The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-08

,.....u.u...........s. man alert, efficient, conscientious, and plucky from the word go.
 Mulga mine Is one of the young mines of the Birmingham district. Ground was broken in 1906 and operations began in 1908.
 Although the Mary Lee seam was orlg- inally designed for working and the shaft sunk to that depth, 720 feet, it was found more practicable to open up the Pratt seam, which is 230 feet below. The man on the job from the beginning was James Bonneyman, present vice president and treasurer of the company.
 While MT. Bonneyman is young in point of years he is what they term in the mining business "a good old scout" He has been in the business from the first rung of the ladder up. A Kentuc1ian by birth, he graduated in engineering from the Kentucky state university and started work as weighman and timekeeper al the Durham mines in Georgia in 1895. He rose to be superintendent here and later went into railroading. was roadmaster of the Central of Georgia.
 He became superintendent and chief en- gineer of The Stearns Coal company at Stearns, Ky, in 1902, but returned to the Central of Georgia as division engineer in 1905. He came to Birmingham a year or so later, representing MT. H. M. Atkin- sons interests here. He became acting manager and treasurer of the Brming ham Coal and Iron company in the spring of 1907 and was promoted shortly after wards to vice president, which Is his present position.
 He has established record in this dis trict for progressive work for just and fair treatment of his employees and for the maintenance of first class plants and 6rot olo especial faculty for getting hold of ex- pert men, Among some of his best oft cers are Richard Peters, Jr., purchasing agent; H. H. Coup, chief mechanical en- gineer and superintendent Tecumseh d. vision; Joseph A. Norman. sales manager; T. J. Monson. auditor; A. H. Andrew clerk; Louis Walton, general store man ager and Milton H. Fies, general super intendent of coal mines.
 Sketch of Young Mining Expert
 Mir. Fies is Birmingham hoy, the on of Jacob Fies Hc graduated from Colum- bia university in 1904 and entered the ser vice of the Republic Iron and Steel com pany in this district He was rapidly pro- noted from resident engineer to division engineer and at length became superin- tendent at Sayreton. Three years ago he came with the Birmingham Coal and Iron company, and has had under his drcc- tion five mines and 750 men. MT. Ties was one of the committee that drew up the new mine laws. He has recently re- ceived added recognition of his ability as a mining man by the offer to take charge for the state of the Banner mines, just leased from the Pratt Consolidated Coal company by the state of Alabama. He will assume his new duties November 1.s
 Serving on MT. .Fies staff in the Mu;sa end of the coal mining department aIu the following mem John r. Meagher, su- perintendent of Mulga: s. l.. Morrow, chief engineer; Earl Moore, division en- gineer: Henry Henderson, mine foreman; Jim Henderson. motor boss Henry Ellis fire boss; Thomas Clark, fire boss; c. A. Dixon, master mechanic F. A. Folmer, chief electrician Charles Bracket l.a- chine boss; C. H. Baker, yard boss: J. Lee chief clerk coal mining division: Phil Hoskins. supply clerk: F. J. Black lock. timekeeper; ". W. Rogers. In charge of store, and company physician, Dr. Frank Walton.
 Among the features at Mulga of partic- uar interest Is the huge fan, the larses, single mine fan in the south. It is Cliff ford Capell installed in brick and con- crete building. Driven hv an Atlas engine it can produce 100000 cubic feet of air Ter minute "At present it is running at it's slowest possible speed" said Mir Fies. and is intaking S500o cubic feet at that" IL IS equipped With explosion doors and can be reversed from an exhaust to 2 hlower fan at once. In the south end of the fan house there is q 25n0 horse power | emergency motor with which the fan may be driven in case of accident, thus it is equipped with both forces. steam and | electricity in reserve. The boiler pla is | comprised of four 400 horse power Wicks | boilers.
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 There are. two Vulcan hoistins engines | one for each shaft, 26x49. with conieal | drums. They are equipped with tho Nieh- | olson over winding device which prevents | the cages being hoisted above a cert lin | regulated level---a safety nrecaution Of m- | portarca The double deck tinple designed | hv Heyl Patterson of Pittsbure. is of | structural steel like that at one of the | other star mines of Rirmingham Prate | No. F, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rsi- 1 road company-the second steel tipple, hy ]