Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of ...

No. ]0. SIXTH ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. 169
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the year the I'liiladelpliia and Keading Coal and Iron Com-
])any built a new breaker to take the place of the old one at their
Tunnel Kidge Colliery, and have pernianentl}' abandoned the preparation
of eoal at their Elinwood breaker, and all the coal mined at the
Klni\\'ood Colliery will soon be prepared at the Tunnel Ridge new
bleaker which is capable of preparing 1,400 tons daily.
A tunnel has been driven across the basin 333 feet long from the
South dip of the top split of the IMammoth vein or p]lmwood side of the
basin, to the north dip of the top split of the Mammoth vein or tunnel
Ilidge side of the basin. This tunnel connects with Tunnel Ridge new
slope east gangway 1.500 feet east of slope and was driven for the purpose
of hauling the coal mined from the P^lmw^ood workings through
to the new Tunnel Ridge slope. A new double track hoisting slope
has been sunk 272 yards at Tunnel Ridge, through which all the
coal ndned at these two collieries is hoisted in ''gunboats/' each boat
having a capacity of six tons. The coal is rumped on top into a
separator, and the rock and slate separated from the coal, which is
then transferred by means of a scraper line to the breaker proper for
final preparation. The two Elmwood slopes are sunk to the same
level with the Tunnel Ridge slopes and serve as second outlets.
The workmen are also lowered and hoisted through these openings,
also the mine supplies necessary for the carrying on the work in
connection with both dips of the basin. A pumping station is maintained
for the i^resent at each side of the basin. The roadbeds and
drainage gutters are well constructed, and the timbering of the gangways
cannot be improved upon. Four fans are in operation, which
keep the mine workings well ventilated.
In addition to the surface im])rovements at Tunnel Ridgx?, a new
pair of hoisting engines have been erected on top of the new slope,
•10 inch cylindei' and 00 inch stroke, with steam boilers each 18 feet
long, t; feet diameter and with 08 four inch tubes; the horse power of
€-2ch is 150.
The means of communication from to]) to bottom of slope is by telephone
and electric alarms.
^lenogra])hic Re])ort of the Incpn-st Held by Deputy Coroner Edward
Fogarty at Mahanoy City, December 4, 1897, upon the Bodies
of William Steel and Martin Whittlck, Outside Laborers Who
Wei'e Killed at North Mahanoy Collieiy on the 2d of December,
1807.
The jurors were Michael Hobise, Harry Hume. Andrew Carlin.
\y. T. Evans. .James (Jeehan and John Deriick.
The examination of witnesses was conducted by William Stein,
mine inspector.
The tirst witness sworn was \Nilliani 11. Richaids. district mine