The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-11


settlement has been made and development work again going
The Stairway the shaft has been completed except
feet the bottom, where work yet unfinished
~ s cosL a a Mine apa S p wei o
The nine good condition good air is
circulating through all parts OF the mine There work
nended split this part 8 The slope
being advanced lifts and place being driven up the
slope that will be continued down the entry
the es slope This coal will then reach the shaft bottom through
the main entry There several places the slope that
should be tibercd against accidents from falling roof
Very little work being done this except the slopes both
HAILEYoLA co. NINE ;, HAlLEYvLLE OKLA
On several places on the slope and some
loose hanging roadway This
down securely nbered ordered doors erected the entries
found several rooms were started before the rooms outside OF them
properly connected Those ordered stopped the law
a Ola % r. M s;a OKLA
YET completed The ventilation s ii al parts Of the
mine directed the ptbo employ attendants Tor all doors
has been opened the surface the bottom lift pair of Le
fed hg engines & cylinders sd ssds5 inches M now @ being M ss' up
na aaL s a eosi IL o oo MSg Pa Ro asyv q IL Wns OKLA
This mine opened during the year 1911 is located
about nile south Of HaeyvHe The slope iown about rs
osses GOAL MINING Co. NINE NO s. xREes OKLA
entries If the slope suffered from squeeze during the
msr while The nine h idle The return ali course and nsne
te ventilation aa gising good results but owing o the return
eavn and a9 s bpons M hs I'd ao thus
the aIout 81 air al the working faces below what hou be-
and allowing tie major portion 81 the air that the down
the upca without reaching the working places
where It needed This mine somewhat damaged By
Tony Walls stoirer nolersd full report given
ss & % great M many imam n PLACES m IN the anway Ss Is. dhaa 5n e e M
shaft guard rail And Of the stairs
strengthened necessary pipe
Of the escape shaft they getting old and badly rued
would result +
osAeE COAL AND MINING CO, MINE NO. Z, KREss,
my last report some Of the more dangerous parts Of the
slope have been securely tmbered The haage roads in fair
condition except that few places dpened enough but
water being extended the working places. The
Is net a good as It was at the time OF my last inspection appears
though the getting extensive the ventating
mine closed down February first IoI and sl Idle
The water pumped week and the kept readiness
osAe9 coat AsD MINING Co, MINE NO s. ksEss, OKLA.
lhe general condition Of the mine satisfactory but the
rlaton is not good ought be- especially the lower
the east side Of the slope The fan producing sufficient
and high resistance created which forces great quantity of
air through the old workings and only small portion
enters the hme passed to the working places This mine idle
from January until June 18TH 1911.
MeAlEsTER COAL AND COKE CO. NINE
On the night OF October 18Th 1910, while the shoirers
firing shots explosion occurred which badly the
and two OF the three shorers that
lives Most Of the mb that knocked down have been
t pssa ae a al eug s damaae6 r m a T 5, good , and
poson originated in The third north workings but the particular
that caused the trouble be positively located There
shot holes the face Of the entry Of the coal blown from
ironto one of the holes and five irt Of the hole still remains
The other hole about deep
hall the This
Of having blown the tapng both hoes would be cascd dad
holes and should not have been fired all either OF them could
BE- expected 70 cause explosion and is probable that the
explosion originated from both Of those shots When The
nine examined after the explosion shots the fifth north @n
and also in No off the entry found
ready tained As tile shot rer had not been III this entry all
evident ta they apd BY the miners that work those c
places An effort made obtain evidence convict the parties
but without the shoirer who shoots this part OF tic o
pit his life bg the explosion he already punished violating ii
the law. ia
UNION COAL CO. NINE NO. l. ADAMsoN, OKLA 81
Excepting the slope which dry and dusty the
condition he ians are producing enough air to comply with the
Mining Law but i not properly conducted Of the
IN the sixth and seventh
driven distance below and parallel hauee way
this simple matter the
Of the and back through the and
then well ventilated For system has been y
changed have the intake pass laulapeway The
opened of the hauge roads and hung Oh