Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-06-16

frsderlck City Nd, bound to WASH
ington city, with excursionists for
Mount Vernon. having on board over
six hundred passengers, collided with
the Winchester accommodation train
due in Baltimore at 1850 A. N. The
two engines were wrecked, some of the
forward cars were telescoped, and the
track was for time blockaded. Four
persons were killed outright, one died
in few hours afterwards, and sigh-
teen or twenty were wounded. The
killed and wounded were all on the
excursion train, e1c-pt one lady on
the Winchester train, one of whose
shoulders was injured. This occur
renee created intense excitement in
Frederick, Baltimore. Winchester and
Washington, until detailed informa-
ton was received showing the actual
extent of the injury of individuals.
The disaster causes much gloom and
distress in Frederick, where the suffer
ers mostly belonged. The whole sx-
cursion, which had started out 20 JOY
ously, though behind the appointed
time, had to be abandoned. The &C.
dent seems to be attributed, in the
vicinity Of its scene, to culpability in
connection with the excursion train,
but as it has yet to be inquired into
it is proper to withhold judgemut in
the premises at present.
GOLD MINING IN GEoRa1A.-At
the present time there over FIVE hun
dred stamps ct work within a few
miles of Dshlonega, and one of these
mills, having battery of FIVE stamps
only yields from twenty to twenty
five ounces of gold per week, an aver
erage Of $500 per week, or $l20 per
stamp. The mill is run by small
engine, which pumps its water from
the mine, afording water for washing
also. The frame stands Immediate
ly over the shaft, which is now about
ninety feet deep and the ore is said to
grow richer as the shaft descends In
this mine the quartz yields from 81
to $6 per ton, and the cost of mining
crushing and amalgamating is only
IS or 20 cents per ton.
AN assessment decision of some i'm
portance was made by the Circuit
Court of Talbot county at its recent
session. Miller Lodge, l. O. O. F., OF
Easton, and the building associations
of Easton and St. Michael's appealed
to the court from the decision of the
board of control and review assessing
their property for taxation. The
| court decided that so much of the Odd
| Fellows building as is rented out and
| made source OF revenue is assessa-
bic, and must be taxed. Also that
The unredeemed shares Of the build
| ing associationa held by individuals
must be taxed, but that the property
Of those associations is exempt.
BUILDING WELL.-Discussing the
IRE at Bridgeport, CT, and the moral
it points, the New York Tribune says
that the loss 10y fires in our great cit
les is dead loss to the nation, though
the insurance companies enable the
owrers of the burnt buildings to shift
it from their own shoulders. Our
builders, as a class, have not even
such conception of what Il we'll built
city is as is realized in many of the
cities of Europe. We shall MT build
we'll until we have learned tn !, it il,
cheaper in the long run to build wei
than to build badly. That is the les
son it bshooves the underwriters to
teach, and almost every notable fire
shows the Importance of it"
GAS EXPLOSION IN Coal MINES
1t is suggested that the weather report
might be availed of to guard against
the explosion of gases in coal mines.
In France this plan has just been
adopted, the miners being notified of
ali sudden changes in the atmosphere,
wherever they can be anticipated,
The Miners Journal thinks the same
system would be valuable here. 1t
says that changes in the atmospheric
pressure have noticeable affect on the
gases in mines, and timely warning
may aid in counteracting the expan-
sion caused by diminished air press
ure. This can be also secured by To-
cal barometric observations at the col
ieries.
PRESIDENT HAYES TO VISIT THE
SoUTH.-The Petersburg (Va.) Inder