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

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A. Mr. Womelsdorf.
Off. Dot;
Q. Do you recog-nize this map as a copy of the one you use?
A. Yes, sir; an accurate copy of the one I use.
Q. You take it for granted that these maps are correct and you work
according to them?
A. Yes, sir; I find the gangways are surveyed, but a number of these
workings are platted on by bosses.
Q. If they had been surveyed by the mining engineer and placed
upon that map, you would look upon them as a correct measurement?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. If you were to examine this map and find a breast surveyed that
would run out to the surface in a parallel line forty to fifty feet to one
side of an old working and the heading of an old working showing fifty
feet of solid measures between them, would you consider you were
working toward water?
A. I should judge forty feet would be safe in that vein.
Q. If you were to go up a certain distance according to the map and
would drive into No. 8. What would be your opinion of that ?
A. I would think there was a mistake in the survey.
Q. Then you would consider that a mine foreman or a miner would
be perfectly safe in driving by a gangWiiy that was shown on the map
beyond any workings ?
A. Yes, sir; I think he would be safe.
Q. You have been governed by this map?
A. Yes, sir; I visit Jeanesville two or three times a month and have
always been governed by that map
Q. Did you know of the water in No. 8 workings ?
A. No, sir, I did not. It was abandoned previous to my coming here.
Q. Have you authority in case you find that workings are going into
dangerous places to stop them ?
A. No, sir; I have no authority.
Q. You report, do you ?
A. I report to my superior.
Q. You knew nothing about the water in No. 8?
A. I did not.
Q. Do you find that this map and the workings correspond?
A. Not by the way I found them yesterday.
After hearing Mr. Williams' testimony an opportunity was given to
anyone who desired to testify as to any knowledge they had of the ac-
cident or any information which had not already been given to the coro-
ner and his jury. No one appearing or even suggesting any other wit-
nesses, the inquest was adjourned until Wednesday, March 4, when the
stenographer, having transcribed her notes and sent them to the jury,
they met and deliberated and prepared the following verdict which was
signed on the 6th of March, 1891.