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River Mining Company
Annual Capacity 2,750,000 Tons
General Offices : Kittanning, Pa.
Mines Located on
The Pittsburg €3 Shawmut Railroad
Connecting directly with
Pittsburg, Shawmut €3 Northern Railroad
Erie Rarlroad
Buffalo, Rochester €3 Pittsburgh Radroad
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny River Mining Company
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EDWARD F. SEARLES, Chairman Executive Committee
WILLIAM SHLLLABER, Vice Chairman Executive Committee
New York, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
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Board of Directors
Dwight C. Morgan, President
Edwin E. Tait
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Charles L. McIntyre .
Kittanning, Pa.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Freeport, Pa.
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Henry S. Hastings .
John S. Porter
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Fred Norman
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St. Marys. Pa.
Kittanning, Pa.
Kittanning. Pa.
Executive Department
Dwght C . Morgan, President
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Tait, General Counsel
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Frank A. Schmidt, Secretary
Kittanning, Pa.
S. A. VanDerveer, Assistant Treasurer
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New York, N. Y.
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Allegheny River Mining Company
Engineering Department
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Fred Norman. Chief Engineer . Kittanning,
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J. I. Downs, Division Engineer . Cadogan, Pa.
Seminole, Pa.
S. J. Emery, Division Engineer .
F. M. Burch. Division Engineer, Furnace Run, Pa.
David Whamond, Supt. General Repair Shops
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Furnace Run, Pa.
Henry Moltz, Chief Electrician, Furnace Run, Pa.
G. Edward Doverspike, Timber Lands and
Reforestation .
. Kittanning, Pa.
Operating Department
Arnold Hirst, General Superintendent
. Kittanning, Pa.
Arthur White, Supt. Seminole Mine
. Seminole, Pa.
John Woodall, Supt. Conifer Mine
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Conifer, Pa.
Hugh Ferguson, Supt. Chickasaw Mine
. Chickasaw, Pa.
Richard Morris, Supt. Furnace Run Mine
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Furnace Run, Pa.
Samuel Woodall, Supt. Cadogan Mine
Cadogan, Pa.
Charles J. Best, Special Officer . Ittanning, Pa.
Land and Tax Department
Nathan L. Strong, Coal Lands and Tax Commissioner
Kittanning, Pa.
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Purchasing Department
John T. Armstrong, Purchasing Agent
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Kittanning. Pa.
Allegheny River Mining Company
Medical and Surgical Department
Dr. A. W. Skilton, Residcnt Physician .
Dr. Leo 2. Hayes, Resident Physician .
. Conifer Mine
Dr. J. M. E. Brown. Resident Physician .
. Seminole Mine
Dr. B. J. Longwell, Resident Physician .
Dr. T. R. Hilldrd. Resident Physician
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Chickasaw Mine
Dr. Charles J. Jessop, Consulting Surgcon
Surgcon . K~ttanning,Pa.
Dr. S~imuclA. S. Jcssop. Consultl~~g
Furnace Run Mine
. Cadogan f i n e
. IGttanning, Pa.
Sales Department
Pittsburg and Shawmut Coal Company
Dwight C. Morgan, President
Ittanning, Pa.
James R. Barnett, ViceZPresident
Buffalo, N. Y.
Frank A. Schrnldt, Secretary and Treasurer
Kittanning, Pa.
James R. Barnett, V~ce,Presidentand General Sales Agent,
. Marine Bank Building, Buffalo, N. Y.
H. H. Gardiner, Eastern General Sales Agent, .
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141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
Geo. C. Ross, Sales Agent
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Second National Bank Buildmg, New Haven, Conn.
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HE coal holdmgs of the AJl&my River Mining Company are situated in
Armstrong and Jeffsaon Countks5Pennsylvania, adjacent to the main lioe and
branches of The Pittaburg 61 Sha'twmut Ikdrmd. The fee Ownership of
mined coal pr-dly
appmxkatm pa$mo5(motom, with tributary and con.
trolled deposib aggregating 3 m 5 ~ c tom
m additional.
operated by this Chmpy are: *
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or "A" seam, Lower E m g
. or "B" seam,Lower Freeport or "D " eeam, Upper Freeport or " E " ~ e v a
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These measures are well known to the &e, and are recq&ed among the high @e b i b ~
noue caals used for steam atld domestic purposes. They are also good ga8cprioducdng coals.
The plants of this Company are all modem and camplete1p equipped throughout. The prep
araticm of foal is carefully supenrieed, it being the intention d &ire of the Company that
the various &qp put over the sween.~shall be satidktcxy to cuetomers.
Perhaps no great industry in oxk mtlan represmts more rapid && in m-d
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m a t and scientific development than does the c a d mining indwtry, and it is hoped this brief
outline of the Allegheny Ever Mining Company will lead to intereat in the emceeding pagee,
illustrative of the development of its property.
Mikado type of locomotive of The Pittsburg @ Shawmut Railroad, serving the
mines of the Allegheny River Mining Company.
u n e or me several mousana Twin nopper wrrom awsceel ~ m , m
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coal cars of The Pittsburg Ea Shawmut Railroad, loading under the
tipples af the Allegheny River Mining Company.
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Power House and Tipple. Electrical equipment throughout. Two thousand
five hundred tons daily capacity.
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CHICKASAW MINE
Shortwall, Chain Cuttlng Machine. sumping cutter bar, preparatory to undercutting room. A tm
~ tons ppr &v nf eight hours
~f machine w d ;r\ all 4 *he mines of this Cnmn~nv P . ~ a c i t 150
RUN MINE
< m r House and Tipple. Il;lectric equipment throughout. Coal is delivered to screen h o w with
1 retardine conveyor of loo tons capacitv wr hour. Two thousand five hundred tans dailvramrihr
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Capacity 150,ooo cu. ft. of air per minute.
Electrically driven, three speeds.
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SEMINOLE MINE
Showing standard type of M n e Car in use at the various operations,
carrying capacity 4,000 pounds of coal.
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Double Pan Elevating Conveyor, handling coal from tipple to screen house.
Capacity 60o tons per hour.
CADOGAN MINES
Oscillating screens in screen house, separating coal delivered by the conveyor into
different sizes, and delivering screened lump to the picking tables and loading booms