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Show RENEWED ACTIVITY OF IRON CO. COAL Forre at Mine Doubled, and Road to Property is Now Being Rushed to Completion MINE WILL BE MADE READY FOR BIG OUTPUT; Property Being Opened on Scientific Basis, With Large Double-Track Tunnels and Modern Workings, Well Timbered for Permanency. A greatly increased program of activity ac-tivity is noticable about the proper-; I ties of the Iron County Coal Company I I the past week or two. Recently the force of miners was increased from tight to sixteen men, and the large ' double track tunnel is being pushed with a great deal of vigor, with the j i object of getting the mine in shape ! to supply a large tonnage early in I the spring, when, judging from this activity, the company has assurance of transportation facilities for the marketing of their product on a large scale. The mine is being opened on a scientific basis, and there is an end to the system of "gophering" which has I characterized much if not all the coal i mining done in the local field. The ! workings are being made of ample I size and are well timbered, insuring permanency. Practically all the work in the mine is being done with Japanese labor. A force of men has also been put to work on the road just below the mine to meet and intersect With the force employed by the county and working upwards. It is stated that the road will be completed and in good shape in two weeks if the storm does not obstruct and prevent work. Everything points to an era of great activity and industry for this section : of the country in the near future, now that the world war is at an end. W.S.S. |