The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-13

The annual examination of appli-
| cants for mine foremen's and assistant
mine foremen's certificates began yes
terday in common council chambers al
the city hall. The examinations are
for the Second Anthracite district,
which includes the territory from
Providence to Duryea.
The examination of the applicants
for certificates as assistant foremen
was finished yesterday. Today the ex-
animation of those who wish to be
mine foremen will be concluded. There
were eight in the former and fourteen
in the latter class, as follows:
Assistant Foremen-James Unsworth
Scranton; Frederick White. Scranton.
William NJ Howell, Scranton: William
Hartshorn, Scranton; James Hartshorn,
Scranton; John r. Roberts, Rondham:
Michael i. Madden, Scranton: Thomas
II. Jones Scranton.
Mine Forcmcn-Lous Bosek. Scranton:
Charles Il. Robertson, Scranton; John
w. Jenkins. Old Forge: Morris T. Wat
kins. Scranton; Theodore Bowers. Scran-
tom Thomas S. Davies. Scranton: Frank
Lester, Avoca Luzerne county; Stephen
John, Rendham James q. Mcmillan,
Dunmore; Patrick Nealy. Pittston:
Frank c. Abbot. Dunmore: William
cambridge. Old Forge Soloman Cron,
Dunmore; Jessie Palmer, Dunmore.
EXAMINING BOARD.
The examining board is composed Of
III. O. Prytherch. Inspector; James
Young, superintendent, and p. ii. SAL
mon and j. II. Jones, miners. The
clerk of the board is Richard Grifiths.
Ten days will elapse before the result
of the examinations can be made
known.
Following are the rules under which
the examinations were conducted:
First. Twenty-Five questions will be
submitted and an average of ten points
will be given for a correct answer to
| each.
Second. In all 25O points are obtain
| able, eighty per cent. or 200 points mark
| cd TO any applicants credit will entitlo
| him TO a mine foreman's certificate.
| Third. Any applicant leaving the room
during the examination must leave his
| papers in charge of the board.
| Fourth. The hours of examination will
he from . to II and from to > o'clock
Fifth. Any applicant who receives 125
| points Cor 50 per cent. of the marks OBJ
| tainablc will he entitled to an assistant
foreman's certificate.
Following are the questions which
were Dut to the applicants yesterday:
| ]. State your experience in the anthra-
| cite mines of Pennsylvania: name the
mines at which you have been employed
| and the length of your service in each.
| ,. To what cause or causes can
| squeeZes in mines he traced? What are
the dangers attending a squeeze? What
| should a mine foreman do to insure the
| safety of those under his charge while
| "A squeeze is In progress, and also when
| work iS
| State fully.
8. Explain the formula
p X SO2
a
and its application.
| L. What advantages are derived from
| driving narrow places in pairs? Make a
| sketch showing gangway, air way, the
| connecting crosscut, together with two
| chambers such as are worked in any
mine in which you have been employed.
SHAFT SINKING.
8. A shaft measures 10 feet. 6 inches.
| by feet . inches, and has been sunk
| to depth of 24l feet and inches. How
| many cubic yards of rock was removed
in sinking it? What did the work cost
at 15 cents per cubic foot?
g. If by the application of 27 II. p.
| $1,000 cubic feet of air per minute is
|
| duced If the III. =. is increased to 81, ,937 ?
I, Name the gases commonly met with
| in the mines of this region. Where
| found. the methods of detecting them,
also the safest to adopt when clearing
| a section of an explosive accumulation
| s. OF what use is a correct map of a
| mine to the foreman?
! o. A, B, c are points on a gangway
| whose elevations are as follows: A.
99010; B. 996SO: C, 1OO0.1O. How many feet
| is c higher than A? What grade could
be obtained from A TO C if the distance
| is 1000 feet?
10. Describe the ventilating fan. What
| are the advantages and disadvantages of
| driving a fan by belt? In what re-
| spects is fan superior to furnace as
| a ventilator?
II. An airway is II y 10 inches and 5000
| rect long; the quantity of air passing per
! minute is $1,000 cubic feet. find the pres
| sure, waited guage and II. p
II. Name the systems of haulage with
| which you are acquainted.