| Show aal AL MINE MIN INSPECTOR REPORTS K r TO fiO GOVERNOR VERNOR ads ds objections to conditions at clear creek and winter quarters and union pacific in timbering methods his qu sterly report submitted I 1 bernor cry ry last week eek state e inspector pettit arraigns the dement of some of th coal es 3 of the state for the use af timbers one of them is the ty y ter er quarters property of the h i fuel company pettit visited inspected this mine september last the number of fatal lents dents fn m falling roofs in this e calls for increased N vigilance ig ilance on part art of mine officials and bartic ly proof roof inspectors says pettit seeing that timbers are properly ed d and the men are not allo allowed Ned bork under dangerous rock ot 01 roofs of atit sa that most of the evie goes oes to show that the last two wo i accidents in the mine were due aulty or misplaced timbering aund that many fourteen foot s stood in pillars that did not age more than seven inches in eter many of thebe pillars pil larb he tie were ere of green quaking asp and crooked while this size tim night ight be cut in shorter lengths used in similar veins eins it certain a menace merce in fourteen foot sizes ig a false sense of security to workmen 1 I certainly am of opinion says the inspector inspectors t greater care could beeber be exer in the selection of timbers but ran can be regulated by the roof in tors ors n his inspection of the pleasant y union pacific mine ath to he found a small in incline no 2 is a relic of a fire that closed ahat as formerly foi merly known as utah central mines almost a ter of a century ago the part ie e mine in aich which the fire is has I 1 io isolated from the working part aport sa sas s by lumber and dirt ings aich in the inspectors on are likely to give a falie falbe of security and he suggests tb an ett 11 I 1 t be made to reach a anear near the ahre put in temporary ping extend extent the pipe ope line to the ping ing entry ne aret the fire and tr t to tight fight the ahre from that t hile ile no enous erious trouble i la antici a from t e old fire yet as long exists it I 1 will be a menace to the ty Y of tta tt t mine the stop pings w ot air tight and the pull from ana ans may cause it to spread the t sas that in the pleasant val ines 0 ing to the heavy rains rent r entered ered the ground to such a i that several caverns resulted ling ding to the tile surface in some ines at ather aher places large cracks were made in the side hill through which air was admitted reaching shouldering ing gob fires that had been walled in some time ago this air air i the report says fanned the fire to such an extent that a small quantity of smoke was as pulled into the airway the return air from mine aline no 1 unites with the return air of no 2 two hundred feet from the fan the report continues and this air is vitiated by black damp from the gob fires making it disagreeable for the miners to travel that distance in going to and coming from their work and the report suggests thatason ci ciche acte stopping be placed in the crosscut leading to the overcoat connecting the two mines to shut off all connection tion maintaining a separate system of ventilation the stopping on oil the first level south connecting with no 2 main slope should oe strengthened too there is too much smoke in mines nos 1 and 2 at clear creek and the ventilation in some places is not quite so good as it ought to be pettit is out in the uintah reservation country this week the gilsonite gilso mines at and near dragon several coal companies have started up in the vernal section during the past few months to supply the local trade these properties arc are to be looked after by pettit on this trip |
