The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-17
FUTURE MINE FORENEN
Those who Passed Successful Examinations
al CaIbOndale.
TWELVE OF THEM SUCCESSFUL
Four Others Qualified High Enough
to Receive Assistant Mine Fore
mans Certificates-Of the Nineteen
Who Took the Assistant Mine Fore
mans Examination, Sixteen Re.
ceived the Coveted Prize.


The annual examination Of applicants
for certificates for mine foremen and
assistant mine foremen for the First
Anthracite district.wss held in Carbon
dale, Pa, on July 10 and II. The
board of examiners consisted OF II P
Patten, superintendent; James E. Nor.
rison and Vaughan Richards, miners,
and Edward Roderick. the district
mine inspector.
Twenty-one applicants entered the
examination for mine foremen certif-
Gates Of qualification, twelve of whom
were successful, and will be recon-
mended to receive certificate. OF the
twenty-one who sat in the examina-
tion for foreman's certificates four OF
them made sufficient points to entitle
them to an assistant mine foreman Ger.
tificate. Nineteen entered the exam
ination for assistant mine foreman GER
tificates, sixteen Of whom were success
lul, and will be recommended to re-
ceive a certificate.
The names of those who will be rec
commended to receive mine foreman GER
tifiicates are: Peter Pinkney, Dun
more; Andrew Kennedy, Olyphant; D.
c. Evans, Oyphant; L. NJ. Morgan,
Scranton; w. II Jenkins, Scranton
w. G. Moyles, Nanticoke; John F.
Lynch, Carbondale; David NJ. Jones,
Peckville; John j. Walsh, Mayfeld
M. M. Hughes, Plymouth; j. A.
Kearney. Archibald; Samuel j. Jen'
nings, Forest City.
ASSISTANT NINE FoREMEN.
The following will receive certificates
showing their qualifications as assist
ant mine foremen: George Barron, Lu.
ther Edwards, Christopher Campbell,
Absalom G. Jones. William Hodgson,
Thomas G. Edwards, William J. Rich
ards, Andrew Nicol and Morgan Nor.
gans, of Scranton; W. j. Williams and
Joseph T. Moone, Of Price6urg; James
Clark, of Carbondale; d. j. Richards
and W. II. Chapman. Of PecKville
Reuben Morgan and Conner Parry, Of
Dickson City; Alonz1 d. Richards,
Winton; John L. Evans, Throop;
Thomas P. Lally, Mayfeld, and James
B Williams. Olyphant.
The following are questions for the
foremen's examination: Ten points
were obtainable for answers to each
question except No 2, for which
twenty was allowed if the applicant
showed good practical experience. The
total possible points wore therefore BIZ
and 50 per cent of these entitled to re-
ceive foreman's certificate. An ap.
plicant obtaining 100 points would be
entitled to an assistants certificate.
Give your name, age, place of birth and
post office address.
State what practical experience YOU
have had in anthracite coal mines, giving
the length and nature of your experience
in each mine wherein you have worked.
II an air way should become obstructet
what effect would this have on the wate
guage?
Describe fully how you would proceed t
open and work two veins Of coal, one be
| ing $50 feet from the surface, the other l6I
feet from the same point.
There are coo persons employed in
mine, the air is split into eight equal cur
rents, what size would the .airways hav,
to be to pass the least quantity Of air re
quired by law, the velocity being five fee
per second, the mine located in the anthra
cite regionsy
Is 1t as important to have good ventila-
tion in mine wherein no explosive gas i
generated, as it is in a mine where it il
given off treelyY Give your reasons in de-
tail.
Give the common names Of all the case
| tn1 IN mn hfa nj IN la
scribe briefly the properties Of each, an,
their effects on the human system.
WITH REGARD TO NINE LAWS.
State what the mine law requires in re
gard to air measurements.
What is the area of an air way through
which 1000 cubic feet of air is passing a
n velocity Of five feet por second wha
are its dimensions?
What does the law require daily exam
ination OIL
How many cubic yards Of rock are ther
in right angled triangle piece 80 fee
long, it, 6 in. wide at the base, and 2 fee
highy
How many cubic feet of rock are ther
in a shaft "a feet inches long, 12 feet
inches wide and 357 feet deep?
What is the law in regard to shaft sink
ing?
Give in your own language n descriptio
of what is required by law of a man i
charge of a coal mine?
Suppose vein has an angle Of $50, th
breasts driven right angle to the gangwa
distance of 300 feet, what would be th
distance represented on the map?
How much air is passing through an all
way 8 feet, inches wide at the top, !
feet wide at tho bottom and feet higl
the velocity being 2S0 feet per minute?
What is the danger from "a gangwa
which is being driven toward old aban
doned workings containing water an
what precautions would you suggest {
guard against the danger? What is the la'
on the matter.
What instrument is used to ascertai
ventilating pressureY How is the pressul
ascertained?
If a gaugway ia driven south So degree
east, and the chambers driven north 80 de
grees east, what should be the distance o
the gangway between the center lines
the chambers the chambers and pillar
being and yards wide respectivelyS
Give your views on propping in generi
as practiced in coal mines. What metho
would you adopt when hereof was shelly
What causes a current Of air to floN
through miner
Describe the various methods Of increa!