A new vein of coal extending a mile inland and an eighth of a mile in width with an average thickness of twelve feet has been discovered by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company in the Mahoney Valley experts say it contained millions of tons valued at $75,000,000 at that time will require over fifty years to exhaust it.

Conditions at Shiloh in Durham are said to be anything but satisfactory to “Elijah” Sanford and his elders. Many of the disciples are showing a spirit of discontentment and the approaching winter, with scanty provisions in store, worries some. Mrs. Bert Killiot and her children, after a term of six years at Shiloh have abandoned the Hill top.

50 Years Ago, 1956

Bates Manufacturing Co. and Central Maine Power Co. again lead the list of Lewiston’s 10 largest taxpayers. Bates has the biggest total bill, $301,709 but the CMP Co. is assessed the highest real estate tax, $165,935.71, which includes most of the Gulf Island Dam installation. The 10 top taxpayers will pay a total of $762,140.83 of Lewiston’s 1956 tax commitment of $2,320,254. Here are the 10 highest taxpayers:

Bates Manufacturing Co., $301,709.00; Central Maine Power Co., $168,284.21; Continental Mills, $94,495.50; Lewiston Gas Light Co., $41,096.00; Pepperell Manufacturing Co., $36,905.00; Union Water Power Co., $31,619.50; W. S. Libbey Co., $24,569.87; Franklin Co., $22,932.25; B. Peck Realty Co., $21, 252.00; Manufacturers National Bank, $19,277.50.

25 Years Ago, 1981

The Sampson Supermarkets, Inc. announced today that Sampson’s will pay off all winning tickets for the Week #1 Edition of its “Let’s Go To The Races” Game. Although the Game specified two $1000 winners per week, an error on the part of the distributor of the game caused the issuance of up to an additional five hundred $1000 winning tickets. These additional winning tickets could amount to over a half million dollars ($500,000) in prize money for Sampson’s customers.