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The Central Coal Mining Co. and the local coal
dealers' association at Bay City, Mich., are engaging
in a rate war with the result that retail
prices on domestic sizes have been cut from $4.25
to $3.50 per ton.
The Union Fuel Co. has been incorporated at
San Francisco with a capital stock of $100,000, by
Horace G. Piatt. C. M. Goodall, Edwin Goodall,
C. E. Green and Charles G. Lathrop.
The Marine & Domestic Coal Co. has been incorporated
at Seattle. Wash., with a capital of $1,500,-
000 by H. G. Lougee, R. Naylor, G. P. Cragen and
M. C. Hunter.
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The Mitchell Avenue Lumber & Coal Co. has
been incorporated in St. Joseph, Mo., with a capital
stock of $12,000.
The Great Western Coal Development & Mining
Co. of Seattle, Wash., has increased its capital to
$2,000,000.
The Valley Coal & Mining Co. has been incorporated
at Valley Junction, la., with a capital of
$10,000.
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The Hutchin-Hanks Coal Co. of Kansas City,
Mo., has been incorporated with a capital of $20,-
000.
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Hay & Burk have given a bill of sale of their
coal and lumber business in York, Neb., for $6,700.
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The Rogers Coal Co. has been incorporated at
Fort Dodge, la., with a capital of $6,000.
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J. T. Brown has succeeded to the coal business
of Brown & Trimble at Columbus, Kan.
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Drake & Cox have succeeded to the coal business
of Turner & Cox at New Franklin, Mo.
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The grain and coal firm of Tagert & Williams
at Aspen. Col., is about to dissolve.
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Palmer Ketwer has sold his interest in the Caledonian
Coal Co. at Gallup. N. M.
T. C. Thoburn has sold out his coal business at
Peabody, Kan.
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The Big Four Coal Co. has been incorporated at
Fairfield, Ia.
British colliery owners are awaking to the value
of coal washing. This is not because the good
seams of coal are becoming exhausted nor because
there is more dirt in the slack than formerly; it
is simply because colliery owners are finding that
thinner and inferior seams can be worked to advantage
if good arrangements are made for mechanically
preparing the coal for sale. At the
same time it is admitted that coal is now being
washed which formerly was considered good
enough for sale immediately after screening; but
this is due to the fact that even fairly clean slack
is improved in price with washing.
The report of the secretary of state of Ohio for
The Stewart Coal Co .has been incorporated at
the last fiscal year shows that 91 mining compa­
North Forth Worth, Tex., with a capital of $10,000.
nies, with an aggregate capital stock of $5,761,500.
have been incorporated. The increase in capital
The Stilwell Coal Co. has succeeded to the busi­
stock of mining companies for the same period
ness of the Black Hills Coal Co. at Aladdin, Wyo.
amounts to $3,885,000. Eighteen railroad com­
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panies, with a combined capital of $621,000, were
S. A. Copsey has sold his coal and lumber busi­
incorporated, and one consolidation, involving $4,ness
at Waverly, Kan., to the Kansas Lumber Co.
000,000 capital stock, is noted. Increase in the
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capital stock of railroads amounts to $10,738,134.
The Dallas Coal & Coke Co. has been incorporated
at Dallas, Tex., with a capital stock of $10,000.
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The anthracite production for December was
The death is reported of J. F. Taylor, a well not as large as the companies had hoped. It was
known coal and feed dealer of Kansas City, Mo. the intention to run the mines at their full capacity,
but owing to a number of unforeseen acci­
The coal and ice firm of Robert Gibson & Son of dents a large majority have been shut down at
Rolfe, la., has gone out of the ice business. various periods. It was hoped that at least 5,-
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000,000 tons would be produced, but it is now
Bell & Smith have purchased the coal and lum­ thought that the total when figured will be below
ber business of J. T. Briggs in Diller, Neb.
4,500,000 tons.