A company composed of miners undertook to run this .
Were unable to finance it , and in 1898 the works were purchased by Joseph G. Beale , of Leechburg , who was already in the coal business at that place .
A company composed of miners undertook to run this , but were unable to finance it , and in 1898 the works were purchased by Joseph G. Beale , of Leechburg , who was already in the coal business at that place .