-21-29 

1-21-29 

3-14-29 

3-14-29 

3-14-29 

12-17-29 

12-17-29 

2-19-29 

2-19-29 

2-19-29 

2-19-29 

3-22-29 

1-23-29 

1-23-29 

1-19-29 

4-8-29 

5-31-29 

5-31-29 

9-19-29 

9-19-29 

9-19-29 

9-19-29 

9-19-29 

10-25-29 

1-28-29 

1-28-29 

1-23-29 

1-24-29 

2-21-29 

2-5-29 

2-11-29 

3-13-29 

7-26-29 

7-29-29 

7-1-29 

7-1-29 

8-15-29 

9-21-29 

12-17-29 

11-26-29 

4-3-29 

2-25-29 

3-7-29 

3-7-29 

3-7-29 

3-7-29 

4-22-29 

6-24-29 

6-24-29 

6-24-29 

6-24-29 

6-8-29 


$50  00  and  costs 

$16.50 

$16.50 

$17  50 

$17  50 

$17.50 

$50  00  and  90  Days  in  Jail 

$50  00  and  30  Days  in  Jail 

$25  00  and  $5.00  costs 

$25.00  and  $5.00  cost 

$25.00  and  $5.00  cost 

$25.00  and  $5  00  cost 

$17.50 

$50 . 00  and  cost 

$50.00  and  cost 

$50.00  and  cost 

$90  00  and  cost 

$50  00  and  cost 

$50  00  and  cost 

$31.50 

$31.50 

$31.50 

$31.50 

$31.50 

$50  00 

$50.00 

$50  00 

$50.00  and  cost 

$50.00  and  cost 

$50  00 

$50.00  and  cost 

$50.00  and  cost 

$50.00 

$75.00  and  10  Days  Suspended 

$50.00 

$25.00 

$25.00 

$50  00  and  cost 

$100  00 

$50  00  and  30  Days 

$50  00  and  $10.00  costs 

$50  00  and  $9.80  costs 

$50.00  and  $4.60  cost 

$10.00  and  cost 

$10.00  and  cost 

$10.00  and  cost 

$10.00  and  cost 

$50.00  and  $4  60  costs 

$1.00  and  cost 

$1.00  and  cost 

$1.00  and  cost 

$1.00  and  cost 

$10  00  and  cost 


1929] 


Department  of  Mines 


197 


LIST  OF  PERSONS  PROSECUTED  FOR  VIOLATION  OF  THE  MIN- 
ING LAWS,  AS  REPORTED  TO  THIS  DEPARTMENT  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 


Mingo 

Mingo 

Mingo 

Mingo 

Mingo 

Mingo. 

Mingo.. 

Monongalia 

Monongalia. . 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia. . 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia'  . 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia  . 

Monongaiia. . 

Monongalia, . 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia 

Monongalia . 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia. 

Monongalia 

Monongalia 

Monongalia . 

Monongalia. 

Ohio. ...'.... 

Preston 

Preston 

Preston .... 
Preston .... 
Preston .... 
Preston .... 
Preston .... 
Preston.  .  .  . 
Raleigh .... 
Raleigh .... 
Raleigh .... 
Raleigh.  .  . . 


Raleigh . 
Raleigh 
Raleigh . 
Raleigh . 
Raleigh . 


Name  ol  Person  Prosecuted 


Shelbie  Frasher.  .  . 

Bill  Mahan 

Jim  Webb 

Jim  Rudd 

Lattie  Beasley 
Marion  Costilla   .  . 

John  Vasvary 

Frank  P.  Riddell  . 
Thomas  EvanofT .  . 

Joseph  Bierer 

John  Robosky .... 

Earl  Brooke   

Clyde  Anderson.  .  . 

Mike  Fetty 

Earl  Bierer 

Chas.  Babdiusas  . . 
John  Donaldson  . . 
Clarence  Tunney  . 
Theodore  Uphold  . 

John  Uphold 

Jack  Thomas 

Theodore  Record. . 
Angelo  Mahoich. . . 

D.  S.  Shaffer 

Oscar  Uphold 

Shriver  Coal  Co. . . 
Robert  Coulson# . . 

Frank  Riddell 

MikeTolkatz 

Henry  Miller 

Emery  Younger. . . 

Blaine  Brown 

Blaine  Sister 

Harry  Shaffer 

Gasperoach  Primo. 

Nich  Cherko 

C.  0.  Shrout 

A.  C.  Hoover 

Earnest  Brandon  . 
BobSatterfield... 

James  Harris 

Will  Addison 


Pete  Drusitis .  .  . 
L.  B.  Richmond 
George  Ross .... 
Dan  Scarpinia .  . 
Early  Hairston. . 


Date 


7-4-29 

7-8-29 

7-8-29 

7-8-29 

12-2-29 

12-2-29 

11-15-29 

10-24-29 

1-4  29 

1-7-29 

1-26-29 

3-22-29 

3-22-29 

3-22-29 

3-22-29 

3-25-29 

3-22-29 

3-22-29 

3-15-29 

3-15-29 

3-15-29 

3-15-19 

3-15-29 

3-15-29 

3-15-29 

3-6-29 

6-11-29 

6-11-29 

11-22-29 

1-2-29 

2-26-29 

2-26-29 

9-25-29 

9-25-29 

9-25-29 

9-25-29 

9-25-29 

9-25-29 

10-1-29 

4-10-29 

4-10-29 

10-4-29 

10-4-29 

10-4-29 

10-11-29 

10-11-29 

10-25-29 


Amount  of  Fine 


$75.00  and  30  Days 
$10  00  and  cost 
$20  00  and  cost 
$10.00  and  cost 
$10.00  and  cost 
$10  00  and  cost 
$10  00  and  cost 
(Not  Guilty) 
30  Days  in  Jail 
$100  00  and  $35.00  cost 
$50  00  and  $9  50  cost 
$50  00  and  co.,ts 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$100  00  and  costs  and  30  Days 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50.00  and  costs 
$50 .  00  and  costs 
$50.00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50  00  and  $32.00  costs 
$50.00  and  $19  80  costs  Appealed 
$50.00  and  $19.80  costs  Appealed 
$50.00  and  10  Days 
$50  00  and  $5  00  costs 
$50  00  and  costs 
$50 .  00  and  costs 
$7 .  80  costs,  Fine  Suspended 
$7 .  80  costs,  Fine  Suspended 
$7  80  costs,  Fine  Suspended 
$7 .  80  costs.  Fine  Suspended 
$7.80  costs,  Fine  Suspended 
$7 .  80  costs,  Fine  Suspended 
$50  00  and  30  Days 
$50  00  and  $4  40  costs 
$50  00  and  $4  40  costs 
$50  00  and  $8  00  costs  and  30  D  ays 

Probation 
$50  00  and  $8  00  costs  and  30  Days 

Probation 
$50  00  and  $8.00  costs  and  30  Days 

Probation 
$50  00  and  $10.70  costs  and  30  Days 

Probation 
$50.00  and  $11  70  costs  and  30  Days 

Probation 
$50.00  and  $17.20  costs  and  30  Days 
Probation 


198 


Annual  Report  of 


[W.  Va. 


LIST  OF  PERSONS  PROSECUTED  FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF  THE  MIN- 
ING LAWS,  AS  REPORTED  TO  THIS  DEPARTMENT  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1929 


COUNTY 

Name  of  Person  Prosecuted 

Date 

Amount  of  Fine 

10-25-29 

10-25-29 

8-15-29 
8-6-29 
11-25-29 
11-25-29 
11-25-29 
11-25-29 
11-25-29 
11-25-29 

$50.00  and  $17.20  costs  and  30  Days 

Raleigh 

Tucker 

Probation 
$50.00  and  $15  20  costs  and  30  Davs 

Probation 
$50.00  and  $3.50  costs 

Tucker 

$50.00  and  $3.50  costs 

C.  W.  Pace 

$8.75  costs,  Fine  Suspended 

Tucker 

$8 .  75  costs,  Fine  Suspended 

Tucker 

$50  00  and  $12.50  costs 

Tucker 

H.  D.  Daniels 

$8  75  costs,  Fine  Suspended 

Tucker 

$8 .  75  costs.  Fine  Suspended 

Tucker    • 

$8 .  75  costs.  Fine  Suspended 

Will  Kndsers 

3-16-291     150  00  and  $3 .  80  costs 

INDEX 

A  Page 

Accidents — 

Fatal,  by  Companies  and  Mines 165 

Fatal,  by  Counties 173 

Minor,  by  Companies 186 

Minor,  by  Counties 195 

Non-Fatal,  by  Companies 174 

Non-Fatal,  by  Counties 185 

Ages  of  Persons  Killed  and  Injured 141 

B 

Boilers,  Steam,  in  use 115 

C 

Coal  and  Coke,  Comparative  Statement,  1883-1929 87 

Order  in  Production  88 

River  Shipments 128 

Tonnage  Produced  by  Companies  and  Mines 52 

Tonnage  Produced  by  Counties 84 

Production  by  Geographical  Districts 89 

Production  by  Geological  Districts 102 

Coal,  Production  of,  and  Fatal  Accidents  by  Companies  and  Mines....  145 

Comparative  Statement  of  Coal  Produced  1928-1929 86 

Comparative  Statement  of  Pick  and  Machine  Mined  Coal,  by  Counties  110 

Companies  Producing  more  than  500,000  tons,  list  of 109 

Coke,  Production  of,  by  Companies 52 

Production  of,  by  Counties 84 

Order  in  Production  of. 116 

D 

Detail  of  Persons  Employed  at  the  Mines,  Summary  of 118 

Department,  Personnel  of 2 

Directory  of  Mines 17 

E 

Experience  of  Persons  Killed  and  Injured 141 

Explosives  Used 126 

F 
Fatal  Accidents — 

By  Companies  and  Mines 165 

By  Counties 173 

By  Causes  1883-1929 132 


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By  Causes  and  Nationality 139 

Fatal  and  Non-Fatal  Accidents,  and  Causes 

By  Counties  and  Causes 130 

Fatal,  Non-Fatal  and  Minor  Accidents  by  Counties 143 

G 

Governor,  Preliminary  Report  to 7 

L 

List  of  Companies  Producing  more  than  500,000  tons  of  Coal 109 

List  of  Persons  Prosecuted 257 

Locomotives  in  Use,  Summary  of 114 

M 

Men  Employed,  Men  Killed,  and  Production  of  Coal  1883-1929 134 

Mines,  Directory  of 17 

Mining  Machines,  Number  and  Kind 112 

Machine  Runners  and  Helpers,  Prices  Paid 124 

Minor  Accidents,  by  Companies 186 

By  Counties 195 

N 

Nationality  of  Persons  Employed 120 

Killed  and  Injured _ 140 

Killed  and  Causes 139 

Non-Fatal  Accidents,  by  Companies 174 

By  Counties 185 

Number  of  Persons  Employed  in  and  around  the  Mines  1900-1929....  144 

Number  and  Kinds  of  Locomotives  in  Use 114 

Number  and  Kinds  of  Mining  Machines  in  Use 112 

O 

Order  in  Production  of  Coal 88 

Order  in  Production  of  Coke 116 

P 

Personnel  of  Department 2 

Persons  Employed,  Detail  of 118 

Nationality  of , 120 

Persons  Employed  in  and  around  the  Mines,  1900-1929 144 

Persons  Killed  and  Injured,  Nationality  of 140 

Ages  of 141 

Experience  of 141 

Pick  Miners,  Prices  Paid 124 

Pick  and  Machine  Mined  Coal,  Comparative  Statement  of  by  Counties  110 


1929]                                  Department  of  Mines  201 

Preliminary  Report  to  Governor 7 

Prices  Paid  and  Tonnage  Produced 124 

Production  of  Coal  by  Companies  and  Mines 52 

Production  of  Coal  by  Counties 84 

Production  of  Coke  by  Companies  and  Mines 52 

Production  of  Coke  by  Counties 84 

Production  of  Coal  and  Fatal  Accidents  by  Companies  and  Mines....  145 

Production  of  Coal  by  Geographical  Districts 89 

Production  of  Coal  by  Geological  Districts 102 

Prosecutions,  List  of 196 

R 

River  Shipments  of  Coal  and  Coke 128 

S 

Steam  Boilers  in  Use 115 

Summary  of  Detail  of  Persons  Employed 118 

Summary  of  Locomotives  in  use 114 

T 

Tonnage  of  Coal  and  Coke,  Produced  by  Companies  and  Mines 52 

Tonnage  of  Coal  and  Coke,  Produced  by  Counties 84 

W 

Wages  Paid  Machine  Miners 124 

Wages  Paid  Pick  Miners _ 124 


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