The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-24

the G,.tte mines could be i2,2roVed by
more raises and shaftsT
''As l told you before. the Parrot mine
only one downcast aud one upeast "a
depth Of l,to feet. and as hundreds
can prove to you. il was well ventilated.
Since that time they sunk shaft called
no, ON Nyomlns street ah ~ soiliiecled
II with the workings OF the Parrot mine.
They also connected the Original mine
on the west and Clarks Colusa on the
east: also connected with the NeVeTsweat
and Blue Jay. Now there are five shafts
more than | had to Ventilate that mine,
and they claim that the temperature Is
81 and probably higher. This increase
of raises from each level ana shafts 10
the surface does not show that they i'm
prove ventilation, but rather that they
have made il worse as shown by the
increase In temperature anu, anu eRe ae-
teTioration of the air. l know OF about
ten shafts and ten air courses between
the Gagnon mine and the 81. Lawrence,
which makes twenty air connections thaJ
/ know Of and there may be many more.
This is a shaft for every 20 teet or
the entire distance. and II many more
were sunk IL would be all shafts ana
raises. There are too many openings, ana
no man can handle them as you must
eonfine yourself to the laws OF nature
Cold will go to heat, but heat IS never
known to go TO cold The difference III
temperature which exists here shows
variation from 50 TO 30 degrees IN sum
mer TO 80 or 10 below zero IN winter, ana
it will be noticed that under these con
summer and uocast in winter and the
air goes at will and is not CONDUCTED
a = you would water. AIT is elastic anu
can be taken anywhere as long as the
laws of nature are obeyeG; that Il to say
you must always remember you csnHo1
drive hot air down and cold AIR up. row
taking the little section OF the bulle
camp that l speak Of if you had one
shaft for the dOwncast and one Tor the
uDcast il could be ventilated II properly
handled, for there are many coal mlnes
I'D L.
vein and probably six times that IN
area, counting openings. which have only
one upcast and one downnc2st
Fans Would Not Help.
Mr. Tibbey. DO you believe that con-
ditioRs are such in Butte that fans have
become necessary
Il Go not believe under present con
ditiOnS, with all these openings, fans
would he of any assistance: they would
be an injury more than beHeIll. Dr-
cause there is 10 system OF ventilation
in this camp to which they could be an
piled. l have seen similar conditions IN
other camps to those existing IN Butte
today, and foresaw this situation here
twenty-four years ago, and talked anu
delivered lectures u9On the subject, but
40 attention was paid TO II, and II was
called -Tibbey's hobby Today Il has
become vital question 10 the health
of the miner. to the wealth of the com
panies and 10 the prosperity Of TIE COM
munity ut l2r=e.
This IS 10 the interest Of tho employ
and employer alike. and 10 the countr>
in general Millions and millions of dol
lars have been lost-wasted-in this camp
and many others which is of no bene-
fit to anyone. If there was good ar
in the mines twice as much Work WOULD
be accomplished, and the work would be
d pleasure and not a burden to the men
Good air gives energy and life. and de
prived of oxygen the men are weak Iaeh-
ing in vitality. which makes poor work
and 2Oor results