CENTERVILLE, Appanoose Co. Pop. 5,560. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177; 391; 426.

B.Coal-Anchor Coal Co. Cap. stk., $8,000. Anchor mine. Shaft. Horse.

B.Coal-Centerville Block Coal Co. Relay mine. Shaft. B.Coal-City Coal Co.

B.Coal-Columbia Coal Co. W. Baker, pres., gen. mgr. and buyer; B. F. Baker, secy. and treas. Cap. stk. $20,000, pd. up. Mine at Diamond, Ia.

B.Coal-W. M. Cree. (Local.)

B.Coal-Diamond Coal Co. Diamond Nos. 1 and 2 mines. B.Coal-Eldon Coal & Mining Co., Ottumwa.

mine. Shaft. 15,000 tons.

B.Coal-Exline Block Coal Co.

Eldon No. 2

CLINTON, Clinton Co. Pop. 17,500. M.O. Tel. Ry. 102; 160; 174.

B.Coal-Alden Coal Co.
Stone-John Anthony.

C.E.-Chas. P. Chase, C. E. City engineer.

COALFIELD, Monroe Co. Pop. 263. Tel. Ry. 391. Banking town Albia.

B.Coal-A. B. Little. Black Diamond mine. Slope. 2,500 tons. Steam. B.Coal-Pleasant Valley Coal Co.

COALVILLE, Webster Co. Pop. 556. Ry. 504. Banking town Fort Dodge.

B. Coal-Collins Bros. Coalville mine.
B.Coal-Keefe & Dolby. (Local.)
B.Coal-James Martin. (Local.)

B.Coal-O'Keefe & Co. O'Keefe mine. (Local.)

B.Coal-Panel Bros. (Local.)

B.Coal-Pleasant Valley Mining Co.

B.Coal-Isaac Rhodes. Rhodes mine.

B. Coal-A. Stine. (Local.)

B. Coal-Williams Mining Co.

COLFAX, Jasper Co. Pop. 1,606. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177; 392.
B.Coal-W. W. Allen. (Local.)
B.Coal-James Evans. (Local.)
B.Coal-John Gunter. (Local.)
B.Coal-Thomas Hanson. (Local.)

B.Coal-Jasper County Coal Co., 409 Walnut st.

T. H.

Griggs, pres.; D. Ryan, v. pres.; Geo. A. Goodrich, secy., treas., gen. mgr. and buyer. Cap. stk., $60,000, pd. up. Black Crook mine. Shaft, 98 ft. 175,000 tons; 200 days; 275 employes. Steam. Henry Thomas, mine supt.

COLUMBUS CITY, Louisa Co. Pop. 485. M.O. Banking town and Ry. Columbus Junction, 102; 177. Stone-John Wassau.

COMMERCE, Polk Co. Pop. 158. Tel. Ry. 177.
B.Coal-R. Dale. Dale mine.

B.Coal-Thos. D. Hulme. Commerce mine. Shaft, 175 ft. 1,000 tons; 230 days; 6 employes. Horse whim.

CONFIDENCE, Wayne Co. Pop. 111. Banking town and Ry. Melrose, 167.

B.Coal-J. L. Atwell. B.Coal-William Burns.

B.Coal-R. M. Davis.

B.Coal-Lewis Frye. Cap.,. $2,000. Frye's shaft. Shaft, 52
ft. 1,500 tons; 270 days; 4 employes.
Frye, mine supt. (Local.)

B.Coal-J. Hayhurst. (Local.)
B.Coal-B. F. Jared. (Local.)

B. Coal-A. Radclife. (Local.)

B.Coal-William Rousseau. Slope. (Local.)

M.O. Ry. 177.

CORLEY, Shelby Co. B.Coal-Frederick Carl. B.Coal-John Fairly & Co.

B.Coal-North Star Coal Co.

Steam. L.

CORNING, Adams Co. Pop. 1,769. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167.
Stone R. H. Law, Corning.
Stone -W. O. Mitchell.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Pottawattamie Co.

Pop. 8,189. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167; 160; 174; 177; 419; 634; 899. G.S.-Alder Mining, Milling & Smelting Co. Principal owners, Mrs. E. L. Smith, Virginia City, Mont., and Geo. O. Carson, Council Bluffs. Gold and silver. Claim at Virginia City, Mont. Gold-Bull Hill Gold Mining Co. Mine at Cripple Creek, Colo.

Gold-Carrie S. Gold Mining Co. J. M. Parker, pres.;
Henry C. Hall, secy. Cap. stk., $2,000,000. Claims at
Cripple Creek, Colo.

Gold-Cripple Creek Gold Exploration Co.
Crosby, pres.; Louis R. Ehrich, secy.
$1,800,000. Claims at Cripple Creek, Colo.

Gold-Electric Gold Extraction Co.

Gold-Gold Bullion Mines Co.

Walter F.

Cap. stk.,

G.S.-Highland Chief Mining Co. Gold and silver. Gold-Ingham Consolidated Gold Mining Co.

'Gold-Jupiter Mining Co.

G.S.-Mammoth Mining Co., 1030 5th ave. Gold and silver.
Gold-Matoa Gold Mining Co.
Gold-Portland Gold Mining Co. James F. Burns, pres.,
treas. and gen. mgr.; James Doyle, secy.; Frank G.
Peck, Colorado Springs, Colo., asst, secy.

Lead-A. W. Gosford Syndicate, 8th and Main sts.
Gosford, treas.; Richard Gosford, gen. mgr. and
mine supt. Ahern mine. 3 shafts, 220, 170, 195 ft.
300 days; 68 employes.
Lead-W. N. Guilford.
Lead-Chas. Isbom.
Lead-James Lockey.
Lead-Luther & Ulerich.
Lead-Mayer & Levens,

Shaft, 170 ft. mine supt.

Main st. Mayer lead mine. 10 employes. Horse. W. Levens,

Lead-T. Meyer.
Lead-George Mollart.
B.Coal-Smedley Mining Co.
Zinc-Trueb, Southwell & Co., 113 8th st. J. Trueb, pres.:
E. T. Goldthorp, v. pres.: S. J. Southwell, secy, and
buyer: Antony Trueb, treas. Cap. stk., $4,000, pd.
up. Shaft, 2,000 ft. Tunnel, 210 ft. 250 days; 10 em-
ployes. Horse.

DUDLEY, Wapello Co. Pop. 278. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167.
Banking town Ottumwa.
Stone-T. H. Shields & Son. T. S. Doud, secy.; G. A.
Shields, treas. and buyer.; T. H. Shields, gen. mgr.
Cap., $5,000. Dudley stone quarry. 60,000 yds. 300
days; 5 employes.

DUNREATH, Marion Co. M.O. Tel. Ry. 913. Banking town Pella.

B. Coal-Black Diamond Coal & Mining Co., Des Moines. Black Diamond mine. Slope. 100,000 tons. Steam. Stone-Dunreath Quarry Co.

DURHAM, Marion Co. Pop. 63. Tel. Ry. 167. Banking town Knoxville.

Stone-John Whaley.

EDDYVILLE, Wapello Co. Pop. 847. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177:

391: 840.

B.Coal-W. P. Chilton. (Local.)

B. Coal-G. Dotts. (Local.)

B.Coal-O. N. Vance. (Local.)

ELDON, Wapello Co. Pop. 1,867. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177.
B. Coal-Thomas Dial. (Local.)
B.Coal-Eli Dye. (Local.)
B.Coal-J. B. Fite. (Local.)

ELDORA, Hardin Co. Pop. 2,096. B. Coal-Black Hills Coal Co. B.Coal-I. F. Madden. (Local.)

ELKADER, Clayton Co. Pop. 798.
Stone-Alex. Atwood.
Stone-Henry Meyer.

M.O. Tel. Ry. 172: 391.

M.O. Tel. Ry. 174.

ESTHERVILLE, Emmett Co. Pop. 2,498.

Ry. 102.

C.E.-Clifton Bradley, civil engineer.

M.O. Tel.

EUREKA, Adams Co. Pop. 31. Banking town and Ry.

Corning, 167.

B.Coal-E. E. Elenwood. (Local.) B.Coal-Hartshorn Bros. (Local.) B.Coal-J. M. Hinton. (Local.)

B.Coal-Ingersoll & Spurrier. (Local.)

Sunshine mine. Gold

B.Coal-Grant Ingersoll. (Local.)

B.Coal-Robinson & Gough. (Local.)

B.Coal-B. F. Spurrier. (Local.)

P.Coal-Van Ginkel Coal Co. Van Ginkel mine. Shaft.

FORT DODGE, Webster Co. Pop. 8,756. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177; 381: 504; 532.

B.Coal-George Carey. (Local.)

C.Coal-Craig Coal Co. Craig and Craig No. 6 mines. Stucco-M.-Duncombe Stucco Co., Law bldg. J. F. Duncombe, pres.; W. E. Duncombe, v. pres., gen. mgr. and buyer; C. F. Duncombe, secy. and treas. Gypsum quarry. 150,000 tons; 35 employes. Stucco mill. Cement mill, 125 tons daily capacity. And crushed stone.

Gypsum-Ft. Dodge Gypsum Works.

B.Coal-Holiday Creek Coal Co.

B. Coal-James Keefe & Co. (Local.)

B.Coal-Rolls & Anderson. (Local.)

Stone Frank Smith. (Local.)

B.Coal-Albert Stine. Slope. 400 tons. (Local.)
B.Coal-Timmons & Martin. (Local.)

B.Coal-Webster County Coal & Land Co.

Steam.

FORT MADISON, Lee Co. Pop. 10,025. M.O. Tel. Ry. 31: 170: 774.

L.Stone Fort Madison & Appanoose Stone Co., 713 Front st. Geo. H. Schafer, pres. and secy.; R. R. Schafer, treas. Cap. stk., $10,000, pd. up. Schafer's quarry. Quarry at Niota, Ill.

FOSTER, Monroe Co. Pop. 500. M.O. Tel. Ry. 174.
B. Coal-Deep Vein Coal Co., Cedar Rapids. Deep Vein
mine. Shaft, 210 ft. 100,000 tons; 240 days; 250 em-
ployes. Steam. C. H. Fugle, mine supt.

B.Coal-Monroe Coal & Pros. Co.
B.Coal-Soap Creek Coal Co.

FRASER, Boone Co. Pop. 1,200. Ry. 80b. B.Coal-Boone Valley Coal & Ry. Co., Boone. Three shafts, 50 to 100 ft. 120.000 tons; 240 days; 400 employes. Operate 4 miles ry.; 1 locomotive. Steam.

FREDRIC, Monroe Co. Pop. 137. Tel. Ry. 167. Banking town Albia.

B.Coal-Fredric Coal Co. (Joseph Scavenger and C. E. Akers). Jos. Scavenger, buyer. Cap., $5,500. Fred

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ric mine. Shaft, 72 ft. 30,000 tons; 300 days; 45 em-
ployes. Steam. J. W. Scavenger, mine supt.

Mech. E. E.-Edgar Maple, mechanical and electrical en-
gineer. Graduate Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., 1877.
B.Coal-G. A. Pierson. Pierson mine.
B.Coal-Wilson & Baxter.

GILMORE CITY, Pocahontas Co. Pop. 164. M.O. Tel.
Ry. 177.
Stone-Gilmore Stone Co.

St.Lm.-Marble Valley Stone & Lime Co. Limestone.

GIVIN, Mahaska Co. Pop. 176. Tel. Ry. 177; 391; 918. Banking town Oskaloosa.

B.Coal-C. Alexander. Givin mine. Slope. 5,000 tons. Horse. B.Coal-Snake Creek Coal Co.

GLENWOOD, Mills Co. Pop. 2,143. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167. C.E.-Seth Dean, civil engineer. County surveyor.

GRAND JUNCTION, Greene Co. Pop. 1,015. M.O. Tel.
Ry. 160; 177.
B.Coal-Dale & Goodwin.

GREENE, Butler Co. Pop. 1,168. M.O. Tel. Ry. 102. Stone J. D. Shook.

GUTHRIE CENTER, Guthrie Co. Pop. 1,141. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177.

B.Coal-Guthrie Center Coal Co.

B.Coal-Jesse Hughes. Fanslers. Climax mine. Shaft, 80 ft. 200 days; 5 employes. Horse.

HAMILTON, Marion Co. Pop. 300. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167. Banking town Knoxville.

B. Coal-Bondinot Bros. Cap., $10,000. Carbon Coal mines. 2 slopes. 1 shaft, 40 ft. 10,000 tons; 125 days; 50 employes. Steam. G. A. Bondinot, mine supt. B.Coal-Geo. C. Davis. Davis mine. B.Coal-O. K. Coal Co., Bussey, Ia. Star mine. Shaft, 60 ft. 17,500 tons; 175 days; 20 employes. Horse. G. W. York, mine supt.

JEROME, Appanoose Co. Pop. 256. M.O. Tel. Ry. 174. B.Coal-Big Four Coal Co.

B.Coal-Gladstone Coal Co. Jos. Goss, pres.; Peter Marsden, secy. and treas.: Robt. Marsden, gen. mgr. and buyer. Cap. stk., $20,000, pd. up. Gladstone No. 1 mine. Shaft, 106 ft. 38,000 tons; 250 days: 100 employes. Steam. Gladstone No. 2 mine. Shaft, 164 ft.

50,000 tons: 130 employes. Steam. B. Coal-Myers & Oughton. (Local.)

tons. Steam.
B. Coal-G. W. Corey.
B.Coal-H. A. Corey.
B.Coal-S. W. Corey. Corey No. 4 mine.

Corey mine. Slope. Horse.
Corey No. 2 mine.

Slope.

4,000

tons. Horse. B.Coal-Crooked Creek Railroad & Coal Co. W. C. Willson, pres.; J. Q. Burnham, v. pres.; J. M. Funk, secy. and treas.; Samuel McClure, gen. mgr. and buyer. Cap. stk., $225,000, pd. up. No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 mines. 2 slopes. 1 shaft, 100 ft. 20,000 tons; 197 days; 120 employes. Steam. 221⁄2 miles railroad; 2 locomotives; 20 cars.

B.Coal-W. H. & S. McClure. Black Diamond mine. Slope. 7,000 tons. Horse.

LIME CITY. Cedar Co. Ry. name Lime Kilns, 177. Stone G. Wilkinson.

LINDEN, Dallas Co. Pop. 265. M.O. Tel. Ry, 254. B.Coal-Redfield & Hutchins.

LIVINGSTON, Appanoose Co. Pop. 62. Ry. Numa, 177. Banking town Seymour.

B.Coal-B. B. Barker, Livingston.

B.Coal-D. C. Fox. (Local.)
B.Coal-W. A. Fox. (Local.)

B.Coal-Wm. Lombarger. (Local.)

B. Coal-B. Parker. (Local.)

(Local.)

Ry. 174.

LUANA, Clayton Co. Pop. 147. M.O. Tel. Banking town Postville.

Stone J. M. Ernst. (Local.)

LUCAS, Lucas Co. Pop. 670. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167.
B.Coal-Lucas Coal Co. Lucas mine.

B.Coal-Lucas & Cleveland Co-operative Coal Co. Cleveland mine.

B. Coal-Lumsden.

LYONS, Clinton Co. Pop. 6,005. M.O. Stone-Charles Nagel. (Local.)

Tel. Ry. 160; 174.

MADRID, Boone Co. Pop. 804. M.O. Tel. Ry. 174; 254. Stone-John Jalick. (Local.)

B.Coal-William Knox. (Local.)

B.Coal-Strange & Son.

(Local.)

MANSON, Calhoun Co. Pop. 1.214.

M.O. Tel. Ry. 381.

Sur.-W. L. Thompson, surveyor and drainage engineer. Surveyor of Calhoun county.

B.Coal-A. Smith & Son. Shaft.

Horse.

B.Coal-S. V. Smith. Smith mine. Shaft. 800

tons.

B.Coal-Andrew Connors. (Local.)

Horse.

B.Coal-Jas. Gilbert. (Local.)

B.Coal-Jos. Mitchell. (Local.)

B.Coal-E. Richmond. (Local.)

tons.

LEIGHTON, Mahaska Co. Pop. 153. M.O. Tel. Ry. 177. Banking_town Oskaloosa.

B.Coal-R. C. Davis. (Local.)

B. Coal-A. A. Hoover. (Local.)
B.Coal-Mahaska Coal Co.

B.Coal-Wm. Patterson. (Local.)

LIBERTYVILLE, Jefferson Co. Pop. 219. M.O. Tel. Ry. 170; 177. Banking town Fairfield.

B. Coal-W. W. Laughlen. (Local.) B.Coal-Lick Creek Coal Co. P.O. Box 87. A. J. Zimmerman, pres.; S. C. Zimmerman, secy.: A. J. Houck, treas.; W. M. Fast, gen. mgr. and buyer. Cap. stk., $20,000, pd. up. Lick Creek mine. Slope, 40 ft. 24,000 tons; 280 days; 36 employes. Horse and electric. A. J. Zimmerman, mine supt.

mines.

OSKALOOSA, Mahaska Co. Pop. 8,551. M.O. Tel. Ry.
100; 177; 391.
B.Coal-American Coal Co. Knoxville and Junction
B.Coal-Appanoose Coal & Fuel Co. Appanoose mine.
B.Coal-Columbian Coal Co. Nos. 1 and 2 mines.
B.Coal-Eldon Coal & Mining Co. Eldon No. 1 mine.
B.Coal-H. E. Evans & Co.

B.Coal-Excelsior Coal Co. Excelsior Nos. 4 and 5 mines.
B.Coal-Garfield Coal Co. Garfield mine.

B.Coal-J. D. Guthrie. Guthrie mine. Shaft. 4,000 tons. Steam.

B.Coal-W. Hull. (Local.)

B.Coal-Iowa Fuel Co. Iowa mine.

B. Coal-Long Bros. Long mine. Shaft. 15,000 tons. Steam.
Iron-Novelty Iron Works.
B.Coal-Oskaloosa Coal & Mining Co. E. H. Gibbs, pres.
and buyer; D. C. de Wolf, v. pres.; W. A. Seevers,
secy. and treas.; L. R. Rosebrook, gen. mgr. Cap.
stk., $100.000, pd. up. 4 shafts. 1,600 tons daily ca-
pacity. 4 miles ry.

B. Coal-Phillips Coal Co. Phillips No. 2.
B.Coal-Daniel Reigel.

(Local.)

B. Coal-W. Rogers. (Local.)

OTTUMWA, Wapello Co. Pop. 16,761. M.O. Tel. Ry. 167; 170: 174; 177: 840: 913.

B.Coal-Appanoose Coal & Fuel Co.
B.Coal-Baker Coal Co.
B.Coal-Baker & Adams.

C.M.E.-J. T. Beard, civil and mining engineer. First Nat.
Bank bldg. Specialties, mine surveys, plats and re-
ports.
B.Coal-Burch Bros., South Ottumwa. Pickwick mine.
Shaft. 10,000 tons. Horse.

B.Coal-John Daniels. (Local.)
B.Coal-Eldon Coal & Mining Co. Eldon No. 1 mine.
Shaft. (See also Centerville and Oskaloosa.)
B.Coal-Hawkeye Coal & Mining Co., 112 Market st.
Hawkeye mine. Shaft. 25.000 tons. Steam,
B.Coal-Lumsden Coal Co. (John and James Lumsden).
Lumsden mine.

B. Coal-Phillips Fuel Co. Cap. stk., $200,000. Phillips No. 2 shaft. 20,000 tons.

B. Coal-Jacob Ream. (Local.)

M.E.-Geo. S. Rice, mining engineer of Whitebreast Fuel Company.

B.Coal-South Ottumwa Coal & Mining Co.

B.Coal-Van Gent & Dixon. (Local.).

B.Coal-W. C. Williams. (Local.)