The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
MINING NOTES.

Coke Bros. & Co. have leased part of
the old abandoned collieries recently oper-
| ated by Lindermann & Skeer in the lower
part of Luzerne county. Pumps are being
placed to drain the mines.
The Lehigh Valley Coal company has
decided to erect new breaker at Mid
vale, near Wi(kes-Barre in place of the
old Horton, which will be torn down.
Work was on Friday suspended indefi-
! nitely. large force of men Will be put
to work on the new breaker and 1t will
be built as rapidly as possible The coal
from the old Port Bowkley mine will be
| transferred to the new breaker, which
Will give employment to many more than
the old Horton.
The South Wilkes Barre shaft of the
! Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company,
which has not been in good shape since
the explosion and fire of a year or more
ago, is nearly restored to a condition to
resume former shipments. The gas is
nearly all cleared out and the gangways
and airways are opened in good shape.
| Two slopes are being sunk, one in the
.Eillman and the other in the Baltimore
seams. This opens new coal areas, so
that the production can be kept up for
some time. They will be ready for full
work In about two months.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal COM
! pany has decided to open up a mine on
| county, and with this in view has leased
| lots from Charles Lawson, ten lots from
/ William Jacduish and twelve from IIar-
| riSOn NeSbitt. The company has been
| making Investigations for some time and
| after securing possession of the property
| had a survey made. The vein which has
! been found is sixteen feet in thickness.
! The new opening will produce 500 tons
daily and will give employment to a large
number of hands. The coal can be mined
! very cheaply as all expense of pumping
! machinery will be avoided. The new
| plane will run up the mountain side from
| point opposite the Boston colliery. From
| the top of the plane they will also build
/ a railroad on the side of the mounta N
and when the plane and railroad are COM
| pleted the coal will be brought from the
! new opening to the Boston breaker where
| it will be prepared for market.
The recent topping of the old and aban-
| doned Buck Mountain colliery by Coke
| Bros. & Co. has developed that in six sep
| arate basins there still remains to be
| mined more than 20, 100000 tons of good
coal. The water has been drained from
! the old workings through a tunnel a mile
| and half long, the mouth of it bdng in
| the Laurytow valley and the water
| empties into the Lehigh river. The coal
| from several of the lifts will be taken
| through this tunnel and then hoisted over
| PiiS ''"'O ACOt III iNh6tH anu ny Il
| thirty-ton mine lokie hauled to the break
| er, to and one. half miles distant, fifty to
| sixty cars in a trip being whirled that
| distance at the rate of twenty miles an
hour. The old deserted village of Buck
| Mountain is assuming new life again, and
| many new blocks of houses are being
| erected on the foundations of those that
were torn down a few years ago and
| moved to mining patch in Schuylkill
| county. In a month or to probably 500
men and boys will find work at this col
liery.