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[[preprinted]] December, TUESDAY, 14. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + 38° Barometer 28.40 73/a " + 36° " 28.04 6 Pm Very very disagreeable day - Blowing & Raining all day - Very windy last night Received word this Pm about 2 oclock, that the L.V. would run cars only 2 days this week, Tuesday and Wednesday - Vulcan worked 9 hours and Buck Mountain 8, and after loading our allotment, 53, we have enough coal in the Breakers to load our allotment tomorrow - Buck Mountain hoisted 331 cars coal & 12 Rock; 8 hrs Vulcan hoisted 375 cars coal & 0 Rock; 9 hrs Jacob Evans, inside foreman at Buck Mountain, went home to [[Anderived?]] to-day on the 1·20 PM train - sick - [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] December, WEDNESDAY, 15. 1897. [[/preprinted] ] Tempt +38 and Barometer 27.94 @ 73/a Tempt +40° and Barometer 28.18 @ 6 Pm Pleasant for a little while this morning - sun shining brightly - commenced raining again and to blow, at 10 Am - not raining and somewhat cooler this evening - somewhat windy - Both Collieries idle - Vulcan run through 13 cars condemned coal, 2 Egg, 3 stove & 7 nut this day - BMtn run through 2 Egg, 1 stove & 1 nut today, and condemned 4 Cars of Chestnut afterwards, [[strikethrough]] which are still standing there [[/strikethrough]] ([[strikethrough]] no,[[/strikethrough]] they run three cars through-) The #3 Artesian Well, Buck Mountain, is about completed - Will not start it up until next spring - Pipes are not covered thoroughly, ground being frozen, and we are afraid to start it as we may get the line frozen up - Do not need it at present - New Goyne pump is now in position and is working very satisfactorily - Old pump was a nuisance, and occaioned many delays on the breaker, [[strikethrough]] f [[/strikethrough]] by breaking down now and again - New Nest of Boilers at Vulcan will be completed in about three weeks - Mr Jacob Evans of Buck Mountain at home sick - today -