1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

(heNo. 11. TENTH BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 535toiiditiou of (he vi'iitilalioii w«s good. They iiavo lioublc like allmines in this region with lolls and dips, wliicli makes (lie minelook very irregular.Warner.Oporated by Iho Lambirdi Coal Mining Company. TluM'e is notniin-h change^ to report from last year, as they are still trying (o workiireund the rolls as best they can. Tiie condition nl' the mini' is good.Kearney.This mine is opei'aled by Joseph Thropp, ;;?id tlie coal is all usedfor coking i»nr[iosies ami then goc^s to (lie fin-nace owned \n .Mr.Thiopp.The Plane mine was not in good conditio!)^ but in the Slope minetiiecondition was better, as they have the mine in better order thanI he plane, and the rooms and the lueadings arr- di-iven in n more systematicmanner than inthe plane workings.Cambria.These mines are operated by the United Collieries Company and\ery little work has been done in the way of driv ing headings in No. 1mine, as the dip of coal is so narrow. These workings are connectedwith the Plane mine at Kearney, and the ventilation was good when.'he mine was visited. At the shaft or Xo. 3 Cambria, little workwas done during the year, but at my last \isit (hey were starting upwork there and now expect to run steadily. The ventilation of Xo.;> was good, the drainage also.This mine isCrescent.operated by the Crescent Coal Mining Company andthey have worked very well during the year: TJie headings are gettingpretty close to the property line, and unless a new lease is madethey will soon have the mine on the retr'jit. The ventilation anddiainage of this part of the mine was good.In the Chevinglon portionthe ventilation in summer was not very good, but since that(ime (hey have put down a shaft at the fr-e of the woik which hasii:. proved the ventilation very nnich.Robert sdale Slope.This mim' and the >\'