Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite and bituminous ...

172 Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. [Off. Doc.
A. My duties are to direct and instruct the inside workiuo:s, being
governed by a map.
Q. How long have you been directing this work?
A. Since December, 1881 as general superintendent. As mine foreman
since the year 1873.
Q. Was gangway No. 10 driven under your direction?
A. It was.
Q. Did you direct the working of No. 10 gangway west?
A. I did, sir.
Q. Do you know anything about No. 8 gangway ?
A. Yes, sir. Had the opening of No. 8.
Q. Full directions?
A. Yes, sir; had charge of the work when it was opened and when it
was abandoned. It was in four lifts.
Q. When did you abandon No. 8 ?
A. May 30, 1888.
Q. Was that before or after the last survey ?
A. Long after.
Q. Do you mean by abandonment that you stopped taking out coal
and took out pumps?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was the east gangway driven after the last survey ?
A. None whatever.
Q. When you had concluded to abandon No. 8, did you have it surveyed,
as is required?
A. Had it surveyed square to the face with my own light against the
face of the gangway.
Q. No. 8 gangway east ?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. You say there was no more cutting or work done in the east gangway
after that survey ?
A. I certify to such.
Q. You state that No. 10 west gangway was driven under your direc-
tion. Kow, did you anticipate any trouble from the water in No. 8
when you drove that gangway ?
A. None whatever, sir, as my knowledge led me to know that we had
sufficient pillar between us and the gangway.
Q. What do you call sufficient?
A. I call anything from forty (40) to fifty (50) feet sufficient.
Q. Did the map show from forty to fifty feet ?
A. The map showed me from fifty to sixty feet.
Q. And you drove the gangway ?
A. Yes.
Q. Is this the map ?
A. I had access to that map and also to a map at home.