1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

NO. 11. SIXTH BITl Ml.N'nl'S DISTRICT. 525
On the Cresson and Coalport Branch.
Od my las! examination of Webster No. 7 in this group, I found
the ventilation and drainage much improved, a new company having
taken the mine and made some much-needed changes. Dean Nos.
S, !> and 10, and Richland are operated by the same company, and
all have been in good condition in all essential points. Van Ormer,
Flint on, Beaver Dam, Oakland No. 2, and Blain Run No. 2 are a group
of new operations, except the Van Ormer, which has been worked
for several years, but on a small scale. All of these are in a fair
sanitary state as they are not
vet extensive.
Patton Collieries.
Pardee Nos. :>, 4, 5 and are operated by the Pardee Colliery Company,
and kept in first-class condition in every particular. Flanagan
Kun Nos. i and 6, Ashcroft No. 3, and Columbia are all owned
and operated by the Patton Coal Company. The mines, two latter
were very deficient in ventilation during the earl}- part of the
year, and a new and larger fan was ordered for Columbia, and also
a fan to replace the furnace in the Ashcroft. The principal cause of
the deficiency, however, in both mines was the small airways and
lack of provision for splitting the air currents. On my last visit to
the Flanagan workings I found a decided improvement in the ventilation,
which had been brought about by a change in the method of
splitting the air. Although the work had not then been completed.
I was fully satisfied of its beneficial effect. The quantity of air
thrown into the mine had previously been sufficient if distributed
properly, but this could not be done until the foregoing changes had
been made. The Moshannon Mine 1 is another operation at this point,
but it did not work very regularly during the year.
Operations at
Hastings.
There are seven collieries at this point, all of which are in very
fair condition. Blubaker No. 8, the most extensive, is in need of a
larger fan, however, which may already be at work, as one was or
dered some i ths ago, the operation having long outgrown the
capacity of t he old one.
Barnesboro Mines.
There are in all sixteen mines in operation near this town. Eight
are on Walnut Kun. and all these are ventilated by furnace but