1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

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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. <strong>Coal</strong> 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 <strong>Mines</strong>.) 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
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