1911 Cambria Steel Co Letterhead Johnstown PA Mining Dept Juniata Limestone For Sale

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1911 Cambria Steel Co Letterhead Johnstown PA Mining Dept Juniata Limestone:
$39.77

1911 Cambria Steel Co Letterhead Johnstown PA Mining Dept Juniata Limestone

Approximately 10.5" by 8.5" See pics for condition

Item Overview

Company: Cambria Steel Company (Mining Department - Mines, Ovens and Quarries)
Date: July 20, 1911
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Addressed to J. King McLanahan, Hollidaysburg, PA)
Sender: M. G. Moore, Supt. Mining Dept.
Document Type: Typed Letter Signed (TLS) on official engraved company letterhead

Content Summary

A fascinating early 20th-century industrial letter written by M.G. Moore regarding quarry operations and quality control for Juniata Limestone. Moore details issues with recent shipments ("stone has been running bad all the week"), mentions complaints from prominent figures (Mr. Wolle, Mr. Stackhouse, Mr. Souther/Scuther), and discusses the shipping of limestone used for ballast versus industrial output.

Transcription

Cambria Steel CompanyMINING DEPARTMENTMINES, OVENS AND QUARRIESJohnstown, Pa. July 20th, 1911.

ADDRESS REPLY TOM. G. MOORESupt. Mining Dept.

Mr. J. King McLanahan,Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Dear Mr. McLanahan:

I have yours of the 19th inst. and will forward you either today or tomorrow a blue print map of the Juniata Limestone property.

I enclose analysis of eighteen cars of Juniata limestone. This stone has been running bad all the week and Mr. Wolle, Mr. Stackhouse and Mr. Scuther are kicking about it very hard.

It looks to me as though in increasing the output of the quarry you had been obliged to ship some stone that heretofore had been left for ballast. We cannot use stone of this kind.

Yours truly,[Signed: M. G. Moore]Sup't. Mining Dep't.