. Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . ere alsopresent, when it was agreed that another hole should be drilled notless than 40 feet (if it did not cut through sooner), and in case thewater was tapped, preparation made so that the water could be drawnoil at will, and a gauge attached that would show the pressure ofthe water. The hole was drilled 51 feet and did not cut through thepillar, showing a difference of nearly 50 feet at the point where thehcle was drilled, from the mine map, which shoukl be an objectlesson of the necessity of botli acu-u
. Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . ere alsopresent, when it was agreed that another hole should be drilled notless than 40 feet (if it did not cut through sooner), and in case thewater was tapped, preparation made so that the water could be drawnoil at will, and a gauge attached that would show the pressure ofthe water. The hole was drilled 51 feet and did not cut through thepillar, showing a difference of nearly 50 feet at the point where thehcle was drilled, from the mine map, which shoukl be an objectlesson of the necessity of botli acu-urately surveying and plotting theworkings of a mine. Where this is not done, the possibility of to life can readily be understood, and while no lives have beenlost in this case, the persons employed in the mine must have sufferedconsiderable loss. Notwithstanding this, the Mine Inspector wouldhave been derelict in his duty had he done otherwise. February 28 I was called to Scranton by Mine Inspector EdwardEoderick to consult with him regarding violations of the mine law. No. 11. BUREAU OF MINES. xxxiii at the Riclimoud Colliery, operated by the Elk Hill Coal aiid IrouCompany. On examination it was found that the said company wasoperating its mine in contravention of article 4, section 1, of the an-tnracite mine laws, also section 3 of article 4 and section 10 of samearticle. After being told by the superintendent and fire boss of thecolliery that under existing conditions they did not consider the minesafe to work in, and that they had so informed the general manager,who, thej^ said, would not allow the necessary improvements to bemade, and having also been informed by the Mine Inspector thathe had several times called the attention of the mine officials to theviolations of the mine law, together with personal observation ofthe conditions tJiat maintained at tlie colliery, the Inspector to Itgally proceed against the Elk Hill Coal and Iron Com-pany. A n
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