The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1886-11-24
|,ryE INSPECTORS REPORT,
NJ Rates County For the Year
1886,
!. Prepared by John Whitehead and
Submitted to the Labor Com
missioner Of the State.

To the non. oscar h0e"II'%Hp'
Labor Commissioner Of Missouri:
In submitting this, my first report,
I.udeavor to appreciate the great
responsibility resting upon me in
milling my duties alike to compa-
,;.s and mixers. 1t was with great
Sf;dence that / accepted the po-
suon, after the duties OF the office
had been so ably and judiclously
o.rtormed by nv most worthy and
competent predecessor, M. l..
wolfe, who resigned the Office in
November, 1885, after having served
xveral years IN that capacity. This
dice is of much more Importance,
ubeL the objects for which 1t was
created are fully carried out. and
he responsibility resting upon the
Inspector is much greater than would
Il first appear to an inexperienced
perxon in mining, and the compen
ation at present given this officer is
wholly inadequate to justify a man
with the experience ard ability to
perform the duties devoting his time
and energies to the work. l would
recommend that the legislature, at
4, next general assembly, divide the
mining portions OF the state INTO
districts, and a mine Inspector be
,ppointed to each of these districts,
whose duty it shall be to look after
III the mining interests III his respect.
i've district, the same as by law he
at present required to do tor his
county. The said Inspector to be
appointed by the governor OF the
sa,e, and have a fixed salary, to be
paid proport,onatelv by the counties
said district. Your Inspector,
before making out his report, inter
viewed a number OF leading miners
IN each mine in relation to the pres
.nt mining law. and asked Of them
ifihey knew of any changes that
should be made therein; it SO, |
would embody them in my repor,
and endeavor to have them brought
before the next legislature. The
mbstance IN every case was that they
we're we'll satisfied with the present
law and its enforcement, and had no
changes to recommend. The offic
iah Of the companies and the miners
are working in harmony, the best ol
ieeling existing between them. No
such thing as a strike or walk-ou'
has occurred during my term oi
Office.
lhave the honor to report the
allowing:
WORKABLE MINES IN COUNTY.
The number OF mines in Bate.
county required by law tor your Mine
Inspector to take recogn,zance OF are
eleven in full operation. These
mines are all operated in the Rich
bill coal series, and do not include
'he strip pits nor those mines worked
mother coal series of Bates county
%eh as Walnut, Mulberry, Hudson
etc. To include all OF these in m,
Nport would run up into the hun
Geds, and would be both useles
and tedious to enumerate. Those il
0peration on the Missouri Pacific
Aa'lroad are conducted by the Ricl
all Coal Mining Company ant
"anaged by the following officers
~ NJ. Mcdowell, general manager
l. Fleming, superintendent; j. T
AeaVly, assistant superintendent, ,an
aod are as follows:
NINE no. I,
"o'ked by slope the coal is draw
'pto the hpple with an engine, 3
'0'se power, Henry Hu,tauus, er
s'neer; the pit boss IS George May
.n. The number of men employe
iorty-nine, and fourteen hane
."p'oved in and about the min'
ss'udlng George Farris. weigh bos
''e coal will average a to 5 fe'