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No. 10. FIFTH BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 353<br />

side walls two feet thick, and has a clear span <strong>of</strong> seventeen feet<br />

A new pump room, forty-nine feet in length at <strong>the</strong> shaft<br />

six inches.<br />

bottom has also been arched in a similar manner. Mining boss, Edward<br />

O'Toole.<br />

Lynn.—The mine is in good condition in all respects and is well<br />

looked after. Mining boss and superintendent, James Harding.<br />

Laughead.—This mine is fast being worked out, all <strong>the</strong> workings<br />

being confined to pillar work. The ventilation is not as vigorous as<br />

it formerly was, by reason <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> removal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fan and <strong>the</strong> substitution<br />

<strong>of</strong> a small furnace. In one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> entries black-damp was produced<br />

in such volumes that lamps were extinguished and <strong>the</strong> men were<br />

unable to get into <strong>the</strong>ir working place. I ordered those places<br />

stopped until sufficient air was forced into <strong>the</strong>m to carry <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> blackdamp.<br />

This is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> places where economy is practiced at <strong>the</strong><br />

expense <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> health <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> workmen. Mining boss, Mat<strong>the</strong>w Horn.<br />

Lemont No. 1.—This mine has been greatly improved during<br />

<strong>the</strong> y

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