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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN

October 22, 1915.

CONTENTS.

Editorial Articles :—	page

Licensee and Patentee.......................... 831

Deductions from Weight......................... 831

Miners* Wages.................................. 831

Articles:—

The Fauna and Stratigraphy of the Kent Coal

Field........................................ 821

Sweden and the Coal Question................. . 823

British Railways in 1913 ...................... 824

Motor-Driven Air-Compressors for	Colliery Work 824

Coal Mining Organisation Committee ............ 824

Obituary....................................... 826

The German and Austrian Coal and	Iron Trades ... 828

Trade and the War.............................. 829

Coal Mines Inspection in 1914 ................. 837

Colliery Tub Bearings ......................... 838

The Freight Market ............................ 841

Open Contracts ................................ 841

Labour and Wages............................... 842

Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently

Accepted..................................... 843

New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron

Trades ....................................   814

Government Publications ....................... 846

Publications Received ........................  846

Law Intelligence ...............................   827

Indian and Colonial Notes ........................ 827

Current Science and Technology.................... 828

Notes from the Coal Fields ....................... 839

Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ............  843

The Coal and Iron Trades ..................... 832—836

The Tin-plate Trade ........................... 832

The London Coal Trade ......................... 836

The By-Products Trade ......................... 836

Report of Meeting :—

Midland Counties Institution of Engineers.... 822

Miscellanea :—

North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and

Mechanical Engineers ........................ 822

Coal Shipped from Ports in the United Kingdom

during September—United States Imports and

Exports ..................................... 824

Committee on Fuel Economy...................... 826

Exports and Imports of Coal Tar Products..... 832

An Export Licence Case ........................ 836

Fuel Briquetting in the United States in 1914 . 838

Lantern Slides for Lectures ................... 842

Hull Coal Exports ............................. 846

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SHEFFIELD.

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Purveyor. — Certificated Surveyor
k. J required temporarily, say for three months, on account of illness ;
Midland district.—apply, stating age. experience, and salary required, Box
6201, Collie*# Guardian Office,30 & 31, Furnival-st., Holborn. London, E.C

Wanted, Assistant Chemist for Coke

V V oven and by product plant in South Wales.—Apply, stating age,
experience, and s dary requ red, to Box 6202, Collier# Guardian Office,
30 & 31, Furnival-street. Holborn, London, E.C.

Advertiser, age 22, recently qualified
solicitor, desires commercial position; open for any class of work,
huine or abroad; energetic, strong; ineligible for army; good references.—
Write, 1399. Williams’s Adve tisement Offices, Bradford.

A/Tining Engineer wants experienced

1-VA ASSISTANT; must be capable surveyor; state age, experience,
salary, <Src.—Address, Box 6203, Cohier# Guardian office, 30 & 31, Furnival
street, Holborn, London, E.C.

rphe Advertiser for Manager for a Derby-
JL shire colliery, under Box 6180, desires to thank all applicants and to

inform them that the vacancy is now filled.

Partnerships or directorships required by
the following investors, viz.:

C ^pital available.	Experience.	Business Required.
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Geo. N. Dixon & Co.,
43, Castle Street, Liverpool,
Auctioneers and Valuers,

COLLIERIES, Brickworks & Mining Plant.

IMPORTANT SALE BY PRIVATE TENDER

OF

Valuable SOUTH YORKSHIRE COLLIERY.

Exceptional circumstances bringing to the market
a working colliery in the Barnsley district. Area
200 acres (150 acres unworked). Two proved seams ;
upper 2 ft. 9 in. thick, lower seam 4 ft. thick.
Present output 400 tons weekly from upper seam
only. Equipped for larger output. Bottom seam
proved and now being developed.

Fuller particulars will be given to bond fide principals only.

Apply by letter to—

E. H. WRIGGLESWORTH,

Trinity House Chambers, Hull.

LLANWRDA, CARMARTHENSHIRE.

Qale by Auction of 103^ acres of excellent
klv OAK POLES PIT WOOD, at the Stepnev Arms Hotel, Llanelly, on
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 1915, by Messrs. J. DAVIES l SON,
of Cowell House, Llanelly, from whom further particulars may be obtained.

GWAUN-CAE-GURWEN COLLIERIES, near SWANSEA, SOUTH
WALES.

Important Dismantlement Sale of COLLIERY PLANT, owing to the
abandonment of the Brook Drift, and the completion of the sinking of
the new pit.

O essrs. John M. Leeder & Son will Sell

LVJL by AUCTION at the Collieries, on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
27th, 1915, a large quantity of useful modern

PLANT AND MACHINERY,

roughly comprising 20in., 9 in., and 8 in Hauling Engines: Steam Winches;
Horizontal Engines; Electric Generating Plant; Motors up to 50 h.p., and
accessories; Cable; Semi-portable Loco Type Boiler; Water Tank, 40 ft.
by 4ft. 6in.; 12ft. WADDLE FAN and ENGINE ; Centrifugal, Lee Howl,
Evans, Tangye, and Bailey PUMPS; 3 T. Tram Weighbridge; C.I. Drum;
an excellent	SCREENING PLANT.

capable of dealing with 500 tons a day and making 5 sizes, housed in a steel
structure covered wi’h corrugated sheets, only been used a few years: Fans;
SINKING PUMP; Pearces’ Patent Water Barrel about 10 tons of Hanging
Chains; 3 Side-tip Wagons, 3 c.y. capacity; 2 sets C.I. Water Garlands for
18 ft. shaft; Sueaves

COAL BREAKING PLANT for dealing with 300 tons per dav; 700
YARDS PRACTICALLY NEW MANNESMANN 7in. STEEL PIPES;
500 YARDS 5 in. C.I. FLANGE PIPES; 132 yards 6in. Steel Pipes, etc.

Catalogues of the AUCTIONEERS, 46, Waterloo-street, Swansea.

GLAMORGANSHIRE.

GILFACH COLLIERY, PENGAM.

(Situate about H miles from Pengam Station, Rhymney Railway).

Messrs. Stephen son & Alexander (F.A.I.)
are instructed by T. G. Cartwright. Esq., to SBLL by AUCTION,
at the above Colliery, on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 1915, at eleven
a.m , the whole of the

FIXED AND LOOSE PLANT AND MACHINERY, STORES, AND
COLLIERY HORSES,

comprising roughly about 100 tons Bridge Kails, 14/18lb. per yard; about
50 tons F B. Rails, 25lb. per yard; about 3 000 Tram Sleepers; about 103sets
C.I Tram Partings and Crossings; Railway Sidings and Sleepers; about
3,000ft. lUa » ’Jin., 2in., 2£ in., and 3 in. Loose Flaneed and bcrew-joint
Pipes; about 150 W.I. Bound Trams; about 500 yards W.I. Air Pipes; 10 in.
Saddle Tank four-wheeled Coupled Loco.; pair 20in. Winding Engines;
pair 10in. and 16in. Hauling Eng nes ; pair Horizontal Fan Engines;
Schiele Fan, 2^h.p. Petrol Engine; Worthington Centrifugal Horse Power
a< d Semi rotary Pumps; 20 ton and 3-ton Railway and Tram Weighbridges;
two Cornish Sii gle Furnace Boilers, 20 ft. by 5 ft. 6 in., and Egg end ditto,
20ft. by 6ft ; Pit Cages and Pithead Framing; Coal Screen; Wood and
Corrugated Iron Builuings; conten s of Smith’s Shop and Stores: W.T and
C I. Scrap; six Colliery Horses, Harness; Underground Shafts and Guns;
Horse-power Chaff Cutter, Horse Gear, &c., &c.

( atalogues may be obtained upon application to the JLUCTXONEEBS,
5, High-street, Cardiff.

The Eleanor Colliery, Queensferry,

Flintshire, belonging to Earl Spencer, K.G. TO BE SOLD or LET
ON LEASE 370 acres of Freehold Minerals, including valuable mines of
coal, ironstone, fireclay and oil shales, with 6$ acres of surface, sbaf s and
buildings, including land for rail a a> siding connection with the L. and N. W.
Railway from Holvhead to Chester, ard for a tramway between the colliery
and Queensferry Wh *rf on the r ver Dee. The colliery is in the neighbour-
hood of many large works, and the Great Central Rai way from W rexham
to Chester and the Men-ey ports is also within J mile of the pits.—Apply to
Messrs. S. & J. BAILEY, Mining and Civil Engineers. 13. Bennetts-
hiil, Birmingham; or to Messrs. FBEBE A CO., Solicitors, 28, Lincolns
Inn Fields, London, W.C.

COAL.

rphe Guardians of the Poor of the Parish

JL of St. Mary, Islington, invite TENDERS for the supply of about
2,210 tons of STEaM COAL, well screened, to be delivered at the Ii firm ary,
Highgate-hiil, N, in the said parish during the period from the 1st
No embt r, 1915, to the 31st day of March, 1916.

Printed forms of tender (which alone will be received) and which contain
conditions of con'ract, must be obtained from the Clerk personally, or a
stamped addressed brief size envelope may be sent.

Sealed tenders endcrsed “Tenuer for Coal” and addressed to the
Guardians, mu4 be delivered at the Guardians’ Offices, St. John’s-road,
Upper Holloway, N , not later than 12 at noon on Thursday, the 28ih day of
October. 1915, and the tenders will be opened at the meeting of the
Guardians to be held there on the same day.

The Guardians do not find then selves to accept the lowest or any tender.

No contract will be given to firms who do not ordinarily observe the
rec gnised rate of wages and hours of labour.

Guardians’ Offices,	By order,

St. John’s-road. Upper Holloway, N.,	EDWIN DAVEY,

14.h October, 1915.	Clerk.

BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.

ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

rI''he Borough Council invite Tenders for

JL the supply of ab ut 150 tons per week of Through and Through Free
Burning Welsh STEAM COAL for hand-fired boilers at the Electricity
Generating Station.

Forms of tender and further particulars may be obtained on application
to Mr. G G. Bell, Borough Electr.cal Engineer, Electricity Woiks, 85,
Fulham Palace-road, W.	.	,	,

Sealed tenders endor-ed “Tender for Steam Coal, ’ must be delivered to
mp at the Town Hall, not later than 4 p m on Tuesday, 26th October, 1915.

The Council does not bind itself to accept the lowest • r any tender.

Town Hall Hammersmith, W.,	LESLIE GORDON,

19th October, 1915.	Town Clerk.

COUNTY OF LANARK.
DISTRICT OF THE MIDDLE WARD.
DUNDUFF QUARRY.

f Yffers are invited for fifty Wagons,
having a ten-ton carrying capacity. The wagons, which have side
doors, can be seen at Blackwood Station, Lanarkshire.

Kurther particulars may be obtained from the subscriber, with whom
offers must be lodged not later than 28th inst.

The highest or any ofl>r may not be accepted.

District Offices. Hamilton,	W. E. WHYTE,

2tth Ovt >ber, 1915.	District Clerk.

For Sale, 30-n.h.p. Loco. Boiler, by

Marshall, on wheels, 1201b. steam; or hire.—A. UNDBBWOOD,
3, Queen.street, E.C.	________________________

For Sale, old Practice of Mining and

Civil Engineer in western portion of South Wales owing to the death
of Principal, who was an M.i.C.E., M.I.M.E., and F.S.l.; coal, geological,
general, civil and mining engineering w. rk for estates and n ining com-
panies.—For further and fuller particulars, apply D. JENNINGS,
Solicitor, Cowell-street, Llanelly.