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

No. 10. TENTH BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 497
East End.—Tliis mini' is kK-ated at (he east end of the (Jallitziu
tunnel, on the l*ennsvl\ania laihoad; the coal is reached by a slope
and the tail rope system of haulage is in vogue. At present, the slope
is down to the third lift, but they are hauling coal only from two lifts.
The system of working is heading and aii* course, and thi» rooms are
driven up grade for 100 yards, and the pillars are left in until the final
working, as they would not be able to handle the water if the ])illars
were pulled out. The mine worked steadily during the year, and they
opened u}) a good deal of ground, and the ventilation was found in
good condition at the different visits. They also moved the fan to
a new shaft that was sunk, and have fitted up the shaft with stairs
for a traveling way, as the old traveling had become dangerous by
reason of its passing through old workings.
Leinon.—This mine is working on the same vein as the East End
mine and the method of working the headings and rooms is the
same. The mine is getting in a long distance, and the haul outside
is also long. The roof in this mine is not so good as in the other
mines and the miners have to exercise more care. The ventilation,
on the first visit, was not very good, but was better on the subsequent
visits. They are expecting, in a short time, to cut into an old mine
and, when this is done, a new shaft will be put down and either
a fan or a good furnace will be put in for ventilating purposes, for
the present furnace is nearly a mile away from the face of the work
and cannot ventilate the mine much longer.
Bradley.—This mine is working on the Miller seam, and the method
].i heading and air course, and double heading, and they have worked
steadily during the year, but, owing to the long haul, the production
is limited.
This is a brushing coal, and no powder is used only in the
L( adings, and the ventilation was always found in very good condition.
They have put down a shaft at the outcrop of one of the headings,
which will improve the mine during the coming year.
Porter.—This is a shaft mine and is working the same vein as the
Bradley, and lies to the dip of the Bradley and the two mines are
connected at different places. The method of working here was
single heading, with the rooms turned off" on both sides of the heading,
then driven up a distance of seventy yards, and the pillars were left
in, and so, for the last two yeais. these pillars have been the main portion
of work. The geni'ral condition of the mine was very fair.
Kobertsdale.—This mine is located on the East Broad Top lailroad,
a narro^w gauge road running from Mt. tTnioii, on the Pennsylvania
railroad, to Kobertsdale. The mine is a slope which has been in operation
for over twenty years, and the area from which the coal has been
taken is very large. The seam here is a double one. the lowei- bench
being foui' feet in thickness, tlien a band of slate running Ironi four
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