. Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite and bituminous coal regions of Pennsylvania, for the year 1893. eld of good coal in this vein, which is 14 feet in height. In the Maltby Colliery the company has put in the tail rope sys-tem on their inside slope, which works very satisfactorily. A pair offirst motion engines are situated close to the foot of the shaft whichdoes the hoisting on the slope. The breaker has been rebuilt and en-larged, so that it will have a capacity of 1,500 tons of coal per most approved macliinery has been placed in it to clean and pre-pare the coal
. Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite and bituminous coal regions of Pennsylvania, for the year 1893. eld of good coal in this vein, which is 14 feet in height. In the Maltby Colliery the company has put in the tail rope sys-tem on their inside slope, which works very satisfactorily. A pair offirst motion engines are situated close to the foot of the shaft whichdoes the hoisting on the slope. The breaker has been rebuilt and en-larged, so that it will have a capacity of 1,500 tons of coal per most approved macliinery has been placed in it to clean and pre-pare the coal. An endless chain haulage, of about 500 yards inIcmgth, has been placed on the outside from the breaker to the shaft,which does away with all mules that were used heretofore. A rock tunnel was driven in the Wyoming CoUiery of this companyfrom the five-foot to the Hillman seam, a distance of 195 feet, with aaectional area of 8x12 feet, to be used for transporting coal Vj Blue Line Of Braltish. Where Seimeda Stood. Where Wallace Stood. Where Mould Stood. Where Saybolt Held The Safety Lamps. DONALD, SKETCH OF EAST BOSTON RED ASH VEIN, LUZERNE WHERE MATHEW WALLACE a ROB^ MOULDWERE FATALL:ir BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION OF GAS. August 5T: 1893. No. 10. J Third Anthracite District. 85 Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. By this company, Laurel Run Colliery, a rock tunnel was drivenfrom the bottom split of the Baltimore to the Checker seam, a dis-tance of 80 feet, with a sectional area of 12x6 feet, to be used for thetransportation of coal. Wyoming Valley Coal Company. In the Forty-Fort shaft a rock sloiie, 8x14 feet was sunt from the11-foot vein to the red ash, a distance of 525 feet, on a grade of 15 de-grees. This slope opens up a large field of good coal for this new Guibal fan, 20 feet in diameter, was placed on the air shaft totake the place of the one removed, it having been too small to givethe ventilation required. Keystone Coal Comp
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