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ilfiscellaneOU8 Goal Oompanies.

At the Steven's colliery a new Guibal fan 20 feet in diameter waserected on the air shaft connected directly to the crank of the fan· all theconnections to the fan are not completed at this writing-.

At the Avoca colliery a newfan 12 feet in diameter was erected onthe airshaft which ventilates both seams in the shaft and does away with thefurnace which ventilated the bottom vein.

At the clear Spring- colliery a new Guibal fan 20 feet in diameter hasbeen erected on the air shaft taking the place of the old D~wson fanwhich has been abandoned. This fan increases the quantity of air con­siderably.

At the " William A" colliery two new shafts have been sunk from thesurface to the Red Ash seam, a depth of 164 feet by William A. ConnellSons and on the west side of the Lackawanna river in Old Forge town­ship, Lackawanna county.

The hoisting shaft is 16 ixll. The other shaft which is used for hoist­ing and lowering men and for ventilation is 27xll feet area. A newGuibal fan 17 feet in diameter has been erected on the air shaft.

A new breaker has been built and supplied with first-class machineryfor cleaning and preparing a large output of coal; the capacity of breakeris about 1,000 tons per day. It was started to prepare and ship coal inthe month of MaY,1890. The machinery in and around the breaker isproperly fenced or boxed off for the safety of the employes.

The Babylon Coal Company, operated by Simpson, Watkins & Co.•has opened up a new colliery on the west side of the Lackawanna river,opposite the town of Duryea. The openings consist of two shafts sunkto Red Ash seam, a depth of 289 feet. The hoisting shaft is 12xl6, theother shaft is used for an air shaft and for hoisting and lowering themen; it is 12x18. A new fan has been erected on this shaft 20 feet indiameter which supplies the workings with a large quantity of air. Anew breaker has been erected which is a large and commodious structurewith a capacity of 1,200 tons per day. It is heated throughout withsteam. It was started to prepare coal for market in the month of July,1890. Ali inside rock tunnel was driven from" the a-foot to the 6-footseam, a distance of 100 feet; sectional area 12x7.

;rermyn & Co. have opened a new colliery close to the town of OldForge in Lackawanna county. The openings consist of two shafts sunkfrom the surface to the Red Ash seam, a depth of 236 feet. A new fan18 feet in diameter has been erected on the air shaft, which supplies theworkingmen with a large quantity of fresh" air.

A new breaker has been built and supplied with the latest improvedmachinery for cleaning and preparing coal for market. Its capacity isabout 800 tons per day. It started to prepare and ship coal in the monthof July, 1890.

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The old frame tower on eoal shaft has been replaeed with a sub­stantial structure of yellow pine.

The steam plant eonsisting of 18 cylinder, 1 return tubular and 1return poreupine boiler is being replaced with sterling boilers.'rIds work is now under way, four batteries of sterling boilers beingin place.

Babylon Colliery.-A tunnel has been dri\'en from the middle tobottom split of Red Ash vein, near fo-ot of shaft.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

.Jermyn No. 2.-;-Slope dl'in'll hom outside to the Top vein.J,ermyn No. 1.-Installed .JeuJl(lsdlle pump at .Jermyn No.8, 3,500

gallon capacity.Removed fonr tubular boilers from Jermyn No.3 to No.1 boiler

plant, thereby making' one plant of tubular boilers instead of here­tofore three tubulars and three cylinders at No.1 and four tubularsat .Jermyn No.3.

A slope 300 feet long \vas driven from Clark vein to 1st Dunmorevein for ventilation and transportation.

'runnel driven from No.1 to .Jermyn No.3 in the Baltimore vein.

PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY

The new breaker that \vas being built in 1903 started up work onPebruary 1, Hl04. There is heing built at present a new steam plantat the breaker, Sterling boilers, capacity 1,704 horse power, to re­place the 900 horse power Babeoek and\Vilcox boilers, these to berell1o\'(:d elsewhere.

ELLIOTT, McCLURE AND COMPANY

Install(~d rope haulage in the Clark vein. Enlarging the secondopening wh.ich has resulted in' a great improvement in the ventila­tion. 'rIte op~ration of small pumps and engine in No.1 Dunmorevein by compressed ail'.

A new Jeanesyille compound duplex pump 17x28x16x36 inch, lo­cated in the Clark vein now pumps all the water to the surface.

The cribbing in the IIp-cast has been replaced by 22 feet of con­crete.

They have also erected foul' stutks 4:8 inches by 80 feet, furnishingthem with {.!.'ood drnft for their boilers.

DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY

Greeuwood No. 2.,-Rope haulag'e road No.1 driven 1,200 feet to9-23-1904

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JERMYN AND COMPANY•

Jermyn No.1 Colliel'y.-The main shaft was sunk from N-o. 2 Dun-more to No.3 Dunmore, a. distance of 55 feet. A "Tail Rope" enginewas instaned outside t-o haul coal up slope to outside fr()m top veinand east middle vein. No.3 or Nickle Plate shaft was recribbed.

Jermyn No.2 Colliery.-A slope was driven from Marcy vein toClark vein, a distance of 300 feet on a 12 degree pitch. A rock planetunnel was driven from Dunmore No. 2 vein to Olark vein, a dis­tance of 328 feet on a pitch of 17 degrees.

DgLAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY

Greenwood Collier.y.-No. 2 slope in Checker vein extended 430feet for development. New drift to New Oounty vein opened, andsurface railway constructed from mouth of same to head of No.2slope. Bore hole 256 feet deep put down for compressed air.

ELLIOTT. McCLURE AND COMPANY

SibleJ' Mine.-The shaft has been sunk 115 feet from the Olarkvein cutting N·o. 2 and No.3 Dunmore veins and are now at workopening No.3, the No.2 being devel-oped from an inside slope. Ropehaulage has been installed in the bottom split of. the Clark and inNo.2 Dunmore, and are at present installing a rope haulage in theNew County vein. The mountain plane in the Cla.rk vein has beenextended 750 feet. A new stable has been built in the Clark vein.The breaker has been equipped with additional Emory"siate pickers;a new 50 ton Barker track scale has been placed owing to the in­creased capacity of railroad cars.

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a brick wa~hhouse at boiler house for the firemen, equipped withst(~el lockers and other improvements which make it modern ineverJ respect.

LEHIGH VALLEY GOAL COMPANY

Sene('a Colliery, Outside.-The fire t.hat developed from asmouldering condition in the old culm bank, and threatene'd thedestruction of the breaker, was is,olated by a trench cut through thebank. The Coxeyshaft fan house was protected from ,spa.rks ofpa.ssing engines bJ' a corrugatf~d iron, and the shaft is completelyrecribb<>d. 5276 feet of diamond drill test holes' were completed forprotect.ion against accidents, in testing cover limits over Pittstouand MarcJr veins. A vVilliams crusher was installed for PittstonY('in flushing. Inside.-A 4 inch drainage hole drilled from Marcyto red ash vein was completed. 'rwo rock tmmels, driven throughtil(' upthrow in the red ash vein, were finished during the y~ar.

William A m1d Lawrence Oollieries, Outside.-An 8 inch ropehaulage hole wa,s drilled from surface to red asl1 vein., at Babylonnline. Beginning January 1, 1907, the Lawrence breaker win beoperated as a washery only, the coal 'being prepared at William Abl't:uker. Insjde.-A new haulage road has been driven 2,500 feetthrough middle split pillars to Babylon mines to minimize trans­portation. The road was continued in the bottom split acr,oss theHab;rlon tract to the westward, where a 300 foot tunnel openS' up'the virgin coal. This haulage road will be eventually connectedwHh No. 10 tunnel at Campbell's Ledge, when it will be a. continuousroad of 16,000 feet in length.

HILLSIDE COAL AND IRON COMPANY

Consolidated Slope.-They are steadily. opening on the bottomRed Ash vein at Consolidated slope, and have also just opened ontIle split of the Cheeker underlying the main Checker vein, aboutsix feet apart. This has been done direct from the Oonsolidatedmain slope.

HUDSON COAL COMPANY

Langcliff CollierJT.-No. 2 slope in Red Ash vein extended 380feet. One 54 inch locomotive type boiler installed.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

Jermyn No.1 Colliery.-Thi:-3 mine went on strike February 13and the strike continued until August. 23. On October 27 a cyclonedestroyed the breaker which is now being rebuilt. During the sus­pension new sills a~d pockets wer,e placed under the bfeaker.

Jermyn No.2 Colliery.-rrhe men at this mine went on strik~

ji"'\'.bt'uary 13 and remained out until November 1, when operationsWf're again resumed. A new rope haulage system was inst,aUed inthe outside slope to the Clark and Marcy veins.

.ELLIOTT, McCLURE' AND COMP,A.NY

~iblev Collierv.-On June 23 a fire broke out in the breaker about10:45 :\. M. and destroyed it, also the engine house, boiler house andsuppl~r house. A new breakf'r, boiler plant Hnd other buildings are

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OONDITION OF OOLLIERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS

PmNNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY

At Central Colliery, an improvement has been made in the matter ofaccess to the ash pit of the boiler house. Previously there has beenbut one end open, the other being walled, and the whole ventilated bya steam jet blowing in a stack. The new arrangement does awaywith that, and the pit is now open from both ends admitting a freepassage of pure air.

An egg shaped concrete water course about a mile long, constructedthrough the workings of both Oentral and Old Forge collieries, gath­ers the water from these workings and delivers it to a very modernand unsurpassed pumping plant at No.2 shaft.

'l.'he No.2 Old Forge shaft has been idle since June and the plantand workings have been completely overhauled. r.rhe shaft is nowconcreted from bed-rock and raised to accommodate a grade, whichpermits the abandonment of the old grade crossing for mine cars onthe main road, the cars now being conducted over a new steel andconcrete bridge. A new steel tower has been erected to replace the oldone, and also a new brick engine house and hoisting engine. At the

--- -------------:--------Mountain--drifts--anew-shafthas-lJeerr-sunktothe-f)unm6re-vein-taJF­ping the advanced workings of No. :3 shaft, a 20 foot fan, electricallypropelled, has been installed and encased in a brick engine and fanhouse, Hnd also a fan drift, whIch gU~~l'antee an adequate supply of,,-entilation. The new shaft Is used for an upcast excl~sive]y, whilethe old. fan shaft at No.2 provides an additional down-cast.

I consider the Pennsylvania collieries, Old Forge and Central, torank with the very best in my district. -

DEIJAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

The Hallstead Colliery was closed down in Septem'ber, after a con­ference with the Inspector, it being decided to take up the matter ofsome much needed improvements. Mining is suspended, but a forceof men are regularly employed thus far making the changes referredto. The Pyne and Taylor collieries, which were transferred to meAprill, 1908, from the Fourth di~trict, are in good condition. A llewfan shaft is being sunk at the Pyne to supply ventilation to the Dun­more veins, which will later be developed, and a 20 foot fan will beinstalled thereon.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

At Jermyn Collieries a new pump has been installed at No. 2shaft to return the water from the washery, the silt being run intothe old workings. A new wa8hery has been completed near No. 1breaker; here the silt is first deposited in a settling tank, and thewater passes off into the creek, it being first supplied from the Clarkvein in No.3 shaft by the hig pump, which delivers it to the t.op ofthe wllRher.r over one thouRand feet removed from the Abaft.

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IMPROVEMENTS

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DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

Taylor Colliery.-Ingtalled one 6i ton electric locomotive in Bi~vein. Rock plane from New County to Big vein. Concreted mainshaft from surface to rock. Installed electric track pump on maingangway, Clark vein. Electric pump on B gangway, Clark vein, 300gallons capacity, New concrete breaker and washery in course oferection. .

Hallstead Colliery.-Two rock planes from No.1 Dunmore to Clarkvein. Installed drums, branches, ropes, etc., on one of the aboveplanes, one being second opening. Be-opened Marcy vein tunnel, andinstalled fan to ventilate same. Covered steam lines, inside. Re­modeled breaker, installed pickers, etc. Installed ash handlingsystem at Feder-Dam boiler plant.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

Jermyn Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Collieries.-New slope and shaft to surfacevein. New slope and air shaft· to Marcy vein. New drift and airshaft to Clark vein. New fire room 2,000 horse power, also new jigsand shakers in the breaker.

NORTHERN AN'1:'HRACITE COAL COMPANY

Murrays Colliery.-1Yooden tower over shaft has been replacedby a steel structure.

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JERMYN AND COMPANY

.Jermyn No~. 1, 2, 3 CollierJ':No. 1.--Bal'n on inside torn out aIld mules taken to outside barn.

~\. new slope driven from outside to .:\lareJ' voin. An electric' plantwas built for the purpose of lighting inside. and outside.

No. 2.-.A. new concrete harn was built to take the place of \voodenstructure. Also tail rope engine house made of concrete.

HILLSIDli) COAL AND IRON COMPANY

Oonsolidated CoUiery.-A new opening was made to the Red Ashvein from the outcrop, wbichaffol'd.s a second opening direetly to thatvein.

MOOSIC COAL COMPANY

Moosic CoHiel'.v.-A new hreaker, :W feet by 48 feet hy 52 feet high,'..vas built and l1ece~sary maehinel',v placed therein fOl' the preparation{if coal.

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An 80 horsepower electric hoist was installed at Oorey slope and afireproof engine house built. A fan 15 feet in diameter, driven by a55 horsepower motor, was installed in a fireproof fan house to properlyventilate the workings of the Oorey slope.

Central Colliery.-No. 13 shaft has been abandoned as a hoistingshaft. A motor road was made from No. 13 to Laws shaft, and thecoal is hoisted at Laws shaft. No 13 shaft is only used as a pumpingstation and for lowering and hoisting men.

A new electric pump has been installed in Laws shaft, capable ofhandling 1,000 gallons of water per minute.

DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

Pyne Colliery.-A second opening and return airway, 7 by 12, wasdriven from the Olark to the No.1 Dunmore vein, pitch 25 degrees,total length 78 feet. A Welch automatic overwind device, or enginestop, was installed on the hoisting engines.

Taylor Colliery.-Concrete breaker and washery completed andput in operation during the month of July.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

J ermyns Oolliery.-A new wash-house was built of brick and con­crete, 80 by 20 feet, to accommodate 200 men and boys, with showerbath and lockers. A supply house was built of brick and concrete,80 by 24 feet. Made slope from outside to Clark vein, to be used assecond opening, also air shaft from Olark vein to Monkey vein. Bal­ance plane in No.2 mine. A new tower was erected at No.3 shaft.

ELIJIOT, 1\fcCLURE AND COMPANY

Sibley Oolliery.-Concrete stables were completed in No.2 Dun­more vein, also one in No.3 Dunmore vein. Two Lehigh Valley doublejigs for the preparation of egg and stove coal were installed in thebreaker. An additional air compressor is being installed. A newcompound duplex ..Teanesville pump, with steam cylinders 22 and 34inches, 16 inch plunger, 36 inch stroke, is being placed in position inthe Dunmore vein. Big vein is being opened by a drift north of shaft.This drift has been driven about 300 feet.

HILLSIDE COAL AND IRON COMPANY

Consolidated Oolliery.-Made a new opening on the North dip forhoisting slope for Red Ash vein. Engines moved from in.side to out­side. It'an and fan-house, car and blacksmith shop, barns, storehouses,locomotive house, foreman's office, emergency hospital, wash-houseand boiler plant, were built near slope. This was done on accountof fire in surface vein under location of old buildings near breaker.

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20 by 7 feet and built concrete fan drift connecting with upcast com­partment of No. 4 shaft. The fan is driven by an 18 by 30 inchHamilton Oorliss engine, single. Completed reinforced concrete par­tition wall between the upcast and downcast compartments of No.4shaft, a distance of 680 feet. Commenced to build new wash housenear No.2 shaft to contain shower baths and 200 locke]·s.

Coal Brook Colliery.-Installed two 6.5-ton electric locomotiveswith drum attachment for hauling coal and a 10-foot steel Buffalofan for ventnatin~ No. 6 tunnel.· Built an addition to the boilerhouse 51 by 56 feet. Installed a General Electric 1,000 K. W. gen­erator, driven by a pair of ~m~ines, 24, by 44 by 22 inches. Installeda new en~ille house and a 20 by 24 inch engine for No.1 haulage anda 21-ton locomotive for hauling coal from the mines to the breaker.No. 22 plane was driven 2,000 feet.

Powderly Collierv.-No. 1. Installed a 6-!-ton electric locomotivewith druID. attachment for hauling coal ill:o;;ide. No. 9 plane wasequipped with a 20 H. S. P. electric house. Powderly tunnel drivenfrom the surface to the Clark vein, a distance of 600 feet.

•Termyn Col1iery.-Installed a General Electric 25 K. W. ~enerator,

driven by a 22 by 22 in('h en!!ine, and built a brick addition to thepower-houl'le, 24 by 51. feet. Two 6.5-ton electric locomotives withdrum attachment installed for mine work. Tunnel driven 200 feetfrom surface to Clark vein. Drlvinll: a tunnel from the surface totile Dunmore vein to be 300 feet in length when finished. It is aboutone· third <'ompleted.

Gravity Slope Oolliery.-Completed a breaker, 92 by 11.4 feet witha capacity of 1.500 ton!': ppr day, to l'lnneJ"sede the old V\Thite Oakbreaker. "A concreted wal'lhhou~e',16 by 50 feet, was bu"Ht for Gravityslope. A wooden washhouse, 16 by 24 feet was built for No.6 tun·net Im:;talled a H)·ton locomotive for hauling coal from the minesto the breaker. Comnleted a water ti!rht pump room, 20 by 60 feet,and a chute 14 by 18 feet. Tnstallf'd two centrifugal electricallydriven pnmps with a eapaf'ity of 2,500 ~anons each. Completed anengine house, with 14 by 20 foot engines, for lowering coal on No.8plane. Im:ttall(l(J fonr ROO H. P. Stirling boilers in brick house andone generator 200 K. W. at breakeT', and furnished power for pump­ine: nlant :md Jfe:Tlt for breaker. Comnleted one engine llOuse, 20 by24 f(let, and in~t:llled a 14 by 20 foot Flory engine on No.8 planeand NG. 12 tunnel.

MINE FOHEM:EN'S EXAMINATIONS

The annual examination of applicants for certificates of quali·fication as m,ine foremen and assistant mine foremen was held in theCarbond.ale High School Building, .Tune 23 and 24. The Board of Ex­aminers was composed of P. ~T. Moore, Inspector; Hichard Beers,Superintendent, Carbondale; ,Jo11n F. Boland, Miner, Carbondale, andDavid Evans, Miner, Olyphant. •

The followine: persons passed a satisfactory examination and weregranted certificates:

MINB .Ji'OHEMEN

omns Dadel'l, Ohu-rles F. Moore, Carbondale; Thomas J. Sulli·()mas R. Tl1omas, Patrick Cowley, Olyphant; Edison Thomas,

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Considerable work has been done grading the main haulage roadsin No.2 shaft to eliminate the present grades.

Central Colliery.-For better fire protection a new fire pump was in­stalled outside.

Rebuilt the head frame over Laws shaft.Considerable work has been done fining in the old workings in the

Red Ash veins with culm and broken rock from the breaker.A saw mill, operated by electricity, has been built to cut the props

for the colliery. 'The engine and pump house at No. 13 shaft was rebuilt, making it

fireproof.A rock plane, 7 by 12 feet, on a 20 degree grade, was driven from

Nigger vein to Clark vein, in Laws shaft, a distance of 470 feet.An air shaft, 10 by 14 feet, was sunk from the surface to the Nigger

vein for a second opening and ventilation.A traveling way was driven from surface, striking the crop of the'

Clark vein near Laws shaft. This provides a second opening and agood traveling way from this seam.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

.Jermyns Colliery.-Qld revolving screens taken out and new shak­ing' screens 'Put in breaker.

Three pairs of compounded rollers were installed in the breaker.

HILLSIDE OOAL AND IRON COMPANY

Consolidated Colliery.-Oonsiderable work has been done rebuild­ing the washery pockets.

At Conl!lolidated drift an air shaft has been sunk from the surfaceto the Red Ash vein to provide better ventilation and at the same timemakes ~mother second opening to the surface.

A slope has been driven from the surface into the top split of theStark vein at Consolidated drift.

At'the Red Ash slope an additional pump to pump to the surfacehas been installed.

The oM. Brown slope near Consolidated breaker bas been reopenedfor the purpose of taking out the pillars.

MINE FOREMEN'S EXAMINATIONS

The annual examination of applicants for certificates of quali­flpHtion flS mine foremen :md assistant mine foremen was held in theHi~h School, Old Forge, June 6 and 7.

The BORrd of BxaminerR was composed of AUQ'ustus McDade, In­snector: R. W. Rees. 'J.~unerinten(fent, Rendham; Morgan E. Griffiths,Miner, Tllvlor; .John F. Hayes. Miner, Old Forge. -

The following persons pas'sed a satisfactory examination and weregranted certificates:

MINE FOREMEN

Nelson N. Nichols. Thomas Farmer, Stanley Gleason, DavidBeacham, Scranton; Patrick L. Heneghan, Thomas Loftus, Willi:HnH. Cordy, Old Forge; John T. Harris, Th'omas J. Jones, Alfred Jones,

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shaft to the Clark vein. A new fireproof motor barn has been builtnear the foot of No. 1 shaft. A new and large hospital has alsobeen made on the inside at this place. ~t Coray slope a fireproofmotor barn and a fireproof hospital have been placed in the Clarkvein.

Central Colliery.-Overwinding devices have been placed on theengines at Laws and No. 13 shafts.

DELAWARE, LAOKAWANNA AND WESTERN'RAILROAD OOMPANY

Taylor Colliery~-Instal1edone 1,500 gallon centrifugal pump, forthe purpose of pumping w.ater from Clal'k vein to surface. Tunneldriven from Rock vein to bottom split of Diamond vein. Air shaftsunk from Clt\rk to No. 1 Dunmore vein, for the purpose of ven fj­Jating Dunmore vein. Brick and concrete washhouse with steellockers, erected on the outside. .

Halstead. Col1iery.-Re-opening Nos. 2 and 3 Dunmore veins. Rocktunnel made from Clark to Marcy vein. Re-cribbed Jfeeder Dam.shaft. Slope made from surface to Marey vein. Built new reservoirfor Feeder Dam shaft, to replace old one.

JERMYN AND -OOMPANY

Jermyn Colliery.-InstuUed 3 electric pumps. Concreted No.3shaft andfanway.

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Inside: A main haulage·road was made from Old li"orge shaft No.2 workings to Sibley shaft workings, and the coal that is being minedin Sibley shaft is hauled over this road to the foot of Old li"orge No.2'shaft. It is then hoisted to the surface, and from head of the shaftit is pulled by locomotive to Old Ji'orge breaker, where it is prepared.

•HJRMYN AND COMPANY

.Jermyn Colliery.-Ontside: One motor generator was installed,and a. new wash house was huilt at No.2 shaft. Also replaced HO­pOlilld l'ails on empty and loaded hranehes above and helow thehI'eaker with OO-pound rails.

Inside: A slope was driven from No.2 to No.3 Dunmore vein.Opened up No.3 Dunmore vein at No. 3 shaft. Also installed twocoal·cutting machines and an engine at No.3 shaft.

:MINE FORKMEN~S EXAMINATIONS

The aUllualex30mination of applkants for certificates of qualifica·tion as mille foremen and assistant mine foremen was held in 'theHigh School, Old Forge, .June 6 and '7. The Board of Examinerswas composed of Augustus McDade, Inspector, Rendham; DavidUoyd, Superintendent, Scranton; Morgan E. Griffiths, Miner, Taylor;Michael Cosgrove, Miner, Old Porge.

The following persons passed a satisfactory examination and weregranted certificates: ...

MINE FOREMEN

Michael Clunnan, George G. Williams, Patrick J. Clllnnan, EdwardO'reen, Rendham; David J. Griffiths, George Cavill, Benjamin Jones,Thomas Howells, Evan Jenkins, 'Villiam T., R.ogers, Arthur White·house, Prank Jordan, Taylor; James J. Dixon, Olyphant; JohnT. Painter, Stephen F. Sick, Ralph Sidney Cordy, Thomas F. Lynch,~JOhll Nelson, ~Iartin Lydon, Old Forge; Patrick I.JOughery, Joseph~r. Regan,' ~TamesJ. Dunleavy, Charles Keith, \V'illiam .J. ~fatthews,

Jl'" Avoca; Elmer Jones, Plymonth; William Dick, Arthur HarrisonTucker, \V'illiam Kelly, .John .Jennings, .James Martin, Luther Titus,Frank .Jennings, Moosic; .Tohn R. Mould, Kingston; Donald D. Cru·ser, Arthur B. Emanuel 'Vilkes-Barre; Thomas .T. Morgan, Seth Grif·fiths, Emlyn Davies, I.ouis H. I ...eitller, Tl)omas tV. Dawson, WilliamMorgan, Harry Smith, Michael J. Rafferty, Reese .Tones, AugustineMcGuire. Edward .J.Davis. Scranton: Prank Bacher, Durvea: .JamesPugh, G~eel1wood; .James O'Hara, Minooka. ,~,

ASSISTANT MINE' POREMEN

Patrick Murphy, William R. Davis, Samuel Semenza, Old Forge;Steve Paytas, ~To8eph R. Paytas, Taylor; Thomas Dawsou, .Jamesrel'ry, Duryea.

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CONDITION OF COLLIERIES

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DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA. AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

Taylor, Pyne and Holden Collieries.-Ventilation, drainage and{~ondition as to safety, good. Pillars are being removed. .

Halstead Colliery.-Ventilation, drainage and condition as tosafety, fair. Pillars are being mined.

PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY

Old Forge and Central Collieries.-Ventilation, drainage and con·dition as to safety, good~ Pillars are being mined.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

Jermyn Colliery.-Ventilation, drainage an"d condition as to safety,good. Pillars are being mined extensively.

DEIJAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY

Langcliffe Colliery.-Ventilation, drainage and eondition as tosafety, good. Mining pillars exclusively.

HILLSIDE COAIJ AND IRON COMPANY

Consolidated ColIiel'y.-Ventilation, drainage and condition as tosafet;r, good. Pillars are being removed.

MOOSIC COAL COMPANY

Moosic Col1ier.y.-VentilatioIl, drainage and condition as to safety,good. .

Il\U-ROVEMENTSDELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

Taylor Colliery.-Inside: Installed one 7-ton electric locomotive.Pyne Colliery.-lriside: Installed four new electric locomotives.Outside: Installed recaging device at head of breaker, one Sullivan

10 by 10 portable electr-ically driven air compressor' with IngersolRand jackhammers, also an electric motor drive to take the place ofsteam drive in breaker annex.

JERMYN AND COMPANY

Jermyn Colliery.-Inside: Installed one electric coal cuttingmachine in No.3 Dunmore vein, No.3 shaft.

DELAWARID AND HUDSON OOMPANY

Langcliffe Colliery.-Inside: Installed two 800 gallon electricpumps.

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