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per ton at mine........

Average value of coal

No. of tons of coal produced during year....

in mines................................ No. of persons over 16 years old employed

slope or shaft.. How mined, by drift, out or hoisting coal... Kind of power employed in bringing

No. 3, 55 fee No. 4, 50 feet No. 2, 60 feet No. 3, 130 feet

66

No. 1, 60 feet Shaft. Steam L omis & Snively 116, 103|

350 men.

$1.75

66

66

Thomas

Wardell

30,000 No report

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Depth of coal below

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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES.

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32 men.

'Condition of mine as to ventilation..........

No. of places of egress.

Capacity of production annually in tons.......

W. S. Watson, ventilation very good. T. Wardell, No. 3 mine, very bad. Atwill. No. 2 mine, very bad. Loomis & Co., No. 1 mine, very bad; No. 3 mine, very bad; No. 4 mine, good. Emmerson, good. West Lingo, good.

Loomis & Co., No. 1 and No. 4 have escape shafts. T. Wardell, has no esexpe shaft. Atwill, No. 2 mine, has no escape shaft. W. S. Watson, has no escape shaft. Loomis & Co., No. 3 mine, has no escape shaft. West Lingo, no escape shaft. Loomis & Shively, 3 mines, 300,000. Thos. Wardell, 3 mines, 200,000 W. S. Watson, 93.900. Emmerson. 300,000 Lingo,

200.000.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES-CONTINUED.

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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES-CONTINUED.

Have the mines been All the mines have

surveyed.........

Dates of accident.........

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been surveyed and platted.

December 6, one accident, not fatal.

Loomis & Co. No. 3 mine, Dec. 5, 1884. Atwill, No. 2 mine, Dec. 6, 1884. Loomis & Co. No. 1 mine, Dec. 9, 1884, No. 4 mine, Dec. 12. T. Wardell No. mine, Dec. 10. 1884. W. S. Watson mine, Dec. 13, 1884. Emmerson, Dec. 16, 1884. West Lingo, Dec. 18, 1881

They have got what the law requires at inlet but at outlet it is deficient at 3 of the mines. Emmerson, amount of air the law demands. Lingo, 3,000 feet per minute at inlet, 2,100 feet outlet.

W. S. Watson, 11. T. Wardell, 6. Atwill No. 2, 11. Loomis & Co., No. 1 and No. 4 have got 2 escape sha'ts. Loomis & Co's. No. 3- has got one shaft. Emmerson, 2 entries into mine. West Lingo, 1. Loomis & Snively, No. 1, no: No. 3, no; No. 4, no. Atwill. No. 2, no. Thos. Wardeli, No. 3, no. W. S. Watson, no. West

Lingo, no.

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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS AND INSPECTION,
CITY OF JEFFERSON, Dec. 21., 1884.)

DEAR SIR:-As I am newly appointed inspector of mines I have a few suggestions to make. In the first place, it is very hard for a practical miner to get the amount of bond, as the bond is too high; in the next place the pay is too small, as they allow him one hundred and fifty dollars per year for his services, and he has to be depending on the operator for his livelyhood. I see the law provides that they may couple the county engineer and inspector together, but you cannot find one out of every ten thousand that can fulfill both offices. The mines have been run very recklessly, before this law came in force. The mines are in a very sad state for ventilation at the present time.

If it could be impressed on the minds of the legislators to look into this matter it would be of great interest to the miners of the State of Missouri.

D. J. Reed, our late inspector, brought some indictments against the operators of this place last term of court, but they never came to anything, as our operators hired some the best counsel in the State, and they were quashed.

If the inspector could hire some counsel to help the county attorney it would make things better for the miners and inspector. With these few suggestions I remain,

Yours respectfully,

GEORGE HUGHES, Inspector.

NAME OF OWNER AND OPERATOR OF MINES.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES.-CONTINUED.

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Four hundred or about four hundred.

Horse-power and steam in one mine. All raise with horsepower except one mine, which raises with steam. The principal mines are worked by shaft; small mines by drift.

150 5c. for winter 24 in .11 to 90 feet Both.

4c.for summer

From 10 feet to 160. Average mine, 90 feet.

The av'ge depth or thickness of vein is 24 inches.

The principal mines are worked at 5 cents per bu. in winter, and 4 cts per bu. in summer. This arrangement so far has worked well and prevented strikes. There has been few surveys of mines made. I estimate number of acres worked out at 175.

Recent developments are conclusive of the fact that all of the lands in Ray Co., Mo., are underlaid with workable coal except Mo. Riyer bottom lands. I, therefore, estimate the number of acres at 275,000 acres. Coal is now being successfully dug at a distance of 20 miles

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POST OFFICE ADDRESS.

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Win. Blair, Nos. 3 and 4..

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