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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 24,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>ALL OPERATIONS
BUSY</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Saturday Biggest Payday
in History of Pocahontas Field</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> Saturday was one
of the biggest paydays in the history of the Pocahontas coalfield. August
so far has been a big month at the various operations, and most of them are
running full time with a full force of men. At several of the operations
there is a shortage of men reported, and the operators are anxious to secure
additional workers. Orders are piling up and the coal and coke business is
rapidly getting to its old high water mark.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> It would be
difficult to estimate the amount of pay roll for the entire field, but it is
known that $200,000 was sent out on the early train to the field Saturday
morning, and it is probable that the entire amount was double this
sum.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>