Report of the State Mine Inspector

for the Biennial Period Ending December 31, 1945

      INSPECTORS
R. A. FARNSWORTH, Centerville
A. EVERETTE ERSKINE, Ottumwa
J. E. JEFFREYS, Des Moines
       GEO. DUCKWORK, Secretary, Centerville
                DORIS PATERNA, Assistant Secretary, Adel

                                                      Published by THE STATE OF IOWA, Des Moines

                                           As published in the HathiTrust Digital Library, public domain                                                              Transcribed by Ann Selvig


Wayne County The Wayne County mines work what is known as the Appanoose or Mystic seam of coal, which has a thickness of about thirty (30) inches, but it has a clay band from one-half to three inches thick in the middle This seam, as with the Nodaway seam, is mined long wall where the fire clay is removed from under the coal, then the coal breaks of its own weight or wedges are sometimes used to break it. Only a few mines are operating here, and then only a limited output is had as there is no mechanization except the gasoline hoists, and miners are hard to employ.
Name of Company	Superintendent	Address	Shaft or Slope	Plan of Working	How Ventilated	Power Used	Local or Shipping
Confidence High Test Coal Co.	William Head	Promise City, Rt. 1	Slope	Longwall	Fan	Gas Engine	Truck
Enterprise Coal Company	Morris Maddalena	Promise City, Rt 1	Shaft	Longwall	Fan-Gas	Gas Driven	Truck
Noble Coal Company	Simon Morris	Seymour	Shaft	Longwall	Fan-Elec. Driven	Gas Engine	Truck

October 8, 2023

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