1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

124 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
No. 27.
Union Colliery.— Hon. James Ryonand J. Anderson, Op>erators.
This colliery is situated a mile east of Centralia, in Columbia county,
on the Philadelphia city tragt. It consists of a drift opened some 80
yards above water level, on the E seam, in 30 feet of coal, dipping 24° to
30° north ;
all the workings of the colliery is on its east side. This panel
has a gangway 2,277 yards in length; 14 breasts are working in with a
mining run of 90 yards, and are ventilated by means of a furnace; 110
yards of a tunnel driven south from the drift gangway opened the B seam
;
this panel is opened in east and west ; the eastern panel is 813 yards long,
with 8 breasts working ; the west panel is 600 yards long, with 3 breasts
working ;
the whole are ventilated by means of a furnace ; the mining runs
in this division are 110 yards long ; 107 hands are employed in the mine
and 109 hands outside=216 ;
there are 23 mules used in and about the
colliery, and a locomotive is used for haulage ; 3 engines of 55-horse power,
with 4 boilers, all of which are in good condition.
Remarks.— I am pleased to admit that the system of mining and ventilation
is practical and safe ; few collieries in the district have a larger field
of coal or are more advantageously situated ;
the good government practiced
in the mines is attested to by the absence of accidents ; the mine
boss, James Keely, is a practical man.
No. 28.
Coal Ridge.— Barton & Brothers, Operators.
This colliery is situated two miles east of Mount Carmel, in Northumberland
county, on the Locust Mountain. It consists of a double track
slope, sunk 120 yards deep on the north dip of the E seam, on an angle of
30°, and east and west panels opened. Its eastern panel is 750 yards,
with 6 breasts working with a mining run of 75 yards to the old level, and
having a second outlet located here; the west panel is 1,000 yards long,
working 9 breasts, with a mining run of 75 yards ; this panel is ventilated
by means of a furnace and air-holes, which here afford moderate ventilation
; 40 miners; 28 laborers are inside and 100 hands outside=168
hands ; 22 mules and 50 wagons are in use for haulage ; 40 tenements are
built ; 2,550 yards of track are laid ; 6 engines=470-horse power, are in
use, with 12 boilers ; 2 eighteen-inch steam pumps are emp|pyed for drainage
;
the slope and slope tackle are in good condition ; the general condition
of the collierv is fair.
No. 29.
Lost Creek.— Philadelphia Goal Company, Operators.
(Gen. H. Cake & Huntzinger, Firm; Col. David P. Brown, Gen. Supt. of Mines.)
This colliery is situated in the Shenandoah Valley, at Cast Creek, on the
Girard estate. It consists of a double track slope, sunk 100 yards deep
on a 33° south dip of the E seam.
No. 30. Girardsville Messrs. Agard & Moodey Operators.
The colliery is situated one mile north of the town of Girardsville, in
Schuylkill county, on the Philadelphia city tract. It consists of 4 drifts
and a new double track slope sunk on a 35° dip south on the E seam, 54