Description. — The opening to the coal coiisists of a tunnel ; there is a breaker
connected with this mine, located 350 feet from mouth of tunnel ; they mine and
prepare 400 tons of coal per day ; they employ 66 miners, 56 laborers, 25 drivers,
6 door-boys and 9 company men in the mines ; 24 slate pickers, 4 head and plate
men. 1 driver, 11 company men, 3 mechanics and 2 bosses outside ; in all 197 men
and boys ; they are working No. 1 vein of coal, average thickness 7i feet ; they



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work headings 10, air-ways 14 and chambers 30 feet wide ; they leave pillars lo
feet wide to sustain the roof; they leave cross-entrances 50 feet apart for the pur-
pose of ventilation ; the roof is slate ; the mine is in a good working condition.
Ventilation is produced by means of a furnace ; the intake is located at mnutli
of tunnel, area 36 feet : the outcast is located in furnace air-shaft, area 42 feet:
the amount of pure air is 9,0(50 cubic feet per minute ; they have double doors on
main travelled roads ; the main doors are hung so as to close of their own accord ;
they have attendants at main doors ; tlie air is circulated to the face of the work-
ings in one volume ; the amount of ventilation has been measured and reported;
ventilation is good.
