The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1886-11-24


stone; there are two or three small
veins above the nam one. not work.
able, from s to Is inches. This
NINE IS the first one that was oper-
ated by the Rich Hill Coal Mining
Company in 1850, and has been
running ever since. The company
is drawing the pillars at present on
the north side, and on the south side
where it was thought would have to
be abandoned, they arc working a
vein from 5 to 5! of good coal. This
mine has a good furnace and air
shaft and IS we'll ventilated: located
in section 36. township 80, range 81.
NINE NO. s.
is worked bv shaft, IS feet deep,
coal hoisted bv single engine, 40
horse power, Ed. Holland. engineer,
and Thos Bremen, pit boss, Abel
Mentzer, weigh boss. The average
thickness of the VEN is Al feet. The
number of miners employed in this
m,ne Is one hundred and fifty, and
thlrty-five extra hands employed in
and around the mines. The roofing
is black slate and soap stone, in good
condition. This shaft was first sunk
and contracted by Alexander Wilson,
but at the present time is operated
by the company. Great improve
ment has been made in these mines,
both inside and out. Three shoots
have been erected, winch contain a
a revolving screen, which divides the
coal in three slzes-egg, nut and
slack-besides the lump coal, which
passes directly into the cars. This
screen is run bv a small engine.
This mine has ventilatlng fan
which IS capable of throwing 40 200
cubic feet of AIR per minute; is well
ventilated and fully up to the stand
ard required by law. An average
OF powder used per day IS Is kegs.
The miners fire their shots twice per
day-at noon and at sop m. Al
one time they could only fire once
per day, and then in the evening,
the air being insufficient to carry of
the smoke and gases. There are
fourteen mules used in this mine to
haul the coal to the bottom of the
shaft. There is an average OF 4e
X. r. cars loaded per dav. No. :
has also a stairway tor men 10 go ir
and out of the mine. There Is ar
ingress and egress according to law
there is also proper gates and cover
ings to entrance of shaft at top ant
lower landing as prescribed by law
there should he. This mine is 10
Gated IN northwest corner section SO
township 80, range 81.
NINE NO. E,
Worked by shaft, IS feet deep, Goa
hoisted by double engine, 60 horst
power, John Y. Jones, engineer
John Graham, pit boss; Thos Ora
ham, weigh boss. The averag
of vein is $ feet. roofing is blacl
slate and soap stone, IN good con
diton, mine we'll ventilated and wei
propped. One hundred and fit
men are required to operate thi
mine, besides IS extra hands EN-
ployed IN and around the mine
Mine No. 6 was first operated an
contracted by Birch and Brown
and was not in good condition, bu
under the present management
the company is fully up to the re
quireme~ts of law, regard ding health
safety to employees and ventilation
There is now an air shaft with
ventllating fan with a capacity
40, 900 cubic feet of air per minute
there IS also stairway for ingre:
and egress, which. in connectio
with the shaft. makes two outlets
this mine as prescribed by law. A
average of I6 kegs of powder p'
day IS used, the miners fire the
shots twice per day, the same as n