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56 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
employes and where the angle of descent of said
slope exceeds 15 degrees and its length from the
mouth of the opening exceeds 1,000 feet, the
employes shall be lowered into and hoisted from
the mine at the beginning and end of each shift,
at a speed not to exceed six miles per hour, and
at every such mine where the angle of descent
of said slope averages from five to 15 degrees
and where its length exceeds 3,000 feet, the em­
ployes shall be lowered into and hoisted from
the mine at the beginning and end of each shift
at a speed not to exceed six miles per hour;
Provided, however, that, when a separate travel­
ing way is provided at any such slope, the owner
or operator may, at his, their, or its option, be
exempt from the requirements of this section, if
the angle of said traveling way does not exceed
20 degrees.
(TO UK CONTINUED AUGUST 1ST)
At a recent meeting of the directors of the
Brazil Block Coal Co. at Chicago, the following
officers were elected: President, H. H. Rhodes;
vice president, J. A. Carcia; treasurer, J. E.
Ford; secretary, L. W. Seneff; and assistant sec­
retary, J. H. McClelland. W. R. McGhee has
been appointed general sales agent of the com­
pany, with office in the McCormick Building,
Chicago.
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RECENT COAL TRADE PATENTS.
The following recently granted patents of in­
terest to the coal trade, are reported expressly
for THE COAL TKADE BULLETIN, by J. M. Nesbit,
Patent Attorney, Park Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
from whom printed copies may be procured for
15 cents each:
Process of preventing explosions of coal dust
in coal mines, Mermann Kruskopf, Dortmund,
Germany, 995,261.
Automatic coal shaft basket, J. J. Nary, Harrisburg,
111., 995,892.
Safety appliance for mines, S. G. Bennett,
Chesterfield, Eng., 996,049.
Mine shaft lining, H. J. Wessinger, Duluth,
Minn., 996,178.
Miner's lamp, G. I. Rawson and L. B. Shultz,
St. Louis, Mo., 996,675.
Coke oven, G. E. Behr, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
996,829.
Tunneling Machine, G. A. Fowler, Denver,
Colo., 996,842.
Automatic mine door, James Taylor, Peoria,
111., 996,949.
Miner's acetylene lamp, James Taylor, Peoria,
111., 996,950.
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