1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

116 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
No. 42.
Trevorton.— Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company,
Operators.
This colliery is situated at Trevorton, in Northumberland county, on the
estate of the said corporation. It consists of 2 slopes and 3 drift openings.
No. 1 slope is sunk 95 yards deep on its first lift on the south dip of the
Lykens Yalle}^ Red Ash seam, south 64° ; its east gangway is open 900
yards in 9 feet of coal ; mining is chiefly confined to robbing out pillars
the east gangway is driven 900 yards in 9 feet of coal and mining chiefly
confined to removing pillars. No. 3 slope is sunk 83 yards deep of double
track proportions on a 02° dip south on the Lykens Valley seam ;
cages
are used in hoisting out the coal, but as the slope is a new one mining is
confined to extending gangways and chambering, etc. A drift is open on
No. 9 Branch of the White Ash seam of the E
;
its east gangway is 250
and its west 107 yards long, with 3 breasts working west; 7 breasts are
worked on the west side by 2 slant gangways ; a No. 9 seam is opened on
its north dip by a tunnel 17 yards long with east and west gangways open,
but operations are here suspended. First vein drift on Nos. 8 and 9 ;
a
counter on the north dip of No. 9; its gangway 7 is 185 yards long; the
west gangway is open 183 yards in 7 feet of coal. No. 8 south drift, with
753 yards of west gangway, is open, with 2 slantings of 700 yards, and
working 7 breasts, with switch-back workings and slantings.
Ventilation is produced by a 20-horse power fan, located on Runny drift,
with satisfactory results ; the other drift workings are well ventilated by
atmospheric action.
Engine power.—One hoisting engine, No. 1 slope, 65-horse power; 1
breaker engine, 30-horse power; 1 saw mill engine, 20-horse power=115-
horse power. No. 2 slope, 1 dirt plane engine, 30-horse power ; 1 coal
plane engine, 30-horse power ; 1 breaker engine, 30-horse power ; 1 fan engine,
15-horse power=105-horse power. Slope No. 3, one pair hoisting
engines of 100-horse power; total power, 320-horse, with 25 steam boilers,
30-inch by 30 feet, all of which are reported to be in good condition. The
drainage in No. 3 slope is effected by a 6-inch steam pump, and in No. 1
slope by a 16-inch pole pump.
Remarks.—Three hundred and twenty-five hands are employed ;
39 mules
and 158 wagons are used ;
some 7 miles of track are laid in and about the
colliery ; its monthly shipments will average 8,000 tons.
No. 43.
Williamstown.—Summit Branch Railroad Company, Operators.
This colliery is situated in Williams Valley, 4 miles east of Lykenstown,
in Dauphin county, on the estate of the said company, and has been seven
years in operation. It consists of a tunnel 346 yards, driven in Big Lick
mountain, and cuts the Lykens Valley seam on its water level ; 2 double
track slopes are sunk in the tunnel, I of 225 yards deep on the west and
another sunk 140 yards deep on the east side of the tunnel, each in 8 feet
of coal, dipping 25° north; 1,500 yards of gangways have been open in
the west slope ; 1,600 yards of gangways, with 15 breasts, are open on the
east slope; 1,300 yards of counters-gangways and 23 breasts are open in
the west workings ;
the coal is brought down to the main gangway by a
self-acting plane 100. yards in length. Eight hundred yards east of the
bottom of the east slope a self-acting plane is used for a like purpose to
bring the counter working coal to the main gangway; the plane is 120
yards long and of double track; 500 yards east of the tunnel a cross-cut