The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-02


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rbnse vim conducted tho examina
ua,, ,t.oro II c,nydor n. ,hi. citv.
80, -. -, ,,,,s -, y,
james nouhS' VI Duhi,ole' James I'
Morrison, of Carbondaie; Vaughan
Richards. of Prceburg; Alexander
Ruhland. of Old Forge. Emil Bonn Is
the secretary or the noard which 10
now passing upon the examination
papers of the candidates. This writ
ten eXaminat ion may be supplemented
later by an oral examination. Fol-
Io,yirg aro Tho o,,ostinn, ,ha, ,ho ,,n-
da, ,,..,,,, a,,i,os a., a".
'''' "''e a'Ne' W "ns"e''
First-You are supposed to be fami-
liar with the duties of a mine inspeC-
tor under the law, 50 state as fully
as possible his duties as to employee
and operator under the law.
Second-Name the acts OF assembly
which relate to coal mining in the an
thracite regions of Pennsylvania.
Third-DcsCribe the methods of min
Ing in the anthracite regions.
FOurth-Give a description of map
! cf the mine workings in the same vein
of coal on adjoining properties of two
different operators. upon which all the
| data required by law has been given.
Fifth-Expl9in the difference between
the mercuria barometer ard the ther-
| mometer. How is it that mercury is
used to measure pressure i'm one place
and temperature in the other? Of what
use are these instruments in mining?
| SiXth-What are the eIemen:s of ven
| tilation?
! Scventh-Descrbe natural ventilation
| fully.
| DISTRIBUTION OF AIR
r,irb,bIf ,ou nc ;rsrootor r.oro I'm
do,,bt as - ~" ,nn @,,,i,, "I o,,d ,ro,,er
| distrihntion of ,i,. 'T1''S nina unde,
| Yam. eba,,,o ,.ba, n,,,d ho ,,nr,.
s""i 'i1 "@' ''r So, W u't "o,Iu .S,m' S
| S,,,h 49,, ~ 49,, T..
| o,.nrmon,, n,. o Mn, ,'n,fiiati,,o 20,
| TontbN >vh.t mnr..,it,,tae oei"ion,
! ,,,,,iiati i, 49, WI, arn 49,
! ohiont., a., ,,, ot,o',,oa t, es'.;os,t 80,
,;iJ,iono rJo,,. ~ ~ nir
current in mine measured? How
| air in circulation
| Eleventh What in vour Judgment
| should be the relative Dimensions of
| the downcast and upcast shafts of "A
| mine 10 get the host results in yentila-
| tinn and why?
| 'T,NcIfth--Civc the names of the. most
! dangerous gases found in anthracite
,niuns. How are they dcyelopcJ ana
| how arc they best taken care of? En-
| plain fully.
Thirteenth--What. in your opinion.
| accounts FOR the second cyulosion of
| cas- which often follows the first ex
plnsion in a mine? ExpIain fully,
| Fourteenth.-What would Won suggest
| as being the best plan Of action. after
| an eXplosion of gas in a mine in res-
| cuing men and restoring the mine to
| a safe condition? Explair fully
! Fifteenth--Suppoee Won have five
! splts Of air in airways of the same
| dimensions. and the following lengths:
Three hundred yards, five hundred
| wards seven hundred wards eight hun
| dred yards and one thousand wards. the
regulator place at the entrance of the
| three hundred yard split to be AKA or
| sixteen Sullarc feet what will ne The
area of the other regulators thai viii
allow the same quantity of air for
each of the other splits?
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EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE OF GAS.
SixtoontbAt what stooo o.,,, ,,,,,, a.,
tect an nvnIoeiva mivtu,n of "ae2 c,,o-
| | 20 i,,, i,I ''n ~, w S"'' 'ul'-
paI.s vi1 ,, we d m%t M, .li,'e sanS
miyt,,re in No is from, to io IN Vn
. hoIou. H., ~, ,, i,Ii,. 'J,', ~ ~, !" ~;
Il, ~" nho,'n =; ~ Po'n., Gnu =.
wo,,Id tho noo, .,ffar n,net Il, 7"nS ,a-o ""S
nm nvnIosion ana uh,.o 80 VI
ceynntoautb S,,,, th, ,.,,,ai,,.
tb. ai, ~ ho a. ~ ,'e nu,G'ltA vi
n,ref no tbo Gin,a,rsidnne nv, S,uI"a, a,,d M VIVA,
an airn,,, u.I,nrn ,hn "i,u ara VI
reaches $4,000 cubic feet?
cred mine resistance to ventilation
| How is il determined and how most
successfully overcome?
Nineteenih~-Su Sunnosn a nino bos tu.o
openings, one sixty-feet higher surface
| oiovnti7, ,L',u tho tho, m'ith ~ t'', i'.e
| peraturr outside at so degrees and in
| side nf the n,inn at 6ftv dooroos ,,'o,,I7
| a rurrept he nrodurod ara ~ ~, IT,;
| ,vbat directiopo ''''' y" 7'' III
TwentiethNwbot is tho r,iroirIo -,
on which the safety Iamn is ronsI,.nnt iI "t
odo Tn nbat snaoS nS ,,,,. =, LIE otuci
is = Iamn @ safn5 ee' VI " current VI AR
| rwrntv- v-first--wbat I. tba u.oirh. 90
a cuhir foot of air at diffarart 49,
| nernt,rae ana unde,, difrarant 49,,
suree" an" "'"'' ''e'e"' pres
TwCnty-secnnd-V What ie tbo o.,,o
and ros,;lt Of tha ino,t'oso 90 ID ~ ~".oe
guaon vhon the na,.o,' naiiI ''tI y, ~
same "''''o' - ''c
Twcrtv-,bi,a N,ho, o,f,,., a,,,',,,
pora turc hayn nm '1. ,he NAV [an,i, TUeS ZEN.
nussiNa .brnnob ' 'm, n,iria H"'"'''> o' air
'rv',,1t, ~. .snm'T7b " s,,, ,',,',
cuuf, f'c, ~ ,h' ~, ,ho SCu S o"u . t4o ~
airNuy ; S.a foot lonc h, u an
.nr. S w ~ a,,r5, "-r' r"rl ionE, now many per
this ,I,rrapt I uI,o,, ~ "a uouiu VOTE III
driven to tbe hn,,nd,. IA ".' MMas Ms a,n ny pten
from nrnscnt ,,reD "'e i'~fV iee'
| SpLlTTl Nj AIR CURRENTS
r,....,,.... e,,,.
NrutI ~ lh--'iiNc general rule
Spre re,nii!E tnr spiittlnS or air currents.
,o,.,o,nF mri,F ~ ,Htn-have M you mad any +x-
;'.,nsna "iIn r.ectrlcitE ana COM
b',,,, n,r"h "t' i" ""'nracite mines' II So
| Twenty E-scventh-What in vO,ir iudr