The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20

aastCNuH wanna =. river, -'" which 20, runs
tn rough Scranton. leaks ! into the
thiheb ana Is pumped out again twen-
ty-fye times in a distance OF seven
miles. -. .,...... ~. i =. ....c.........
s J: ii Airtihdividual anthracite oberEffi55fr:,
whose property is q few miles from
scranton, said recently that he pumps
pvt g28 tons OF water for every ton
Of coal mined. ''..And the worst az
Il Is. he said, the deeper. we ego 20;
me more plentiful the water ana the
scarcer the cbal.'' 4 ,s',"%I 4 ?
,lg,s Drainage, always an important. fea-
tSalre. Of coal mining, becomes more
serious, as the deposits nearer the sur
fsase are exhausted and lower levels
are tapped. The experience of the
oprator who takes twenty-eight times
aaR much. water as coal out of the
ground is not 2at all unusual in the
anthracite region-it Is typical of
general conditions. In some mines
the proportion may be less, in some
1T Is considerably greater. i>.., :,
According TO- the --latest report, of
the state department, Of mines, the
numps In Tho A, ttysoito -! ~.
northeasfern Pennsvlva,,a No.
L capacity Of s51 ,154 gallons. a MN
Ehte, Or, In =. - ...'.> ".~.. :.
g. Terms nf wejobff = .,f'-'. J
a3255 tons oF wata;. ! 1n,,,,,+a nj (
| Quantity ;actualfv. de,ivaraa - AZ
snrface, Wnille, the M, 30, 10 Woo ~
lonerotion NO, ooI4a -" 80 20 ~
Most OF the r,rrns IvnrIy 81 niaht ~
well as in the davtime - ,''e9'F - :
- One NJ Stba; IA i.nts1s,. s;i,;ft{s, o,+o
|panies numnad 81 AZ 600 On ni
lonsdof. water tn Tho aI,tfooaatn ,,ano
This. amounts to more tbsm 30 ON
900 tons, a single nnmSi,e sto oHo ~,
sent ma. O0o, ooN onn aaj,nas 49, 20
COCOON ions S'~t' 800: ~
l. Pumns =, cnstiyp two,,t,, ~ -;
thousa IA DALAI go go" e. - tnu'y },
In. chambers :hewn. OAR n cold ras,,
hundreds Of feet heneath. ia s,rfana
Shafts are SINK to aocon,niodata
huge tanks which loadad Nth - ~
are; hotsted with .unfafl}rfe raen,s III rit =
day after day and montb after nnntb
Underground tunnels thn,,sauds -
feet iong--sometime,sa m ,ss, 1nna -
are driven tbrn,Ysh ron,, ,1vba1, ~ !
lay OF the land PERMITS :. ;''A>,l ~. :
(.s,s,~ =. < Nattrdi Drainage. T. !. ~. -
Iron nine re = g., :. tx !, !:
bought blythe mile ana when It. T. Is. 10
destroyed, Bg,tfie ,eheShieal action ~
the mine water, more is bui,ahtz "a
fireplace it 4. Il. 4 >; GIN. .., At. 3 .
There ia probably no other sffat;,rat
fact that causes So mucf extaI}|ae + =
the operators as. the disastrous effset
OF fnihe water upon IRON. The e.
feet is rapid and SITE. There II no
way Of preventing #, except to have
pipes made Of material that is hot
t'snbject to the chemical action of,sul-
phuric acid. And such material ii
So expensive as to make this method
impossible. So
In one mine the water may be
more destructive than iii another, A,
pipe line, quite new, has been known
to be ruined In three months The
rails OF the gangWay tracks are eaten
through by %ater~dripping from the
rtof. In d mine wetter than the ay-
erage, the wheels Of mine cars have
been seriously affected. 'T'~.-. :
III the large pumps it is common
pt actice TO- have the parts which
come in ........ .....,.... .......
-. -, Contact With. the Water =
made Of bronze. On account Of tie
relatively small quantity Of the metal
USED, and the great cost Of the pump
parts, it is economical here to use
|the more expensive substance in
place OF the easily corroded iron.
the water. can rarely be put I'd
any use, after 1t has reached the sur
face. 1t would wear out boiler pipes
speedily and pure water has to be
brought from the top; of some neigh
boring mountain for the boilers. The
mine. water Is turned off into. tho
most. available outlet---and whatever
doesn't leak back into the mine flows