382 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. February 21, 1913. THOMPSON AND CO., WXGAN, IRON MERCHANTS, METAL & MINERAL AGENTS. RAILS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, WITH FITTINGS COMPLETE, FOR COLLIERIES, CONTRACTORS, &c. Sole Agents in the District for the Sale of— Wigan Coal and Iron Co.’s Siemens Steel Billets, Blooms, Bars, Angles, Rails, Ac. SPECIALITY: STEEL FOR WAGON COUPLINGS. K. H. FORGE, FOUNDRY & BASIC PIG IRON. Also Spiegeleisen, Ferro=Manganese and Silico Spiegel. HOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES CO.’s Gelignite, Monobel, Polarlte, Samsonite and Carbonite, also Detonators, Electric Detonator Fuses, and all Blasting Appliances. Haggle Brothers lid. Wire and Hemp Ropes. POOLEY’S PATENT WEIGHING MACHINES. Telegraphic Address—“ SPIEGEL, WIGAN.” MIIERALBORING. Thomson Bros. (Dunfermline) Li (On Admiralty XUtJ, Prospectors for Minerals, &cM by Diamond Drill and other Systems. Deepest Bores undertaken. Several already executed to depths from 2,400 to 4,536 feet. Quotations given for all kinds of Boring, Sinking Artesian Wells, Proving Foundations,