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Page 13
... located seven miles north of Fairfield , on the Southwestern Branch of the C. , R. I. & P. Railroad , on Walnut creek . One of the mines at this place ( the Washington county mine ) has been wrought out and aban- doned , and at present ...
... located seven miles north of Fairfield , on the Southwestern Branch of the C. , R. I. & P. Railroad , on Walnut creek . One of the mines at this place ( the Washington county mine ) has been wrought out and aban- doned , and at present ...
Page 18
... located about two and one half miles south of Oskaloosa , are operated by the M. & St. P. Rail- road . The mines are operated by shafts , with Benjamin Wightman , superintendent . The A shaft is ventilated by an exhaust fan , eight feet ...
... located about two and one half miles south of Oskaloosa , are operated by the M. & St. P. Rail- road . The mines are operated by shafts , with Benjamin Wightman , superintendent . The A shaft is ventilated by an exhaust fan , eight feet ...
Page 19
... located just outside the city limits , west of Oskaloosa , W. A. Durfee , superintendent . The company bought this mine , which had formerly been operated by a slope , and known as the Reams bank , and commenced improving the first of ...
... located just outside the city limits , west of Oskaloosa , W. A. Durfee , superintendent . The company bought this mine , which had formerly been operated by a slope , and known as the Reams bank , and commenced improving the first of ...
Page 20
... located just outside the city limits of Oskaloosa , on the southwest , and at the time of my visit was in poor condition . The volume of air was three thousand nine hundred and fifty - five cubic feet per minute , ventilated by steam ...
... located just outside the city limits of Oskaloosa , on the southwest , and at the time of my visit was in poor condition . The volume of air was three thousand nine hundred and fifty - five cubic feet per minute , ventilated by steam ...
Page 21
... located one mile west of Oskaloosa , and at the time of my visit was in a better condition than I ever found it before . On a former visit the mine was in a poor con- dition ; every door in the mine was hung the wrong way , and the ven ...
... located one mile west of Oskaloosa , and at the time of my visit was in a better condition than I ever found it before . On a former visit the mine was in a poor con- dition ; every door in the mine was hung the wrong way , and the ven ...
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