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[[Start Page]] [[preprinted]] June, FRIDAY, 25. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + 70[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.28 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a " [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 85[[degree symbol]] in shade at noon " [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 83 ' ' [[dittos for: in shade]] @ 4.20 PM - Barometer 28.21 @ 4.30 PM - Pleasant this morning - Sky as dark as night at 3.40 PM - Raining 4 PM - Cleared up nice at 5 PM - Both Collieries [[strikethrough]] worked [[/strikethrough]] idle today - L. V. are running cars, but we received our 3 days cars in the first 2 days - Few men working at both Collieriers - Have teams and men here loading #1 & #2 Engine house foundations, the stones, on trucks - Will be shipped to B Mtn for to erect Air Compressor and Fan draft plant. Trucks did not come in until late - Men are tearing out the stones - These stones are dressed - [[End Page]] [[Start Page]] [[preprinted]] June, SATURDAY, 26. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + 69[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.36 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a " [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 72[[degree symbol]] " [[ditto for: and Barometer]] 28.38 @ 4 PM Pleasant all day - Pay Day - Mr Kishbaugh and Will Lattimore at Vulcan; Pat Connigham and Jim Kishbaugh at B Mtn - Paid the usual time 11 AM to 1 PM - Both Collieries idle - Will not work any more this month - Every body suspended until July 1st [[End Page]]