Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-03

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being soaked In water and saltpetre to give
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the men time to get out of danger
DEEP QUARRY.
The next quarry on the ridge Is worked
by WIN. c. Parry Il Co, successors to the
Peach Bottom Slate Manufacturing COM
pauy, "the oldest firm on the RIDGE" as their
quarry is the deepest being 40 feet They |
pump twenty-four hundred gallons of water |
day, and use forty horse power engine |
and fifty horse power boiler, two derricss
and two dressing machines, employ twelve |
hands and make 2, 400 squaresa year. Scarce
ly separated from this quarry is that OF Edw.
W. Evans x Co., limited, the two quarries
making hole too big 10 look into almost
The latter quarry In 100 feet deep, aud in
summer they have to pump but little more
water than is needed for their boiler, which
is thirty-five aud their engine twenty five
horse power They have sixteen workmen,
aud the only two dressing machines here run
by power, ALI AT the other quarries being run
by the operator and one saw. About twenty
five feet from the bottom of this quarry is n
tunnel made by Richard Jones at a cost OF
fifteen Thousand dollars 1t was for the pur
pose oil draining the quarry and running out
rubbage. 1t il from i've to six hundred teet
long, seven high and six wde but was never
hnlshed and not a success. This hrm Is re-
presented by Mr.. Edw. w. Evans, secretary,
and has branch office in Pittsburg. Their
manufacture year is = 500 squares.
Next is the newly opened mine ~ John u.
Wiiliams n son. They work seven hands
and take out about 500 squares a year, being
busy removing surface. Their engine is
| twenty horsepower aud boiler ioriy' use one
saw and one dresser They wishing to prove
to me the superiority of the Peach Bottom
slate over any other, took aslste 20N 10 inches,
one-fourth an inch thick, and rested an inch
of each end ON wooden blocks, and put a
weight oi three hundred pounds on the slate
| without breaking it.
OVER THE MARYLAND LINE.
From here we go into Maryland where we
| find first the quarry of Wm. +. Williams n
| Co, who employ forty hands and work down
lG0 feet. They have nine tons boiler,
and a thirty-five horse power engine. They
| pump day and night, Sunday not excepted,
| running two pumps at night, having third
one in service for emergencies. Mr.. Will
| liams says there is more water this year than
| he has ever seen in the quarries, springs
| down $50 feet running double what they once
| did. They have three saws. These saw
tables complete cost about three hundred
| dollars aud the saw lasts only about three
months A twenty-eight inch saw costs
| twenty. seven dollars but the machines art
| great saving of labor and material. This
| firm makes 1000 squares year
| Next are the Hartford Peach Bottom Slate
| company, represented by Richard Reese
superintendent and John Humphrey, secre
tsry and treasurer. Their quarry is l25 feet
| deep, aud they have thirty four workmen,
making 5000 squares year. their engine
| is forty-tive ana the boiler fifty hor-e power,
and they have in addition forty horse power
hosting engine. They own fitty-three acres
| of land on which their quarry is situated, and
| have been in operation eighteen years.
| The Eureka Peach Bottom Slate Mining
| company claims to have 'iound it" in the
| richest quarry in the lot. They have been
| working only fifteen months and are making
at taxr rafA NJ lfar a
| work nineteen hands aud run forty horse
| power engine. They have the only stee
| drill used here. 1t will bore eight or ten fee
| OF two inch hole per hour They use
| dynamo for putting Oft blasts from top o
| quarry at safe distance. w. A. McLaugh
| lin superintendent
| \ NEW QUARRY PANS OUT WELL.
The Susquehanna Slate Mining compan,
comes next This is also new quarry, bu
| is ''panning out' well. They work eigh
men and make 100 squares month.
The Anchor Slate company has John w
Jones for superintendent, and T.. NJ. Aiken
president, OF pittsburg, Pa. This firm ha
been on band since 1870, has "a sixty hors
power boiler and two twenty horse powe
engines, operates two derrcks and IL dowr
| in the ground l25 feet runs twenty-sevei
| workmen and will make You anything al
most out OF slate They are now filling al
| order Tor a government building, the sat
| being q OF an inch thick, sawed and mad
| smooth by being rubbed ona machine thel
have Tor that purpose. They grind slat
| flour at the rate of three tons a day, and sit
| IL fine as flour. Their palmer and saws turl
out material Tor troughs, boxes, chimney
tops, steps, silis, slabs, tomb stones. mantl
stocks and many other articles too numerou
TO mention.
At the Welsh Slate compauy's quarry W
find the last OF the lot, and JOhu Parry, sr.
manager They mine it up 100 feet down
have thirty hands aud make about 4,OO
squares year, and are carrying "A stock
| 5000 squares Of fine quality.
These quarries give employment t,
| over two hundred hands aud prod uc
almost Sl5O,O0O worth OF slate yearly
| They ara the best roofing slate in th,
| world, showing an analysis far superior l.
any other, having nearly iiity-siN per cent
OF silicic acid and twenty-four per cent. al
umina, and ore practically Tree from iron
sulphur and lime, large percentages
which being n other slate, the Lehigh IO
| example, cause them to fade aud deconpns
from exposure. 4 great many of the IL
high slate are scarcely better than a cypre-
shingle ROOT, while these from Peach Bottom
| stand time and he elements perfectly. tn
| roof on the Slate Ridge church was mad
| from these states IN 1905, and is as good an
bright as when put on, in the good old time
| II should say better having been over tn
preaching OF the Rev. Smith so long Tn
qnarrymen show samples that were put int
use li6 years ago, good as ever. An inspcC
ton of the rubbish banks oi the Lehig
| quarries will show them, after "A short time
| dissolvlng and decompOsing like lime, Will
all the years that have passed over these rut
Dish piles do not leave "A ieled particle. Tn
entire absence q; and distance from the sOfte
| rocks, their palpnzoic nature aud relatives
| having asbestos within one-fourth mile OI
| one side and serpentne near on tho other
proves their ancient and superior creation.
| PRICES AND WAGES
| They sell Tor the best grade six dollars