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188112219Philadelphia 1881. Original printed wrappers institutional stamp binder holes in blank inner margin bound into modern plain wrappers. 12pp folding map frontis of the Indianapolis Decatur and Springfield Railway; folding color section showing "position of Coal Seams and Bore Holes" and area proposed to be purchased for the Company. Institutional stamps Good. <br/><br/> The prospectus demonstrates the substantial markets existing along the rail line and the good prospects for opening mines. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in NUC Eberstadt Decker. unknown books
1891607056"W.W. Hubbard" in black fountain pen ink on blue printed Island Coal Company Miners and Shippers of the Celebrated Island City Coal letterhead Indianapolis Indiana August 6 1891. 8 1/2" x 11"; 1 page; very good fresh; 1891. Letterhead is printed in blue. W.W. Hubbard wa the company treasurer. Proposal for selling coat to the Hospital for the Insane in Kalamazoo Michigan. Together with the original holograph mailing envelope printed in red postmarked Indianapolis Ind. August 7 1891 with 2 cent red George Washington stamp with bulls eye cancellation with backstamped "Carrier" postal cancellation advertising cover. Envelope is printed in red. Also included in an advertising flyer "Red Letter Testimonials" extolling their coal products; 1 page. Three separate items. books
183926058Pennsylvania 1839. Manuscript broadside 11" x 22". Two drawings at head of report followed by detailed descriptions of each drawing: boundaries chutes directions of veins projected coal output etc. Old horizontal folds some splits along fold edges a few small chips. Drafted on paper which bears the watermark of "John C. Clark Phila" the oldest legal stationers in the United States founded in 1817 and the 9th oldest continuously operating business in Philadelphia according to its current website.<br/><br/> The Peach Mountain mines were situated near Pottsville in the county of Schuylkill Pennsylvania. Peach Mountain was one of several mines in the area which produced red ash anthracite. According to this offering the mine bordered the Delaware Coal Company which was responsible for working it. <br/> "Mr. Read thinks that the above coal can be delivered on the bank at $1. per ton. He would contract at that note after the tunnel was driven. The driving of the tunnel would effect a saving of 10c per ton on all the coal lying above the level of the present tunnel. The said 10c per ton are now paid for loading and running to and unloading into the chute of 79 feet whence it is again loaded into drift waggons on the deep level. It would take a year to drive the tunnel at a total cost of about $2500. unknown books
1856WRCAM27974Nueva-York: Imprenta de Hallet 1856. 40pp. in Spanish. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper detached front wrapper separated four inches down from head of spine. Slight wear to extremities. Very good. The prospectus for an American mining and land company on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Imprenta de Hallet unknown books
1864100860Pamphlet original printed wrappers dual frontispiece maps 10 pp. Some red ink behind first map slight aging small faded duplicate stamp of the Huntington Library on rear; otherwise near fine. This is a rare title that illustrates the potential of this Illinois coal land which was located near the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The two maps are: Diagram of the State of Illinois and Property of the Chicago Company at La Salle Illinois. The pamphlet gives some statistics on the amount of coal available in beds owned by the company which was over six million tons. There is also a discussion of the quality of the coal. This pamphlet is not recorded in Karrow or cited in Pre-Fire Imprints nor Munn's The Coal Industry in America. OCLC locates two copies Lincoln Library and University of Chicago and another known copy is at the Huntington Library. Dunlap, Sewell & Spalding, books
1900WRCAM55644N.p. most likely in Illinois or Indiana: Chicago Architectural Photographing Company 1900. Seventeen large-format black-and-white photographs backed on linen each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured cloth. Minor soiling and wear. Images a bit dust-soiled. Very good. An impactful and informative collection of photographs documenting the process of coal extraction from inside a shaft mine to the loading of the railway cars. The album includes exterior views of a few different mines with prominent headframes; the first image is titled "Mine No. 3" in the negative. This image also features an early model automobile from the 1930s at the latest. Five images capture the underground workings of the miners as they chisel away large blocks of coal from a wall in a pinched claustrophobic setting. One image shows a hallway with a wood plank floor and walls supported with corrugated metal. This is followed by six views of the ground-level processing area where the coal is dumped onto large conveyor belts that load it into railway cars. In one of the exterior views a Rock Island railway car is prominent loaded with coal likely on its way to Chicago. The last two images - close-up top-down views of rail cars overflowing with coal - are from the New York Central Railroad. <br> <br> Six of the images carry a photographer's stamp reading "Chicago Architectural Photographing Company" in the negative. The company was founded in 1885 to meet the demand for architectural photography in the bustling post-fire building boom in Chicago. Their prolific photographic services were employed by architectural legends such as Adler & Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright and Burnham & Root. In addition to a vast array of buildings and construction projects the company photographed various mining companies in Illinois and Indiana though it seems to have been a small part of their business. A handful of institutional collections include scattered holdings of mining photographs taken by the company but nothing as comprehensive as the present album. <br> <br> An important album of coal mining photographs that capture the cramped working conditions inside the mine in a visceral manner along with a peak into the process of how past generations transported one of the most important energy sources of the time. Chicago Architectural Photographing Company hardcover books