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THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
Stauffer-Quemahoning Coal Co., Listie, Pa.; capital,
$10,000; incorporators, J. L. Kendall, of Pittsburgh;
John M, Stauffer, Walter F. Stauffer, ancl
J. R. Stauffer estate,, of Scottdale; E. T. Norton,
of Connellsville, and James S. Braddock, of Mount
Pleasant.
Ennis Coal Co., of Hiawatha, W. Va.; capital,
$150,000; incorporators, Edwin J. McQuail, James
A. McQuail, J. P. Johnson and Florence H. .Mc­
Quail, of Ennis, W. Va.; John J. Lincoln, of Elkhorn,
XV. Va.
West Pratt Coal Mining Corporation, Birmingham.
Ala.: capital, $100,000; incorporators, John
Armistead, president: G. S. Simmons, vice president,
and A. B. Mitchell, secretary and treasurer.
Horse Creek Block Coal Co., Charleston, XV. Va.;
capital, $100,000; incorporators, G. B. Combs. P.
R, Hendrick, A. A. Honaker, O. A. Surratt, T. R.
Farley, John Jarrett ancl G. W. Johnson.
Funk Coal Co., Sutton, Ky.; capital, $25,000;
incorporators, H. H. Funk, Belle Musick, of Toler,
Ky.; A. J. Younce, of Sutton; Thomas West and
J. R. Barbour, of Williamson, W. Va.
Perry Coal & Lumber Co.. Lexington, Ky.; capital,
$1,500,000; incorporators, Thos. J. Hartley, E.
Jenkins, ancl M. J. Barry, of Columbus, O., and
J. P. Madigan, of Cleveland.
Albright Smokeless Coal Co.. Kingwood, W. Vo.;
copital, $850,000; incorporators, Alvin Rice, M. D.
France, E. Hackethorn, J. E. Swain, and L. J.
Peter, all of Akron, Ohio.
City Fuel & Supply Co., Hammond, lnd.; capital,
$50,000; incorporators. Walter Sohl, Paul J.
Parhuhn, Herman Nock, Fred Brueckiier, Lincoln
V. Cravens.
Northern Mining & Fuel Co., Columbus, O.; capital,
$10,000; incorporators. H. B. Halliday, A. T.
Seymour, Lowry F. Sater, C. E. Richards and E. T.
Bunker.
Blackstone Coal Co., Pittsburgh; capital, $5,000;
incorporators, J. Wilfred Ely, Jeannette, and Louis
Caplan and S. E. Sheeren, Pittsburgh.
Craig-Gould Coal Co., Brisbin, Pa.; capital, $5,-
000; incorporators, Michael Craig, Frank Craig,
W. A. Gould, T. V. Gould, Brisbin.
Crucible Fuel Co., Pittsburgh; capital, $5,000;
incorporators, R. M. Fulton, L. R. Martin and J. A.
Lager, Pittsburgh.
Oak Ridge Coal Co., Indianapolis; capital, $10,-
0C0; incorporators, Robert Hall, M. E. Magg, and
W. E. Linton.
THE PITTSBURGH COAL COMPANY BUYS
ILLINOIS COLLIERIES COMPANY PRO­
PERTIES.
F. M. Wallace, of Erie, Pa„ vice president of the
Pittsburgh Coal Co., Nov. 15 purchased at auction
the properties of the Illinois Collieries Co. for
$126,000. The properties embrace nine mines in
Sangamon, Macoupin, Montgomery and Bond counties,
Illinois, ancl 24,000 acres of c-oal land and
are valued at $300,000,000. They have been in
the hands of E. R. Bliss as receiver for some time
and six of the mines are not at present in operation.
The sale was conducted by the master in chancary,
John M. Pfieffer of Sangamon county. The
purchase was made for the Pittsburgh Coal Co.,
which will reorganize the Illinois Collieries Co.
The price paid represented the amount of the re
ceiver's certificates held by the Pittsburgh Coal
Co. and interest.
The Illinois Collieries Co. was formed during
the incumbency of the late Frank L. Robbins,
as president of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., for the
purpose of competing with other Illinois producing
companies in the central competitive field, but
never was a profitable venture, and was forced
into receivership in 1909.
A sum approximating $150,000 will be paid by
Royal Coal Co.. Royal. XV. Va.; capital, $10,000; the Stag Canon Fuel Co. to dependents if Italian
incorporators, Wm. Prince, James F. Prince, L. M. workmen who met death in the Dawson, N. M.,
Prince, E. E. Huddleston, and L, A. Prince, all of mine disaster, according to an agreement between
Prince.
the mine officials and Chevalier de Vella, Italian
Farmersburg Coal & Mining Co., Farmersburg. consul general in Denver. To each widow $1,000
O.; capital, $10,000; incoriiorators, Bert Wood, will be given, while an allowance of $100 is made
Minnie McNeely and Ira Drake, all of Farmers­ for each child. The company has agreed also
burg.
to provide transportation to Italy for all those
The Carson Mining Co.. Oklahoma City, Okla.; who desire to return.
capital, $25,00'); incorporators, John Hart, L. M.
Chief Mine Inspector J. C. Davies of Ohio has
Owen, and D. F. Peyton, of Oklahoma City.
awarded a contract to a Chicago firm for the mine
The Howard Bros. Coal & Mining Co., Wilbur- rescue car authorized by the last legislature. It
ton, Okla.; capital, $1,000; incorporators, John, is to cost $10,000 and is to conform to designs pre­
William ancl Richard Howard, of Wilburton. pared by Mr. Davies.