March 20, 1913. THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. 626 HAGGIE BROS. Ltd. Gateshead-on-Tyne. Established 1800. MANUFACTURERS OF IMPROVED PATENT Flat and Round Wire and Remp ROPES OF ANY LENGTH FOR COLLIERIES AND RAILWAYS, FROM EITHER BEST SELECTED CHARCOAL IRON, IMPROVED PATENT OR PLOUGH 8TEEL WIRE. Flexible Galvanized Steel Hawsers (all guaranteed to Lloyd’s test), with Winches or Reels and Stoppers, Wire Signal Lines for Railways and CollierieSo Copper Lightning Conductors, complete. Galvanized Fencing Strand. Galvanized Wire Rope for Ships’ Rigging. Galvanized Wire Rope fitted up to order. Picture and Sash Cord made from Copper, Brass Plated or Galvanized Wire. Crane Ropes, made to suit small Drums and Pulleys. We have Crane Ropes working on the same Barrels as Chainsc Wire Rope Springs; Wire Rope Pulleys. Wire Rope Composition or Grease. White Block Ropes and general Hemp Cordage. Chains of every description. Wire Ropes made specially to suit small Pulleys. We can guarantee uniformity of all our Ropes, as we draw our own ' Wire from Special Bods, got up to our own specification. 'Owing to our “Special Quality/’ have Haulage Ropes running 14 years and Winding Ropes 6| years SWegrams—** Haggie. Gateshead ” By Appoint- ment FIRE ENGINE MAKERS. to H JI. The Ktos, MERRYWEATHERS’ Large* Maker* of ffijk-du* HOSE PIPES in the World. Dob-Sob Canvas f Admiralty Leather for Flushing.' Armoured Rubber for Mines. Write far "Hints m Hom,** and qnotaUMS. MERRYWEATHER & 80N8, Fin Engine ad Host Works, GREENWICH, LONDON, S.E. for Fire Duty. OVERWINDS CALEDONIA CONTROLLER WALKER’S PATENTS GIVES FULL PROTECTION AGAINST OVERWINDS FROM ALL CAUSES • • • SIMPLE & EFFECTIVE • • • FULL PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION LAL ML/r/LVG PLF/7SF PDDffFSS LN FULL: THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD. PART II. By Henry K. Jordan, F.G.S. (Past President and first Gold Medallist of the South Wales Institute of Engineers). This Paper, which deals with the western part of the Coalfield, has just been published by the South Wales Institute of Engineers. It consists of 81 pages of printed matter with Sections and Diagrams. The large drawings •are issued separately and comprise :— 1. A Horizontal Section across the anthracite region of Llandybie and Pant-y-ffynnon, and via the Dulais Valley to the sea at Swansea. It is drawn to a scale of six inches to one mile, is 8 ft. in length, mounted on linen, and geologically coloured. 2. Comparative Sections of the Lower Measures in the following areas — (A) Neath Valley. (E) Ammanford. (B) Swansea Valley. (F) Loughor Valley. (C) Brynamman District. (G) Gwendraeth District. (D) Amman Valley. (H) Gwendraeth District. These are drawn on one sheet, about 35 by 30 in., mounted on linen, to a scale of 200 ft. to 1 in. 3. A Map of Swansea District, on a scale of 6 in. to one mile, showing the outcrops of the coal seams. A limited number of the above are for sale, and may be obtained from The Secretary, The South Wales Institute of Engineers, CARDIFF. Price £1 Is., Postage Extra. ° The South Wales Coalfield,*’ Part I., by Mr. H. K. Jordan, published in 1908, price £2.2s., dealt with the eastern half of the Coalfield, and may be obtained from the Secretary. PECKETT & SONS, Bristol. Speciality—TANK LOCOMOTIVES. Locos. of various sizes specially designed tor Collieries. Ironworks, Contractors, &e always in stock, Ready for Immediate Delivery Photographs, Prices and Specifi- cations on application. Telegraphic Address-—** Peckett, Bristol/’ National Telephone—No. 7306. ESTABLISHED ^864. Purchasers’ Guide to\ Advertisers’ Specialities—(continued,). Pumps (Turbine) Mather and Platt Ld„ Manchester Pulsometer Engineering Co. Ld., Reading Punching Bears Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ld.. 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(The), Sheffield Siebe, Gorman and Co. Ld., 187, Westminster bridge-road, S.E. Respirators British Oxygen Co. Ld., Elverton-st., Westminster Mining Engineering Co. Ld. (The), Sheffield Siebe, Gorman and Co. Ld., Westminster Rivets Baker, John, and Son, Bilston, Staffs Lowmoor Co. Ld., Lowmoor Ironworks, Bradford Benton, B. M., and Co., Sheffield Theedam, E. C., Ld., Dudley Ward, Thos. W., Limited, Albion Works, Sheffield Rock Drills Aqueous Works and Diamond Bock Boring Co. Ld., Guildford-st., York-road, Lambeth, S.E. Bute Works Supply Co. Ld., Cardiff Davis, John, and Son (Derby) Ld„ Derby Diamond Coal-Cutter Co., Wakefield Hardy Patent Pick Co. Ld., Sheffield International Channelling Machines Ld., Sheffield Mining Engineering Co. Ld. (The), Sheffield Rollers and Pulleys (Haulage) Bagnall, W. G., Ld., Stafford Hardy Patent Pick Co. Ld., Sheffield Heenan and Froude Ld., Worcester Lowmoor Co. Ld., Lowmoor Ironworks, Bradford Benton, B. 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Ld., Sheffield Jardine, John, Deering-street, Nottingham Lancaster and Tonge Ld., Pendleton, Manchester Phillips, C. D., Newport, Mon. Spencer and Co. Ld., Melksham, Wilts Uskside Eng. Co. Ld., Newport Mon. Wright, Joseph, and Co., Tipton Shaft Sinkers Sheet Iron Firth, Wm., Ld., Water-lane, Leeds Harvey, G. A., A Co., LoampitVale, Lewisham, SJC: Lewis, Wm., and Son, Bilston, Staffs, Theedam, E. O., Ld., Dudley Sheet Metal Works (for Cylinder Casings Baker, John, and Son, Bilston Kenyon, Wm., A Sons, Ld., Dukinfield Shot-Firinc Batteries and Cables British Explosives Syndicate Ld., Glasgow British Insulated and Helsby Cables Ld., Lancs. Curtis’s and Harvey Ld., Cannon-st. House, E.C. Davis, John, and Son (Derby) Ld., Derby Electric Blasting Apparatus Co. Ld., Cinderford Haslam and Schontheil Ld., Cardiff Nobel’s Explosives Co. Ld., Glasgow Shovels and Shovel Trees Baker, John, and Son, Biistcn. Staffs Fell, C. A., Dronfield. near Sheffield Frost, Albert, and Co., Sheffield Gwalia Forge Co., Caergwrle, Wrexham Hardy Patent Pick Co. Ld., Sheffield Benton, B. M„ and Co., Sheffield Theedam, E. C., Ld., Dudley Shovels (Sprihklinc) Fell, C. A., Dronfield, near Sheffield Sidings Bagnall, W. G., Ld., Stafford Bailway and General Engineering Co. Ld., Notts Benton, B. M., and Co., Midland Works, Sheffield Summerson, Thomas, A Sons Ld..Darlington Ward, Thos. W., Limited. Albion works, Shefflel Sleepers (Iron and Steel) Allen. W. G„ A Sons (Tipton) Ld., Tipton Bagnall, W. G.» Ld., Stafford Baird, J. W., and Co., West Hartlepool Bute Works Supply Co. Ld., Cardiff Firth, Wm„ Ld., Water-lane, Leeds Orenstein and Koppel—Arthur Koppel (Amal- gamated), 27, Clements-lane. London, E.C. Benton, B. M., and Co., Midland Works, Sheffield Smiths* Tools Alldays A Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. Ld. Birmingnam Hardy Patent Pick Co. Ld., Sheffield