The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 17, 1884, Page 4

Report. Mining Inspector’s To fon. Hen ner of Lab } Missour’ nan, Commis- of the State Dear § ¢ te state iber 0 > cable s county, even vhere pproxim: x toot vein of coa reing worke a sudden! ich vein, ntirely. antly fo ind scientist retotore Ww sec- nol exist. 2 a very te t lan ounty apart or all ions ot of which erlaid with iown the used at this mine tor hoisting coal. Thomas McCombs 1s operator and around Rich Hil. tunnel tor ventilation and an escaj ment. It had on the satety catches for quite a while. It seems they were difficult to keep in order. Some time ago the Company had up noti- | ces at the top ot the shaft forbidding down inv One to go on cages, as F there were other ways to go in and | ont. These catches, when properly ti put on, are a great sateguard. The ventor, I am told, placed them on ' cage where the shaft was 5oo feet deep, ordered the cage lowered at the rate of 1,000 teet per minute, and, when 50 teet down, to cut the rope. catches held the cage. Mine No. 6 is worked by shaft 40 teet deep. A high-pressure, double ine 60 horse power, in charge o r John Jones, :s used here a hoisting coal. tRe N. W, 1-4 See. 3r- got on, It was done ar ; i i It is located on 3t Tp. 39 R. J. Birch is operator, while | R. Wilson has the contract tor care ing all the coal, owning a fine lot of Mr. Wil mules tor the purpose. ts also a practical engineer. us mine employs about 173 men. nce, arched and lined with > brick for circulating air, Has! rescapes. Themen nd by means of | te scend and steps. Mine No is operated by the | y be reduced toa twelve- | a-vein 6 teet | escapemen of coal from six inches to thick, and of nore than one vein, h velis, was of streams le we | ark in the be Des | 4 Cygnes river, whi runs through . Cas e 3 sunty. ¥ not ascertain |i ro} sne Rehable purties I | ] ‘ i ee D: 2 re river ! qro se ¢ 5 25 i Kar 2 rar 3 1 c ers This mine has a} the } [to a suitable place for it. He will! ers relative to the screens and scre have it in before the time expires. ings. Myself and other offi is mix ¥ < Se I This mine employs 125 men. H.-/ have been appealed to often | M. Hobbs hg as char. ‘om mons, er 1 We gh pressu coun ste ri n a > “§ heen ope P R Hill ¢ t A la r BT of wi ST s s d by st e only 1 4 ult short time in the year. | hard slate or rock. Thickness ot Car Mine is it nt pital VE veins fr i c Six 1 2 in mining in this county difficult | six inches. Miners ued toN 7 EB me a } Board of the capual and wealth of | $70.00 per moni >40- a Dosa ei certain coal con ss in the county | pe i} and the iven by them | " ty to assessors is wide, that my |} s y ; views of ¢ am nav not 1 t HT. ¢ i ii correct. ees a think $1,000,- | Brown informs me that the capac Te ij coo 1s a close estimate. ot their mines 1s 140 cars a day, and | the fc yi the shaft. Lsot ! The Rich Hill mines—those well | that their present output is roo cars| and cautioned him to watch wil his i known mines—are located in >| per > wi I I nt i) R. 31, Tp. 39 R. 31, and Tp. 39 it. | Ihave given time and attention to | On Noy. 25th a section of root fell i $s.." Phe Rich Hill Coal and Min- | see that the law 3 i comnnhied < n | in ¢ Causing ins At Pp snz Co., of which Col Hi. Brown J Tal teen can f ‘ t BS st i s President and Capt J. ‘| aorcapetat el G Ki Was >is ing coal on an [inte Sees Lying Ss C . do te extensive scale. The number ot |} imines aes TOE commended it g. This mineis not on anv acres owned by this Company runs | care and vigrlance in this respect— tilroad only worked to sup up into the thousands, and the num- | more so than’ at any other period, Ply local demands. ber of men employed by them in and | since the opeamy up of fWecenice It would oc y too much spice to ebout their mines ts 750. B. Brown | But one man, Leslie, has been | £0 into details ot all the openings o: is general superintendent of all their cnppled during the past year. There | points where cosl rout hi this works, located as follows: } are some places in all the mines County for local consumption. ‘The Mine No. 4 is operated by shaft | where the art is not as freely imines are simply quarries. The | about 55 feet deep. A horsting | pated as at Nnoee ee - ° gs are made generally in th engine of So horse power, in charge | i “measeccd stthe ea Rnee (ory? es. Where the covering o! the et Engineer Edward Holland, is | down cast) a lawtul amount is tourd | Coal ts light, and self-drainage can 1 be secured. The immediate ave a ing in, but to judiciously distrib- | ute it, so as to give every ing ot the coal all over the county, | room and David McCombs is pit boss. It is part of mine its proper part, is next h a tew exceptions, — a located in the N. E. 1-4 Sec. 31 Tp. | to impossible. [can say the air 1s) bed ot blue forming a 39 R. 31. and employs about 3° | good. class roof. “T coe of | men. Thos. McCombs is also the |” 5 Ae : = he coal needs Iwav ta- : = a | Adjacent to@he. Rich Hill Com- | * C07! neces Ate ole) ewner of large tracts ot coal land j n and that come with the de pany’s mines Messrs. Keith & Per- : i for coal, rv are operating on an ext scale. Geo. | is superintendent (2 popular company 360 men. j No. 5, located on nw qr sec. £5, tp. my last ul report IT you a tull history ot the noted coal | fields of Hudson, Prairie, Rockville } and Pieasant Gap townships, eing > R } Fav Sweeney of Rich Hili, nave This strong and employs about Their principle mine is ps 38 and 39 and ranges 29 Also the fields of Hemer, } | 39, Tange 32; is operated bv shaft: oa © | depth below surface about 6s teet.; West Point, Charlotte and Elhhart | Men are lowered and hoisted at this | D9 Congressional townships 40: j and 41 and ranges 32 and 33. ed by Sweeney mine by steam and coal is hois the same means. Sunt. spends a large part ot his time here, personally looking after the inter Inclading the municipal township | ot Walnut (Tp 39 and R. 33)there | ts very little change in those sections | | since my last report. I will, er ever, forward in a few days the | cations of 150 different openings in| ; Said township, giving thickness ot { veins, roofing, quality of each, and | other things pertaining thereto that would be too lengthy to embody of his company and the satety of t! | Not one man hasbeen hurt it cpened. Mr. Sweeney has on the ground a pow | erful tan for circulating the air in the june, + which will be in positon i short time and then every part c miners. j in this mine since mn aos will be well ventilated. 1 ch wil enable you to { 1s do escapement shaft to t form a te of the great coal | as the time allawed by law has resources of Bates county j yet expired. The Superi CREENS AND SCREENINGS. | would have had it in before now | Great dissatisfaction exists among ! | could he have dnven his werks up / the Rich Hill Coal Company’s min- t mimers to secure s e legisiation on J. M. is pitt bo: the ma Iwill endeavor to mine, which a histery on the su Id, is 35 cars a t Entry work is being pushed as car West Side Public Square. *|\mammotlhi store, ‘Corner Park Ave., and 6th st. judge for themselves 1 cal & SI (He got left.) COMPLETE ord i) and Exemine’ imy Stock befere Purchasing. DISPLAY it T all departments ge ™ GE of goods im < save you lots of It will do you good to look through and j In money on all fall and winter purchase i ‘Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, . Fs Carpets, Gloves, Hosiery, Notions, Trunks, Valises, Grocerie = /Queensware, in fact the lat reest combined stock of goods in Bate a for Vernon counties. Everybody cordially invitea to visit auys M. S. COWLES MERCANTILE COlj RICH HILeL WE CARRY EVERYTHING IN THE BOOT AND SHOE LINE. be undersold on a single article. Evervthing warranted FIRST-CLASS And will not I that spe doabtfal euricases 7m, IN EVERY PARTICULAR. 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