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iron bands were installed on the other two inclined 
planes. Maintenance costs were reduced and replace- 
ments were seldom required.” 
In 1839, the company leased the entire Room Run 
operations for a 3-year period. The contractors were 
to mine 30,000 tons of coal the first year and thereafter 
to increase their output by 5,000 tons per year. The 
company received a royalty payment for each ton of 
coal mined. Similar leasing arrangements were planned 
for the old mine property at Summit Hill whenever 
a second or return track could be built between the 
mines and the loading chute at Mauch Chunk."’ 
°L.C.N.C., Annual Report for 1838 (Philadelphia: James 
Kay, 1839), p. 31. 
® Thid., p. 20. 
PAPER 72: ANTHRACITE IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY 
A separate return track was eventually constructed 
during 1844 and opened for use with the 1845 season. 
The empty coal wagons from the loading chutes at 
Mauch Chunk were returned to the mines via thistiew 
road, thereby increasing the capacity of the original 
road by eliminating the delay caused by waiting for 
the loaded train to pass at turnouts. At about the same 
time, stationary engines were installed at the inclined 
planes leading into the mines, replacing animal power 
and thereby increasing the road’s haulage capabilities. 
A plan of the facilities, as they existed at the begin- 
ning of the 1845 season is shown in figure 15. 
“T,C.N.C., Annual Report for 1845 (Philadelphia: James 
Kay, 1846), p. 6. 
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