The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-10-03
THE MINER

The Pottsville Woriingadn says Dur
ing the week seven additional colleries be-
longing - the p Il r. c. q I. Co, com
menced operations, three on this and four
on the other side ~ the mountain. This
makes twenty-six IN all If the company's
works now shipping
The Ashland Bulletin says The tun-
neling for the Primrose vein in the Tunnel
Colliery is progressing, and this colliery
has resumed work after long stoppage,
II is reported that the Virginia Mining
Co., whose mines are located in Mineral
county, W. ", in the vicinity Of Pied
mont, has suspended.
The North Branch Coal Co. have COM
menced operations at their mine on the
line Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, near Bloomington, Garret Co,
Maryland.
The miners of St Clair Co, ILL.,, have
obtained an advance Of five cents per ton.
The great coal beds Of Corunna, Michi-
gan west Of Port Huron, are easily accessi-
bic to that city, by the c. & L. II. r. r.
at very low rates This affords ae ample
supply Of fuel for manufacturing purposes
at very low figures. There are large
quantities Of timbered land to the west
and north, and wood for fuel can be OBJ
tanned at very reasonable price.
President Siney is now visiting the
coal mining regions of Iowa and Wiscon-
sin.
The mines at Mineral Ridge, Ohio are
again running after suspension Of sew
eral weeks
The letters Of our correspondents from
the mining regions Of the west. are worthy
of special attention.
The Reading Railroad Company is now
offering chestnut coal at 10 cents below
programme prices.
Matters are running smoothly at Braid
wood since the strike.
oVERwINDING ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES.
A series Of experiments were recently
made at the Stsnghow mines, in Cleveland,
with Walkers patent detaching hook. an
invention desigr ed for the prevention Of
accidents i'll overwinding A large num-
Der Of viewers, miners, delegates, and 9th
ers, assembled to witness the experiments.
The inventor (who was present and super
intended the experiments) had his atten-
ton first drawn to the necessity Of his in
ventiOn by the occurrance of so many ac-
cidents from overwindngs at sinkings. and
the hook which he has devised can be cas-
lily applied to every rope permanently rails
ing and lowering load. whether loose or
secured in its travelling position by skeets
or guides The experiments at Stanwhow
commenced with running the cage ND
against the cross beams in the ordinary
working pit. The trial was completely
successful, the jaws catching at once in the
supporting ring, and the rope having been
simultaneously liberated from the hook,
going OF by itself over the pully, leaving
the cage suspended above the shaft. In
nine and a-half minutes the ordinary con-
dition of things was restored, and the cage
again at its usual work Another expert
ment was made at pit in course Of being
sunk, about thirty yards distant from the
working pit where the first experiment was
witnessed. The hook was attached 10 a
rope which drew kibble up against the
beam; and although the hook had never
oeen used before, its action was perfectly
successful The inventor then asked Il
any one cared to enter the kibble while il
was being lifted up against the beam. but
as no one responded to the invitation n
was taken up by himself. Within six feet
of the beam the hook, after entering the
supporting ring, became liberated from the
iiftIng rope, and left the kibble SUSPENDED.
the vibration caused by the sudden stop-
page of tie kibble being hardly percent.
e.-Iron and Cool Trades Reriic,r.