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- - Mr. Jones at Morea Colliery Inspection - -

[[preprinted]] June, FRIDAY, 11. 1897. [[/preprinted]]

Tempt +70[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.42 @ 7 3/A
 " [[ditto for: Tempt]] +33[[degree symbol]] " " [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.34 @ 6 PM

Pleasant all day -

Both Collieries idle - L.V. not running cars -

Usual squads repairing -

X Mr. Jones went to Morea today and made an inspection of the inside workings - with Bullock, Schumacher and Evans -

The drill, in #3 [[strikethrough]] W [[/strikethrough]] Bore Hole at Vulcan, struck the Lykens Valley Vein at 40 ft - and went 2 feet into the vein - Stopped drilling until further [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] consideration - Will either have to case through the coal, or go back of the outcrop and put down another hole - May go through vein to find how thick it is -

HK Porter & Co's representative called this AM -

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[[preprinted]] June, SATURDAY, 12. 1897. [[/preprinted]]

Tempt +76[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.24 @ 7 3/A
" [[ditto for: Tempt]] +78[[degree symbol]] " " [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.20 @ 4 PM

Pleasant - Warm -

Both Collieries idle -

Payday - W.H.L. & Mr. Kishbaugh at Vulcan
Pat and Jim " ' [[dittos for: Kishbaugh at]] BMtn

Mr. Jones, Elmer and Brizey visited #3 Bore Hole at Vulcan this morning -

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