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NEW EXPLOSIVES ALLOWED IN
THE BRITISH COAL MINES.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
The British home secretary has issued an order
permitting the use of new explosives in coal mines
in addition to those previously permitted.
The following is a complete list of explosives
permitted under the old coal mines orders: Albionite,
ammonal, ammonal B, ammonite, amvis,
aphosite, arkite, bellite No. 1, bellite No. 3, bobbinite,
britonite, cambrite, carbonite, celtite, clydite,
colliery cheddite, dahmenite A, dragonite,
electronite, Faversham powder, fracturite, geloxite,
haylite No. 1, kynite, negro powder, Nobel
ammonia powder No. 1, Nobel ammonia powder
No. 2, Nobel ardeer powder, Nobel carbonite, normanite,
permitite, phoenix powder, pitite, roburite
No. 3, saxonite, stowite, thunderite, victorite. westfalite
No. 1, westfalite No. 2.
Abbcite, minite, monobel powder and russelite
are the names of the new explosives which can
now be used. Their ingredients are as follows:
Parts by weight.
ABBCITE—
Not more than: Not less than:
Nitrate of ammonium 82 78
Nitroglycerin 11 9
Woodmeal (dried at 100° C.) 10 8
Moisture 2.5 1.5
Parts by weight.
MINITE—
Not more than: Not less than:
Nitrate of ammonium 92 87
Nitroglycerin 11 9
Oxalate of ammonium 2 0.5
Moisture 0.5
Parts by weight.
MONOBEL POWDER—
Not more than: Not less than:
Nitrate of ammonium 82 78
Nitroglycerine 11 9
Woodmeal (dried at 100° C.) 10 8
Moisture 2.5 0.5
Parts by weight.
RUSNEI.ITK—
Not more than: Not less than:
Nitroglycerin 42 40
Nitrocotton 2.75 1.75
Nitrate of potassium 26 24
Woodmeal (dried at 100° C.) 5 3
Moisture 1 0
Carbonate of calcium 0.5 0
Oxalate of ammonium 24 22
Trinitrotoluol 6.5 4.5
Advance sheets of the forthcoming annual report
of the mine inspector of Missouri show that
the tonnage of the state for 1904 was 4,115,695
tons, a decrease of 149,633 tons from the 1903
production.
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MINE INSPECTORS NAMED.
Chief Roderick, of the department of mines, has
certified to Governor Pennypacker the following
persons for appointment as mine inspectors for
the bituminous regions, and commissions have
been issued to them:
First district, Henry Louttit, Monongahela; second
district, Chauncey B. Ross, Greensburg; third
district, Thomas K. Adams, Mercer; fourth district,
Elias Phillips, Dubois; fifth district, Isaac
G. Roby, Uniontown; sixth district, Joshua T.
Evans, Johnstown; seventh district, John I. Pratt,
tburgh; eighth district, Joseph Knapper, Philipsburg;
ninth district, Thomas D. Williams,
Johnstown; tenth district, Joseph Williams, Altoona;
eleventh district, William J. Neilson, Wilson;
twelfth district, Roger Hampson, Punxsutawney;
thirteenth district, Alexander McCouch,
Jr., Pittsburgh; fourteenth district, F. W. Cunningham,
Wilkinsburg; fifteenth district, Alexander
Montieth, Patton; sixteenth district, David
Young, Uniontown.
Of the 38 applicants before the Pittsburgh session
of the board of examiners appointed by the
governor of Pennsylvania to examine candidates
for the position of mine inspectors, 22 were successful.
Those who received certificates but will
not get appointments unless vacancies occur are:
John I. Pratt, Pittsburgh; C. P. McGregor, Saltsburg;
Nicholas Evans, Johnstown; J. F. Bell, Star
Junction; Thomas S. Louther, McKees Rocks; and
Adolph Cook, Hannastown. The board has redistricted
the state, making 16 districts instead
of 15, the new one being at Brownsville. It will
include the river mines and Klondike or most of
them. Thirteen of the 16 new inspectors will
succeed themselves.
ATLANTIC PORT COAL SHIPMENTS.
A comparative summary of the shipments of
coal by water from Atlantic ports during first
three months of 1904 and 1905 is as follows:
ANTHRACITE.
1904. 1905.
New York 2,879,172 3,175,511
Philadelphia 357,129 400,197
Baltimore 36,059 35,292
Newport News
Norfolk
Total 3,272,360 3,611,000
BITUMINOUS.
1904. 1905.
New York 1,890,414 2,021,998
Philadelphia 605,638 679,686
Baltimore 409,229 472,908
Newport News 543,689 607,878
Norfolk 418,897 478,682
Total 3,867,867 4.261,152