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

140 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
No. 1. The cast gangwa5's are driven on the switch back sj^stem in order
to overcome the pitch. There are numerous breasts in these works, all of
which are in good working order. They shipped during the year ending
December, 1875, 60,102.16 tons of coal, and used 825 kegs of powder, and
worked 128J days. They employ 1 boss, 76 miners, 3 laborers, 4 company
men, 11 drivers, 4 door boys, in the mines ; 1 boss, 3 mechanics, 20 breaker
men, 1 driver, 34 slate pickers, in all 158 men and boj^s and 30 mules, and
a breaker capacity of 500 tons of coal per day.
Ventilation is produced by the exhaust steam of the pump, the slope
being the intake and the pumpway the outlet ; ventilation, good; 14,175
cubic feet at face of gangway per minute, per air report for November ;
men employed, 100.
Machinery.—They use 2 hoisting engines of 80-horse power, 1 breaker
engine of 30-horse power ; total number of engines, 3 ; aggregate horse
power, 110 ; and 4 steam pumps and 12 steam boilers, and 4 tubular boilers,
which have been cleaned, examined and reported safe and* in good condition
; also 2 steam boilers at Jeddo sawmill reported in good condition.
John Turner, general mine superintendent ; William H. Thomas, mine boss,..
No. 2; Peter Brown, mine boss. No. 1; William Mills, outside foreman.
No. 1 ; G. G. SchoUenberger, outside foreman, No. 2.
Ebervale Collieries.
These collieries are situated about four miles north-east of Hazleton, on
the estate of the Union improvement company, and operated by the Ebervale
coal company.
Slope, No. 1.—Sunk on the south dip of the Mammoth or E vein a distance
of 820 feet, at an angle of about 30° ; vertical, 273 feet. This slope
has been sunk to the basin. The east gangway has been driven 2,100 feet.
There are two gangways on the east, one on each dip. Those gangways
come together at about — feet from the bottom of the slope. This 'gang*
way has been driven to the boundary line. The west gangway connects
with No, 2 slope east gangway. A new traveling-way has lately been made
for the men to travel to and from their work.
Slope, No. 2.— Sunk on the south dip of the same vein a distance of 853
feet, at an angle of about 30° ; vertical, 284 feet This slope has been sunk
to the basin. The basin dips from east to west. The difference of elevation
between the bottom of No. 1 and No. 2 slopes is 20 .feet. The coal
from the west side of No. 3 counter is dumped into a shute and re-loaded
on No. 1 slope gangway, and part of the coal on the east side of No. 3 is
dumped into a shute and re-loaded on the west gangway of slope, No. 2.
The coal from Nos. 1 and 2 slopes is prepared by the same breaker
Slope, No. 3.—Sunk on the north dip of the Mammoth or E vein a distance
of 915 feet; vertical, — feet; length of lirst lift, 365 feet; length of
second lift, 305 feet ; length of third lift, 245 feet to basin. The east gangway
has been driven 3,900 feet to the boundary line, with 13 breasts working.
Third lift, west gangway, has been driven 1,200 feet and the east
gangway 2,400 feet, with 23 breasts working; width of breast, 30 feet;
width of pillar, 18 feet; thickness of vein, 30 feet. There is an excellent roof
in all the slopes, and the mines are well timbered to prevent the falling of.
coal, rock, slate, &c. There are two large commodious breakers on the
property. They have breaker capacit}^ of 1,500 tons per day. They employ
in all the mines 123 miners, 65 laborers, 9 drivers, — door boj^s, 41
company men, in the mines; 5 bosses, 11 mechanics, 16
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head and })late
men, 76 company men, about the breaker ;
driver boys, 71 slate pickers;