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Show COLLlfcRIKS ABANDONED. girtbe has RalMJ rive Mlas m4 Will l.aev Twa Ikoesaad Mmm tm Irilaaaaa. William Hteln, state mine Inspector for lbs Shenandoah, Pa., region has announced that five collieries under bla jurisdiction, which have an estimated esti-mated total value of 1,000,000, have been rendered uaeleaa by reason of being be-ing flooded and have been permanently abandoned by the companies owning them. Mr. Hteln estimates that out of the thlrly-slx collieries In his district only four lee u are lu a condition for Immediate operation If the atrlke waa ended. The othera are lu such a rou dition lhat ll would require anywhere from oue to four months to clesr them of water aud make renalra. He said the average time would be about two months. The abandonment of the five collier-lea collier-lea will com pell .',(mm miners to seek employment In other parts of the region, aod they may have trouble In finding it If the thousands of men who have left the region during the strike abould return. |
