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(February 18, 1904)

The St. Joseph Lead Company, in the operation of its mines at Bonne Terre, does not permit the cages employed for hoisting purposes to be used for access to the mine. Men going to and from their work must climb the ladders. This rule does not obtain in the other mines of the district. The St. Joseph Lead Company employs electric haulage for the transport of ore underground at Bonne Terre. In the other mines of the district, mules are generally used. The flow of water in the mines of the district is extremely variable; some have very little; others have a good deal. The Central mine is one of the wettest in the entire district, making about 2000 gal. of water per minute. Coal in southeastern Missouri costs $2 to $2.25 per ton delivered at the mines, and the cost of raising 2000 gal. of water per minute from a depth of something like 350 ft. is a very considerable item in the cost of mining and milling, which, in the aggregate, is expected to come to not much over $1.25 per ton.