Virginian in 1909--Winding Gulf

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
August 4, 1909

FINISH TRACK LAYING ON WINDING GULF
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Virginian Expects to Open Branch Line Soon--Fifteen Operations Ready to Ship Coal

    According to information which reached Bluefield yesterday, the laying of the track on the Virginian branch from Mullens, on the main line, up Winding Gulf, is practically completed, and the ballasting is being rushed forward at a rapid rate.  The grading is all finished and only a short distance of steel work remains.  It is stated that the company expects to open the branch in a short time.
    It is understood that several of the coal operations on the branch are now ready to ship, and that the majority of the rest will be in a similar position when the branch is completed.  There are fifteen operations which will become shippers when the line is opened, and this branch will become one of the important feeders of the system.
    The Winding Gulf area is conceded by coal men to be one of the richest fields in the state, and its development is expected to rapidly follow upon the opening of railroad facilities.
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Gordon Hamilton
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