Virginian in 1909--Winding Gulf

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
December 7, 1909

TRACK LAYING ON GULF NEARS COMPLETION
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Many Coal Companies Ready to Begin Shipping Over Virginian
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C. & O. FINISHING ITS LINE TO PEMBERTON
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Rate at Which Work is Being Pushed Indicates That New Branch Will be Ready for Traffic by First of February
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OPENING NEW  MINES IN THE THACKER FIELD
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        The Virginian Railway has nearly completed the laying of steel on its Winding Gulf branch and already about 125 men are employed ballasting up the track so that the road can be used in a short time.  The following companies are getting ready to commence operations as soon as the railroad can haul the coal:
    Gulf-Smokeless Company, owned and operated by Tams and White Brothers and Sam Dixon.  This company is now shipping three cars per day.
    M. White Coal Company, owned and operated by the Glen-White Company.
    Bailey Wood Coal Company.
    M??tjp?m Coal Company
    Gulf Coal Company, owned and operated by the S. J. Patterson interests.
    Winding Gulf Colliery Company owned and operated by the Justin and Jalrus Collins interests.
    Pemberton Coal Company, operated by the Phillips interests of Ashland.
    The Sullivan Coal Company operated by the Dr. Wood interests.
    The people who are to open up the Stone Creek coal are waiting for the railroad to get there, and as soon as this is ready work on these operations will be commenced.  E. M. Keatley of Charleston and W. B. Honaker, of Montcalm are among those who will? get in on the Stone Creek.
    The Chesapeake and Ohio is finishing its line from Pemberton to Tommy's Creek, and judging from the rate at which the work is being pushed the road will be in condition to accept shipments by the first of February.  The Virginian has got into such shape that it is more than likely that the company will be able to run passenger trains up the Winding Gulf by the first of January and it is possible trains will be run before that time.
    The Mullens Banking Company with a capital of $50,000 will open for business on the first of January.  The company has a new bank building which has been erected at a cost of $10,000.  For a small town the banking house is a fine one and will be a credit to the town.
    In the Thacker field the Red Jacket Coal Corporation is making preparations to open a new mine above Red Jacket.  The plant will be known as Red Jacket, jr., and will be located about two miles above the present operations.  At the present times the company is building a railroad up to their plant.  Ties are being put down and at the present time twenty-five or thirty houses are finished so that the concern may have homes for its employes when work is commenced.
    The Glen Alum Coal Company is erecting a coal tipple at its Glen Alum plant.  The tipple will be one of the best in he field and will be capable of loading a large number of cars daily.
    The Thacker Fuel Company is making a new opening at a mine to be known at the New Thacker Mine.  The concern is about three-quarters of a mile above the present operation.  The coal to be reached is the same as that mined by the company at the present time.
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[Some of the names and their initials were blurred on the microfilm so the best interpretations are shown.  Corrections are solicited.]

Gordon Hamilton
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