, 1878-08-24
[COAL MINES Conclndad.l

where the strata was broken and th
vein was lost. The vein was recovered
by running to one side a rock tunno
! 175 feet.
This Is the only fault found in the
whole Newcastle mine. There is som,
rolling or twisting in the run or strike
of the veins, bur no other real faults.
The mine Is in some 1900 feet to face or
end Of tunnel; all the coal being worked
out to surface for 1000 feet in.
Nothing but the clear coal is brought
out OF No. A, the gob or waste being all
left in the mine. This vein is A feet,
only 175 feet to surface.
The average yield is about 70 tons per
day. For this Mr.. Murray receives from
the company tixed price per ton. His
work is all very neatly and thoroughly
done, this being one Of the most system
atically worked veins on this coast. All
the coal is taken out clean except pillar
between each shute that extends up from
the gangway to protect it, about 30 feet
When the coal is ull out, the rocks above
settle down and ill up the space form
erly occupied by the coal.
FORCE EMPLOYED
Mr.. Lewis in the main mine, has 4S
miners who all work by contract, and a
force of S8 men, consisting of leaders,
drivers, carpenters, trackmen, etc. The
force there cap get out nearly 10 tons
per day for each hand employed.
Each car holds about 1900 pounds, Of
coal and screenings, rock and all. Every
thing is brought out of main mine, to be
sifted and assorted, II horses and mules
are employed on the day shift. with four
on the night shift, 10 cars to train and
and, two animals to each train on the
outside turn, which goes in 1000 feet, 0
animals, or three sets of trains, make in
all 38 turns or $50 cars in twelve hours
18 turns for two trains and 10 turns
for the third train. The inside
turn has but one mule to five cars, each
mule train must make a8 turns. There
are four of these besiaes the gangway
mule which hauls away tho coal mined
out Of the taco of the gangway in extend
ing it further in the mine. In number 4
Mr. Murray employs 2i men. The COM
pany furnishes one mule which hauis
away the coal to his separate bunker.
SCREENING or THE COAL.
Mr.. Flanagan has so men in all under
his charge; 46 work on the bunkers. The
main bunkcrs hold 1400 tons of large coal
and 500 tons of nut coal. In screening
the coal, there is one ton of nut coal to
four tons large ofcoal. The demand Is
irregular for the nut coal, so it oitentimes
accumulates until 1900 tons are on hand
when couple of steamers take nearly
all of itaway again.
The top of the bunkers are some 70
feet above Railroad track. The cars out
of the miues are dumpted into shute
above the screens where it is let onto
the scecns as fast as desired.
Theie are five screens; Only touI are
run at a time. The rock has to be
picked out and thrown away, and the
argc coal slides down the bunkers
while the fine dirt and small nut coal.
goes through onto finer screens, where
the dirt and waste drops below and is
carried to the waste heap. With Is men
ON the day shift, on four screens 500 tons
of coal can be screened and assorted,
while the Same number OF men on the
night shift could only run 300 tons.
With five screens running and 21 men
on both the night and day SHIFT 1000
tons of coal can be screened per day.
At present four screens are run during
the day and three at night.
To accommodate the increased product
ion of the mine, additional bunkers
should be erected about doubling the
present capacity Of those now there.
TOTAL EMTLoYED.
The total employed now at the mines,
beside railroad employees amount to the
following:
Lewis, 80 men
Flanagan, 30