ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURES. Estimates of expenditures of the Kansas State Penitentiary for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1890, and June 30, 1891, to be provided for by the Legislature. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF COAL MINE. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT, KANSAS STATE PENITENTIARY COAL MINE, LANSING, KANSAS, June 30, 1888. Honorable Board of Directors, Kansas Penitentiary-GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit my report of work done at the coal mine during the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1887, and June 30, 1888. During the year ending June 30, 1887, there were mined 1,442,273 bushels. During the year ending June 30, 1888, there were mined 1,971,600 bushels. For the two fiscal years a total of 3,414,335 bushels. The total amount of coal mined at this pit from its opening to date is 7,912,895 bushels, exhausting the coal from 100 acres. We are consuming our coal lands at the rate of 25 acres per year. During the year 1887 there were employed at the coal mine an average of 300 men per day, working 311 days. During the year 1888 there were employed at the coal mine an average of 321 men per day, working 312 days. The average quantity of coal produced per day by each man in the mine was 2018% 135 bushels. The average quantity of coal produced per day for the total number of men employed was 17 bushels. 647 1000 July.. August TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED AT THE COAL MINE. Months. FISCAL YEAR 1887. Days worked. Men on top. Men in pit. Total men. FISCAL YEAR 1888. Fiscal year 1887-average number of men per day, 299477. ESTIMATE OF MATERIALS FOR COAL SHAFT for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1889 and 1890. SALARIES FOR COAL SHAFT EMPLOYÉS for fiscal years ending June 30, 1889, and 1890. The coal mine is over one hundred acres in area, and requires a large amount of air; as the mine increases in size, more air is required for ventilation. In the estimate is included cost of a fan and engine. In the mine, coal is moved to the shaft by pushers; the distance has become so great that it will be best to move the coal by some mechanical means. The estimated cost of suitable machinery is included in table of estimates for machinery. The shafts are making more water than usual, so much that it will be necessary to have a pump. We are producing coal at the rate of two million bushels per year, using five hundred men during the fall and winter months, making it necessary to have additional officers in the mine. Respectfully submitted. OSCAR F. LAMM, Superintendent. |