MILLERTON COLLERIES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2159, 27 May 1914, Page 14

MILLERTON COLLERIES

NEARLY AS GREAT AS DECISION ; fho circuit of tl)B Dtfnmstflh pliint. having been 'compfeteil, tkoro Still i-c----fetnia tlio 51-ii!ettoil collieries to to 4c-Ecri-bcfl. ( Tlics«s are very li&sriy, hut ii-rt ' quite), as exteftbivo; as tiros* at Dejiiiistoii,_ and find einployyijeßt fot kteu 620 to 630 mete. ■ The- conditions of juJnii-i-g are v-ory-niuch , tho same- i» ■citiusr -cot lifl-ty, and it js iiot pi-enosed. to weary tfe rotrtier iv- : if-h sv descripti.o'a iij detail of til?. MiilOrW plant. Tho iUllertoi)collieries are situated on »n ejovated pJaletw, cigljt'oeu miles nerft from tire tow-ii of Wokt.jiort, and Jiljout ten. niflosnortli, as th'e erp.iv 'flios > f rijrn the- ,Oo»» Tiistan ; cbliiiriss. ,Th 6 tforitiiigs (wo rPaehei}- by an iiidiiied" fwa tho railway station at Granlty "to Ilio livijifts I'lm iti'ilofton 'bins, screeil;..ittg plaqt, fopajr $hojis, eto,, life- situ-■a-ted-.-EOt at m« top of tho iWlifTO, bwt tit tho bftttpm. ani- the- niiiio kuh.s feceftl the ijioljnc to em-pty ikeht Initds, thus reversmjj tho {irrangchient at Pen-* jiistpn, Tvneto-' flicv w-a.gaus tfrp iifftj'led Up to be ftlle:i The coal seaiji worked in the Slj-fertoii (of Gran% Greek) lease is eeJent-ificsßy $GiifirtM.(l fo bo tiw canyniiation of tho Cos-Hiroo-ls-dato ttpoa, oxieftditrg northward- fit one uubtokeji series fi'em the sautliexn lio-uiufarj' a.t the 'head of Wacefttea Creek. f ■

I T.|» jyteten tolliery is of a Jajet ' cl-iite t|)-ai). tii'at at .Deniiiston, and'was first' oj.jfiAi?(i hiji 'aboirt iiinutpcn , jjeiiifsago. 1-tft present ontjmt is ftbovrt (l-lliO tons' ]S(!t ttiiy, and tk-is -ee-ultl b-e WA--sitlcKi'Wy iiici-eased if tUora was a gfeatcl' (lemaM-d Iw'i " stcain ;coai. 'fW cwufttry- to bo , warkeil .at MiHertou js more rugged tliivn tlttt st -Co-aliM'Sfjic-tiiilo,, oiui tljfi loHgtli ol bavibgo an tlto mniu Jin* from i'lw iaea t<j ih& Ijius is Wi ckaiiis. The total Itjngth .-of .tlmi wife I'-opa sy-stew, tehidiiig tbo lirnufek liij-es, is 380 strains, er praC-Wcivliy fottr wiles iu.d ft- qiiarfef. The gi'iiflißii-t? vary from'l in .2.7 to lin 3 and'l in If. tho wiwlc of tho jiatilaßS tsysieiri is splf-netiug,' £»d, oiistead of a steam tlriving plaiit at Driinttston, iiydrwilre bl-a-feas only- hii-vo had. to bp installed to EOrdiii 4iio agßfid. -Of t'li* ropes. 'Bio wnrldi-jgs arc diyidud into ihie.6 main flisrlskfts—the Mi-iw Creek, sectk>u, tiro Maiigatiiti seotl-on, and the Sower sc/fttiffii. In setfe jtoes the coal seam ire 40ft. thicfc. This estffthjc tWekii&ss iiiftjios it inipossiMo toobtain, the whole ai ; tho coal, tfljiek is, generally of fXcoilcHt guahty, flio tnotljod .of w-orking'B |j0 -sirivo a placft throtiHli this pillar fl-Uott-t Wft, lilgli, This oponiti-g is with- props, a lid whett lvortett the stuaps ef ■coal ftro -thoii "robbfid./V the overhead ctol is blown dflwa, &H as much as eau be sitfely Jitei fraiu the (ipatiiii-g is won. This is contitmed working hQiW'wards, and KcijeraUy a fail' proportion, of the ceal is wai-i. . .. 'i'hv main. po\vc ; r-stat»ii '' is sit-iiatect at Cfeek,\ wliero sight Daboot-k, and ■ Wiileox 'boilers ar* i-Ustalicd. IVfOiii them lit© ventilating fans, the cwnpmise4 -aw qoalsgcWJii.g macliety, tho (Iraraa.isa puiapSj aud tho feleetrje i-ightiiig ptat grc> driven! . Ventilation is' fey a Sehjeid fan, pwdricing ap" rrt'osint-ately '9'ofiO'i cubic icei ]?er mm' ute. Xiio Sliijo Greek section is vetit.iJatiHl by a 70-Mi fail, the IfefiKatini section by a 30-ineh siroteo fan, mid tho Lower section by . a liayes fafi.

- The storage* bi»s at Gfsnity arfe contnineci in a bniWiug 51)0 feet loug, Ifii feet •svklo., and fltett- 55 foot high to tho rictee. Hero there h storage aec-antfljqifotiort ftir some, 3500 tons ef ooalj which will shortly bo inewanafttl by tfe orootiort of a new hist for slaek ceal. Tho scfep.U.iitg ißitchirary, <rle., is sirai' lar Iβ tliaii at DeMn-iston, \rith the cseujHwn that everythiug at th« Gwnity b-ius is operated by hytinnilie power ; . ■stond a£ by .steam. 'Ao «-at*r is brtaigkt frtnii a dam 33 ehaiiis iittay tip the hillside, from which a working pr-essiu'o ol ISOili. to tho square inch is obtained. Adjoining Mm bins aro extensive repair shop*, carpenters' shops, oto. N<*aT lij are tto tofee ov-eij-Ss sis in liirHibcr. Jjauli -of those takes a land of ffoiii 'i tons la owi to n tons 5 cw-t. of sfeefc, and convwts \i krto cofeo in flbout. T2 ho\m, the yioltf fif cofco saurJUug flltfut 6S per ceit of w'etg'kt of eda). The &v«ns ai* «iTl)J,icd in 2.| ntiflut.es «?a.dt by an ingenious hydrjKjlie Kj-ti). By nsan-fel iaiflur it would iflkfe-about sis fioiirs to the. same opefntkiu. ■ ■ ■

. A ftttmbot of the .employees have jrbftir hoijio at Grai'riivy; a t)»-ivtag >«;! pro.gFes'sivo Mttie ww|vs.hi.p oft tli'6 niaiii litre of Tlio' lipwevcf, mostly. Kve at Mfflortoii, u'lvero flier© ttro aboyi* 170 Isouses, Mid .it Hho Crcok. The ■dw&llfa-g-hmKo sites nro by tho inSn 4s ama? tmtl&r tho. Miiiiiig AeJ, aiid money for the bttilding of dwellings is advffrtcesl J);Y tlw) co-fiipafty, the rrieh gaj*-' nig back tii-s p.rineipa-I a ; l tho jrtn o't iCfs. per wefikj tegether \r\w» iutwest Hi t) per cent/