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[[preprinted]] June, SUNDAY, 13. 1897. [[/preprinted]]
Raining this morning - Cleared up at 12 M -
Pleasant all afternoon -

At Buck Mountain Colliery we are making great improvements in the inside workings - 

We are preparing now for the air locomotives - (2)
The 5' Lift has been pretty well opened up - Turnouts are being made - Bottoms have been put in -  The #4 tunnel, 3' West has been driven from the BMtn vein to the bottom split of Mammoth, on the south dip - The gangways are being opened up - A new gangway has been driven around the bottoms of slopes on 3 Lift, so that the #2 Slope can handle all coal below 2' Lift and transfer to #1 on the 2nd Lift - The 3' East gangway has been opened up, after the crush, and has been timbered - Cost about 550. for labor alone - All of which costs a great deal, [[strikethrough]] especially [[/strikethrough]] and is more noticeable while working so little time -

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[[preprinted]] June, MONDAY, 14. 1897. [[/preprinted]]
Tempt +70 and Barometer 28.24 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a
[[ditto for: Tempt]] +72 [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.23 @ 6 PM
Pleasant all day -

Both Collieries are idle -

At Vulcan, at the #3 Well, the hole that came in contact with Lykens Valley Vein has been put through the vein - Struck vein at 40 feet, and at 44 feet it was through the Vein - 4' coal on the pitch - Machine has been taken back of the Lykens outcrop where another hole will be put down -

We are now preparing letters, accepting "Porter's". [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] the "Norwalk" bids to furnish us with 2 air locomotives and an air compressor for BMtn -

Mr Jones is thinking about putting in a fan draft plant at BMtn - The one at Vulcan is doing good work - Before the installation of the plant, about 16 dumpers of ashes were hauled out - Now we have only about 8 dumpers per day to haul - Dispensed with one ash-man - Also, the steam that is necessary to [[strikethrough]] run [[/strikethrough]] operate one steam blower, will run the fan draft plant, thereby doing away with 8 steam blowers -

Usual squads working to-day - 

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