Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Aug. 22, 1925 This week’s miners’ pay, covering a period of two weeks, is the largest of the past three months and denotes a steady trend in the coal mining industry toward something of its old-time prosperity. Additional mines resuming operation during August, with a consequently larger number of miners at work according to Bernard Harrigan, commissioner of the operators’ association. Only a few of the coal companies pay on Saturday, as of yore.