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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>February 23,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>DRY FORK TO FRONT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>New Coal Mines Being Opened--Line Into Buchanan
County</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> The Norfolk and Western will, it is
understood, add another passenger train to its present service on the Dry Fork
branch between Iaeger and Berwind. That section has grown and is
continually growing. New coal mines have been opened and there are a few
uncut timber tracts which are valuable. If the Norfolk and Western gets
into Buchanan county, it will likely leave Bradshaw, on the Dry Fork branch, as
has been surveyed. Some time ago the railroad had a force of men at work
on that branch looking over a proposed route and it has been reported a number
of times that the road is to commence development. The New River and
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company have a large plant on the line; the
Yukon and War Creek Coal Company have also good sized plants while A. E. Litz,
of Welch, and Colonel W. H. Thomas are interested in good sized plants along the
line. The Dry Fork branch will be a big producer in a few years, as coal
can be shipped via the main line or via the Cedar Bluff extension, to make which
possible the Norfolk and Western has recently let a contract for a tunnel 4,700
feet long. This extension will connect the Pocahontas and Clinch Valley
divisions.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>