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... fitting these rails , whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will * Except Proc . Eng . Club of Philadelphia , Vol . II , No. I. draw down four or five chaldron of coals , and 2 AC . REPORT OF PROGRESS . H. M. CHANCE .
... fitting these rails , whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will * Except Proc . Eng . Club of Philadelphia , Vol . II , No. I. draw down four or five chaldron of coals , and 2 AC . REPORT OF PROGRESS . H. M. CHANCE .
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... five inches square , are laid in a lateral di rection four feet distant from each other for the wagon . wheels to run upon ; which being firmly pinned to the sleepers the road may then be filled with gravel and fin- ished . The wagons ...
... five inches square , are laid in a lateral di rection four feet distant from each other for the wagon . wheels to run upon ; which being firmly pinned to the sleepers the road may then be filled with gravel and fin- ished . The wagons ...
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Henry Martyn Chance. * * * " One merchant imployeth five hundred or a thousand in his works of coals ; yet , for all of his la- bour , care and cost , can scarcely live by his trade ; nay , many of them hath consumed and spent great ...
Henry Martyn Chance. * * * " One merchant imployeth five hundred or a thousand in his works of coals ; yet , for all of his la- bour , care and cost , can scarcely live by his trade ; nay , many of them hath consumed and spent great ...
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... five hundred square miles are included within the outcrop lines of its lowest coal bed . The small state - map ( frontispiece ) and the large map ( Atlas Sheet I , ) show how the coal measures lie in a series of parallel basins ...
... five hundred square miles are included within the outcrop lines of its lowest coal bed . The small state - map ( frontispiece ) and the large map ( Atlas Sheet I , ) show how the coal measures lie in a series of parallel basins ...
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... five to ten feet long , ranging up and down the hillside . This should be sunk three to six feet deep , and if no trace of coal be then found , the trench is usually abandoned , for either the drift ( soil ) is very deep or the trench ...
... five to ten feet long , ranging up and down the hillside . This should be sunk three to six feet deep , and if no trace of coal be then found , the trench is usually abandoned , for either the drift ( soil ) is very deep or the trench ...
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Report on the Mining Methods and Appliances Used in the Anthracite Coal ... H. M. Chance No preview available - 2017 |
Report on the Mining Methods and Appliances Used in the Anthracite Coal ... H. M. Chance No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 504 - ... neglect or failure aforesaid, a right of action shall accrue to the widow and lineal heirs of the person whose life shall be lost for like recovery of damages for the injury they shall have sustained.
Page 513 - The owner or agent of every coal mine shall provide at least two shafts, or slopes, or outlets, separated by natural strata of not less than one hundred and fifty feet in breadth, by which shafts, slopes, or outlets distinct means of ingress and egress are always available to the persons employed in the coal mine...
Page 508 - ... employed therein, any but experienced, competent and sober engineers ; and no engineer in charge of such engine shall allow any person, except such as may be deputed for that purpose, by the owner or agent, to interfere with it or any part of the machinery, and no person shall interfere or in any way intimidate the engineer in the discharge of his duties ; and...
Page 497 - ... and shall ascertain that the mine is free from danger, and the workmen shall not enter the mine until such examination has been made and reported, and the cause of danger, if any, be removed.
Page 499 - It shall be the duty of the inspector upon being notified as herein provided to immediately repair to the scene of the accident, and make such suggestions as may appear necessary to secure the future safety of the men ; and if the results of the explosion...
Page 503 - ... or shall handle or disturb any part of the machinery of the hoisting engine, or open a door to a mine and not have the same closed again, whereby danger is produced, either...
Page 504 - For any injury to person or property, occasioned by any willful violation« of this Act, or willful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to the party injured, for any direct damages sustained thereby...