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

272 REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES. Off. Doc.
for them, 50 feet to the right and parallel to the slope, thus
keeping
the slope and manways free at all times from heat and steam.
The boilers were furnished by the Brownell Co., of Dayton, O., and
consist of two 16-foot ones of 50 3-inch tubes each, having a horse power
of 100 each.
The boiler house is of sufficient size to double the boiler
capacity whenever necessary.
The engines were built by the Kenney Company, of Scottdale, Pa.
They are two first motion 20-36 inches. The boilers and pumps
for the mines were manufactured by the Connellsville Car and Machine
Company, of Connellsville, Pa., as was also the "larries" which
are used on the ovens.
The capacity of the mine at present is about 800 tons daily, all of
which is charged into 276 bee-hive ovens for coke, but by January 15,
1898, the number of ovens will be increased to 400, as 124 block ovens
are now almost completed. All the ovens were built by Owen
Murphy, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
The charging on the ovens is done by a ten-ton locomotive of H. K.
Porter make. The water for the boilers, ovens and town of Baggaley
is furnished by the Puritan Water Company, from the well known
as ''Wolf Spring," which is a mile from the works. A 12,000,000-gallon
reservoir is now under construction, which will be 75 feet higher
than the ovens, thus insuring at all times an almost unlimited supply
of the very best water.
The town of Baggaley, which was built in connection with the
mines, consists of 150 houses of five rooms each, finished in hard
woq^; a cellar is under each house and a lijdrant at every second
block, thereby giving better conveniences and water facilities
than
the average of similar towns.
Great credit should be given those in charge for the manner in
which this mine has been opened. I consider it one of the best slope
oi>enings in this district, from the fact that it has four openings from
the surface parallel with each other: first, the haulage way; second,
for steam pipes; third, fan way or main inlet for ventilation and,
fourth, the traveling way.
If those who contemplate opening mines in
the future would tako
pattern from this mine in regard to the openings from the surface,
there would be no trouble between the Inspector and the operator
or his agent in regard to w'ays of ingress and egress, as reijuired by
an act relating to bituminous coal mines, a])proved May 15, 1803.
Uijon my last visit, I found the conditions very favorable and suggested
that more attention be given to the erection of the fan which
was on the ground, and I have since been informed that this has been
done. Should everything be carried out in extending the w'orkings
which is contemplated by those in charge, there will bo very little
room for complaint in the future. The officials of the mines are John