1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. FIRST BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 275bcr of pt'i'soiis employed inside, 1(>2.In parls of the mine, tlie ventilatlon and diaina^e were not np to the legal requirements.Kock Kun. Mine not in operation when visited.Old Ea}.;l»'. When last examined the mine was found in fairlygood eondition.Fox. In op'eration ITT days during the year. Persons eini)loyedin and about the mine, (>;'>. (leiieral condition of mine, satisfactory.Fulton. This mine has had a precarious existence for a numberof yeai's. It has been leased by quite a number of [lersons. who,after producing a fi'w thousand tons of coal, vacated. On the 2M,of February, ISIXi, tlie tii>ple was carried away by higli water andice. In the latler part of 1S!)S it was leased by Barton & Son, whobuilt a temporary tijtple and operated the mine for a short time withvaried success. It is now idle.Ella, (ieneral condition of mine, fair.Blyth. In oj)eration 259 days. Number of persons employed, 196.The air curi-ent lure is continuous and is such as to be a matterof complaint. The drainage, in ]iarts of the mine, is also unsatisfactory.Amity, BulTalo and Anchor.Each of these mines were found infairly good condition when I made tlu^ last examination.A\'alton, Upper and Lower. At the time of my laf^t visit the lattermine was not in ojteration, but the forun^i- was in fairly good condition.Mongah. (Jeneral condition, satisfactory.IMilesville.In fair comlition as r(\gards drainage; ventilation satisfactory.Umpire. This mine is located near Brownsville. It is a drift openingand ventilation is ])r()duced by a boilei' furnace and a six-footjMurphy fan, the latter being i)laced on the to]) of a shaft, which is140 feet deep. On the 2.'>d of September an ex]»losion of tii-edami>occurred in this min5 years; .lames Ilall, miner, aged 2Tyears; John Bennett, driver, aged 22 yeais; Siilem Ilaiston, miner,aged 22 years, a'lhl llcnry Hager, driver, aged IT year. The locationof the explosion was on entry 10, and so that the reader can form anintelligent idea of The matter, it is necessai-y to state that two entriesknown as Nos. !) and 10 are driven parallel, the lower i»ai't ofllie former (Mitry having beeu cut oil', it was necessjiry to take (he coalfrom the upper pai*t through a "break through" onto eiitiy 10 andthence to the double ]>arting (vei- tlu' trnck of Xo. 10. Opposite thisbi-eak through, on No. 10, is located room \'-\. On tlu' fall of thisroom as well as those of rooms 12, 14 and 15, tii'ed;imi) was kno\vn