Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1901 — Big Coal Sale Is Closed. [ARTICLE]

Big Coal Sale Is Closed.

One of the biggest coal sales In Washington county was closed at Washington, Pa. The territory embraced in the sale consists of about 2,500 acres of the most valuable coal land in the eastern part of the county and is located a short distance southeast of the Ellsworth coal field, which was recently opened. The territroy has been sold to a company of Pittsburg and New York capitalists. The farmers receive SIOO per acre for their land.