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[[preprinted]] June, TUESDAY, 1. 1897. [[/preprinted]]

Tempt +56[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.37 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a 

[[ditto for: Tempt]] +57[[degree symbol]] [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.43 @ 6 PM

Cloudy - Cold this morning - Commenced raining at noon - Hail - Rained until 2 PM.  Then cleared up - Pleasant afterwards -

Both Collieries idle - RRCo not running cars -

Forepaughs circus is at Hazleton today  Will be at Pottsville tomorrow -

The new fan house at Vulcan, (fan draft) is being painted to-day; i.e. the doors, windows, and eaves -

Morea Colliery worked 14/days last month -

Our allotment will be the same (55) this month, as last, and will (only) be able to work about the same time - L.V. will run cars 3 days per week - The allotments to other Collieries this region have been, in nearly every case, cut slightly, while the allotments to Collieries in Hazleton Division have been increased slightly -

The 2nd East Bottom, New, is completed - Little stiff yet

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[[preprinted]] June, WEDNESDAY, 2. 1897. [[/preprinted]]

Tempt +62[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.63 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a 

[[ditto for: Tempt]] +66 [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.51 @ 6 PM

Pleasant all day - Much warmer than yesterday -

Both Collieries worked 10 hours -

The fan at Vulcan Colliery is not giving satisfaction Fan and engine were run at a very high speed, but there was scarcely enough draft under boilers - Mr. Jones wrote Sturtevant people to-day, for to have their Mr. Snell come and investigate it -

We have asked Lathrop for 22 more cars 4/4 to load stocked BWht here at New Boston - Delano had orders this morning to put them in - This is the second lot of 22 cars granted - These cars are not deducted from our allotments to Vulcan and BMtn -

Forepaugh's circus is at Pottsville today - Went through here at 4 AM -

Blanchard's drill and equipment came into Vulcan this PM - Blanchard has a contract to put down [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] a bore-hole, artesian-well, in the ravine east of Vulcan, about 300 yds, between P.R.R. track and the old timber road to BMtn -

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