Reports Of The Inspector Of Coal Mines Of The Anthracite Coal Regions Of Pennsylvania

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Download or read book Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania: For the Year 1876 Monitor Colliery. Situated at Locust Summit, in Northumberland county, and operated by G. W. Johns & Bros. An addition has been made to the breaker, increasing its preparing capacity to 600 tons per day. New smith and carpenter shops have also been built during the year. New gangways and breasts have been opened, sufficient to meet any demand that may be made. The interior of the mine is in excellent condition as regards quantity, quality and management. Bast Colliery. Big Mine Run. Owned and operated by P. &. R. C. & I. Co. The improvements now making at this colliery consists of a tunnel driving southward, and is already driven 75 yards, and intended to cut the South dip in the Ashland basin. Two air compressors, of 40-horse power each, are erected at the surface, furnishing power to operate five boring machines, now in use, for driving the tunnel, and at the time of my visit, December 15, these boring machines were in operation - only at night. The work being done by day by hammers and jumpers, owing to a scarcity of boilers to furnish steam to supply the air compressors. Centralia Colliery. Situated at Centralia and operated by Dr. Provost. Extensive repairs have been made inside on the Mammoth vein. A new dry slope, on the Skidmore vein, has been put in working condition during this year. The coal from Mammoth and Skidmore veins being prepared at the new breaker recently built. This breaker has a preparing capacity of 1,000 tons per day. The coal is hoisted from both slopes in large cars, permanently attached to ropes, usually designated "gun boats or monitors." The improvements made at this colliery are of a durable character, and capable of producing and preparing a large quantity of coal. Union Colliery. Situated at Dark Corner, one mile east of Centralia. Operated by Andersons & Ryon. A new slope has been sunk on the Mammoth vein, at the eastern end of the old water level workings. The necessary machinery for hoisting, pumping and ventilating has been erected, while the gangways, breasts and airways have been opened and are ready for future operations. Cameron Colliery. Owned and operated by Mineral Railroad and Mining Company. A new slope has been sunk on the Lykens Valley vein and gangways, driven east and west, 225 and 250 yards. On the east side the vein is in a rock fault, while on the west the coal is very good. The slope is sunk down 125 yards on south dip, angle of 40 . Collieries Suspended and Abandoned. Enterprise Colliery, at Little Mine Run, formerly operated by J. R. Cleaver, and on lands of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. The coal mined out and colliery abandoned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."