Excelsior Coal Company

Mahaska County, Iowa

Old Excelsior No.2. 3 miles South of Oskaloosa, 1886.
The buildings were destroyed by fire and rebuilt the following year.

Old Excelsior No.2 men and foremen 1886

Old Excelsior No.2 circa 1888.Rebuilt after the fire.
It established a record for tonnage never equaled in Iowa. The Advent of modern machinery.

Old Excelsior Mine 1878

Oskaloosa Weekly Herald November 14, 1878

Excelsior Coal Co. was organized but shortly proir to their beginning operations in
April last, with the following list of officers:? Lowery, Pt.Byron,III,President; S.M. Churchill,
Geo.Bently, H.C. Rockwell, and W.A. Durfee, Directors; Mr.Lowery is also a Director; Mr.Durfee,
who is a director and also Superintendent, comes from the coal fields of Illinois and his experience
there has enabled him to build the necessary works here with perfectness and economy.

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