Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1906 — Merger of Coal Companies. [ARTICLE]

Merger of Coal Companies.

Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 9. The merger of the Deering Coal company and the Consolidated Indiana Coal company has been announced here. The Deering company controlled sixteen mines in Indiana and Illinois, and the Consolidated company owned ten mines in Sullivan county, Ind. The merged concern will lie known as the Deering Coal company. R. R. Hammond will continue as president and J. K. Deering as vice president.