The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-13
BY THE INSPECTORS
Continued From Page Six.


places where powder is stored. The Sill
yer Bow Nos. / and 2 also have In
place Sc Of these essential guides.
TIMBERING.
General throughout the mines of
Silver Bow county, where my work has
principally been done. is an improve
rnent on that of past years. More sub
stantial timbers are used and greater
care taken in putting them in place
The result is a great saving in expense
and decided gain in profit. as miners
generally appreciate the increased
safety of places where they must work
and consequently perform more actual
labor than If their life was continually
jeopardized by insecure or frail tim
bers.
II have noticed that nearly every
cave in the mines has occurred In the
face This proves that more care has
been exercised in keeping the timber
ing close up with mining work.
CALL BELLS.
II have given careful consideration to
the necessity Of having call bells intro
duced in all mines over 200 feet deep
and deem their introduction advisable.
These call bells should be in place with
separate indicators in every engine
room. The signal rope for the call bell
should be in the pump shaft where II
could be easily reached from every sta
ton. The object of the call bell is for
the exclusive use of anyone who may
want the cage at any particular sta
ton. 1t is a well known rule in every
mine that the station tender alone has
authority to ring the signal bell when
the cage is In operation. To illustrate
the use of the call bell / will explain:
Suppose the cage to be in use hoisting
ore from the 400 level. A man at the
600 wants the cage to convey him up or
down to another level He does not
touch the bell cord in the hoisting
shaft because he is ignorant of what
is going on at the station where the
cage is hanging. The engineer is also
ignorant of what is being done below
and only implicitly obeys the bells as
he hears them. With a call bell the
engineer would know that the cage was
wanted at some other place than where
1t is hanging. He waits until the cage
is sent up by the station tender and
after it is unloaded he at once sends
1t to the one wanting 1t. When this
man is through with the cage he again
rings the call bell with proper signal
and the engineer hoists or lowers the
cage to the station where IL is needed.
The use of the call bell would prevent
many delays and have a tendency TO
expedite work.
POWDER.
IT think the powder bill passed by
the last legislature could be improved
upon very materially. AS IL stands IL
answers certain purposes so far as IL
goes. The bill or law should lie added
to so that 1t will cover the handling
and storage of powder in mines. I'm
der existing conditions every mine has
its own mode or way Of caring for or
handling explosives underground, and
i find some of them are far from Icing
ployes or others who may be in the
workings beneath the surface.
IMPORTANT NOTICES.
Notice should be posted at every
place where powder is stored, either in
the mine or on the surface that every
one in its vicinity may know Of its
proximity.
II would suggest that notice be II St
ed at all shafts where cages are in use,
requiring all men to take firm hold of
the safety bars while going down or
coming up on the cage, under penalty
of dismissal in case of failure TO COM
ply with the rule.
II would also suggest that notice he
posted on all gallus frames and at each
station, prohibiting men from riding on
loaded buckets, skips and cages, or
jumping on or off buckets, skips or
cages when in motion, under penalty of
dismissal for violation of the rule"
Following is an extended list of the
mining accidents, fatal and non fatal,
in Silver Bow county and all Montana,
with full particulars of every accident.
Tabulated the accidents were as fol-
lows: