Employes for year ending: June 30, 1892 : Maximum, inside,
282 ; outside, 73. Total, 355. Average, inside, 155 ; outside,
34. Total, 189.
People's Mine.
Near Henderson. P. O. Henderson.
Operated by Peter J. McNamara.
Output in bushels for six months ending December 31, 1891 :
Lump, 24,988; nut, 6,475; run of mines, 4,630; slack, 1,971;
pea, 1,584. Total, 39,648.
Output for six months ending June 30, 1892 : Lump, 27,402 ;
nut, 4,617 ; slack, 3,220; pea, 1,565. Total, 36,804.
Employes for year ending June 30, 1892 : Maximum, inside,
9 ; outside, 3. Total, 12. Average, inside, 6 ; outside, 3. Total, 9.
This mine is entered by a shaft, and has but one opening —
which is permissible under the law^ so long as there are not
*'more than ten persons" employed underground at one time.
The mine has become a death-trap. Mr. McNamara has exhib-
ited small regard for the obligations resting upon him — those
arising from his position as employer, from the miningjlaw, and
from his emphatic promises, oral and written, to the|Inspector
of Mines. The matter was placed in the hands of the Common-



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wealth's Attorney in the Spring, but just too late for that term
of court. It will be presented to the grand jury at the October
term. See Notice 287. Since that notice was served, the works
referred to in it have closed in, and it has become necessary ta
open new ground. Unless a radical change is made in the
methods of '' management " at this place, the shaft will be lost.
It is a courageous man who will work in the mine, under exist-
ing circumstances, with only one means of egress.
Green River Mine (Spottsville).
