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

III SASClicut WORKING COiuitIOH. MS
mine is worked with an average of
80 railroad cars per dav. Right
here we would digress a little to
notice the efficiency of the engineer,
John X Jones, who put up and run
the first engine at slope No. 1. He
also tests all the boilers used by the
company, and has never yet had an
accident. l find him faithful and
efficient III the discharge of his
duties. Mine No. 6 is located in
Sec. 81, township 3o, range 81.
MINE NO. 10,
Is operated by shaft, depth * feet,
with a thickness of coal from : to 4
feet, roofing is black slate and soap
stone, well propped and ventilated.
The coal is drawn to the surface
with single engine. 40 horse power,
David Conway, ,engineer;E E Allison,
pit boss; Chas. W. Lanier, weigh
boss. There are Sc miners en-
ployed in operatin. this mine, be-
sides IL extra hands IN and around
the NINE, with four mules to draw
the coal to bottom of the shaft.
There are two or three small veins
of coal above this workable vein, the
same as in the other mines. 1t was
thought at one time that this shaft
would have to be abandoned on &C.
count OF the condition of the coal.
but through the perseverance of the
company's officials it was found to
pay, and the company has raised
out OF this shaft from I3 to 20 rail-
road cars per day. This mine is
furnished with air shaft and exhaust
pan or air fan, the same as in the
other shafts, with the same capacity.
There are two openings provided
for BY law for ingress and egress of
men at work in tins mlne, one a
stairway and the other the man
shaft. The ventilation in this mine
is first. class. 1t is located in south
east quarter of section 26, township
20, range g..
MINE NO. IL
Is at present idle, but not abandoned,
as there Is lots of good coal to be
gotten there, the vein being fiye
feet thick.
The Hudson mines are worked by
drifting. VIM. Hudson is contracto
of these mines under the Rich Hill
Coal Mining company, and he works
* miners; the amount of coal pro.
duced is gwen in with the company's.
Sim Jaw, pit boss. The ventilation
IN this mine is very good, roofing is
black slate. The mine formerly
worked by Hudson & Brown has
been abandoned for the present
The Charon Il Williams mines,
| contracted the same as the Hudson
mine, by George Charon and Frank
Williams, works fifteen miners and
five extra hands IN and around the
. mine. This mine is worked b,
{ slope, the coal beng hauled up the
slope by mule power. Thickness o.
| vein being ~ feet, depth below the
Y ground about IS feet. Geo. Charon
S manager and pit boss; roofing O
black slate, ventilation very good
. beng an air shaft and furnace. Th,
! amount of coal is given IN with thu
b, company's.
t The Wilson mines, worked on th'
t same principle as above, contracted
: by Alexander Wilson, is worked b.
+, slope, the coal beng hauled up tn
!. slope by mule power. They worl
a nineteen miners and five extra hand
II in and around the mine. Thlcknes
; of vein 5& feet, with black slate an
IS soap stone roofing. This mine
n located opposite No. 5 mine and
o on the opposite side of the hill tror
n old No. I slope, part OF which ha
been abandoned because of the gre:
:: length to pull the coal. Some da
this slope will run into that part {