Show collieries COLLI ERIES ABANDONED strike ila hiir ruined I five ave alanes and VIII I 1 eave two I 1 hous d A men fen in allees Illen Il lees rii william stelo stela aate mine inspector for the shenandoah pa region bas announced that thai five fire collieries colli eries under his ble jurisdiction which have an estimated m abed total value of 1000 have been rendered useless by reason of being flooded and have been permanently abandoned by the companies owning them mr hit hacin estimates that out of the thirty six bir collieries colli eries in bis district only fourteen tire are in ir ti a condition condl lion for immediate operation it if the strike was ended I 1 the lie others are in such a co coo n that thai it would require anywhere from one to four months to clear them of water and make repairs lie ile bald the average time would be about two in mouths I 1 buths 1 ahe I be abandonment of tile the five collier lea ies wilt will compell 1 miners to seek employment io in other parts of ti alie ie region and they may have trouble in finding it it the thousands of men nha have left the region during the strike should return |