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

216 REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES. Off. Doc.
Williams Colliery.
A tunnel, 260 feet long, lias been driven north from the Tracy vein,
cutting a vein about seven feet thick. An overcast tunnel is being
driven back to the Tracy, at right angles to dip, to ventilate this vein.
Bell Colliery.
The old breaker was torn down, and a more modern one erected
in its stead, which commenced operations about October 1.
Ellsworth Colliery.
The breaker was destroyed by fire on the night of October 5. A
new and more modern breaker is now in course of construction.
Little
Diamond Colliery.
A new lift of 225 feet was sunk on the Little Diamond vein slope,
making the depth from surface about 475 feet.
nine inches thick at the bottom of the slope.
degrees south.
The vein is four feet
Dip, about thirty-five
Improvements Made During the Year 1897 by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company.
West Brookside Colliery.
The No. 4 vein slope, overlying the No. 3 No. 5 vein slope, has
been sunk during the year 462 feet, making a total depth of 2,175 feet.
The seventh lift gangways have been opened and the sinking is being
continued. In the No. 3 No. 5 vein slope, a tunnel has been driven 300
feet east of the slope on the No. 7 lift, below water level to the No. 6
vein, cutting the vein about three feet thick, having a pitch of
fifteen degrees; lenglh of tunnel, 126 feet.
In llie No. 4 slo}>e. the tunnel that was commenced at No. 25 breast,
in West gangway' in 1896, has been completed, cutting the No. 4 vein,
in good condition. Length of tunnel, forty-seven and one-third yards.
^\nother tunnel has been driven from the No. 5 vein to the No. 4 vein,
in same gangway, at No. 60 breast, cutting the No. 4 vein, in good condition.
The East Brookside No. 4 vein tendei' slojte has been sunk during the
year l.sO yards, making the dcplh from surface 42.'i 1-3 yards, and the
sinking will be continued to the level of the lower lift of the No. 5
Acin slo])e. In the lower lift of the No. 5 vein slo|)e a tunnel has been
driven opj)Osite the bottom of the plane, from the No. 5 vein to the No.
4 vein, length 89 yards. A tunnel is also being driven fi'om the No. 4
vein lo the No. 5 vein, o[)posite the bottom of the sloi)e.