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shafts, slopes, tunnels, entries, looms and working
place, whether abandoned or in use.
Shaft, (c) The term "shaft" means any vertical
opening through the strata which is or may be
used for purposes of
VENTILATION OR ESCAPEMENT,
or for the hoisting or lowering of men and material
in connection with the mining of coal.
Slope, (d) The term "slope" means any inclined
way in or to a seam of coal to be used for
the same purposes as a shaft.
Drift, (e) The term "drift" means any practically
horizontal way in or to a seam of coal to
be used for the same purpose as a shaft.
Operator, (f) The term "operator" as applied
to the party in control of a mine in this act, signifies
the person, firm or body corporate who is the
immediate proprietor as owner or lessee of the
plant, and, as such, responsible for the condition
and management thereof.
Mine Manager, (g) The "mine manager" is the
person who is charged with the general direction
of the underground work.
Mine Examiner, (i) The "mine examiner" is
the person charged with the examination of the
underground workings of the mine before the miners
are permitted to enter it in the morning.
Sec. 31. That an act entitled, "An act to revise
the laws in relation to coal mines and subjects relating
thereto, and providing for the health and
safety of persons employed therein, approved April
18, 1899, and in force July 1, 1S99," with amendments
to July 1. 1910; also
An act entitled. "An act to prohibit the use of
certain oils in coal mines and penalties for infraction
of same," approved April 30, 1895, in force
July 1. 1895; also
An act entitled, "An act concerning the use of
powder in coal mines, approved and in force May
14, 1903, as amended by an act approved May 24,
1907, in force July 1, 1907"; also
An act entitled, "An act to provide for the
weighing of coal at the mines, and to repeal a
certain act therein named," approved June 17.
1887, in force July 1, 1887, be and each of said acts
is hereby repealed.
Approved June 6, 1911.
Mr. B. Dawson Coleman of Lebanon, Pa., president
of the Ebensburg Coal Co., Ebensburg. Pa.,
has let to the South Fork Lumber & Construction
Co. the contract for 106 more houses at the corporation's
new coal town of Colver, Pa. Six of
these houses are for foremen and other responsible
employes, while the remaining 100 are ordinary
miners' houses. This makes the second 100
houses to be ordered b.v the company. Mr. Miller
now having the first 100 in the various stages of
completion.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 55
COMMERCE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
The commerce of Lake Superior as measured by
the canals at Sault Ste. Marie reached 8.548,812
tons during August, being 2,993 tons in excess of
the July movement, when 8,515,819 tons were
moved. The movement to Sept. 1 was 31,488,323
tons as against 40,046,800 tons for the corresponding
period last year. The falling off of course is
in the ore movement, coal showing a respectable
gain over the figures for 1910. Following are some
of the figures:
EAST BOUND.
To Sept. 1, To Sept. 1,
1910. 1911.
Iron ore, net tons 28.055,531 IS,683,240
Pig iron, net tons 19,331 17,784
Lumber, M. ft., B. M 374,379 328,329
Wheat, bu 32,695.234 34,078,649
WEST BOUND.
Coal, anthracite, net tons.. 1.060,259 1,226,515
Coal, bituminous, net tons. . 7.297.7S8 8,116,034
TOTAL MOVEMENT.
East bound, net tons 30,657,557 21,100,586
West bound, net tons 9,389.243 10,387,737
IRON ORE SHIPMENTS.
40,046,800 31.488,323
Ore shipments during August were 5,548.311 tons
as against 6,964,381 tons for the corresponding
month last year, a decrease of 1.416,070 tons. The
movement to Sept. 1. 1911, was 19,606,068 tons, as
against 28,827,029 tons for the corresponding period
last year, a decrease of 9,220,961 tons. The August
movement of the present year exhibits a
slight gain over July of the present year, when
5,221,373 tons were moved, an increase of 326,938
tons. August will undoubtedly be the record
month of the present year.
The fleet last year moved 6,273,832 tons in September,
4.877,441 tons in October and 2,641,886
tons in November, which marked the close of the
iron ore reason on the lakes. Were the fleet to
move this year an equivalent amount during the
remainder of the season, the total shipments for
the year would be 33,399,227 tons. The fleet of
course will not move anything like that amount
during the remaining months of the year. It is
doubtful if the September movement will reach
5,000,000 tons, as heavy weather may be expected
at any time during the month and, moreover, ore
sales have not been such as to justify a heavy
movement under adverse weather conditions; and
as shippers expect to be through with outside ships
in October, the October and November movements
will be light. It is likely that the movement for
the entire season will not be much in excess of
31,000,000 tons.