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JNO. C C MAVOJ VICE-PRES A. M. DISTEL, Stc‘v
MRS. JNO. C. C. MAYO CO. ,
INCORPORATED
MAYO ARCADE BUILDING ,,
ASHLAND. KENTUCKY ~
January 7, l944.
Ar.Jos.L.narxins,
Prestonsburg, ny.
Dear Joe:

Your letter of the 5th instant to Mrs.muy0
has been referreu to me for atteuLiUH.

¢ne mrs.Jno-v.U.maJo Co., is now tne owner
of tne unuiviueu‘ OllC-iiuif interest in tne nary May
and h'n.nllen tract mentioueu in your letter.

I am inclined to agree wit41you relative
to leasing the snail acreage mentioneu for a wqgon
or trucK mine; one suggejt tnut you submit uruft of
proposee lease snoiins rate oer ooh, uinimu; royalty,
etc., for the bomgnny's ecosiuerltion.

hitn every boon uisn for you one yours,

oincerely yours,
61“ ('36 mall/0

 THE LOUISVILLE TRUST COMPANY
LOUISVILLE,KENTUCKY
JOHN H. HARDWICK
January
18th
1944
Dear Joe:

Thanks a lot for your very kind
letter relative to my recent promotion. Your good
wishes are very much appreciated, and I hope that I
will in some measure merit them. .

The next time I am in Prestonsburg
I will certainly avail myself of your invitation to
stop by your office to visit with you.

‘With my kindest regards,

Sincerely yours,
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Mr. Joseph D. Herkins
q/o Barking Law Offices
Prestonsburg, Kentucky

 Room 492 - 150 E. Broad St.,
Columbus, 15, Ohio.
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April 26, 19M)” ,
Harkins Law Offices,
Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Gentlemen:

I wonder if any of your clients have any coal properties
which have any possibilities of stripping coal which could be leased.

If so, I would like to hear from you, as I have two or three stripper
friends with equipment who are available to go on some job rather promptly.
It occurs to me that you might have some strip possibilities in mind,
either on the tops of some broad ridges or where the coal seams cross
under wide valleys. Uutcrops also offer good possibilities.

In general I would say the cualifications for stripping should
be about as follows:

1 - Near hard road and not more than five miles from a

railroad loadine noint or where a siding could be
built.
2 - An inherently good ruelity seam of clean coal of
fair thickness.

3 - on outcrop - the possibility of recoverinp a strip
of coal at least 80' wide by the time the cut reached
35' in height on the back end of the cut and there
should be at least 1% miles of outcrop to strip. Also,
the overburden should not be solid rock, although a
few feet won't hurt.

a - If in a valley, the coal should lie not more than 15' deep

and the valley should average at least 300' wide.

My idea is to furnish the stripper and the sales company - for
you to take a lease from your clients in such a way that you could sub- _i
lease to my stripper friends and retain several cents pa? ton, which you
would share in a small way with me. They would want to produce 500 tons
a day or more. If you know of anything which would be interesting from
a strip angle, please let me know. (I know of your property just above
Herold ard it is too steep to strip)

Also, I have some miner friends who want to start a small deep
mine in a good seam in the near future, to the extent of producing around
A or 5 cars a day. If you have anything you would like for me to show
them on this matter. please let me know the details. What about the can-
nel over on Abbotts Greek? Or, how about the various Elkhorn seams and
cannel above Herold?

Yours very truly,
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 THE LOUISVILLE T Ru ST COMPANY
X‘IEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
IRA J. PORTER
VICE PRESIDENT Ju 1y 10 , 1944
Mr. Jos. D. Harkins
Prestonsburg
Kentucmy
Dear Kr. Harkins:

I was mighty glad to get the June 30th
financial statement of your bank. You certainly
have a sound institution and I Know that all of you
are very proud of it. It is a pleasure, indeed, to
know that we occupy a position in your banking pic—
ture.

With our best wishes,

Sincerely yours,
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JOSEPH I. FARRING‘I'ON. “AIM
JULIA WATTERBON. CLERK
Hon. Joseph D. Barking, Sr.,
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Dear Joe:
Now that the election is over and

victory has been achieved. I desire to express to you

and through you to my other friends, my undying

gratitude and deep appreciation of the fine work you

did for me in the recent election. The vote which my ,

neighbors in Prestonsburg's three wards gave me is a

tribute I shall never forget. .

With best wishes always, I am
Most co dially yours.
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HARKINS LAW OFFICES
HUGH HARKINs.1339 PRESTONSBURG. KENTUCKY
L_1“LZEZ‘:.“L”5.;K‘.Z?_ November 16. 1944
fire. John C. C. Mayo
Kayo Arcade Building
Ashland, Kentucky
Dear Mrs. Mayo:
Mrs. Distel's letter of November 7th to fire. Browning
has been sent on to me.
we have never had any offer from any person to buy
the half interest which we own with the Mrs. Mayo Company in
the property on Camp Branch and do not know at this time of
anyone who would be interested in buying it. However, if the
Mrs. Mayo Company would be willing to sell the half interest
which it owns in the property, we might be willing to buy it
[:j and solidify our holdings in that section.
I will be pleased to hear from you either directly or
through Josephine at your convenience.
[ED All best wishes.
Very truly yours.
W Joseph D. Harkins
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" MRS ALICE M. MAYO. PRESIDENY
1N0 C C MAYO. VICEPRES A. M. DISTEL. Szc'v
MRS. JNO. C. C. MAYO Co.
INCORPORATED
MAYO ARCADE BUILDING
ASHLAND. KENTUCKY
Nov.l3,i944.
Mr.Jos.p.narkins,
Prestonsourg, my.
bear Joe:

Several montns ago tnis vompany executed a
coil lease covering 50 acres of tne meh May nateher
tract owned Jointly by narKins—Mayo interests, in tri-
plicate, one of Wnich “as to be furnisned to us. To
this time we have not received same, and would tnann
you to forward a copy of tiE lease for our files.

Very truly yours,
' ulrs.JnO.C.C.1flayO C0.,
by. Z“ a,
V‘ce—Presioei .

 November 20, 1944
Hr. Jno C. C. Mayo, Vice President
Mrs. Jno C. C. Mayo
Mayo Arcade Building
Ashland, hentucky
Dear Jno:-

Your letter of November 18th relative to the coal
lease on fifty acres of the Emma Mae Hatcher tract. is he-
ceived.

l beg to advise that prior to the time these trip-
licate leases were executed by all of the lessors, Mr. Shep-
herd was in the office two or three times per week to see me
wanting to know if they had been returned so that he could
start to work; however. when the leases were executed by
all of the lessors, he had a sudden change of front and was
apprehensive that the road over which he would have to haul
the coal to the main highway would be difficult and expensive
for him to maintain. He asked me to hold the leases here
with the idea that he might change his mind and go ahead and
execute them himself and proceed with the operation; however,
he has never executed these papers and l have just been hold-
ing all of them at the office.

When and if he should decide when he wants to operate
this lease, 1 will send you one of the executed copies.

My best personal wishes.

Very truly yours.
Joseph D. Harkins
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 December 1. 1944
Hon. A. J. May,m C
Washington, D. C.
Dear Jack:

I noted in the Lexington paper yesterday where Congress
is expected to provide for a large number of airports including
about seventy-four (74) in the State of Kentucky, and I want to
urge you to use your best endeavors to locate one of those air-
Forts in Floyd County. We ought to have plenty available sites
either on the river between Prestonsburg and Auxier, or between
Prestonsburg and the Pike County line, or substantially close
to Martin. The closer it could be to Prestonsburg, the more
desirable it would be but it ought to be in Floyd County.

I know that it will be one of many demands and requests
made upon you for these airports in your district to be in this
County but you have done too much for Johnson County and they
have done but little for you at any time. On the other hand.
Floyd County has always stood by you in every election, magnifi-
cently, and you have done but very little for Floyd County and
I think you owe it to yourself and other people here to do what
you can to get one of these airports in this County.

I know at the present time you are overseas and that
this matter will not come to your attention for awhile but I am
writing you this letter while the matter is entirely in my mind.

I sincerely hope that while you are overseas you will
happen to run into Walter Scott and I don't doubt but what you
will from my knowledge as to his whereabouts.

All good wishes.

Very truly yours,
Joseph D. Harkins
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JOSEPH R. FARRINGTM, HAWAII
JULIA WA'ITERSW. CLERK
Honorable Joseph D. Harkins
PreStonsburg
Kentucky ‘
Dear Judge Harkins:
I have just received your letter of December 1, in
regard to the location of airfields in Kentucky. Of‘course,
new is the logical and ideal time for the citizens of any
community to want to establish an airfield to begin to get
busy in securing the necessary lands, or at least options upon
lands, for that purpose.
I have driven up and down the valley ever since
automobiles came into existence and, as you understand, I
know all of the probable sites. In my judgment, the heighth
of the surrounding mountains and the location of the Dr.
Davidson farm above Beaver Creek is the ideal situation for
this proposal. I have measured that piece of land on the
speedometer of my automobile a number of times, and it is
only a few hundred feet under a mile in length, and the
mountains up the river and down the river are low enough to
permit of easy access. The fact is, with the prudent
expenditure of the proper amount of money it could be placed
in shape that large planes could land there easily. At any
rate, it ought to be acquired, and I am ready to do anything
I can to help. Another argument for it is that it would be
near to the proposed tuberculosis hospital to be located at
the mouth of Beaver. Please organize the group at home, and .
let them get busy at once, and I'll do the work at this end
i of the line.
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3J2 3 I directed him to when he left here?
" z ' With best wishes to Miss Rica and the entire
. family, I am, '
5 L Cordi l yours, M
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