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November, Monday, 22, 1897 Tempt +36 and Barometer 28.44 @ 73/a " +35° " " 28.34 @ 6 Pm Pleasant all day - Buck Mountain Colliery worked hours Vulcan " " hours We have trouble every Monday at both Collieries with our miners not being out to work - At Vulcan we discharged several miners for this offense, and at Buck Mountain we suspended several for one week - Overlying veins in the #4 Tunnel at Buck Mountain Colly are being opened up - Costly - At Vulcan we are getting about 80% from overlying veins - At Buck Mountain about 20% - At Buck Mountain this will increase from now on - while at Vulcan it will decrease, as we are working the 3 West Buck Mountain Vein, (started about two months ago) 5th lift at Buck Mountain is pretty well opened up - Getting about 10 cars day from there - This at present is costing a great deal of money - November, Tuesday, 23, 1897 Tempt +22° and Barometer 28.27 @ 73/a " +24° " " 28.27 @ 6 Pm Snowed last night - About 1/2" of soft snow covered evering this morning - sun did not take half of it away - cool all day - Vulcan Colliery worked 10 hours - steam is low Buck Mountain " 9 " - no coal - Masons will start at Vulcan on Monday, to build foundation for another nest of boilers - We are now getting about 70 cars per day from the 1st Lift at Buck Mountain, 30 to 40 from the 2nd , 100 to 140 from the third, and 9 to 12 from the 5th lift - At Vulcan we are getting 50 to 60 from 1st Lift, about 300 from the 2nd Lift and 30 to 50 from the 3rd Lift -