The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-05
ATCHISON COAL.
Interesting Items About the Big Vein
Uncovered.
[From the Atchison Globe

| There is reason for special ongratula-
| ton in the fact that Atchison has been
successful in it's coal enterprise Practi-
cally every citizen of THE town took a
great interest in the work, and failure
would have meant paralyzing discourage
ment. The three foot vein discovered
last night is 50 inches thick and therefore
even better than was expected. Atchison
discovered the three foot vein. 1t does
ley Falls or Horton; this fact has been
at nast struck % PIECE Of real iucn. The
coal enterprise will gradually increase in
importance and it will not be very long,
probably. before work on another shaft
is commenced. In five years people will
oegm TO feahzH %nan she eb tnTee 1901 DOL Ve nr
every local consumer and the employ
menu OF large n tI Per OF men, AIc cr,
time; neither progressing nor going back
The three foot vein will throw it over the
center and on the right side. Already
good results from the coal strike may be
seen on every side.
though Atchison should have stopped at
the Leavenworth vein and commenced
the %oTk OF takl Ing out coal er But the
sally in favor of going on after the larger
and better vein. The result shows that
do. 1t was not a haphazard guess; this
course was advised by the best coal ex-
perts In the country, including Prof. Ha-
worth, state geologist, and many others.
Some people said a terrible gush of wa
ter would be found at the three foot vein.
always found with coal. put In this case
the water is not in sufficient quantity to
Atchison will not fully realize for a
year or two the importance of the dis
quired to develop. but this work will pro
coed as rapidly as possible. Meanwhile.
ties as possible. Before a great number
of men can be put in the shaft room
understand that mining can not begin at
once around the shaft The great weight
coal around the shaft will not be dis
turbed. Passageways will be run out and
rooms built AS these pas t an1 f
miners employed can be increased. The
coal discovery of yesterday VIII increase
in importance with the years; the whis-
ties and bells yesterday evening announc-
ed the most important discovery in Atch-
ison's history.
The first work at the shaft after the
coal is uncovered will be to run entries
tons; probably east, south and north.
Then these entries will be connected with |
circle, thus making a coal face" At |
the same time work will progress on a
stump. which will be accomplished by ex-
1avating the shaft u feet below the coal:
off the coal A pump VIII be put IN ut
he bottom and the water thrown to the
water and thence thrown out by the pres
INT system of pumps. In the rush for the
neglected, which will be attended to at
,nce. This includes taking out the old
-eliable tank that solved the water prob
EN-. As soon as the shaft is completed
handling the water will be easy.
man who has lived in Atchison 20
ears says he never witnessed such gen.
ra good feeling as there was last even
ng after the coal strike was announced:
Everybody felt like yelling, and some Of
hem did. At the corner of Fifth and
streets, a miner who had just
ONE from the shaft held a large crowd
nd was compelled to tell his story over
nd over again.
The work of sinking the present shaft
egan November Is, 1901. but there was a
ave-in and the work did not begin in
arrest until February Is, 1902 Several
1onths Of this time was consumed in
rafting to install machinery to handle
yater As usual, the shaft required twice
s much time as was estimated and twice
s much money.