The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . al. After the casing has beendrawn from such well there shall immediately be seated at the ])oint in said wellwhere such casing was seated a cast-iron ball, the diameter of which ball sliall begreater than that of the hole below the point where such casing was seated, andabov
The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . al. After the casing has beendrawn from such well there shall immediately be seated at the ])oint in said wellwhere such casing was seated a cast-iron ball, the diameter of which ball sliall begreater than that of the hole below the point where such casing was seated, andabove .such ball such well shall again be solidly filled with the above mentionedfilling material for a distance of fifty (50) feet. In addition to the two questions mentioned above another of far greaterimportance now presents itself, namely, that of the danger of escaping gas, intomine workings. This (|uestion is not a theory. It is a condition that confrontsus and this condition should be met before loss of human life shall entail to minersfrom explosion or suffocation and loss of property to mine owners and operatorsensues. As yet no such losses have occurred in Indiana, but at the present rate ofbringing in two wells a week in the very heart of the coal measures, there is notelling when such a calamity may THE FIRST EXPOSITION OE CONSERI-ITlOy 193 Anotlier <lanq-cr from wells abandoned and iiiiprdjierly sealed is the influxof water, either fresh or salt, from the well itself, or surface water through suchwell. Results from such inHux would be: 1. Damage to mine property. 2. Damage to the bottom of the working. 3. Damage to coal. 4. Possible loss of life. Krom all this it is clear that the sealing law of Indiana read above will haveto be amended to meet the present exigencies. It is not within the scope of thesubject assigned me to suggest remedies for the conditions enumerated above, butI will venture a few words on this phase of the matter. There is no law inIndian
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