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28 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
THE CUMBERLAND COAL TRADE.
The annual report of the Cumberland coal trade,
which includes the George's Creek and Upper Potomac
regions for the year 1904 has just been
issued. During the year 5,905,388 tons were mined
and shipped, a decrease of 126,788 tons compared
with 1903 and a decrease of 383,479 tons compared
with 1902. the banner year of the Cumberland
trade when 6,288.867 tons were shipped. The Bal­
timore & Ohio railroad carried 3.923,036 tons of
coal mined in the two fields during the year, the
Pennsylvania carried LOSS.934 tons, the Chesa­
peake & Ohio canal carried 205,964 tons and 767,-
454 tons were shipped to local points, converted
into coke or included in the surplus. The Cum­
berland & Pennsylvania railroad, the main feeder
of the George's Creek region, carried during the
year 3.232.92S tons, of which 2.591.009 tons were
delivered to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, 234.-
502 tons were delivered to the Pennsylvania
branch here and 205,964 tons were turned over to
the Chesapeake & Ohio canal for shipment to Williamsport
and Georgetown, while 201,453 tors were
used locally or included in the surplus. The ton­
nage of the George s Creek and Cumberland railroad
during the season was 675.173, of which 552,-
993 tons were delivered to the Pennsylvania here,
92,738 tons to the Baltimore & Ohio and 29,442
tons were distributed locally or included in the sur­
plus.
During 1904, the West Virginia Central and
Pittsburgh railway carried 1.997.287 tons of which
1,239,289 tons were delivered to the Baltimore &
Ohio, 221,439 tons were delivered to the Pennsylvania
and 530,559. were converted into coke, used
locally, or included in the surplus. The coke output
amounted to 263.311 tons, made from 364,966
tons of coal and was delivered as follows: To
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. 246.335 tons. Pennsylvania,
16,553 tons, and 433 tons used locally.
The entire output of the George's Creek region
was 3,908.101 tons, a decrease of 69,029 tons compared
with 1903. 'I'he output of the West Virginia
Central shows a decrease of 57,759 tons compared
with the preceding year.
Since the opening of the George's Creek region
in 1842 when 1,708 tons of coal were mined, the
output has been 106,525,685 tons. The output by
individual companies during the year 1904 was
as follows: Consolidation Coal Co., 1,832,269 tons.
increase of 77,350 tons over preceding year; Black,
Sheridan, Wilson Co., 740,487 tons, decrease of
83,329 tons; Maryland Coal Co., 322,080 tons, increase
13,611; American Coal Co., 237,670 tons, de­
crease 56,274 tons; George's Creek Coal & Iron Co..
222,053 tons, increase 80,285 tons; New Central
Coal Co.. 122.253 tons, decrease 9,274 tons; Pied­
mont and George's Creek Coal Co., 183,481 tons,
increase 44,924 tons. Other shippers were: Lonaconing
Coal Co., 11.123 tons, decrease 23,515; H. &
W. A. Hitchins, 25,000 tons, decrease 18,407; Midland
Mining Co., 43,172 tons, decrease of 454; Piedmont
Mining Co., 44,321 tons, increase 12,245;
Piedmont-Cumberland Coal Co., 16,494 tons, decrease
34,338; Frostburg Coal Mining Co., 5,933
tons, decrease 10.559 tons; Cumberland-George's
Creek Coal Co., 11,146 tons, decrease 1,120; Phoenix
Mining Co., 43.S41 tons, increase 5,264; Chapman
Coal Mining Co.. 25,676 tons, increase 9,424; Mos­
cow-George's Creek Mining Co., 6,009 tons, de­
crease 8,104; Cumberland Basin Coal Co., 6,244
tons, decrease 8,712.
The following were the shipments of new opera­
tions during the year: Rock Vein Coal Co., 4,289
tons; George's Creek Bald Knob Coal Co., 1,981
tons; McMullen Bros., 359 tons; Bowery Coal Co.,
2,200 tons. The shipments from the Franklin
mine of the Davis Coal & Coke Co. in the George's
Creek region amounted to only 9,888 tons, a de­
crease of 211,593 tons.
The heaviest producers of the North Potomac
basin (West Virginia Central region) were: Davis
Coal & Coke Co. (Thomas mines) 429,437 tons, decrease
100,928; (Coketon) 324,644 tons, decrease
16,474; (Elk Garden) 30S.816 tons, increase 26,900;
(Franklin) 180,708 tons, increase 180,708 tons;
(Henry) 100,365 tons, increase 47.741 tons; Cumberland
Coal Co. (Douglas mine) 151,770 tons,
decrease 25,312; Harding, 66,999, decrease 35,068;
Junior mine. 36,473 tons, decrease 33,435; Bayard
mine, 31,047. increase 29,249 tons; Dodson mine,
40.830 tons, increase 16.000. The Masteller Coal
Co. at \\ indom, a new operation, produced 39,360
tons.
Milwaukee Coal Stocks Depleted.
With few exceptions all the vessels chartered to
load coal cargoes at Milwaukee during the winter
have been unloaded. Coal is moving freely into
the interior towns and indications are that the
stock at Milwaukee will he pretty well cleaned up
by the opening of navigation. A. E. Uhdig, president
of the Milwaukee Western Co., says that at
the close of navigation last year there were ap­
proximately 2,200,000 tons of hard and soft coal
on the docks at Milwaukee. When stock was
taken January 1 last, something over 1,000,000 tons
remained.
Practical tests have shown that Transvaal coal
can be used for steamship firing in combination
with Cardiff or other high-grade coal, but that
when used alone it entails so much extra work
upon firemen that there is a question as to whether
it is profitable.