The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-22
WASHINGTON NEWS
Report OF the Terrisor, !
Coal Mines.
rasia osrrsr aSD CONDITION.
ASKING ro>'s Goa. m,>ss,
synopsis ef she hsssrt ~ Ia.e.c,ar
sullivan.


oaymris. jals M-John sullivan
coas Mite Inspector ot the Sexossd dis.
tTscs. hSs sahsusssed Ia the governor
ssls report u the several nsiees sor lhs
quarter ending JuDe -. lSs9 Tbs
following i digest of shs. sane.
The Roslyn mines. inspected jane
i ard II, we're found ils fair condition
Ibe developments IN Nc. mine have
not given sStlsfaction of late, eonse.
qReHtly the force is lesscaed there
ana crowded into nligae No. :. Ia this
say TIE output Is 80; materially inter.
teFeta With. observed many defects
IN tie eoiais1czing uf air 10 the work.
ing teFerss- and rave orders 10 have
theEa Sps.esftly -euegtiesi tls the lifh
u APFl, Joseph Brown 8as killed h,
! lali Vi siats i, M. , sniue. After
tiitlfs4'5ghiy investigating the case. |
located ihe isiaae on the man himself
. afistisotet The accident 60 fbe result
al blasting fr0p gae solid" +" thereby
1rea9iHE the tlraaerS which supported
the Toot, and ON Fesgrn.ps- Ia
Feplace the props, tie man was
caught beneath The falling slate
he condition of mine No 3 i very
much improved 4 second o.sanjur
sas elected by driving a slope 10 the
surface. shsch wil, improve tie e,.ar,-
altien Of the air snd at the same time
>srye As an escape. should the passage
through The tunnel he at anv ginle
ohstruetest The output for the quar-
ter was 66,9ss. tons.
The sSlinian mine has not been in
operation Tor mere than twenty giays
during the quarter. The tunnels ar.
yentisated 10y turnsces. and con sider-
ing the shsliosness OF the mines a
reasonable current of air in i'm cireuIa-
nen. In ether respects the condition
OF the mines i good. James Smith.
a laboTer, was seriously injured in
this mite ny the falling OF piece al
rock IN one of the breasts He ha,t
blasted but few minutes before. and
being IN a hurry "a get his car loaded
fashed up into the smoke To push
tiown some coal, when he was struck
Dy the ROCK falling from the roof.
The output was : .s.i5 tons.
The Franklin mine is in a wretch
eoly bad condition. MANY OF the
braces contain hisCk damp In sl.eh
quantities a. 10 lmmesii ateiv extingui I.
the lights. Men 81 to work IN she
morning and are compelled to return
home without having reduced the
woiking-faceS, This has been repeated
for days successiyely and the com.
plants of the miners have been fr..
quent and loud The condition OF The
ground j. such that if work Is sns.
pended for a week only, upon return.
. ssf-4 4 d
broken Imhefs air courses checked
and other impetliments too ,lisSour.
aging 10 the hopes of any
management. IL Is O. be hoped
That every permanent improve
lnent viii 70 lnatie shortly. II rot, |
shalt request the manager II abandon
all places found f-elos the standard re,
quired by isw. Preparations
70 sink new slope on Me
Ray vein are now being made, and the
intention of the company is To push.
the work as rapidly as possible. Ship
ments, $50 tons.
The Newcastle mine produced more
coal, daily, in the early part OF the
quarter than II bad for several Years
before. An attempt was made to re.
open No 3 gang way on the east side
OF the slope, but the fire breaking out
anew forced the men TO retreat. and
close their stopplngs again. They
now intend to abandon all portions oi
the mine excepting the new lift un the
slope. That. ] am assured, will h,.
pushed TO completion. Oatput. "A, ,Osa
tons.
Tie Cedar Mountain mine is ahan-
donsd entirely. Two men with drill
are prospecting Tor something new
and they are ali that remain Of the
ogce numerous force that orked
here The life of this mine was q
short one, the first shipments being
made ia July, issl Output, l,s.0
tons.
The nunham mine and the Grand
Ridge mine have not worked any dur.
irg the quarter, consequently no re-
port of their condition can lee given.
Back towards he beginning oF this
ytar tGkens of fpture activity IN the
osvs iopinent uf new coal mihes ia tais
district We're visible ia ntamy quarters.
bu; up to this time sufficient progress
has ffot been m7de TO warrant "A de
descr ption in tbs report. During The
quarter a noticeable decrease ia the
oHtprt et the mines Of King c0Untt
wil iva observed. This ia great
measure wae due to the decline I'm
pricea in the principal market, san
Francisco The burniBgol tie VIA rves
and iimbers by tie fire on tie Gih Of
June if Seattle also contributed ia no
ef.fall sf.grGk IL, tf.x :. t..,ts.a ~.a..ssf.