Description - Mineral Resources of the United States Volume 8 by United States Bureau of Mines
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...of railroads now in progress will act as a potent factor in increasing the output of coal in West Virginia in the near future. The Norfolk and Western extension building from the Flat Top region to the Ohio river opens valuable coal lands lying along the Twelve Pole river in Wayne county, as well as new fields in McDowell and Logan counties. These counties lie along the southern extremity of the State. In the central portion of the State the Kanawha and Elk River Railroad Company, newly incorporated, proposes to construct a line from a point on the Kanawha river a few miles west of Charleston, following the line of the Elk River, to Sutton, in Braxton county. At the latter point it will make connection with the Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad, a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, and at the southern terminus makes connection with the Kanawha and Michigan railroad and with Kanawha river boats. The road will open up coal lands in Kanawha, Clay, and Braxton counties. The northern part of the State is to have a new railroad from Blacksville, in Monongalia county, through Manningtou, Marion county, to Clarksburg, Harrison county. PRODUCTION BY COUNTIES. Brooke county.--Coal produced in 1891,33,950 short tons; spot value, $28,000. The output of Brooke county in 1891 was 2,844 short tons less than in the preceding year. The value declined $520, the average price per ton increasing from 77 cents in 1890 to 82J cents in 1891. The coal is shipped over the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis railroad. Fayette county.--Coal produced in 1891, 2,307,421 short tons; spot value, $1,958,016. Fayette county is the largest coal-producing county in the state, having, in 1891, a product of nearly 1,000,000 tons greater than Kanawha. county, which comes sec...
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