Old Mines Started Up.Special to The Post. Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 27.– The old Ahl iron mines, along the Potomac River, near Bakerton, Jefferson County, are being worked again. About 700 tons of high-grade ore will […]
An Old Ore Bank. Mr. A. G. Lewis, of Sandy Hook, Md., president of the Board of Commissioners for Washington county, is superintending operations at the old Ahl iron mines, several miles from Harper’s Ferry, along […]
Active operations have been resumed at the Knott limestone quarries about five miles from Shepherdstown, and the business there is to be pushed with vigor. A new quarry has been opened near the old one, and […]
New Quarries Opened.The Washington Building Lime Company, which has such extensive quarries and kilns at Bakerton, this county, has just opened another limestone quarry at Pitchers [Peacher’s] Mill, on the B. & O. Railroad, a short […]
Stole A Countryman’s Hat. “While I do not know about his identity,” said a man who had noticed the supposed murder. “I did believe there was something wrong about him. His actions indicated that there was […]
Dr. S. T. Knott and Dr. G. W. Banks last Saturday removed a tumor from the neck of Mr. John Welsh, of Bakerton. The operation was very successfully performed, and Mr. Welsh is getting along firstrate. […]
Wm. J. Moler, of Bakerton, lost a valuable horse a few days ago from some unknown disease. Other horses in the same neighborhood are reported to be sick.
County Commissioner A. G. Lewis who has been superintending the West Virginia Ore Bank since April, shipped to Dunbar furnace week before last 156 tons of ore, and last week 150 tons.
Messrs. A. Young and H. Shaffer, of Middletown, and several friends from Harper’s Ferry, were entertained at Mr. James Flanagan’s near Bakerton recently.
Mr. Thomas Welsh, who was injured in a blast at Bakerton, did not die, as reported. Mr. D. R. Houser, his foreman, was in town Tuesday, and said he was getting along very nicely.
