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1562 Post Office Box
Columbus 16, Ohio
Dear Mr. Harman:
I hav» had the lnasn go all tho rounds of the family and
haVP it now nancuted in full. I am Sanding you harawith
ona of the laasss to which is attached a cartiriad copy of
tho dead undar which up claim tha title which includes
all of the calls by courses and distances, and any engineer
can plot this out or rn-surVay it as might be dnsirnd.
PlnaSn nota that through an OVnrsito either on my part or
my Socrntarys, w» grantnd you the option of purchasing the
soil and surface of certain portions of the property, but
disoOVnrnd aftnr you left that We had failed to include
the rate par acre and up insarted the "$100.00 pnr acre"
in aach of tho original copies of thn lasso in the Second
line on page 19, but this itan does not appear in the file
copy which I loaned to you and which is to be rnturnad to
ma aftar you rocniVe the enclosed copy of the loose.
You will nota furthar that the name of Georgo Archer Harkins
is signed by Marguaritn F. Barkins as Attornay-in-Fact. Tho
young man is now at John Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore.
Tho pounr-of-attornny was oxecutnd on July 13, 1948 and is
racorded in Book #138, Page 420 of racord in the Floyd County
Court Clerk's offico.
At tho time, and, in fact, as each boy bacamn 21 years of
age I had tham axecute power-of-attornoy to their Mothar
since they Wnrn either in school or/and widely asparatod
at times. With this procedurw the Hothnr can «Xacute any
papnr on thnir bshalr whan they arc absent.
You will also not» further the lnasa is signed, Donald Davidson
Harkins by Margunrita F. Harkins, Guardian. It would cost
approximately $100 in Court costs and other expanses to hav»
the less» approved by the Judge of the Circuit Court for this
young man who is the only one of the hairs under 21 yaars of
age. He owns only 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/3 of tho property, subject
to his Mother's life nstate, and I do not care to pay out
this amount of money for thn approval of the daud before you
or your associates make such exploration and inVnstigation

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of the property that you may so desire, and if you so desire,
and pay the minimum royalty provided for next April, and at
that time I can haVe the Court duly apprOVe the lanes.
0n the other hand, practically eVnry earn of mineral property
which Wn own is undnr lease to the Kentucky West Virginia Gas
Company, and the last two or thrnn renewals they hBVn said
that the interest of the dhild was so small it was not no-
cessary for us to incur the court costs and expanSas incident
to Court approval of the loase. The same thing would apply
here I think, especially so since under the provisions of
the statute and by custom, the Lasaee has always taken care
of the expense incurred by such approval.
my best personal regards.

Very truly yours,

JOBeph D. Harkina
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hovember 15th, 1951.
Mr. Joseph D. Harkins
Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Dear Mr. Harkins:

You no doubt have my receipt given ‘
the post office for original copy of lease. Your letter
of Fovember 2nd remains unanswered.

Yesterday, I had a long distance call from Birming-
ham, Alabama, and as I surmised when the call came
through, it was from Mr. Arnold to tell me that he would
be here this morning. I spent most of the forenoon with
him. tr. Kelce is in South Africa, Johannesburg to-day.
He is taking a little vacation, back the middle of
December.‘

Arnold plans to have their attorney draw the sub-
lease from them to me for the big coal; as soon as Merl
Kelce returns, 1 will get this and forward to you for
your okay. Then they will be ready to start right in
on their investigation.

The items which you mention in your letter are all
of them satisfactory to me. I will see to it that my
sub—lease to Sinclair Lines, Inc. carries the provision
for $100. per acre payment for any land taken over by
them for permanent improvements.

Trust you are well; take care of yourself.

Cordially yours,
USE-S WILLIAM S. HARKAH.

 NOVamber 16, 1951
Mr. William S. Harman
P. O. Box 1562
[Columbus 16, Ohio
Dear Mr. Harman:
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of NOVembsr 15th and
contents of which is duly notad.
I will be glad to Spa the inVQstigation.which you hav» the
right and privilege to make getting started as early as
possible and to haVe copies of such roports as may result
from such examination. ‘
From all that I hear about thn general status of the coal
industry the demand for coal is increasing Vary satisfactorily.
Thera are mere 198398 in prospect of nXacution in the near
future. 5
My best personal regards.
Very truly yours, ,
JOSGph D. Harkins
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(18) The party of the second part is granted the right to
enter upon said land and tgflgzke any and all tests which may be
desired to be made by him, his successors and assigns during
the period to and including January 1, 1952, and shall furnish
te-the—heesors~hepein~aad to the Trusteeofor the Lessors herein
Keyed/£5 ' q, rial
,aepy.and report: of Lllitests of eVery sort or nature which
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may be made as to the property herein mentioned and described,
provided, that if the party of the third part shall decide to
eXerciSe the rights and privileges hereinbefore granted, he shall
pay or cauSe to be paid to the Trusteesfor the Lessors herein
as hereinbefore provided, the minimum royalties hereinbefore
provided to be paid on or before January lst, 1952.
(19) It is contemplated that the upper seam of coal shall be
mined by the stripping process and that the lOWer seams of :Eid
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coal shall be mined by what is known as rift‘mining.

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shall, insofar as can be done, be deposited and placed in the
ravines and hollows upon said tract of land; that all such waste
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party of the third part, his sucCessors and assigns, will leVel
off or cause to be leVelled off, all the said tract of land
from which said coal may be mined by the strippinT process and
will not cause or permit to be caused, depressions therein and thereon
in which water may be accumulated and held upon the surface thereof;
or permit any accumulation of water upon the portion of said
lands from which the coal is stripped to be gathered therein and
thereby cause OVer-flow or drainage of the waters to the lower
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portions of said land. That all drainage ravines through which
the water arising from the mining and removing orAsaEd coal shall
be at all times kept open; that the Lessee, his successors and
assigns shall saVe and hold harmless at all times the party Lessors
herein from any and all damages which may or might result from the
operation of said stripping mine process.
herein should elect to

(20) In the event LeSSee/sfimtl operate under this lease and
pay the minimum royalties provided he paid on or before January 1,
1952, he shall give to the party Lessors herein notice of his
intention so to do; and the party Lessors herein)should they so
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and prior to the time stripping operations upon said tract of
land are commenced by the LeSSee hereunder.
All timber standing upon said tract of land is reserVed
to the Lessors herein.

- (21) It is further contemplated by the parties hereunder
that the other mineable and merchantable coal in and upon said
land/other than the upper sewn thereo€73hall be mined by what is
known as the drift or stfiight mining process, but as to such seams
so provided to be mined herein, all muck, bone, shale or other
refuse from said mine or mines shall be placed in the ravines,
hollows, or other waste places upon said tract of land.

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(22) In the eVentflore of commercial quality and quantity
shall be Hound in prospecting and testing said tract of land,
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contained injt mining and removal of ore deposits from lands,
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 provided, howeVer, that the royalties to be paid therefor
shall be harpafter determined and agrepd upon by and bntween the
Lessors and the Lesson herein.

(23) The LeBSae herein undertakas and agrees to saVe and
hold harmless the Lessors, their succnssors and assigns, from any
and all liability of eVary sort, kind and naturp arising in favor

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of the owners of any adjacenofltracfixof land, and resulting from
or out of any of the mining opprations from and upon tha tract
of land heroin leased.

The Party Losses agrons in tho mining and removing of
said coal, irrespective of the moans or mathods by which the some
is ramOVed, to comply with all laws now or hereafter enacted by
the Commoanalth of Kentucky or the United States of America,
and all rules and regulations now or horeafter promulgated under
the laws of the Commoanalth of Kentucky or of the United States
of America, pertaining to the mining and removal of coal,.é; the

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Mr. William S. Harman
Po OI BOX 1562
Columbus 16, Ohio
Dear Mr. Harman:
I will apprnciatn it Very much if you will adviSn me what
has been done or is being done up to this time relativé to
thn prospecting of thn propnrty on Burchntt Branch on which
w» gaVn you a leaSn Bone months ago.
I know that you haVG until April lst to completn the prospacting
otc., but I mernly wantnd to know what, if anything, has bean
done thus far.
3V bnst parsonal regards.

Very truly yours,

Joseph D. Barking
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KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA-OHIO

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January 22nd, 1952.
Mr. Joseph D. Harkins
Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Dear Nr. Harkins:

I have your favor requesting information
on what has been done in the prospecting line on your
property on Burchett Branch. I have a letter to-day from
Kr. Arnold. In answering that, I plan to enclose a
copy of this letter to you.

I am going right ahead completing the list
of leases that I know Mr. Kelce desires, at a cost of con-
siderable time and expense. I have the matter of the
other half of the hill up with both Consol and the Nor-
folk & Western. And I am pleased to advise you, that
while I suggested to F. K. Prosser, General Superintend-
ent of Transportaion of the Norfolk & Western Railroad
that I would be glad to come to Roanoke and discuss this
matter with at him, after he had a chance to 11K look
the ground over and verify my reports on the Kelce
Brothers, he phoned me the other morning and made a date
to come to Columbus himself with Mr. Graham of their real
estate department, and discuss with me a possible lease
of their holdings to the Kelce Brothers.

And my letter from Mr. Arnold to—day,
stated that they would be greatly interested to learn
how I come out with Mr. Prosser.

Knowing the calibre of the men with
whom we are dealing, I KNOW that they would not permit
me to go ahead and spend my time and money if they were
not thoroughally and deeply interested in this whole
matter and planning to go ahead with it as soon as I
round up a workable situation for them.

I suggest you investigate; I under-
stand that Island Creek will not build one of théir tip-
ples and preparation plants for less than 10,000 acres
of coal. That might throw some light on the situation we
are in. I think they have decided that, with half of so
much of the hill cut off, that they will not go ahead
until I have rounded out this territory for them in better
shape. As soon as I get this done, I look for them to
move in completely and hold everything. And I have not
been down and do not know what exploratory work th
have done to date. Cordially yours, LE$&§%%¥t‘°h°—“‘

 January 24, 1952
hr. William S. Harman
Pl 0. Box 1562
Columbus 16, Ohio
Dear Mr. Harman:
Thank you for your lett-r of January 22nd. I am plna80d
to haVn the information therein set out, and will be
looking forward to receiVing cepy of the letter you will
write 113‘- ArDOlds
I further note the negotiations which you are having with
Consol and Norfolk & Westnrn, and hope that your confornncm
with Mr. Prosser will work out satisfactorily to the mutual
concern of all.
At your request, I hBVn inVestigated your understanding that
Island Creek will not build one of their tipples and prepara-
tion plants for less than 10,000 acres of coal. Personally,
I rather think that this statement is more or lass of a myth
since it has been my understanding that the amount of money
that could be inVestnd in a tipple and cleansing plant would
depend upon the amount of estimated racOVnrabln coal. I
know of tipplas being put in where there is only 200 acres
of surface measurement, also 500 to 550 acres. I do not know
of any place in this auction of the country where as much as
10,000 acres of coal lands are embraced in one lease, or in
a Series of adjoining and connected ladens.
I hav» just talked by telephone with Mr. Crawford of the
Princess Elkhorn Coal Company at David, Kentucky, a subsidiary
of the Island Creek Coal Company, he is their man on the
ground here. The Princess Elkhorn dOns not hays as much as
10,000 acres embraced in the laasns which they have. They
hays two tipples and Mr. Crawford Variflnd the vinw that I
had in that it is purely an economical question as to the
amount of exponSA any losses could go to based upon the
amount of coal estimated to be recOVnrnd.
Sincn you were horn at the office I hays made two leases,
one of approximately 500 acres, and the other about 250 acres,
and each of them hays been sufficiently dayclopod so that
the last royalty payment from each of them was Very satisfac-
tOI‘y.
Further, I not» that you think they haVo decided that with
half of so much of a hill out off they will not go ahead
until you hays rounded out this tnrritory in better shape for
them.

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I was not aware tharp Worn so many "ifs" in ragard to this
transaction, and was laad to the vinw that the property
of Judge Turner, tho Porter proporty, tha proporty in which
Wa wore intarnstpd, plus, the Harry Burke property, which I
hav’3 been told you can obtain a 10339 upon, was all that was
rnquirpd bafora work could be started, and, of courSe, the
inVnstigation and AXploration which you or they might desire
to maka prior to April lst, 1952.
Th» purpOSQ of my roennt lettnr to you was to know in a
general way what was bolnfl done toward thp exploratory
work.
Ranrtinc to the proposition of the tipplp and alpansing
plant, I would understand that while clnaning plants are
expan81VQ, yet, at thn same time if the ransonabln patinatp
of racovaredgooal is such that ordinary opnration would
rnturn an avarag. profit from the operation as a whole and
would also rnturn on a doprpciatod basis the inVnStmnnt
in the tippla and cleansing plant and other inVnstmonts,
than such expenditurns would be justifiable.
0f courso, the largor tho amount of nstimatnd raCOV¢rable
coal, the largnr amount can be pconomically inVnstnd in
tipple, clnansing and proparation plant.

Very truly yours,

Joanph D. Harkins
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KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA-OHIO
GOAL AND GOKE
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January 28th, 1952.

Mr. Joseph D. Harkins.
Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Dear Mr. Harkins:

I appreciate your full reply to my
recent letter. Let it be understood that my statements
in that letter do not repeat any actual statements
from Arnold or Kelce to me. They never mentioned how
much acerage Island Creek might require. They mentioned
with some distress that a long line of the high coal
on Judge Turner's land stopped in the middle of the
hill.

I do not know, it is not safe or desirable for
us to assume that they have made no investigations.
They just do not say; they are under no obligations
to say. Itry to pick up all information I can when
talking with them—~without asking questions which they
feel are out of my province. I am sure they have
blown up the quadrangles covering all our preperty.

I think--but cannot say--that they have been looking
very closely into all conditions over at the Skyline
Mine of Princess Elkhorn. And feel very sure they will
be over your property with a fine tooth comb within
their time limit.

I know they are deeply interested in the Dennison
Gap property, and Arnold's statement about that was
that the Dennison Gap property made the whole situation
look much better to them. And, of course, my confer-
ence with Prosser is in the interest of, I believe,
not only the Dennison Gap end, but the whole boundary.

The statement which I attribute to Arnold in the
preceding paragraph was an actual statement, made with
emphasis. Conclusions which I have drawn from this are
at best ONEY conclusions, and should not be given the
standing of data upon which it is safe to base other
conclusions.

I want you to feel that I am doing everything
possible in this matter to promote this deal and your
interests. I will write you after my conference with
Presser. But, as far as possible, I request that these
reports be considered for your information only, and
not be discussed more than is necessary. Cordially,

. l ‘

 January 50, 1952

Mr. w. 5. Harman
P. O. Box 1562
Columbus 16, Ohio
Dear Mr. Harman:
Thank you very much for your letter of January 28th, end
particularly the information therein. It clears up your
former letter and remOVes any questionable interprntation
which I had placed upon the information you had previously
g1Von me.
My bast personal regards.

Sincerely,

Josaph D. Harkins
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[pril 28th, 1952.
Yr. Joseph D. Tarkins.
Frestonsburg, Kentucky.
hear Kr. Harkins:

The only way I know to get on in this
world is to plug, plug, plug, keep on plugging, then—--
plug some more.

Just by inches and by degrees, it became apparent
to me that Terl Relce was not satisfied with what I
had lined up for him in Floyd and Johnson Counties.
Teanwhile, I was working to enlarge on what I had to
offer. It has been only in the last thirty days that
I have been able to add the necessary cap stone; only
last week that I got them down to examine it; only to-
day at five P.E. that I had word that they are moving
in their drills.

And this is the 12,000 acres owned by Consolidation.
They estimate that they have 900 acres of the high
coal; that the Uinnifrede under it can be mined by strip
and auger process combined up to 50% of the available
tonnage. T have an option on the entire tract. Drilling
starts immediately.

The payments under your contract with me will not
be made on Fay lst. If you care to go along with me,

I shall do my best to have your land included in any
deal closed.

If the delces move in on Consol property, and the
chances look most favorable, they will take everything,
including their tipple at Van Lear. That tipple is too
small for the helces; the washer is tiny. But they will
probably include it in the deal. Re have examined it
closely.

This is not the end of our deal; the time you have
put into it with me has not been lost; unless you want
it that way. I have continued to expend both time and
money without stint, and with no return to date, to get
this deal through. Ty services are still at your disposal
in this matter, if you want them.

DespeCtrUlly/¥::i::gfla-—
TSH-S XILLIAP S. FARNAN.

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April 50, 1952
Mr. William S. Harman
Po 0. BOX 1562
Columbus 16, Ohio
Dear Fr. Harman:
I have rocoivod and note the suggestions made in your lottor
of April 28th, and regret that your associatas have not soon
fit to take up the loaso proposition on which you han
devotod much work, expense and time, and upon which we nova
opont a groat doal of time.
Of course I know that no doal is oVer complatad until actual
work bagins and know further that thora are ofton timos
many disappointments whora ona oxpoctad to haV3 consumation
of one's plans.
I have not talked to Mr. Hobson, raprssanting the Richmond
totata, or to Judge Turner, Hr. Porter, or tha othnr folks
in intarast. 0n tho other hand, it would be my opinion and
suggastion to tho intarnatad land ownars that if they haVG
not locsod their proparty for coal purposos to sono othar
parson or parsons befora you haVa smnebody definitely
lntorwstad in tho oporotion of tho proporty, then that thqy
let you have it. So far as my family is concornod, we would
probably look with favor upon this procedure. HoweVor, we
might ask to oliminato the Ho. 3 llkhorn seam which was in-
cluded in the draft of the loose we gavo you. I hava just
lotoly rocaived information that No. 3 ilkhorn is boing
laasnd in this general saction for fifty cents per ton, which
is a substantial raise in the amount of royalty W7 would r9-
ooivo from this seam of coal in tho avwnt you had boon
snocassfnl in interwsting your asaocintos in tho loans which
you now have, but which will oxpiro for non-payment of the
nonoy mantionod tharain on May lst.
Bast pnrsonnl ragarda.
Vary truly yours,
Joseph D. Horkins

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May 17th, 1952.

Mr. Joseph D. Harkins
Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Dear Mr. Harkins:

Certainly fine to see you yesterday;
fine to see you in such good spirits and health. Take
it easy and take care of yourself.

Stopped in Ashland for a visit with
John Kayo this morning. We signed up my lease on the
1500 acres of the Williamson Coal a. Coke Company, just
north of Henry. I asked hmm for a year's extension
without pay, on the 500 acres we have leased from him
in Dennison Gap. He finally agreed, with but little
discussion, to give us six months‘ additional without
charge. And his minimum is straight one dollar per acre
per year.

with you

I would appreciate it if you would work
out a plan to expend all dates mentioned in my lease by
six months, conditioned upon arrival of drill,as I reported
it to you, arrival within thirty days, and provided
drilling is extended to your land. The drill we expect
is just being released by Island Creek in Breathitt County;
Arnold figures it will take two weeks for the drill to
reach Henry's place. Mott is doing the drilling.

I fully expect things to go through now.
I want your land included; we want to drill it while the
drill is right there. Please fix this so we can go ahead.
I offer no apology for the delay in starting, but we have,
at long last "done started"; I have done all I could to
push it along.

Cordially yours,
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WSH—S WILLIAT s. HARMAN.

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may 21, 1952
Mr. William S. Harman
P. 0. Fox 1562
Columbus 15, Ohio
Dear Mr. Harman:
Your letter of May 17th is received and noted. I am glad
to hear that you got your lease on the 1500 acres of the
‘ Williams Coal Company, just north of Henry Porter's
property signed up.
I notw further that John Mayo gave you a six months
additional extinsion withort charge, end that his minimum
is a straight $1,00 per year per acre.
Part of this information does not surprise me in any way
and of course WhatQVQP Mr. Kayo wants to do is entirely
up to him. Frankly I haVe no coal of any sort or nature
which I would be willing to lease on a basis of less than
the amounts sat out in our existing lease. Sometime there
might arise some condition where I might be willing to do
so but as yet such a condition has not arisen.
I note what you say about ry working out a plan to oytend
all dates mentioned in your lease for six months, conditioned
upon the arrival of a drill within thirty days, and provided
drilling is extended to our land.
You mention Mott is doing the drilling, and they are very
satisfactory people. As a matter of fact, I haVe had them
do a lot of drilling on our own behalf or as to property
in which we have interest.
So far we haVe done nothing uith the property on John‘s
Creek, nor have I mentioned anything relatiVe to the property
or as outlined in your letter,to Mr. Hobson who reproswnts
the Richmond Estate.
I stated to your generally my opinion in my last letter to
you. I am willing to, if the drill is brought over and
drilling commenced on the Henry Porter property, if we have
not disposed of the property in the meantime, extend your
contract for a period of six months from the expiration date
therein mentioned; conditioned upon the agreement that after

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the completion of the drilling on the Porter property,
it would be mowed over onto our property for such tests
as might be desired on such property.
I haVe every raason to believe that the Richmond intersst
would concur in the suggestion I am making, and I hope
that you will meet the requirements.
You will recall that we gaVs the piriod of approximataly
eight months from the data of the lease with you in which
to do the drilling and prospecting, and as long as we do
not have another lessee in sight I will be interested in
cooperating with you.
My best personal regards. V

Very truly yours,

Joseph D. Harkins
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WILLIAM S. HARMAN
KENTUCKY-WEST VlRGlNlA-OHIO
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May let, 1952.

Mr. Joseph D. Harkins

Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

Dear Mr. Harkins:

After talking with Cecil Arnold in
St. Louis Monday afternoon, I wrote Henry Porter to
expect the drill in some time to-day. This is at
least ten days earlier than I had anticipated. Things
are now ready to move; and they will move.

Yesterday, I wrote Henry again about
the iron ore. Those pieces of iron ore which the Porters
located, came from somewhere. This drilling, which
will go down through #3 vein, should show the origin
of these ore samples.

Surely, Consolidation put down many
drill holes; but only to locate the Millers Creek Coal.
Mr. Martin told me they never started any of their
drill holes high up on the hill. Which is exactly what
we are doing now.

Cordially yours,
WSH-S WIL:I§L g. HARMAN. ‘

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WILLIAM S. HARMAN

KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA-OHIO

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Iflay 25rd, 1952.
Fr. Joseph D. Harkins
Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Dear Mr. r1arkins:

I am greatly pleased with your letter
of the let. Was sure that would be your attitude.

I have not suggested any bhange in the
terms of your lease with?’excepting the additional
time. Surely, that eight‘month period has certainly
been burned into my consciousness. Instead of getting
things closed, there was more and more to be done, more
time, more expense.

The terms of the Mayo leases do in-
crease my work in getting yours over. I have not asked
you to change the terms of my lease. I have asked for
more time to do the job. And I believe a truthful rep-
resentation to you of the obstacles is in order. And
that is the spirit in which I presented these facts.

I have not heard from Henry since
I was there. I wrote him by agreement on Uonday, and
he should have been expecting my letter on Tuesday, to
look out for the arrival of the drill on Wednesday.
And, assuming that the drill has arrived, Henry is, no
doubt, plenty busy.

You can definitely depend upon it,
that the drill has or will promptly arrive. The first
hole is going down on Fayo's property, right next
to Henry; so close that it might just as well be on
Henry. You can depend upon it, that while on this same
hill, drilling will be done on your property, and the
results given to you in due course.

Henry says there are five miles
of coal, which I think we can now reach from both
sides of the hill. That ought to be a nice tonnage.
Although 10,000 tons per day soon runs into tonnage.
And they ought to load that from this high coal.

I know, from observation, that

Mr. Hobson will follow you in this deal. I will keep
in close touch with you. The first drill hole will
cost $2000.; other holes in proportion. And from here

 WILLIAM S. HARMAN
COLUMBUS, (3on

Sinclair Coal are spending real money. And when I
tell them that I want your property drilled, I
will also have to be able to tell them that they
may take reasonable time to decide upon it, in case
their drilling turns out as Henry and all of us are
sure that it will.

If therefore, the drill is on the ground and
drilling, as I believe it is, there is a very short
few days that can be alloted to your word "meantime"
as used in the fourth line of the last paragraph on
the first page of your letter. And unless I am com-
pelled to advise you, which I do not anticipate, that
Merl Kelce refuses to pursue the drilling of your
property and our holdings west of Henry Porter, I
will, on the basis of your letter which I have, assure
Fr. Kelce that we can proceed with our proposed
deal for your property any time before December lst,
this year.

And I will keep you closely advised of our prog-
ress with all the drilling. I appreciate the consid-
eration which you are showing in this matter, and I
shall do my best to work things out along the lines
we all desire. And, at least, I have made a real
start for our goal.

Cordially yours,
WSH-S WILLIAM S. HARMAN.

 WILLIAM S. HARMAN:

KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA-OHIO

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Mr. Joseph D. Harkin