The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-27

| DrOC IN the IOllOWlng.
Report Of Inspection Committee,
Mine No. 4, Reliance, wyo,
April q, 1925.
9Th North Entry: Rooms A and
45 are 100 to $50 feet ahead Of cross
cuts. Crossouts between rooms 43
and Al too small.
"2-4h North Entry: Room 3S is
$50 feet ahead of air, need curtain.
"3-5th North Entry: Rooms 49, and
80 need ventilation. Room 43 is room
driven into pillar, between rooms AZ
and A, both Of which have caved in,
and this room has broken into caved
rooms on each. side. This place is
dangerous and should be stopped.
18th North entry: Room A ahead
of air and crosscut to connect air has
been abandoned.
SIS North entry-Top entry 100
feet and back entry 20 feet ahead of
air and no crosscut started.
"8-Northside manway and escape
way: Here we found a naked copper
cable carrying 250-volts electricity, un-
protected. This is not a manway but
is marked as "Manway," and Escape
way" This line should be fenced of.
"7-As general rule in Mine No. /,
old cross cuts are not blocked so as
to force air to crosscuts at the face,
and DETECTING brattices on entries are
in bad shape.
| 90 couYh Ilrkr,,. poor, 10 h.
bad top and timber of proper length
not furnished Air in rooms on this
entry in bad shape, because crosscuts
have not been driven.
"sIoNED-Tom cowan, A. L. Eel
her."
General Suggestions.
"Shots were found tamped in var
ious places in both mines, and also in
places shots were found wired to-
gether. There is some danger in this
practice and we recommend that all
shots be tamped and connected up by
shot firers, after the men are out OF
the mine.
Mine No. 4: Rooms and entries in
this mine are very dry and dusty.
They should be sprinkled, and also
provision made for a proper amount
of moisture to be sprayed into the
air.
I'VE believe that safety requires the
delivery Of cars and powder to the
various working places, instead OF the
present method Of men carrying both
powder and caps at the mine when all
men are entering the mine.
Air Measurements.
Mine No. L: Intake exclusive of
rock slope. 1S2ss00 feet.
Air return at manway, les, 800 feet.
Mine No. A: Return, $500 feet.
Intake, 61,660 feet.
"sloNED-A. L. Zelher, Tom Cow
an"
Report Of Inspection Committee on
Mine No. 4, Reliance, Wyo.,
April IS, 1925.
There is no manway from main
parting to outside, nor thru tunnel.
"2.-Trolley wire at parting where
man trip is loaded are exposed. These
should be properly guarded at all
points where men pass under them.
"3-Main hoist is not properly
fenced of.
Room 1, first south entry,
Rooms A and B turned into pillar to-
ward slope manway have no means Of
ventilation.
"5-First south entry, first main
plane, crossout driven only every 100
feet and no means OF ventilation sup
piled in place of cross cuts. Cross
cuts should be driven at 4S foot inter-
walls.
"6-Second south entry, to pentry
40 feet ahead OF crosscut, and 30
feet ahead Of bottom entry, and no ar
tincial ventilation provided.
"7-Third south entry rooms 1888
10-are from 100 tho 10 feet advanc-
ed with no crosscuts. and no ventila-
ton. Room 6 is also ahead OF air.
These places should be connected with
air at proper intervals or some other
means Of putting air to face should be
provided.
"S-Fourth south top entry, ITO
feet ahead Of crusscut with no venti-
lation.
"s-Main Slope. ahead about 100
feet of air with no curtain Of brattice
to furnish ventilation.
"10-Fourth north top entry. 105
feet ahead of erosscut, and no venti-
lation, slant from top entry to back
entry started so feet from heading.
"11-Third north entry, room 1910
not connected with cross cuts and not
ventilated.
"12-Third north entry 1856 feet
ahead OF crosscuts, no ventilation.
"13-There is practice all over the
mine Of connecting ground wire with
rails and laying exposed from entries
into rooms. These should be protect.
ed in some way so as to eliminate pos
sibillty OF men or horses from trip
ping on these wires.
Recoanme ndatlons.