The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-03
lIEHER lamp
MERTSGIVENAT
MINING SCHOOL
Little Care in Assembling
Safety Lamps Gen
orally
Brown SPEAKS HERE
Praises the Local Class
Forbes Next
Friday
brown SPEAKS HERE

u was developed that compare
lively few Of the mining men en-
rolled in the Fairmont mining exten'
sion school work with i koehler
lamp daily. The Wolf safety lamp
appears to be generally used in the
Fairmont region although the Koch
Ter Is the only American lamp TO
meet the approval OF the United
States Bureau OF Mines.
That the average mining man
who handles a safety lamp exercises
too little care was self evident at
the class last night at the Fairmon:
high school annex, when koehler
and Wolf gauges were misfit. For
instance a Wolf lamp had q Koch
Ter gauze, etc. That a subject SO
vital TO the mining man when life
or death may be at stake In the
twtnklins Of an eye and which APP
parently receives SO little attention
Is amazing and it resolves itself into
d case Of good luck rather than good
management In the handling OF the
subject generally in the region.
Only one other lamp other than
the Koehler has met the approval o.
the United States Bureau OF Mines
and that Is the Ackroyl & Best.
one Of the difficulties is that it is
necessary for a miner to travel to q
relighting station If this lamp
should become extinguished The
instructor. Adam Crawford, will
have Ackroyd & Best lamps at the
class next Friday evening SO the
members can give them the once
over. Next week Archie Forbes,
head Of No. s, mine rescue car. Uni
led States Bureau Of Mines, will adj
dress the class and demonstrate
breathing apparatus. Later the class
will do some gas testing. One OF
The members OF the class has fur
nished. a gas box.
Chief features Of the Koehler
lamp might be summed up in the
following: Burns naptha OIL gaso'
line; Is underfed, has double gauzes,
expansion ring. approved relighter.
screw wick adjustment, approved
locking device and possesses a good
shield or bonnet. The advantages
ot.the lamp may be stated in the fol.
lowing: Lower gauge ring can be
plhGGu III LlEG ld4AAp Al ShG
only which means that 1t Is almost
impossible to assemble it Incorrect
aly and the gasket is kept in place
and holds the globe securely. which
prevents achtpping OF the globe az
the top. The expansion ring fits
in the lamp In one manner only and
cannot be placed UP side down. In
the manner the font and shield are
constructed the loose battle ring Is
eliminated. Chief points OF advan-
tage over a Wolf lamp may be
summed up In these: That 1t is an
approved lamp and that the parts
can be assembled in one manner
only. Some OF the Koehler presum-
ably the nor recent models can be
screwed tightly eveu though eXpan.
sion ring is left out in the assem-
blRge.
@. n. Brown, assistant director OF
the mining extension school work
at West Virginia University, Nor.
gantown, attended the class session
Friday night in Fairmont and was
highly pleased with the progress OF
the work here. Five outstanding
lectures Of the class he said were
the fact that there we're more men
about thirty than over SO. the mark
ed sociability among the members,
the e%arnestness with which the
work was taken. the absence OF TAT
men and the conspicuousness OF
semi bald headed men, Mr., Brown
said 1t was the best class in the
work that he had ever seen and
termed the GLASS a phenomena. NJ.
Brown said Mr.. Crawford Eave one