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[[Start Page]] [[preprinted]] September, THURSDAY, 23. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt 46[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.55 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/A [[ditto for: Tempt]] +52[[degree symbol]] [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.36 @ 6PM Raining all day - Very disagreeable, and chilly - Both Collieries worked 9 hours - Everything run smooth to-day - The Strike at Hazleton is about ended - Every Colliery is working except Jeanesville - This Colliery will start un a day or two - Some think they will strike again after the soldiers are withdrawn - The Skidmore Vein, cut by tunnel from Seven Foot, 1st West Vulcan Colliery, consists of about 3'-10" of false bottom, about 2/3 coal. and on top of this 3'-9" of good coal; then a slate - Vein will average from 7 to 8 feet thick - The "Evans" Breaker at Hazleton was burned down Tuesday evening about 7.30 oclock - This Colliery is owned by A.S. Van Wickle, and he has it [[strikethrough]] re [[/strikethrough]] leased to another party - Supposed to have been set on fire - Loss about $50,000. [[End Page]] [[Start Page]] ## Wrote Mr Delano Jones D&P accounts are ready - [[preprinted]] September, FRIDAY, 24. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt +52[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 2 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/A [[ditto for: Tempt"]] +56[[degree symbol]] [[dittos for: and Barometer]] @ 6PM Very disagreeable this morning - Drizzling Rain - Stopped raining at noon. did not rain this PM but still cloudy - Vulcan only worked 8 hours. Had 6 1/2 cars condemned coal to run through - BMtn worked 9 hours - Everything quiet at Hazleton - Battery of Artillery, guns and men passed through on a special train for their homes at Phoenixville. All the Collieries are working except Jeanesville. [[three vertical hatch marks]] Brizey is calculating the number of tons of coal in Vulcan & Buck Mountain Mines. [[End Page]]