Court Ca1cndnr-This Day.
COMMON PLEAs-5, 6, IL, 80, 20 81, %, a. "a, 49, 81
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Coal MINE ON FIRE.-The mine of Geo. H.
Potts, at Pottsville, took fire about ten days since
and on examination II found that many one
hundred tons of ceal were fire The plan adopted
to quench the fire with water and then haul np in
wagons the refuse matter. Gang after gang OF the
miners were sent down and after working five or six
minutes brought up completely lifeless The pro
prieor however, persevered and by rubbing and resu
cating the exhausted men brought to the sur
face he succeeded in conquering the element, after
thirty six hours OF hard and perous labor. The fire
was completely extingushed, and about one hundred
tons Of charred coal and ashes taken from the spot We
give this caution to all others engaged
in the business Many of our operators now work.


ing the veins below the water level and great deal Of
infammabe gas is inevitably produced The same acci
dent may occur in any mine, and may be followed by
much more disastrous consequences Miners, in work
ing, will sometimes strike their picks into crevice,
from which will gush complete stream Of gas II some
times happens that these leaders" they termed
will continue to emit inammable matter for days. Such
the in the instance have described. After
the first explosion the leader in Of the breasts
tnted to burn and had il remained undiscovered few
days longer Of the most valuable collieries in the
district would have been completely destroyed Asit is
serious damage has occurred and the vein Is now
worked as ususs.