PIONEER MINE CONTRACTOR DEAD Edmund Moses of Scranton I a one of the pioneers in the coal industry in this part of the state died at his home this morning at 5 o clock after a lingering illness On May 15 last Mr Moses and his wife celebrated their golden wedding Mr Moses was born in Rhumny South Wales on April 12 1841 and came to this country in 1852 accompanied by his mother his father having been killed when he was a child When a young man he worked about the mines and later took up the work of sinking shafts and driving tunnels He entered a firm composed of Evan Evans now district superintendent for the Lackawanna company William Davis and Edmund Moses under the firm name of Evans Davis & Moses This firm sunk many of the shafts in this region after which Mr Evans became inside foreman of the Rellevue of the Lackawanna company The remaining members of the firm then took in William Beynon and for more than a quarter of a century they sank most of the big shafts and drove the great tunnels in the bowels of the earth They were considered the best in their line in this section Among the shafts which they sank are the Bliss Loomis Hallstead as well as many others in and about the city Four years ago Mr Moses retired and has since been living a quiet life He leaves a widow and four children
The Coal Operators National Weekly, Volume 19
Fuel Publishing Company, 1912
page 328
The Coal Operators National Weekly, Volume 19
Fuel Publishing Company, 1912
page 328
PIONEER MINE CONTRACTOR DEAD Edmund Moses of Scranton I a one of the pioneers in the coal industry in this part of the state died at his home this morning at 5 o clock after a lingering illness On May 15 last Mr Moses and his wife celebrated their golden wedding Mr Moses was born in Rhumny South Wales on April 12 1841 and came to this country in 1852 accompanied by his mother his father having been killed when he was a child When a young man he worked about the mines and later took up the work of sinking shafts and driving tunnels He entered a firm composed of Evan Evans now district superintendent for the Lackawanna company William Davis and Edmund Moses under the firm name of Evans Davis & Moses This firm sunk many of the shafts in this region after which Mr Evans became inside foreman of the Rellevue of the Lackawanna company The remaining members of the firm then took in William Beynon and for more than a quarter of a century they sank most of the big shafts and drove the great tunnels in the bowels of the earth They were considered the best in their line in this section Among the shafts which they sank are the Bliss Loomis Hallstead as well as many others in and about the city Four years ago Mr Moses retired and has since been living a quiet life He leaves a widow and four children
The Coal Operators National Weekly, Volume 19
Fuel Publishing Company, 1912
page 328
The Coal Operators National Weekly, Volume 19
Fuel Publishing Company, 1912
page 328
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