1907 - Finds Coal Mine in Cellar

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Roanoke Times - November 7, 1907

Finds Coal Mine in Cellar

   Bluefield, W. V., Nov. 6. - Building a house in a hurry and 
leaving the excavation of the cellar until after he had moved his 
family into it has brought a fortune to Thomas H. Cooper, manager of 
the Colgate Mine, in the Pocahontas coal field. Cooper is now the 
owner of a rich mine.
   Cooper's house is near the general store in Coaldale. His duties 
as mine manager require his presence near the pit, and, in order to 
be on hand, he moved from his old home into a house that he had built 
hurriedly near the mine. A few days ago the two Italian laborers at 
work on the excavation ran their picks into a seam of coal 9 3/4 feet thick.
   Mr. Cooper is a resident of Salem and is well known in this 
section, being connected with the glass works in Salem.

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