Frostburg mining journal., 1888-05-12

the attention of the Committee, first
TO the ma"ner of organizing the exam
lnmg commission. Instead of the ap-
pointment of three miners and two
INNING engineers to constitute said
| board OF examination (see Section 3
Mr.. Mayer asked for an amendment
providing for the appointment of two
miners aud two mining engineers, the
four thus appointed to select the fifth
member. This we considered fair, and
so endorsed it.
The next objection was found to
SECTION -. And be 1t enacted. That the
owner or owners or lessee of every coal mine
that may be III operation in the said counties
of Allegany and Garrett shall make or cause
TO be made an accurate map or plan of the
workings of such mine, which shall be kept
at the Office OF the company, lessee or in
dIvIdual so mining, and shall furnish a dupli-
cate thereof To the Mine Inspector, and as the
mines progress said owner, lessee or individual
shall make additions to said maps showing
the progress of said workings and shall fur
nlsh duplicate of said additions to said map
to SAID Mine inspector once in every twelve
months, ana Sald original maps and the adj
dltiOns thereto, shall be at all times accessible
IN the hands OF such owner or lesSees to said
Mine Inspector for reference only, and said
duplicates of said maps and additions thereto,
shall he carefully preserved by said Mine In
Spcctor and at all times accessible to any per-
son interested in inspecting the same, and
shall be handed over by said Mine INSPECTOR
to their successors in office.
Mr. Mayer offered the following AS
Il substitute:
SECTION 10. And he it enacted, That the
owner or owners or lessee of every coal
mlAe that may be III operation in the said
counties of Allcgany and Garrett shall make
or cause to be made, an accurate map or
plan Of the workings of such mine. and as
+ wUrn III the mine progresses said owners
le>>ccS.o Individual, shall make additions to
: Sald maps showing the progress of said
; workings, and original maps and the ad-
ditlons thereto shall De kept at the office of
the company. lessee or individual so mining
and shall be 1t all times accessible i'll the
? hands of such owner O4 lcssccs to said mine
/ Inspector for reference only.
The original Section l5. as seen
above. required the companies to pro-
L vide the Mine Inspector with an
e additional map to be accessible at all times
to @ny pe'So" interested. The substitute
: makes the map accessible to the In
! spector only, and by him for reference
0Wy. The enactment of the original
section would have exposed the private
business of the companies. 1t would
/ have afforded INSCRIPTIONS competi-
f. tors full license to examine and Specu-
late upon their resources in manner
most damaging to their property. 1t
2 | would be Just as reasonable to COM
pei our merchants and tradesmen to
open their books to other merchants
i, and tra.esmen who may say they are
'mtercsted,' and keep them open that
they may see who and what the mer-
chant owes, or who owes him, what
: he has, and what he is good for. We
gave our assent to the substitute be-
cause we thought nobody outside the
, Inspector had any right to know the
/ extent and resources of ii mine. and
because we could not see what benefit
the miners could gain from the en-
D forcement Of Section Is as originally
! | drawn.
e Again:
= SECTION 20. And be it enacted That it shall
be the duty in every owner, lessee or
agent using steam locomotives under ground
in any of the minesIn Allegany or Garrett
counties to cut off the engine way, gang way,
or other road upon which the locomotive is
run from all other parts of the mine by doors
or brattiCeS and that in such cases they shall
! further provide, either by drift or shaft, a
! separate and distinct air course for the ven
ulatlOn OF said locomotive or engine, gang
parts of the said NINE.
The following substitute was offered j:
; SECTION 20. And be it enacted That it
shall be the duty of every owner, lessee or
| agent using steam locomotives underground
a III any Of the mines III Allegany or Garrett
counties hereafter opened, to cut off the
5 engine way, gang way, heading way,
or other road upon which the locomotive is
run from other parts Of the mine by doors or
I bratticcS, and that proper ventilation for such
locomotive gangway, heading or road shall
e. be provided
, By the method proposed in the bill
four md, pendent ways would be re-
qulred-a locomotive way, and anOth-
2 er 10 veutlate the locomotive way II
manway, and another TO ventilate the
manway. Every sensible miner un-
r derStands that such an arrangement
would impose heavy and needless ex-
pense upon the companies. as the men
= engaged IN the interior of the mine
can reach and return from their work
bN travelling the inlet air-heading.
We, therefore, favored the substitute,
because there was much to be lost by
the companies and nothing to be gain
{ ed for the mlnerln the original section.
Section 2l. relating to weights, pro-
vidcd that all over 56 pounds should
go to the miner aS an even 100. The
+ substitute allowed the odd pounds in
excess of 100 alternately to miner
and company. In this we did not
agree with the companies-not because
their proposed method was unfair, but
because the former proposition seem
ed TO us simpler and easier method
> for the weIghmaSter to follow. The
representatives of the companies did
= not insist upon their proposal, howev-
} er, SO that this portion OF the matter
was dropped
Next:
SECTION 2S And he tenacted, That it shall
be the duty OF every person or BODY corpOr
arc lessee, owner or agent operating a mine,
, or mines, III either otsald counties of Alegany
or Garrett to provide correct and accurate
scales at or near the mouth of said mine or
mines not exceeding five hundred feet there
from, upon which all the coal mined in said
, mine shall be weighed before the same shall
, be taken from the mine cars used by the
miners therein.
Substitute:
SECTION %. Be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of every person or body corporate,
lessee, owner or agent operating mine or
mines in either of said counties of Allegany
or Garrett to provide correct and accurate
scales at or near the mouth of said mine or
mines and IN case of mines hereafter opened
alta point distant not more than two thousand