The Mines.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, 20 November 1914, Page 2

The Mines.

Over 300 men, including officials and sui face men are now . When work was commenced with the safety lamps, tha output was naturally small. After a day < r 1w > t i : a wa • an increase, but the total production from the former of the two mines remains abnormally low though those who are comparatively late arrivals, and who have been accustomed to the use of the safety lamp, are said to be doing very well. Those, cn the other hand, who have been used to the naked light, are not doing as well as they did before the disaster. The local stores hold sufficient stocks of “ permitted ” explosives to tide over the interval that must necessarily intervene before expected shipi units arrive from the Old Country. In Ralph’s Mine, the work of renovation and restoration is approaching completion, the majority of the 130 men being employed in that work, and the minoi it > in get ting coal, the -nilput of which is net large. The shrinkage in the pay sheet for the fortnight ended last Friday indicates the decreased production, the amount to be paid as wages this we?! totalling some