Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . tive to the death of August Torch who was struck by adescending cage was of the same nature; for a more extended ac-count of this accident see another part of this report. From thetime the coal was reached at this mine, fire -damp has been gen-erated in greater or lesser quantities. On my examination of theworkings on April 19th and August 31st I found them in fair condi-tion as regard® ventilation, the inlet air measurements showing] 9,000 and 30,200 cubic feet respectively, the number of personsin the mine
Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . tive to the death of August Torch who was struck by adescending cage was of the same nature; for a more extended ac-count of this accident see another part of this report. From thetime the coal was reached at this mine, fire -damp has been gen-erated in greater or lesser quantities. On my examination of theworkings on April 19th and August 31st I found them in fair condi-tion as regard® ventilation, the inlet air measurements showing] 9,000 and 30,200 cubic feet respectively, the number of personsin the mine at any one time did not exceed twenty. Ellsworth No. 2.—This is also a new shaft opening and locateda short distance from Elsworth No. 1. A passageway joins thetwo mines; it was through this connecting entry that persons em-ployed in the latter mine at the time of fire, passed on their way tothe shaft bottom of No. 2, from which they were hoisted to thesurface. On my last examination I found the ventilation in fair con-dition. Drainage in parts of the mine required
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