Annual Reports of the State Inspectors of Mines for the First and Second Districts of the State of West Virginia

Download or read book Annual Reports of the State Inspectors of Mines for the First and Second Districts of the State of West Virginia written by West Virginia Mines Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Reports of the State Inspectors of Mines for the First and Second Districts of the State of West Virginia: For the Year Ended June 30, 1891 Sir: In compliance with section 4. Of chapter 9 of the Acts of 1890, I submit herewith my annual report for the year ended June 3oth, As required by said section, I have inspected each mine in my district, and have examined carefully into the condition of the same. I found nearly all the mines within the district in good condition, the operators manifestly doing all they could to comply with the requirements of our mining laws, and endeavoring to introduce modern improvements and the better methods of min mg. The various systems of haulage, such as tail rope, endless chain, etc., are rapidly coming into use, lessening the cost of the inside movement of coal and increasing the production of our collieries. During the year two furnaces and five fans were erected within the district, and a number of operators who were using the single changed to the double-entry system of mining. As to methods of mining in this district, the system known as the pillar-and-stall system is followed. There is no doubt in my mind that the long wall system could be worked to better advantage in the seams be longing to the middle coal measures, such as the Kittannings and the Freeports, which seams are worked extensively in some portions of the district. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.