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ThtoncUy, July 28,1938 r?>m* Page Seven Jfot,Virginia Is Host To , : ; ' WT ' • ' 1 l f - t j » . • 1 A • » National Editorial Assn ON N. E. A. TOUR THROUGH WESf VIRGINIA TO GO THROUGH THE NSW lOCOHONTAS BONE NEAR BtUETIELD, WEST VIRGINIA '8H0WJ' Sl» (Continued from tut week). I This city is immediately southeast lance a "hump" yard. Entire trains On Tuesday, June 21, the menfbers of the great Appalachan Fault--which may be moved in either direction from a£ the National Editorial Association'divides the rich Focohantas coal de- this "hump" without the use «f mowere taken on a' special trip from 'deposts from the limestone and marble tiv« power. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., in j formations. Beautiful Pinnacle Rock.j Nature Air-Condltioned private cars, to the cities Of Bluefield (nature's arresting phenomen, five;. Far and wide over the land, BlueaQd Beckley. i Imiles from Bluefield, marks the exact field is heralded as "Nature's Air ^On the way to Bluefield, the caravan dividing line and is visible manifests- Conditioned City by an alert Chamber Mid a visit to one of the federal ton °* pre-hstoric upheaval that 0f Commerce, through every conceivprisons, at Alderson. This prison is [separated the strata. No coal is found able media 0f publicity. Air drainage located outr in the hills with a high' southeast of this landmark. J here is so perfect, due to a series of fence surrounding it in all places ex- To the south of Bluefield are rolling ridges marked by gaps, gashes and eept where nature provides barriers to.foothills carpeted with the finest graz-1barriers, that the atmosphere is prevent escape of the prisoners. This ing turf to be found anywhere in the' changed constantly through swift prison is used mostly for narcotic ad-[United States. It produces beef cat- moving currents., POCAHONTAS COALFIELI* AT BLUEFIELD ' « ^ < --x - • The great Pocahontas coalfield In southern West Virginia, of which Bluefield is the capital, has an liinual production of around 30,000,000 tons. This tipple and cleaning plant are typical of the t>5 modern operations in the field. Five grades of coal--lump, egg, nut. pea, stoker and slack-^can be loaded at the same time at this tipple, after being gashed to clean it of impurities. Washington within the limitation when overtime compensation is at the rate of time and one-half. On the other hand, hundreds of thousands now employed at wages below the minimum of 25 to 40 cents per hourv will be entitled to boosts. Whether the worker receiving in excess of the maximum provided by the Act will resent curtailment of his hours and earnings is something that professional vote-getters would like to know. Washington, July 27 -- Illustrative Confronted with an admitted deficit of the old saying that things go to of four billions for this year, Federal pot when "the little woman is away"i*g'enc>«s are now turning to exploring is the current uncertainty about the'unt*PPec' sources of revenue. A speinew Wage and Hour Act. Few would {c'a' ta* commission hea<*e<J by Treasjhave the audacity to call Secretary of Jury experts, is toying with the proj Labor Perkins "little woman" to her posal to levy On securities and salface but it is an appellation given oc- aries which are tax-exempt. In their Jcasionally in jocular conversation! search for additional money, the gov- ! about the only woman Cabinet mem- eminent agents are making intensive studies into the probable yield from a tax on labor-saving machinery. This plan also has social policies implicaber. The belief prevails that Elmer Andrews, the recently appointed Administrator ©f the Act has delayed taking over the reins until he can con-|^'ons aa directed against the fer with Miss Perkins, his former Al-'sPr*ad technology which contribany boss, as to her ideas on general bu*®s to unemployment: What effect policies. The lady Cabineteer's re- jsUch a would have on prices by turn frorti abroad is expected to signal, encouraging the use of., men rather genuine activity in admnistering- a than machines is not-easily measured, new statute designed to vitally affect T*1* small army of office-holders in about 1,500,000 workers in all indus-'national> state and municipal berths tries having an interstate character. ,have ^reat influence and may battle While the Act does not specifically • *ny effol! to imJ*se/*deraj inC°T I make' the Administrator subordinate!^- The rank-and .file of pnvate. ito Miss Perkins, it is expected fhat ^tlzet!S who ^ce increased. fcv,*r.on iwh e.r Dn e«p artt--m en*t "wi. iliil uh ave muchu it.o . dj o.t.h. eir i• ncome would -undoubtedly favor T •>„ j i • This picture was snapped by the editor of The Plaindealer at the Edge-with the law especially-' in. 'the' early « fHW0**1-*# include the favored of- . . * ,. * i ncial group, #ood Country Club, Charleston, W, Ya.t Thursday, June 23* *following .the• . There are so many Renietiiai step^ to Wit th^ depleta<m luncheon. Left to right---Gordon S. Chapman, Sande)*sville, Ga.; Mrs. A. H Jl^,e^!1JL^1.nerri.meaSUre primarily Qf tj,e forests have been recommend- ~ . 1 _ ~. . _ • it° attempts at compromise m Con-!o, . ... v.*!™..- i»MA,trAOC rw. * * • » « ! * * r •; Mosher,*" McHenry; Charles F. Renich and Mrs. Renich, Woodstock; W. H Mclntire, Vandalia, Mo. gress that Administrator Andrews ed by the National Resources Comwill be obliged to draw heavily up<mm!pittee this week. They feel that the acific Northwest area is the d&nget hl® P°w^s °^d'vinat,0Vn makln« spot since half of the remaining timregion then still a wilderness. The chines*^ The mines are air-conditioned rules «nd regulatons on the complex ^ suppjy and forty per cent of the first commercial production of Poco-lby nature with the aid of men and points Consrress neglected to clarify. jwater power resources are located «n hontas coal dates from the early J machinery -- a working temperature J Andrews is no mere novice in labor > j^gfon. eighties when a single track railroad, | winter and summer of 63 degrees, with, matters as he possesses long and var-j with immense difficulties, physical and-the air circulated by modern fans and.^d experience which has won high financial, was pioneered through de^p, - exhausts. icommendation from unions and erarrow and winding valleys to a point where was located the first Pocohontas mine to be developed. First To Go Through Mine The party on tour was the first to. be taken through the first "shoW itaine anywhere in the United States. These folks, seated in the big Grey- Since the opening of the field more ;Pl°yers- Confusion as to classification fifty years ago, more than 700,-|tions in industry is anticipated as it 000,000 tons have been mined and ship-j *s a problem that kept the NRA In ped to supply coal markets throughout (turmoil for months. the eastern half of the United States, ! The employers' mailt ' concern is* Production in the year 1883 was bare- j about the probability of the Adminily 100,000 tons; production in the peak,stratOr becoming ensnared by buryear of 1929 exceeded 30,000,000 tons, j eaucratic pressure here. It is sad but There are one billion tons of Poco-jtrue that many well-equipped officials hantas coal directly connected to pres-jCome from private life or state ser hound busses, were escorted through this permanent exhibition mine, locat ed in the original tunnel that wasjent plants and equipment, that await j vice with fine records for fair dealing driven into the rich 12-foot seam of; only mining and shipment and market,Their dependence on veterans in the coal in 1882. The mouth of the orig-{during the coming years--a forty-year,government service for guidance soon itial mine now forms the exit of the "supply on the present basis. Untouch-1 warps their concepts of the powers Show mine. The entrance is recon- ed reserves for future development are and obligations of a public servant. 1st rue ted by the conversion of an im- J estimated at four billion tons addi-j The politicians are watching fot iaiense air blower fan chamber. jtional. , repercussions to this new excursion in j The Pocohontas fteld today com-, A buffet luncheon was given the social and economic policy formation, 'prises eighty-five operating mines travelers at the Bluefield Country j it is pointed out that the workers af- Weather bureau figures |pr a 28-|Wit}j an aggregate annual capacity of Club, with Hillbilly music provided j fected by the Act will only have one year period credit Bluefield with a Upwards of 30,000,000 tons. In equip- during the meal. lor two pay days under its terms bemean temperature from April to 0<:-ment and facilities, in scientific ad- Following inspection of the "show",fore the elections. The argument is tober of 64 degrees; maximum 81 de-.vance in mining methods for economy, mine, the motorcade left for Beckley,1 advanced to critics of the Roosevelt Of Bluefield--and that means Poco- last year streamed a daily line of rail- grees, and night temperature 51.3 de-'effjciency an(J safety, in working and but came to a halt at Raleigh, W. Va., administration that the time is too hontas coal, which is used quite ex- way cars laden with Pocohantas coal grees. Over a 20-year interval, it en- ]jving conditions for the 27,000 miners for an inspection of the car of coal,1.short to enable the workers to ap' tfcts and women. In this chapter of our story much is going to be said about coal, that being the principal industry of the vicinity tie that demand highest prices in the markets of this country and abroad. Many MiHion Tons Through the Bluefield railway yards tensively right here in our own local ity. Bluefield, W. Va., is a picturesque that would stretch many times around Joyed annually 168 clear days, 96 part- employed in this field and their fam- which is offered as first prize to the praise their actual gains or losses in the globe. ily clear days and only 101 classified ^Hes, the Pocohontas operators are1 newspaper people in a contest. The' earning power which is considered a Visualize a train of coal thirty to as cloudy. It is a happy, healthful second to none in the entire industry. Beckley Chamber of Commerce pro- break for the politicians who make Color, Points of Compass One of the oldest and most spread usages of color connects • specific one with each of the four cardinal points of the compass. North is white, east yellow, south red and west black. In many parts of the Orient, says Collier's Weekly, this color custom is followed in the painting of city gates that face squarely in these directions. Early American Furniture In the last half of the Eighteen®: century, the furniture made in America compared favorably with that brought from England. Mahogany became more common and our cabinet makers made good us* of it. ~7~~ :•••••••• urban center of 25,000 inhabitants J thirty-five miles long. That is what place to pause for a vacation--or to Spread upon a lofty plateau that is, passes over the automatic railway make a home 884 Miles of Railroad vided a buffet supper Indicative of the magnitude of tho Knight Country Club. at the Black broad claims as to the benefits of the Beckley Was statute with the hope of gaining votes! ligher than any city its size east of (scales in Bluefield every day of the! 1$ow for a few facts about the operations it is noteworthy that there having its centennial celebration at Jin the November elections. The comfhe Rocky Mountains and abounds in year--many million tons annually.,world famous Pocohantas coal. This j8 a total of 884 miles of underground the time of the visit. Queen Betty I pulsory 44 hour week for all empriceless treasures both above and be-!Bluefield is the financial, %>w the grounds. A beneficent provi-1 social capital of this vast coal industrial, coal is frota mines at the southern tip electric railway (all the mines in the was introduced and then came a pre-jployees engaged in producing goods ial-produc-' of the nation's richest and most ex-'fold are electrified), serviced with sentation of certificates conferring, moving across state lines is expected DEEP DOWN IN QNE OF THE MINE8 27,000 mine cars and 700 mine motors.. honorary Beckley citizenship. There are 200 electric cutting ma-j (Continued next week). v v... BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA This photograph was taken deep down in one of the mines of the great Pocahontas soft coalfield in southern West Virginia and shows two miners loading the "black diamonds." Notice the height of the coal seam--almost nine feet. Some seams of coal in the Pocahontas field reach a height of eighteen feet. dence has been kind to the capital of "the Black Diamond Empire--commercially, scenically and climatically. Half Mile Up Bluefield, named for the bright blossoms that once grew in wild profusion on its hillsides, is one-half mile above sea level and lies on both sides of the state line. It is in the heart of the Appalachian highlands, at the border of the two Virginias and midway between Tidewater and the Eastern Watershed of the Mississippi. ling area that embraces 300,000 persons. It is within close reach of immeasurably wealthy deposits of silica used in glass manufacture, cement and brick fhale, iron ore and manganese. The Norfolk & Western railroad's natural gravity yard in ths city is the model by which others have been built artificially wherever possible throughout the world . The llOmiles of electrified shifting and^torage tracks straddle a mountain Summit that contrives what is known in railway partensive coal deposits comprising the Appalachian field, lying within the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Penn» sylvania and Ohio. , The Pocohantas field is a compact moutainous area of only 335,000 acres. .These deposits are referred to in Thomas Jefferson's papers; were first explored by English geologists in 1840 ' and were first definitely cruised by ' Americans in the early seventies, bent on development of the resources of LIVING QUARTERS OF MINERS V T ^ -'.-W This scene is typical of the modern living quarters provided for miners in the southern West Virginia coalfields. Modern schools, churches, hospitals and other necessary community services are provlded for the vast army of men that andUally turn out more than 30,000,000 tons of coaL to reduce the weekly Income unless the employer cannot arrange to keep "John Anderson, My W At Fort Augustus on the Caledonia canal in Scotland was discovered the grave of "John Anderson, my jo, John," the friend of Robert Burns who inspired one, of the sweetest songs of Scotland. Tk* Ukulele is Hawaii The ukulele was brought to Hawaii and introduced to the natives by Jose P. Rodrigues in the seventies, 20 years before the islands became a territory of the United States. Ohio Mined Coal in ltlt Coal was first mined in Ohio (hi 1810 in Summit county. • * Bluefield, W. Va., is the center of a scenic, mountain wonderland, oI which this striking photograph is typical. Bluefield derives its name "Nature's Air-Conditioned City" from the fact that it has an unusually cool summer climate due to its altitude of 2,619 feet. 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