The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-03
WASTING COAL.
The Whole Amount 70 be Exhausted in
1876 Years.

According 10 the estimate Of +. ". shsafer Of
Pottsvillc "the total amount Of coal that can be
marketed from all the fields Is 1888 tons
and that with the same ratio Of increase in the
future In the annual increase Of production for
the last ten years will reach our probable max
inum output Of 50.000,O00 tons in the year 1900
and finally exhaust the supply in ls6 years" The
enormous loss Of coal BY waste Is attracting Atten-
tion all over the country. This great loss is not
confined TO any particular colliery, but extends
throughout the coal fields. aud particularly wher-
ever the Mammoth vein l. worked. The average
thickness OF the Mammoth vein, a. computed by
lisber :. Thompson, mining engineer Of the
Girard estate, who estimated from measurements
taken In eight Of the most prominent coleTies Of
the region. is 81 feet 10 inches, and the average
amount Of refuse matter 10 6 feet 81 inches,
about 90 per cent refuse. The first shipment Of
coal from the Stanton coilisry was made In Sep
tember. 1871. The coal and refuse IL koiste1 anl
dumped into n "pony" breaker where the dirt 10
separated from the coal and the ether refuse taken
out 90 a. To- leave but small amount of any thing
but clean Goa. 90 undergo the process of breaking
AMI separating into various marketable sifcs. BY
the last named process alone the waste is equal 10
u per cent. Mr.. Ilecs scher of the kokinoor col
leTy, estimates the waste in breaking at that coll
lsry for the year 1873. 10 be 10000 tons more
than it would have been had there been n
demand AMI fair prices for the larger sizes of coal.
Mr.. Gay estimate. that in taking l,?:i.19G tons
Of marketable coal cut of the Giiber,on eoliesy.
the enormous quantity Of ., 3,sOs,2I tons were lost
in mining and wasted in preparing.
Why JrroG WAS ENcrsEb.-The Baltimore
Gassne of 10Th ulto. says:
when the name. e jurors were being called in
the Criminal CoGTs yesterday morning TO for
the second three weeks of tie term youEs man
asked 10 be excused from serving on the ground
that his employer would discharge him. Judge
PiakncT theroupos obtained ihs name Of hi
pOyor ami ordered an attachment 10 be Issued for
him. Before this wEs ipHe il was aseeftainei that
tie party was Ia court ant the judge ordered that
be be brou shi before him. In answer {, questions
by the judge lie said that Il his efnp!oycc segtsi
the jury ac would haze TO al mis- place Judge
r.nkney thea asked him: 'if ihi. nan performs
q duty imposed upon hiiE by the Law. Il the state.
d. you propose 10 discharge him" The reply wa.
Le did not exactly mean that. but if the young
mar sefvsl he would have 10 fll hi place Eui
could NOT then discharge tbs new employee FOR tAc
v.i one. The judge denounced it an outrage
tnat person. should ~ Law be compelled q per-
form certain duties AMI on tha; accoun; lose stu
aiiuns and u put 20 trouble aad annoyance by
their employer lie then referred % an instance
where the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had die
charged an employee N account q seinS coi.-
pellet 90 serve on the jury. although be had writ
ten letter g. the M any explaining :Ae matter
lie hoped the Legislature would take entrance
o; this matter and give the eouF; power 20 puSi-h
persons Who discharge their employee. for obey!
ins the Laws oi the State Ia view of the fact. he
ordered that the clerk BE excused f.Jia .ervns on
the jury