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Page 25
... refused to grant the injunction . I considered the mines in a dangerous condition , especially the slope mine , as there was no place in the mine where there was air enough to turn the wheel of an anemometer ; and I found men working ...
... refused to grant the injunction . I considered the mines in a dangerous condition , especially the slope mine , as there was no place in the mine where there was air enough to turn the wheel of an anemometer ; and I found men working ...
Page 38
... refusing to provide an escape shaft ; and the com- pany still refuse to sink one , and as the penalty for non - compliance is a reduction of the force , they have complied with the law ; but I can not see that the men who work in the ...
... refusing to provide an escape shaft ; and the com- pany still refuse to sink one , and as the penalty for non - compliance is a reduction of the force , they have complied with the law ; but I can not see that the men who work in the ...
Page 47
... refuse to furnish the proper material for carrying on the work , and that he knows nothing about a coal mine . Now , this is sometimes the case with new coal companies . They elect some one of the stockholders as their general ...
... refuse to furnish the proper material for carrying on the work , and that he knows nothing about a coal mine . Now , this is sometimes the case with new coal companies . They elect some one of the stockholders as their general ...
Page 53
... refused to burn ; its effect on the miner is such as to produce headache , languor , loss of appe- tite , and general debility . This gas is mistaken for something else from the position it is sometimes found to occupy in the mines , as ...
... refused to burn ; its effect on the miner is such as to produce headache , languor , loss of appe- tite , and general debility . This gas is mistaken for something else from the position it is sometimes found to occupy in the mines , as ...
Page 56
... refuse of our coal seams are subject to spontaneous combustion ; and in some of the mines the coal is blasted off the solid , and a very great amount of powder is con- sumed , and both , as before stated , produce white - damp . RECORD ...
... refuse of our coal seams are subject to spontaneous combustion ; and in some of the mines the coal is blasted off the solid , and a very great amount of powder is con- sumed , and both , as before stated , produce white - damp . RECORD ...
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