The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-09-28
TINE MINER.

Bsthel Shaft No. q Mercer Co., Pr.
has been completed. The vein il three
fest thick, Of superior quakty, with indi-
oeIions Of . good sized bssin. Notwith-
Standing the extra h0w Of water encoun-
tnred when they struck tbs coal, ths siRk
ing of the shaft depth of "a feet inches
AMI the construction Of outside rigging,
&c, was completed by twelve sinkers,
four top hands, three carpentens, two en-
gineers and one blacksmith, ON an average
Of swenty-one shifts each.
GREENFIELD Coal SHAFT-The new coal
shaft Of Kimberly 4 Filler Bros., on the
Blackson farm near Greenfield, is now
down TO the coal The vein is three and q
half feet thick. II is not our regular block
coal, such a. used in the furnaces, but
similar in quality to the Stoneboro coal
and good for domestic use. -Minsrs'
| Ohio Journal.
| THE Marquette Journal regEets that the
/ miners Of that section have not been care
full to preserve the reputation Of Lake Su-
perior ore by continuing their shipments to
the best qualities There has been such a
claInor for ore and the temptation has
been SO great, i'll view Of the inability Of
miners TO ill all orders upon them with the
best grades that they have in many instan-
ees, this season shipped poor qualities Of
4 ere ~ their customers.
THE MINERS STRIxEAWe regret b.
state that the unfortunate difficulty be-
tween the coal operators and diggers,
seems to be as far from q settlement as il
was one month ago. All parties interest
ed-the dlggers, the operators and the
/ great public-are suffering ON account Of
| the great coal strike. Winter is approach
ING. The situation liz indeed critical
! Why cannot AN honorable adjustment BE-
made -Beile0iLit AdUOcate
Z Coal DISCOVERIES IN CALIFORNIA The
I san Francisco bulletin saws Coal veins
have been discovered i'll the foothills
1 about six miles on an air line from the city
! Hall Of Oakland. Recent development,
show that tn deposits are extensive, the
: ems near the surface having a thickness
I ~ three feet and upwards. The nearest
VEINS yet discovered are on the head waters
of San PAIL, Greek The Houston ranch
adlnins the one where the first discoveries
were made. This ranch has recently chang
ed hands, and the purchasers have LAID
! open large vein of coal on this property
The coal appears to be Of much better quail
Ity than the average of that taken from the
Monte Diabio mines. II is clear anC
bright, burns freely, and Is 10 free from
sulphur that IRON may be welded with il
without difficulty
GHosTS i'll certain pit might be expect
cd ; but what are We to say to ghost III ;
coal pit /! This chronological novelty hai
appeared at the Broughton coliery, neal
Wrexham, North Wales This is not
ghost that walks, for nobody has yet had 1
sight at it, bat it is ghost that frightens
the workman by the most dreadful and
unearthly bnilowing and yelling-it is like
the poets nightengale, "a wandering
voice. Such is the terror inspired by itl
! performances, that numbers Of the collier.
nave refused to work in the mine.
II the coal beds Of the earth should evel
become exhausted it is possible that thess
sources Of supply may be replaced by new
beds rising from the bottom Of the seas
Indeed something OF the kind is now actu
ally occurring. The island Of Newfound
land, which contains 81 900 square miles,
and has population Of 100, 900, is Joined
| by banks or shoals much larger than the
island itself. 1t is on these banks that the
cod fisheries are so extensively pursued
The Grand Bank is 600 miles long by 2Ot
miles broad. Now it has been conclusivelN
shown that the whole island is rising from
the sea, and in the course of time may b.
expected to join its banks, which are alsC
rising Great seams Of coal, which are
pronounced inexhaustible, have been dis
covered in Newfoundland, and there is nc
reason to doubt that these seams also ex
tend under the banks. So it appears that
in one case at least coal beds are now com
ing to the surface from the depths Of the
ocean, and it is not improbable that SINH
lar forces may be producing similar results
in other parts of the world.