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December Thursday, 2, 1897 Tempt +24° and Barometer 28.75 @ 73/a " +26° " " 28.84 @ 6 Pm Pleasant - sun shining now and again - Vulcan worked 10 hours BM " 9 " - no coal Harry Lattimore was at home sick to-day - John Singleton, fire boss at Vulcan, was discharged, for neglecting his work - Paddy [[Friebl]] shall take his place - Are receiving complaints of B Mtn Colliery's coals, as being dirty - Mr Jones is and has been looking into this evil - December, Friday, 3, 1897 Tempt +30° and Barometer 28.83 @ 73/a " +28° " " 28.72 @ 6 Pm Snowing this morning - merely covered ground - Buck Mountain Colliery worked 9 hours - Vulcan " " 9 " Mr. Jones instructed both Collieries to work 9 hours here after, until further notified - L.V. informed us that they will not work on Saturday & Monday Dec. 4 & 6th [[??]], but will resume on Tuesday, with a different allotment. Do not know at present what the allotment will be - Very short of steam at Vulcan - are rushing new nest of boilers - Nest of new boilers at Buck Mountain Colliery is fired up - since last Sunday a week, Sunday 28th [??]] - #3 Artesian well at BMtn will soon be able to start - Boilers are being connected - House around pump is nearly completed - Derrick is about completed Masons have finished mason work for new nest of boilers at Vulcan -