Industry

May 2, 2025

Nat. Safety Comp. 1948-58 [Bakerton Excerpts]

Winners in second, third, fourth, and fifth places for Certificates of Achievement in Safety in the nonmetallic-mineral mine group: p. 831948 – Bakerton mine, Bakerton, W. Va., Standard Lime and Stone Co., 120,624 man-hours without a […]
January 15, 2025

New Concern Takes Over Plant

OLD STONE CO. SELLS OUT.New Concern Takes Over Plant At Bakerton, W. Va.Charles Town, W. Va., May 20.– The Harpers Ferry Stone and Lime Company, who have been operating a plant at Millville, near this town, […]
January 15, 2025

Hetzel Injured by Premature Blast

ELEVEN BLASTS AROUND HIM.Quarry Foreman Feels As Though Barrage Had Hit Him. Winchester, Va., Nov. 25.– Howard Hetzel, a foreman at the Bakerton (W. Va.) stone quarries, feels confident he could withstand a German barrage fire […]
January 15, 2025

Hendricks to become Manager of Virginia Ore Bank

Charlestown, W. Va.– James K. Hendricks, who has been surveyor of this county since 1897 has tendered his resignation to the County Court. Mr. Hendricks will assume the management of the Virginia Ore Works, at Ferrum, […]
January 12, 2025

Jefferson Co., Most Productive in the Valley of VA

JEFFERSON COUNTYOne Of The Most Productive In The Valley Of Virginia.LIVE TOWNS AND VILLAGESCharlestown, The County Seat– Growth In Population And Manufactures– Railroad Facilities. [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, W. VA., Oct. 8.– Jefferson county […]
January 12, 2025

West Virginians [Jefferson Co.] Report a Year of Much Prosperity

FARMERS FARED WELL.West Virginians Report A Year of Much Prosperity.MOST ABUNDANT APPLE CROP.Lands Held Their Own In Price And Farmers Had Little Difficulty In Getting Loans At 6 Per Cent. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, […]
October 9, 2024

$20k Fire In Bakerton

$20,000 FIRE IN BAKERTONPlant of Washington Building And Lime Company Destroyed. Charlestown, Va., Oct. 11.– The plant of the Washington Building and Lime Company, located at Bakerton, Jefferson county, was destroyed by fire early this morning, […]
October 9, 2024

Quarry Officials Deny Coercion

Officials of the Washington Building Lime Company deny that their company has attempted to induce its workmen to vote for the Republican ticket this fall by threatening to discontinue the quarries and lime kilns in the […]
October 8, 2024

C. V. in Antidiscriminative Suit for Stone

Standard Stone & Lime Co. Claim Discrimination Against Them. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co. operating near Martinsburg, both of which operations have offices in Baltimore, have filed a complaint […]
October 8, 2024

Washington Building Lime Connect to United Company’s Lines.

The private telephone lines of the Washington Building Lime Company have been connected with the United Company’s lines in this county, and communication is now established between Bakerton and Millville and other points.
October 8, 2024

Washington Building Lime Leases Hagerstown Cooperage Stave Mill

Leased Stave Mill.The Washington Building Lime Co., of Frederick county, has leased of the Hagerstown Cooperage Co. the latter’s stave mill at Big Pool, the yards and dwelling and bought the stave-making machinery and stave wood […]
October 8, 2024

Notes from Bakerton

Bakerton Notes. The Washington Building Lime Co. are still making improvements at this place to supply their growing trade. At present they are building a large cooper shop in addition to the one they now have, […]
October 8, 2024

Daniels sells to Washington Building Lime Co.

Farm Sales.Dennis M. Daniels has sold his farm of 120 acres at Bakerton, this county, to the Washington Building and Lime Company for $10,000. The extensive works of the lime company adjoin the farm of Mr. […]
October 8, 2024

New Quarries; Peacher’s Mill

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 […]
October 8, 2024

Kiln Collapse, Damages.

During the past winter four new lime-kilns were put up as an addition to the extensive works of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, this county. One day last week the kilns collapsed just as […]
October 8, 2024

Fire at Bakerton: Kilns and Freight Cars Destroyed

FIRE AT BAKERTONLime Kilns and Freight Cars Destroyed. The valuable lime kilns of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, near Martinsburg, W. Va. were destroyed by fire at 4 o’clock yesterday morning, entailing a loss […]
October 8, 2024

Washington Building Lime Chartered

The Washington Building Lime company, of Molar P. O., Jefferson county, has also been chartered. Its charter is to expire on September 1, 1939. Its capital stock is $500, ten per cent. of which has been […]
October 6, 2024

Geologic Field Conference for Public School Teachers of Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson [Excerpt of Bakerton]

Stop 4The limestone and dolomite in this abandoned quarry are probably the same type of rocks that are quarried extensively at Bakerton and Engle and further south at Millville This same formation contains some beds of […]