The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-07-12
Early and Present Coal Mining in Jack.
son County.
BY HENRY PRICE

BY HENRY PRICE.
The early history of coal is very obscure Coal ap-
pears to have been used by the anciens only to linn
Of the ancient agueducts of France through the coal
measures developed heads OF coal but paid no atten
eie records the Of coal in England S
G9i ndaStry the SP Spi Is cart
loads of fossil fuel by the abbey of Petersbor9ugh
used to very limited extent, by the Britons before
eea the %
Bons that e ee @ ydec m use of se
mining operations is found in the Of the Bishop
granted or % since eSee
coa appears have aon
this e during the 18th Gentury y ION and - ,ao
considerable quantities used. tax of from
as fRe first n a a
IT @ p TSR for Pr O
ted to simon sturtevant, but it was Unsuccessful.
but also failed, and imprisoned for debt
made % M Dy ia R TO-
and in 1747 cast iron suitable for common said
m IN
coal OF coke rom but during the 1ear $50
S,s6S5l5 tons were made with coke and coal The ag
n horse m S "SS to the prOdueti1e lsborng
Working population the globe NotSng sr
king or nstEqctye in regard to the nature Of coal
stated than this fact.
| in the art of mining and working coal. When the
%iass f y !%d
Ths 'SSdlsoa Sardy borne ths
6rrder than han eaden points to make any headway in
tools picks with steel points must have
Of by da back as Ie m
as GOAL.
INDUSTRY which requires the application Of than
o s5d ees @ saa its
yations The first attempts at mining would course
as shs sen 10 Time
in use either for hoisting coal or pumping water La,
hor was cheap enough in those days in fact most Of
ke coal in sacks made out of hide from the face
pangements for getting eoai out of mine in these
moder9 days would MT prove much of asuseess
coal per day. and discharge from 800 to 300 gallons of
The lrst improvements made in hoistpg coal and
e Tsn sh "a The GIN os
,wi%mSy', % - we call it, This machine is still employed
@ ass t PIT te
used in the thick coal district of staffordshire.
n sSsf ei e The ssh 81 It Tsg
and g m sa
one hundred tons of coal per hour This system Of
il the fe Tpf ps On in
ira l
coal Dry levels had to be cut ravines for the
through tho the
he apef ua 1 the gea4 IN
te The coieries life were transferable with
il Hhe9 ns
without religious instrgctian They were regarded
as an inferior oasts and as forming distinct part of
We win notice briefly of the operations in the
operating coal works in Jackson County was very
Fs nt Cf bgdl
wagon in fact It was box put together with nails
wo
Of m a very & b
than the sled already spoken of. Our hoisting ma
the
they Went With their heads tied last
to the rope to keep It from laying to one side In the
fhis county: The rude coa then supplanted
by the shapelg and handy car to be seen in
IN 1 % mnn
R sf SRE HSsnss
the carriage coal costs less now than Il did before
Pe e is ss At hs han It Tss of
Of mile under the old system: There is. however,
most mines are those that have the Largest
the high pree labor is taxed to its
seam Of coal is too thin to handle large
5 @
tons Of coal per day. Our seam of coal is compara
he
other coal regions England and america can cam be be
% aUE
5 to hundred tons per day-can be got out In some
in handred tons per day get
with P Yards of ey coal mime of 20 r
ba2a r Efsa t % average M tons per day. We
one that 80 tons s1 taken out OF
done s as e4T fr
tory and then double the amount Of coal by putting
entries, we do not hesitate to say that double the
q b esTtsss e fer ns 5
made upon us for an OUTPUT Of 1000 tons day and
age Of Improvement. As mining engineers and
practical men, we must endeavor to keep abreast of
sr 49, hour handled
s sfs gis shs
meeting but as my address was not submitted in wri
double entry IN the
erS nEnd Bn n for am the Ss Is S6s
quaiites we claim that i Is the cheapest most con-
at less cost Of labor a0 s0ai can oe handled
With Th 4
the pillars between the and 296 yards at break
The distance the rooms are driven or worked, is 50
sea Tfe5e om Z in s each There
all s6i rooms. 1t is necessary by this plan to have
rush Is BY tne
barisms. which dePriges both man and beast Of the
adopt the double entry system and aferward abandon
it. The writer of this adopted it years ago.
and would not exchange 1t for any other system of
mining coal
The object had in view in presenting this map be-
fore the institute was for the purpose of
plan by which of coal might excayated with
less amount of entry. and at the time hold to
the principle of ventilating the mine and haul
ing roads as laid down on the 1t is opinion
that 40 acre tract of coal opened in Coafton or
Wellston mines, which for convenience will name
coal no. can be successfully excavated with only $40
yards of entry and this in the principle the double
entry system On the general principle conducting
mines in this county. on the single entry system,
range rooms so yards in length requires yards
of entry to be driven in working out 40
Our mines are not large enough a general rule: in
locations the coal mines should all come
out on one tipple, and thus make the business
compact, requiring only one boss one weighmaster,
one trimmer, where now three of these employees
required.
The business of coal mining the no. vein of the
county has been very remunerative to some ofthose
operations are not substantial they ought to be-
Looking over the whole of the coal field the county
we think the mines ought to be placed in charge OF
the best mining taient the county afford. We
have as good material in our midst may be found
in other coal fields of the state.
At the next meeting of the institute Ipropose to
notice the tools necessary for mining coal, the
kind of men to use them will also refer to the
miner the miners call the coal cutting machines
in use in of the mining districts ofthe state
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