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... Lift mining , Details of mining method , Coal mined by the run , " Pillars , • " Rock - shute " mining , Improvements in mining methods , Page . 115 117 · 117 118 122 124 127 128 128 129 · 130 132 134 136 • 137 138 142 CHAPTER IX ...
... Lift mining , Details of mining method , Coal mined by the run , " Pillars , • " Rock - shute " mining , Improvements in mining methods , Page . 115 117 · 117 118 122 124 127 128 128 129 · 130 132 134 136 • 137 138 142 CHAPTER IX ...
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... Lift mining , 15. Longwall , -pack - walls , 16. Section across a longwall face , 17. Iron props , . • 18. Double shute breast , to face page 118 on page 120 66 121 123 to face page 154 19. Double shute breast , 66 158 20. Single shute ...
... Lift mining , 15. Longwall , -pack - walls , 16. Section across a longwall face , 17. Iron props , . • 18. Double shute breast , to face page 118 on page 120 66 121 123 to face page 154 19. Double shute breast , 66 158 20. Single shute ...
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... lift pump when the depth exceeds twenty - seven feet . It is not advisable to use a force pump in the shaft , as this occupies space needed for the workmen in the pit and is no better than the bucket- lift pump which is worked by the ...
... lift pump when the depth exceeds twenty - seven feet . It is not advisable to use a force pump in the shaft , as this occupies space needed for the workmen in the pit and is no better than the bucket- lift pump which is worked by the ...
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... lifts them by its rebound after every stroke . The up and down motion is communicated by hand - power or a stirrup is attached to enable the driller to use his feet ; hence the expression " Kicking down " a hole . No rules can be laid ...
... lifts them by its rebound after every stroke . The up and down motion is communicated by hand - power or a stirrup is attached to enable the driller to use his feet ; hence the expression " Kicking down " a hole . No rules can be laid ...
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... lift a long line of rods in a vertical hole , and in a horizontal hole the impact of long rods is ruinous to the machinery . About the only prospecting that can be economically done with them 40 AC . REPORT OF PROGRESS . H. M. CHANCE ...
... lift a long line of rods in a vertical hole , and in a horizontal hole the impact of long rods is ruinous to the machinery . About the only prospecting that can be economically done with them 40 AC . REPORT OF PROGRESS . H. M. CHANCE ...
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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...