Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of ...

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INSPECTORS OF MIXES. U9
Fkanki.ix Coi.liekv.— Lovell, Booth it- Co., Opcralors, oa land.i of the P. and
li. Coal and Iron Company.
It consists of 2 drift levels. No. 10 vein is open in 4 feet of coal, and
idle. The Ked Ash vein is open in the counter drift, and mining is solely
confined to robbing out pillars. Ventilation is effected by natural air currents,
and is found sufficient for its purpose. Ten thousand tons of coal
has been mined. One steam engine of 8-horse power, and 1 boiler, is used ;
30 men and boys are employed. The general condition of the colliery is
good
George Fales' Colliery.—Heim & Goodwill, Operators, on lands of the P.
and R. Coal and Iron Company.
It consists of a slope sank 220 yards on the north dip of No. 10 vein.
Mining on the east panel is confined to robbing back pillars. A tunnel
opens No. 11 vein in 1\ feet of coal. The chief supply is mined in the
basin measures and some on the counter gangway. An air shaft has been
open and a furnace erected for ventilating the mine, which gives satisfactory
results. A 40-horse power engine, with 6 boilers, are used, and 2
pumps do the drainage. Thirty-two thousand five hundred and seventy-six
tons of coal has been mined, employing 95 hands.
Henry Clay Colliery.—/. Langdon & Co., Operators, on lands of the P.
and It. Coal and Iron Company.
It consists of a slope opening the No. 8 vein on its western limits.
Mining is confined to robbing out pillars. Six feet of slate separates Nos.
8 and 9 veins. Ventilation is effected by a 20-horse power fan, located on
the counter drift. Its results is not adequate to produce a proper supply
of air for ventilating the different panels. Notices have been served upon
the superintendent to remedy all defects and to place the colliery in a
lawful working condition. Since then efforts are making to comply with
the legal requirements of the act of Assembly. Eighty-five thousand nine
hundred and forty-five tons of coal had been mined, employing 145 men
and 40 boys; 90 horse power engines, with 6 boilers and' a pole pump for
drainage, in use.
Coal Eidge Colliery.—Burton (G Bro.'s, Operalors, on lands of the Coal
Fddge Improvement Company.
It is situated at Bell's Tunnel, near Mount Carmel, and consists of a
double track slope, 110 j'ards deep, opening the south dip of the E vein.
It is a new operation in fact. A new steam fan has been introduced this
year to ventilate the mine. Nothing has been done lately except draining
the mine. 150-horse power engines, with 16 boilers, are in use ; 40 mea
and 25 boys are employed. The condition of the colliery is satisfactory.
Twelve thousand four hundred and eleven tons of coal had been mined.