1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

INSPECTORS OF MINES. 83
track slope sunk in 2 lifts, 286 yards deep, on 25° south dip of the E
vein ;
its lower west panel is 100 yards long, while its eastern panel is 850
yards long. Three breasts and skeps are working ;
in the west slant gangway
the coal is 30 feet thick ;
the condition of the mine is fair.
Ventilation is produced by the action of a fan, the slope being used as
a down-cast ; the gangway is used as an intake and traverses the mine, returning
to the upcast at the fan.
Colliery Log.—Temperature outside, 44°; temperature inside, 72°;
2
difference, 28° favorable. Barometer outside indicated 29 T barometer
;
inside, 29| inches; fV favorable. 18,630 cubic feet of air in circulation
per minute.
Eighty-five hands employed in the colliery ; 7 mules and 40 wngons in
use ; 4 engines are in use, 200-horse power ;
8 steam boilers, all of which
are in good order ; 1,600 yards of track are in use.
Remarks.—Seven visits have been made to the collieiy. The drums are
not properly secured ;
operation had been partly suspended most part of
the year.
No. 5.
New Kirk.— Messrs. Fry & Shoemaker, Operators.
This colliery is situated at New Kirk, on the estate of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company. It consists of a double track slope,
sunk 210 yards deep on a 43° south dip of the F seam, with east and west
gangways opened. The east gangway is 350 yards long, working 7 breasts
and other extensions ;
40 yards of a tunnel from this panel o .,ens the
Grager seam. By this tunnel communication will bs opened with both
slopes ; that on the Grager seam will be used for drainage, men and material
; 41 hands are employed in this panel; 329 yards of a west gangway
is driven with 7 breasts working, etc., and 30 hands employed in it; 100
yards west of the slope a tunnel is in course of driving to the E seam.
north of F, employing 20 men in it.
Ventilation.—A 20-horse power fan ventilates these panel workings, and
apparently to satisfaction.
Colliery Log.—Outside temperature, 58° ;
inside temperature, 64° ;
difference,
6°
;
outside barometer, 29 T §^ths ; inside barometer, 29^ inches ;
difference, T \th inches.
Considerable amount of fire-damp is generated in this mine. 91 men are
employed inside; 50 men are employed outside=141 hands; 9 steam engines
are in operation=580-horse power ; 25 steam boilers, all in good condition,
are used ; 3,000 yards of track are in use ; 10 mules and 50 wagons
are worked ; 10 visits has been made to this colliery during the j-ear.
No. 6. Cedar Hill.— Philadelphia, and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany, Operators and Landowners.
The colliery is situated at Silver Creek. It consists of a double track
slope, sunk 280 yards deep on a 30° south dip of the F seam. Four panels
of work are opened in the slope, i. e. 2 panels on the F seam and 2 panels
on the 7 feet seam, which lias been opened by an 80 yard tunnel, 115 yards
west of the slope in its lower lift. The 7 feet west panel is 400 yards long
and still extending it. Its east panel is 500 yards long in 9 feet of coal. 167