The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

will dig a little coal, say two or three days out of the week and generally on rainy days, and haul 1t into the near est market town and sell it by the ton. You find some around Northport. Yes, all pick and shovel work, of course and some of the farmers do pretty well as' coal dggers. It gives them something to do on rainy days. It reminds me of some of the little coal mines you run across way up in Montana worked sometimes very suc- cessfully by only a couple of men.
 All in the Fold
 "Yes, no matter how small these mines are we take them in. There are not more than five or six mines of this sort, and they don't, of course, call for the time or the minute inspection that some of the larger mines require"
 Upon coming into office MT. Nes- bitt's first step was to secure a re- port upon each one of the coal mines in the state in order to determine the length of time necessary for inspec- ton. Located as they all are. over pretty well scattered territory, it took some time to map out the six districts and pro rate the labor equally among the district inspectors, with special con alterations for train connections, sched- ules. etc.
 The mines. too, had to be divided into 30-day and 90-day mines according to the time necessary and number of in- spections some mines of great size. or gaseous and dusty mines, requiring from two to five days inspections.
 All this mapped out the district in- speotors were then assigned their re- spective district as follows:
 District No 1. w w. Kicker, Pratt City, Ala. No. 12, Pratt; Dolomite Mo- 1, Dolomite No. ?, Pratt No. 1, Pratt No. 10, Pratt No. 13, Pratt No. 14 Warner, Coalburg, Graves, Mary Lee Sayreton, Weller Connelsville Sumter, Johns, Adger, Blue Creek No. 6,
 District No g. David Kelso, Wylam Ala: Mulga. No. 8 Wylam, No 4 Vivian, No Wylam. Blossburg A, Blossburg B, Blossburg D, Sleepy Hollow, Murray No. 23 Blossburg, No. 16 Blossburg Cardiff. Toga, Jett, Crocker Mineral Springs, Eldorado, Ridgeland, Gift Arcadia, Virginia. Acton No l, Acton No ?, Acton No. 4, Nickle Plate No 3.
 District No. 3, J. F. Webb, Birming- ham: Sayre, Banner. Flat Top, Bessie Palos. Porter. Burnwell, Barney, Samo- set, Dora No s, Dora No TO-, Dora No H. West Pratt, Ivey, Redstar, Wigan Colta, Gamma, Wegra, Praco, Export Pratt Maxine, Commercial, Empire Black DldmOnd tDOra).
 District No. 1, W. R. Ray, Blocton, Ala Bibb County: Youngblood, Belle FL len No. ?, Belle Ellen No. l. Collanor, israehood. Hargrove Curnsey, Savage Creek, Blocton No. 1 or Hll'a Creek, Blocton No. ?, Blocton No. 3, Blocton No. !, Blocton No. s, Piper No. l. Piper No. ?. Red Feather. Marvel No. 1, Marvel No. ? Smith Shaft. Tuscaloosa county; Aber- rant, Brookwood, Searles, Blair. Keller man, Rock Castle, Tide Water, Durie. Yolande No. l, Yolande No. g. Shelby county: Coalmon, Aldrich, Climax, Monte vallo, Glen Carbon. Superior Wadsworth Bed Oak, Straven No. ?, Faliston (down,, Lucille, Hills Creek, Bamford
 District No. 5, Frank Hillman, Birming. ham, Ala: Farchilds, Lookout, VansaN., Cahaba CPump station), Big Four, Brick. yard, Mable, New Connelsvlle, Thomp~ son, Brool<side, Newfound, Coaldale. 4.e- high. Bradford, Fl Vista, Langley, Stouts Mountain. Siloca Indio. Kimberly, Al toona, Sligo, Tates Gap, Inland, New Castle, Margaret No. l and No. ?, Ac- mar.
 District No. 6. Thomas Roscoe, Jasper Ala Winston County: Advance, Eclipse, Leon, Glen Mary, Gamble Bros. Walker County: Alabama, Ruby. Bankhead, Townley, Nauvoo, Big Ridge, Calumet, West Carbon, Caledonia. Doubas Branch, ~ ley, Mary Emma, Cave, Patton, Geyese, Cordova. Excelsior McCollum, Studdard, Wheeler, Smith. Gas Light, Great Elk, Norvell, Mt. Valley, Galloway, Drifton Borden, Mammouth Stitt, Standard. TNe- caloosa. John Henry. Pocahontas, Atlas Marion county: Brilliant, Marion County Mines fn
 General Improvement Shown
 Said. MT. Nesbitt: Every year condi- tions in the mines here are improving. A few years ago there were no. such star mines in the dstHct as Mulga, Pratt No 12 and Banmes- TfhAre was no such thing as a. saflty fnan.' Ealere were no inside hospitals, and migl1J few outside ones. The general eaaApaiSdt of the ma jority of the naus5 Eas simply not to be compared wtna tha general equipment today. The systetff & Raulage, ventila- ton. spraying, matptRiniQg in the past was nothing conapaifeh to what 1t now is
 'I can say this while there is still much to be done,- mpG pf the coal mines of the state are npFp in reasonably good shape. talsen all in all. but if certain dangerous groups. that is, the gaseous or dusty mines. shQuH h neglected by a single provision, wjfr it's all off.
 'The new mining laws are particularly explosives, aud all safety ways and