These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger June 30, 1881 VINTON A number of gentlemen are the owners of seventeen hundred acres of coal land in Vinton county, and an additional thirty-three hundred acres of optioned land. With a capital of $300,000 they expect to begin the immediate development of their property and furnish cheap coal to Hamilton county by shipping to Gallipolis, and thence in barges to Cincinnati. It is understood that the Hocking Valley Railroad, or successon (sic), is to construct two miles of railroad, lapping the Ohio and West Virginia Railroad, and running into the Mines. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson